Fatal error crash. Cjson/test_plugins missing. Can’t fix this issue

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

Crash - on Launch

Issue Description (Required):

Nothing I do seems to fix whatever this is. Deleted all mods, verified files, deleted cache.

Does anyone have a fix for this? I was just playing this last night.

EDIT: More problems

GUID: a942ad10-579c-4f30-ae1f-c66ea5b8c80e
Log File:
Info Type:

[Script Error]: scripts/game_states/boot/state_startup_tests.lua:62: Startup test “test_plugins” failed.

Plugin “cjson” is required but was not loaded.Make sure that your game files are not corrupt by in Steam.

[Album] Found but lost

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

Yes, and I’ve tried disabling them

Reproduction Rate (Required):

Constant (100%)

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PC - Steam

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Hi Zazz, it’s possible that Windows Security/Smart App Control is blocking Darktide. I’d recommend making sure Darktide’s installation and .exes are added as exceptions.

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Late reply, Julia, but I ended up copying the lua_cjson_pluginw64_release.dl from my Darktide installation on my laptop, and moving into my Darktide folder on desktop.

Badabing, badaboom, it worked. Its been a while since I did this, but the file still existed on my desktop, and I think it even occupied the same amount of data but and I copied over it and it worked.