Consistent crashes

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Technical Support
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Issue Type (Required):

Crash - During Play

Issue Description (Required):

My game just refuses to play properly. Initially I was getting a different engine access error, so I tried a few remedies and it has only resulted in changing the error message of the crash. Here’s the short version:

  1. Disabling nvidia overlay changed the first engine access error to a device hung error
  2. fresh driver installation using DDU, sfc repair of windows, and verifying game files changed the device hung error to a different engine access error that plagues me now (it is the same error with or without mods installed)

[PC] Do You Use Mods? (Optional):

Yes, and I’ve tried disabling them

Reproduction Rate (Required):

Constant (100%)

Platform (Required):

PC - Steam

Player ID (Optional):

[PC] Crash Report (Optional):

GUID: 5b991612-52c5-47f7-849f-511b38480740
Log File:
Info Type:

[Engine Error]: Access violation (0xc0000005) in build db9f56683f387a6211dc633fd9190db62eec8992
accessing address 000000006172746B from 00007FF7743F09F5<>
<>startup = false<>
<>shutdown = false<>
<>editor = false<>
<>direct_storage = true<>
<>
{00007ff7738d0000, 0247d000, 685ba586, 7e9b1d42-3c5b-4790-989a-2251f4f90f55, 00000001, D:\a\w\live_engine_darktide\release\2025_04_29_Patch1.8.x\engine\win64\release\Darktide.pdb}
{00007ffed6e20000, 00268000, fe7feb61, d51d3d00-3979-6acf-bc72-d05a4bcc0a04, 00000001, ntdll.pdb}
{00007ffed5db0000, 000c9000, f304cee4, 4e0deb58-a799-04a6-73d8-16aa1ac96481, 00000001, kernel32.pdb}

0x00007ffed6e20000:0x0000000000165e4e KiUserExceptionDispatcher
0x00007ff7738d0000:0x0000000000b209f5 _snscanf_s
0x00007ff7738d0000:0x0000000000006e4d
0x00007ff7738d0000:0x0000000000b0ead3 _snscanf_s
0x00007ff7738d0000:0x00000000002e57d7 snprintf
0x00007ff7738d0000:0x000000000047407c sscanf
0x00007ff7738d0000:0x0000000000312168 snprintf
0x00007ff7738d0000:0x000000000030a80c snprintf
0x00007ff7738d0000:0x0000000000305d75 snprintf
0x00007ff7738d0000:0x0000000000310e5b snprintf
0x00007ff7738d0000:0x0000000000474fed sscanf
0x00007ff7738d0000:0x00000000000065ae
0x00007ff7738d0000:0x0000000000b0ead3 _snscanf_s
0x00007ff7738d0000:0x00000000002e57d7 snprintf
0x00007ff7738d0000:0x00000000002e6b8c snprintf
0x00007ff7738d0000:0x00000000006d3bf1 _vsnprintf
0x00007ff7738d0000:0x000000000024dda3 vsnprintf
0x00007ff7738d0000:0x000000000024d6c0 vsnprintf
0x00007ff7738d0000:0x0000000000239096 printf
0x00007ff7738d0000:0x0000000000239a09 printf
0x00007ff7738d0000:0x0000000000239fd7 printf
0x00007ff7738d0000:0x0000000000ac3ace _snscanf_s
0x00007ffed5db0000:0x000000000002e8d7 BaseThreadInitThunk
0x00007ffed6e20000:0x000000000003c34c RtlUserThreadStart
<>
<>project_branch = rel_Patch1.8.x_external<>
<>mission = hub_ship<>
<>GPU Driver = 57688<>
<>steam_id = 11000010b83367a<>
<>backend_env = prod<>
<>instance_id = aws-asg–aws-us-east-2–southern-white-earthworm–i-0fac51508f908d295–server-5–1751803871<>
<>engine_revision = db9f56683f387a6211dc633fd9190db62eec8992<>
<>circumstance = default<>
<>GPU = NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090<>
<>content_revision = 111237<>
<>platform = win32<>
<>build = release<>
<>mission_id = 24920fef-513c-4f5b-bf9b-9c22b980717f<>
<>steam_app_id = 1361210<>
<>project = darktide<>
<>is_modded = false<>
<>teamcity_build_id = 554931<>
<>auth_platform = steam<>
<>session_id = aws-asg–aws-us-east-2–southern-white-earthworm–i-0fac51508f908d295–server-5–1751803871<>
<>steam_user_name = Rendoid<>
<>server = false<>
<>game_version = 1.8.0-b554931<>
<>num_missions_started = 4<>
<>game_resume_count = 0<>
<>game_session_id = e7cb609b-be76-4749-80ac-70f09176a97c<>
<>rendering_backend = dx12<>
<>launcher_verification_passed = false<>
<>steam = true<>
<>machine_id = 268e6153-c542-4d8c-be26-aa4353a4789d<>
<>account_id = 1c15002a-3b74-4b3a-b462-8c2f83678db0<>
<>masterdata_version = 111237<>
<>1<</Crash version>>
<>engine<</Crash type>>
<>main<</Thread name>>
<>win32<>
<>db9f56683f387a6211dc633fd9190db62eec8992<</Build identifier>>
<>release<</Build type>>
<>554021<</Engine build id>>
<>Developer Build (1.3.8.29741)<</Product version>>
<>5b991612-52c5-47f7-849f-511b38480740<>
<>0<>
<>— CPU
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D 16-Core Processor
Vendor: AuthenticAMD
Logical processors: 32
Family: 11:15, Model: 4:4
Type: 0, Stepping: 0
Features: SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4.1
Feature bits:
EBX: 00010000 00100000 00001000 00000000
ECX: 11111110 11011000 00110010 00001011
EDX: 00010111 10001011 11111011 11111111
— Memory
Physical Total: 65172MB
Available: 51815MB
— OS
Windows version 10.0 build 26100, 64 bit
Windows 11
Machine ID 268e6153-c542-4d8c-be26-aa4353a4789d
— Graphics
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (DirectX 12.1, 32101MB) Driver version: 57688 Hardware Accelerated GPU scheduler: false
Graphics card: Microsoft Basic Render Driver (DirectX 12.1, 0MB) Driver version: 10.0.26100.1150 Hardware Accelerated GPU scheduler: false
— Desktops
Monitor 0 (2560x1440): left=415 top=-1440 right=2975 bottom=0
Monitor 1 (3440x1440): left=0 top=0 right=3440 bottom=1440
— Network
Network interface: Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I226-V (IPv4, IPv6)
Network interface: Realtek PCIe 5GbE Family Controller (IPv4, IPv6)
Network interface: MediaTek Wi-Fi 7 MT7927 Wireless LAN Card (IPv4, IPv6)
Network interface: MediaTek Wi-Fi 7 MT7927 Wireless LAN Card #3 (IPv4, IPv6)
Network interface: MediaTek Wi-Fi 7 MT7927 Wireless LAN Card #5 (IPv4, IPv6)
Network interface: Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network) (IPv4, IPv6)
— Input
No input devices detected.
— Volume
Volume for path ‘../bundle’ is on SSD

