I have been having consistent issues with crashing for the last few days. I experience severe stutters, issues with connectivity and in general cannot run my game for more than a minute or two before I crash.
These crashes lock-up my pc for roughly a minute and I experience severe stutters and issues before my pc reverts to normal behaviour.
[PC] Do You Use Mods? (Optional):
No, I don’t use mods
Reproduction Rate (Required):
Often (<75%)
Platform (Required):
PC - Steam
[PC] Crash Report (Optional):
GUID: 6f503eee-e873-49fc-b741-d117075bf224
Log File:
Info Type:
[Engine Error]: Deadlock detected while waiting on main thread. Update was not called for 16.1 seconds. You need to supply a crash dump or a crashify link in the report since we need both logs and crashdump to investigate this.
To check if Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling (HAGS) is on, open Settings, go to System > Display > Graphics, and select “Change default graphics settings”. If the toggle under “Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling” is set to “On,” the feature is active!
Your GPU driver hook is corrupted and to fix it you need to use DDU to wipe the driver clean and reinstall it. Reinstalling drivers without clean up first will not help!
This is how you use the DDU:
To use Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) properly, you must download your new drivers first, boot into Windows Safe Mode, run the cleanup tool, restart back to windows and then install your fresh drivers while staying disconnected from the internet. This process ensures a clean slate by completely wiping residual files and registry entries that default uninstallers leave behind, preventing performance drops, crashes, or black screens
If you already know how to use DDU then my apologies
On the side, was there a Windows update around the time it started happening?
Another side question, you are using framegen in Darktide, is that a correct assumption?
Solid suggestion from silentbob515 above, please let us know how a driver removal using DDU and clean reinstallation of your GPU drivers goes
In addition to this, which may help with the stability and performance issues you describe, I recommend checking whether your BIOS needs to be updated via your motherboard manufacturer’s website. With firmware updates, we advise caution and to do at your own risk.
Lastly, if any problems persist, it may be helpful to try switching over to our Experimental Build.
This Darktide build version includes subtle changes that we trial, some of which focus on stability and performance - so I’m hoping that you may have a more positive experience using it.
To do so:
Open the Steam client
Right-click Darktide in your Steam library
Select ‘Properties’
Select ‘Betas’
Enter the password cTYPtKTsfMDsLHAV
Select ‘Check Code’
Select the ‘None’ dropdown, and experimental - Experimental Builds should now be within the list
The issue seems to have been resolved either by the experimental or the DDU reinstall of drivers. I did both so I am not sure which. Either way, thank you for the help. Much appreciated.
