# Games crashes after Hotfix #73 (1.8.5)
**URL:** https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/games-crashes-after-hotfix-73-1-8-5/111899
**Category:** Technical Support
**Tags:** acknowledged
**Created:** [August 20, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/games-crashes-after-hotfix-73-1-8-5/111899 "2025-08-20T16:28:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@FIST\_ONE](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/FIST_ONE)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/games-crashes-after-hotfix-73-1-8-5/111899/1 "2025-08-20T16:28:16Z")
### Issue Type (Required):
Crash - During Play
### Issue Description (Required):
So i’ve tried to play a couple of matches and somewhere in the middle of the mission i got a crash sending me straight back to my desktop. It happend every time i started a game, i updated my drivers too in case was that the issue but no joy. I’ll attach below the crash link report. Thank you, have a great evening
### [PC] Do You Use Mods? (Optional):
No, I don’t use mods
### Reproduction Rate (Required):
Constant (100%)
### Platform (Required):
PC - Steam
### [PC] Crash Report (Optional):
guid: 76bdcfa0-5217-4bac-951d-185059c12354 log file: info type: ----------------------------------------------- [script error]: …ements/player\_buffs/hud\_element\_player\_buffs\_polling.lua:540: attempt to index local ‘widget’ (a nil value) ----------------------------------------------- [crash link]: crashify://76bdcfa0-5217-4bac-951d-185059c12354
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### Author:  [@CobaltNinja](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/CobaltNinja)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/games-crashes-after-hotfix-73-1-8-5/111899/2 "2025-08-20T16:40:04Z")
Players immediately figured this out, if you get more than 45 buffs on the HUD then the game instantly crashes.
[Try using this mod](https://www.nexusmods.com/warhammer40kdarktide/mods/579) until Fatshark fixes it.
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### Author:  [@FatsharkJulia](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/FatsharkJulia)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/games-crashes-after-hotfix-73-1-8-5/111899/3 "2025-08-20T16:57:04Z")
To add to the above - we’ll be addressing this crash in 1.8.6. Apologies for the inconvenience.
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### Author:  [@CobaltNinja](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/CobaltNinja)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/games-crashes-after-hotfix-73-1-8-5/111899/4 "2025-08-20T17:08:54Z")
Hoping 1.8.6 is soon.
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### Author:  [@FIST\_ONE](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/FIST_ONE)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/games-crashes-after-hotfix-73-1-8-5/111899/5 "2025-08-20T17:19:31Z")
Fingers crossed, thank you anyway
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### Author:  [@MarxistDictator](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/MarxistDictator)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/games-crashes-after-hotfix-73-1-8-5/111899/6 "2025-08-20T17:52:23Z")
everyone just needs to unequip skills that give buffs to other people and stay out of coherency. your best defense against very easy crashes is being ‘that guy’. and I guess avoiding arbites because they have 2 rows of buffs active basically at all times for interacting with their keys while Darktide app is running.
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### Author:  [@ApeWithButterKnife](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/ApeWithButterKnife)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/games-crashes-after-hotfix-73-1-8-5/111899/7 "2025-08-20T18:13:55Z")
Thanks! Good to hear
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### Author:  [@Gibson](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Gibson)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/games-crashes-after-hotfix-73-1-8-5/111899/8 "2025-08-20T20:34:16Z")
> [@FatsharkJulia](#):
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> To add to the above - we’ll be addressing this crash in 1.8.6. Apologies for the inconvenience.
**the game crashes with the same error**