# Game crashing on start up after update

**URL:** <https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/game-crashing-on-start-up-after-update/84228>\
**Category:** Technical Support\
**Tags:** acknowledged\
**Created:** [October 14, 2023, 4:18am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/game-crashing-on-start-up-after-update/84228 "2023-10-14T04:18:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jaslaflare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/278dde/32.png) [@jaslaflare](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/jaslaflare)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 4:18am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/game-crashing-on-start-up-after-update/84228/1 "2023-10-14T04:18:39Z")

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**Issue Description:**  
Game crashes on start up. I updated drivers and it worked once but crashed while the mission was loading. It has begun crashing on launch again

## **Error Displayed (If Applicable):** GUID: 12657cc7-5a88-41f7-94ef-0ad5930ee2a2 Log File: Info Type:

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**Steps to Reproduce:**  
click play lolz

**Mission Name (If Applicable):**

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

**Player ID:**

**Approx. Time of Issue & Timezone:**  
9:00 PMish

## **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:** GUID: aee5c59a-4772-4e62-b0c1-b3efd0582a62 Log File: Info Type:

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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:** [October 16, 2023, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/game-crashing-on-start-up-after-update/84228/2 "2023-10-16T11:57:21Z")

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This is a GPU-related error. Please try running through the solutions below:

> **[\[PC\] 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...