Darktide crash even with no mods after i launch the game

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

Crash - After Building Shader Cache

Issue Description (Required):

darktide keeps crashing somehow after the shader cache has been done and no crash report i even tunred off mods an it still crashes

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

Yes, and I’ve tried disabling them

Reproduction Rate (Required):

Constant (100%)

Platform (Required):

PC - Steam

[PC] Upload Console Log & darktide_launcher.log (Optional):

console-2025-11-05-16.06.46-d460bf23-710b-4676-bc60-24e5d57a05a3.log (65.1 KB)

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@FatsharkJulia

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It looks like this log ended abruptly - when this crash occurs, does it return you to the desktop, or does your PC lock up/reboot/shut down/etc.?

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it happens when in at the loading screen and was thing that happend in here Unable to play darktide turns out it was a application error in event viewer

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somehow it came back 4 days later

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Just catching up on your other conversation with Dash in the other post! First let’s rule out any external interference - please try:

  1. Press the Windows key
  2. Type ‘msconfig’ and select ‘System Configuration’
  3. On the ‘General’ tab, select ‘Selective Startup’
  4. Deselect ‘Load startup Items’
  5. Reboot your PC
  6. Launch Darktide as normal

Let us know the result!