full volume information
name: D:\
filesystem: NTFS
drives: 1
	1. drive type: SSD, bus type: NVME

<</System Information>>
<>SSD<</Volume Information>>
<>enabled<</Direct Storage>>
<>C:\Users\oscar\AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide\console_logs\console-2025-07-06-22.14.51-5b991612-52c5-47f7-849f-511b38480740.log<</Console Log>>
<>C:\Users\oscar\AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide\crash_dumps\crash_dump-2025-07-06-22.14.51-5b991612-52c5-47f7-849f-511b38480740.dmp<</Crash Dump>>
<>
Memory
Total: 65172 MB
Available: 59092 MB
Used: 6079 MB
Peak Used: 6548 MB
Debug Memory
Total: 0 MB
Available: 0 MB
Used: 0 MB
Peak: 0 MB
Page File Memory
Total: 69268 MB
Used: 16635 MB
Peak: 17919 MB
Tools Memory
Total: 0 MB
Used: 0 MB
<</Memory Status>>
<>
#ID[30486d0f] = false; #ID[32fec071] = false; #ID[40274361] = false; #ID[62d82e18] = false; #ID[7816be8b] = true; #ID[872cceda] = true; #ID[921f07bf] = true; #ID[a69d9729] = true; #ID[ad0f8d89] = true; #ID[b287ea32] = true; #ID[bfc1719f] = true; #ID[d3cd4a7b] = false; #ID[d8c36f4d] = 3; #ID[db144c29] = false; #ID[e010da18] = true; #ID[e26e1099] = ; #ID[f921e3b1] = true;
<</Render Capabilities>>
<>
#ID[06f1d0d3] = true; #ID[083115b7] = true; #ID[08f9e86f] = false; #ID[091bd468] = true; #ID[09f7658c] = true; #ID[0a5cf893] = false; #ID[0a7e1dda] = 1; #ID[0d3042d7] = 1; #ID[12648df7] = 3; #ID[1301c0fc] = false; #ID[158ea454] = true; #ID[17af8ce2] = 1; #ID[17fbd176] = true; #ID[1ff27994] = [144,112,196,]; #ID[217a0094] = false; #ID[2b4a07ef] = false; #ID[2ba7c395] = false; #ID[2eec68d7] = [4096,4096,]; #ID[2f0ebe66] = true; #ID[30271a75] = false; #ID[39846683] = false; #ID[3dc0a41f] = [2048,2048,]; #ID[41cc30d6] = false; #ID[4261180b] = true; #ID[4437469c] = true; #ID[4b1ae527] = 100; #ID[4cf95320] = R11G11B10F; #ID[4dfc90ec] = true; #ID[511030be] = false; #ID[51fa707c] = true; #ID[521e8314] = true; #ID[5311abc7] = true; #ID[53a88c27] = 0; #ID[53aece93] = true; #ID[58a6c554] = true; #ID[58d50c14] = false; #ID[591731be] = true; #ID[5923ab38] = false; #ID[5b23a27f] = 0; #ID[5bc01409] = 2.2; #ID[626e4c79] = true; #ID[662251d8] = true; #ID[66c67936] = 2; #ID[66d55137] = false; #ID[67488d9d] = true; #ID[702662e0] = high; #ID[743a4bf1] = high; #ID[752a886b] = false; #ID[757a9c66] = true; #ID[781acd9a] = high; #ID[7d5e6ac4] = 2; #ID[7d92b887] = 1; #ID[7ecedbbe] = true; #ID[7ef9c32d] = false; #ID[807d2fac] = 4; #ID[825d6573] = true; #ID[83fa86d9] = true; #ID[866b9087] = true; #ID[8e8e8d70] = 50; #ID[8f6948e7] = 0.5; #ID[8fbb27ac] = default; #ID[8fe21a51] = 1; #ID[9012e3b2] = true; #ID[9d44dc7f] = 0; #ID[9f681302] = true; #ID[9fdb92f0] = false; #ID[9fec9043] = false; #ID[a00c9715] = 