# Critical crash when I laucnch the game (after loading screen and cinematic)

**URL:** <https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/critical-crash-when-i-laucnch-the-game-after-loading-screen-and-cinematic/79460>\
**Category:** Technical Support\
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**Created:** [May 9, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/critical-crash-when-i-laucnch-the-game-after-loading-screen-and-cinematic/79460 "2023-05-09T19:19:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![senair106](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@senair106](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/senair106)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/critical-crash-when-i-laucnch-the-game-after-loading-screen-and-cinematic/79460/1 "2023-05-09T19:19:43Z")

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**Issue Description:**  
Game crash after the loading screen

## **Crash Report (If Applicable):** [Instructions: [How To Provide a Crash Report, Console Log, or darktide\_launcher.log](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/how-to-provide-a-crash-report-console-log-or-darktide-launcher-log/55163)] GUID: d030da7b-0915-44bd-b04f-dc0cc5e3efb5 Log File: Info Type:

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**Error Displayed (If Applicable):**

**Steps to Reproduce:**  
Launch the game ‘normal’ or with ‘Experimental’ BETA

**Mission Name (If Applicable):**

**Platform:**  
[Steam/Microsoft Store]  
Steam

**Player ID:**

**Approx. Time of Issue & Timezone:**

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

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

**Upload Console Log & darktide\_launcher.log:**  
[Instructions: [How To Provide a Crash Report, Console Log, or darktide\_launcher.log](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/how-to-provide-a-crash-report-console-log-or-darktide-launcher-log/55163)]

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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:** [May 10, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/critical-crash-when-i-laucnch-the-game-after-loading-screen-and-cinematic/79460/2 "2023-05-10T12:48:15Z")

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Your GPU is slightly below our minimum requirement, but shouldn’t be causing you to crash on launch. There is definitely some GPU-related issue occurring however.

Please see:

> **[\[PC\] How to Resolve GPU Crashes in Darktide](https://support.fatshark.se/hc/en-us/articles/7709667528349--PC-How-to-Resolve-GPU-Crashes-in-Darktide)**
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> Please rest assured we are actively monitoring the crashes being experienced by our players in Darktide and are working hard to address as many of these issues as quickly as possible.
> To help us im...