# Crash on Launch, Sometimes

**URL:** <https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/crash-on-launch-sometimes/97147>\
**Category:** Technical Support\
**Tags:** acknowledged\
**Created:** [July 13, 2024, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/crash-on-launch-sometimes/97147 "2024-07-13T07:09:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dave2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@dave2](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/dave2)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/crash-on-launch-sometimes/97147/1 "2024-07-13T07:09:34Z")

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### Issue Type (Required):

Crash - on Launch

### Issue Description (Required):

Hello,

First, I’m not sure if this is considered “Crash after building shader cache” or just “crash on launch” so I just picked the latter.

I’ve been having an issue with my game crashing on launch off and on for a while now. It seems to happen at random times and then fix itself at random times, and I haven’t been able to figure out what’s causing it. For example, it happened about a week ago for a couple of hours and when I went to make this post, I tried to generate another crash report, but it just launched normally with no issue. My graphics drivers up to date, it happens whether I have mods enabled or disabled, I’ve tried deleting the the Darktide folder in appdata and verifying game files, uninstalling and reinstalling, and even installing on a different drive.

To reproduce, I launch from steam, start the game from the launcher, the building shader cache popup comes up, completes, and then the game launches to a black screen, but before any visuals load it hard crashes to desktop.

I’m sure the issue will probably fix itself in a bit, but I’m hoping to at least see why it might be happening so I can try to prevent it in the future. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

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

Yes, and I’ve tried disabling them

### Reproduction Rate (Required):

Unusual (\<25%)

### Platform (Required):

Steam (PC)

### [PC] Crash Report (Optional):

## GUID: 120609d5-1df6-46ad-b806-c5f768d495fb Log File: Info Type:

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**Author:** ![FatsharkJulia](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/fatsharkjulia/32/11653_2.png) [@FatsharkJulia](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/FatsharkJulia)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/crash-on-launch-sometimes/97147/2 "2024-07-15T13:46:35Z")

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There’s an odd interaction with Discord here - are you using any Discord mods?

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**Author:** ![dave2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@dave2](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/dave2)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 1:03am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/crash-on-launch-sometimes/97147/3 "2024-07-20T01:03:13Z")

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I do have a discord rich presence mod, and looking at it now it does use a couple dependencies installed outside of the normal mod folder, so maybe they get loaded even if mods are disabled/mod folder removed. Next time the crash happens I’ll try removing them and seeing if that fixes it.