Crashing on first loadup of the game

Issue Description:
Click play in launcher, screen goes black, I see the darktide spinning logo in the bottom right. Instant crash to desktop.

All of the things I have tried

  • Turned off mods
  • Verified integrity of the game files
  • changed number of worker threads to -1 (down from 22 to 21)
  • changed number of worker threads to 12 (used to help performance a lot in the early launch days)
  • changed number of worker threads to 1 (saw a post saying it was the only thing that works)
  • changed to full screen from borderless fullscreen
  • checked audio devices to make sure defaults were correct (because who knows)
  • Reinstalled Game (followed by reboot)
  • fresh reinstall of Nvidia drivers (clean install) - followed by reboot
  • removed last software that I installed - followed by reboot
  • uninstalled game - went to game folder and deleted the entire folder to clear any remnants of files
  • reinstalled game
  • tried running another game just to see if everything was alright - it ran fine

I played for several hours yesterday with no issues, the only thing that changed was that I updated darktide mod loader and then downloaded new copies of mods I used which was just the scoreboard. I ran the .bat file to load 2 mods - the only 2 being animation events (or whatever scoreboard requires) and scoreboard itself. Once I crashed I went and ran the .bat file again to unpatch / unload mods. Since then the copy of the game is completely fresh, no remaining files exist in the steam install directory. It crashes within seconds of hitting play and I cannot figure out why.

Error Displayed (If Applicable):
GUID: 738f7ad6-8b9f-4b52-9575-1b1f6f13e184
Log File:
Info Type:


Steps to Reproduce:
click play 100% reproducible

Mission Name (If Applicable):
N/A

Platform:
[Steam/Microsoft Store]
Steam

Player ID:
Steam ID: 76561197995215885

Approx. Time of Issue & Timezone:
15:00 Mountain Time - US

Reproduction Rate:
Once - Rare (<10%) - Unusual (<25%) - Common (<50%) - Often (<75%) - Constant (100%)
100%

Upload Supporting Evidence:
[Screenshots, recordings, links to Twitch VODs, etc.]

[PC] Paste Crash Report, or Upload Console Log & darktide_launcher.log:
[Instructions: https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/how-to-provide-a-crash-report-console-log-or-darktide-lau
darktide_launcher.log (497.4 KB)
console-2023-10-05-21.07.38-aae135db-2c96-46f3-8084-1b661b9a2eb1.log (16.4 KB)
crash_dump-2023-10-05-21.07.38-aae135db-2c96-46f3-8084-1b661b9a2eb1.dmp (859.7 KB)
ncher-log/55163]

Same here. Seems widespread. I’ve had almost no problems since the game came out but since this morning 10/5. Can’t get into the game without crashing every time.

Tried everything on my computer’s end.

This will be resolved in our next patch, apologies.

I have the same issue, spinning logo then crash to desktop, except I don’t have mods installed. Problem started this morning Oct6, but was playing fine yesterday Oct5.

Any news on when that would be? Class rework patch had zero issues for me. Then whatever patch the krieg skins had bricked the game.

I fixed it!

go to run OR use windows key + R to bring up the run box
%appdata%
open fatshark folder
delete darktide folder completely
launch game
it shows you what your current hardware profile is and then you load. I expected it to crash as normal but its perfectly fine.

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