# Crashing mid-gamee

**URL:** <https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/crashing-mid-gamee/117862>\
**Category:** Technical Support\
**Tags:** mod-related\
**Created:** [January 17, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/crashing-mid-gamee/117862 "2026-01-17T15:30:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Nicotine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/db5fbb/32.png) [@Nicotine](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Nicotine)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/crashing-mid-gamee/117862/1 "2026-01-17T15:30:12Z")

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### Issue Type (Required):

Error - (Other)

### Issue Description (Required):

It happens when i dont restart Darktide after 5-6 games

### [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):

> **[Steam Community :: Nicotine](https://steamcommunity.com/id/nicotine23/)**
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> ːraven\_whiteːDiscord : nicotineblack

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

## GUID: d981922f-5ec0-4f3c-9f76-061622d1ca06 Log File: Info Type:

## [Engine Error]: Access violation (0xc0000005) in build 1af2e5ab9c382d24ce916ce40e726626fec9a15f accessing address FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF from 00007FF66CFF14C4

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**Author:** ![Nicotine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/db5fbb/32.png) [@Nicotine](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Nicotine)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/crashing-mid-gamee/117862/2 "2026-01-17T15:37:13Z")

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just noticed i didnt upgrade my GPU drivers (nvidia ver 576.88) . Gonna test it now and reply again

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**Author:** ![Nicotine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/db5fbb/32.png) [@Nicotine](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Nicotine)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/crashing-mid-gamee/117862/3 "2026-01-18T15:10:42Z")

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sadly updating my drivers didnt solve the problem same crash

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**Author:** ![Nicotine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/db5fbb/32.png) [@Nicotine](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Nicotine)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/crashing-mid-gamee/117862/4 "2026-01-18T15:20:25Z")

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steps i tried : disabled all overlays, disabled almost every single mod, lowered worker-threads (6), reinstalled darktide, updated all drivers . Also here is a console log

[console-2026-01-18-15.09.17-1b80ebf9-302c-49bb-995e-43624b80056d.log](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/uploads/short-url/gcktmiTI4iorGEVf9SKhCudFHt8.log) (156.7 KB)

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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:** [January 19, 2026, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/crashing-mid-gamee/117862/5 "2026-01-19T13:32:45Z")

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This appears to be due to the mod ‘VFX Swapper’.

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**Author:** ![Gideon404](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/gideon404/32/96699_2.png) [@Gideon404](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Gideon404)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2026, 7:39pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/crashing-mid-gamee/117862/6 "2026-01-19T19:39:30Z")

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This log doesn’t have any crash in it. Are you able to find the one from the time of the crash?

Edit: I should also mention that VFX Swapper is generally considered safer than the various fx mods it was created to replace.

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**Author:** ![Nicotine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/db5fbb/32.png) [@Nicotine](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Nicotine)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/crashing-mid-gamee/117862/7 "2026-01-20T17:48:01Z")

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i actually turned off VFX swapper and no crashes since then 🙂