0; #ID[a35323d4] = true; #ID[a56e9325] = false; #ID[ab541828] = true; #ID[abd89f80] = false; #ID[ac6815e6] = false; #ID[ad0f8d89] = true; #ID[ad5cde98] = [512,512,]; #ID[ad6159c5] = false; #ID[ad7990f2] = true; #ID[adf9ff3c] = dlss; #ID[ae835dc5] = true; #ID[b2b9ea5a] = balanced; #ID[b4ee0024] = false; #ID[b52a66bb] = [4096,4096,]; #ID[b751da36] = true; #ID[b9a6bef6] = false; #ID[baa2020c] = false; #ID[bb56c0e2] = 400; #ID[c088031f] = false; #ID[c31c500b] = [1280,720,]; #ID[c466aecd] = false; #ID[ce45eb78] = 0.5; #ID[cff8702e] = true; #ID[d864f17d] = true; #ID[db72134e] = -0.875; #ID[dd043413] = true; #ID[dde3b7d1] = true; #ID[dfa3fe1f] = false; #ID[e2f20722] = true; #ID[e3896b8a] = [256,256,]; #ID[e6bcf966] = true; #ID[e9250ef0] = false; #ID[eb6f2070] = false; #ID[ec4a90d8] = false; #ID[ec8fd018] = true; #ID[edd3c1c3] = false; #ID[f1179189] = true; #ID[f4fd9c6d] = [2048,2048,]; #ID[f876be85] = false; #ID[fcdb085e] = 2;
<</Render Settings>>
<

<>
RPC rpc_player_equip_item_from_profile_to_slot
<</Error Context>>
22:44:28.883 <>Unknown lua error

At D:\a\d\rel_engine_darktide\release\2025_04_29_Patch1.8.x\runtime\application\script\lua_environment.cpp:263 in function stingray::LuaEnvironment::Internal::lua_panic

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Hey Rendoid, it might be a loadout-related issue. Please:

Step 1: Disable Steam Cloud Saving

If Steam Cloud saving is enabled for Darktide, this may automatically restore the AppData and consequently cause the issue to resurface.

  1. Navigate to your Steam library
  2. Right-click Darktide
  3. Select ‘Properties’
  4. On the ‘General’ tab, scroll down to ‘Steam Cloud’
  5. Disable ‘Keep game saves in the Steam Cloud for Warhammer 40,000: Darktide’

Step 2: Delete AppData

NOTE: By deleting your AppData, custom keybindings and loadouts will be reset. You may wish to make a back-up of the directory in the event deleting your AppData does not work to resolve the issue.

  1. Press the Windows key + R
  2. Enter %appdata% within the search input and select ‘OK’
  3. Navigate to: AppData\Roaming\Fatshark
  4. Delete the entire ‘Darktide’ directory

Step 3: Verify Integrity of Game Files

You will then need to use the ‘Verify Integrity of Game Files’ option, which is accessible via the Steam client and will ensure the installation is complete.

  1. Right-click Darktide in your Steam library sidebar
  2. Select ‘Properties’
  3. Select the ‘Local Files’ tab
  4. Select the ‘Verify Integrity of Game Files’ button
  5. When complete, close and reopen Steam
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I tried these methods to no avail. As I was just about out of options, I decided to update the bios on my motherboard as a sort of hail mary play.

Lo and behold, I have not had a crash since. Just wanted you to know what ultimately fixed my issue in case others have similar problems. I can even use mods and run the nvidia overlay again with no problems.

Rig: ASUS X870E motherboard, Ryzen 9950X3D, RTX 5090

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Appreciate that! :folded_hands: