Having consistent CTD while playing Darktide

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Hello!
So I’ve been playing Darktide recently (since the latest update) and I have noticed that consistently, while playing “Psyker” and using the “Blaze Force Greatsword”, I get consistent crashes to desktop in the middle of matches. I love Darktide, and I’ve loved Vermintide as well but this is really bad. It makes me not want to play DT because you get literally nothing if you crash. What’s even worse is that these missions can be like half an hour long so it feels really useless when it happens.

Sorry to hear this @eternal.inflorescene

So we can look into this, please could you provide any console logs from sessions the CTD occurs?

Thanks in advance!

id you equip the Overload blessing? Using it may cause the game to crash.

This is mine. I’ve crashed 6 times over the past few days with the warp greatsword while playing psyker :frowning: Other classes have been working fine but it’s been sad to not play my fav.

GUID: 8f0ad1fb-060f-4795-9f35-3dd16bda1336
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Info Type:

[Engine Error]: HRESULT: 0x887a0005 = DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED: GetDeviceRemovedReason() = DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG, assert: ``

At D:\a\d\eng\darktide\release\2026_08_11_Patch1.13.x\s\runtime\d3d12_render_device\d3d12_debug.cpp:1634 in function stingray::aftermath::d3d_assert


Hello, sorry for the delay I’ve been busy with a new job & haven’t had much time for gaming. Anyways, I just started up darktide & unfortuntely, this problem is still happening @FatsharkLev

I did manage to snag the crash log for this time.

GUID: dfb0a7da-e452-4b3e-b7dd-11f31fc741db

Log File:
Info Type:

[Engine Error]: HRESULT: 0x887a0005 = DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED: GetDeviceRemovedReason() = DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG, assert: ``

At D:\a\d\eng\darktide\release\2026_08_11_Patch1.13.x\s\runtime\d3d12_render_device\d3d12_debug.cpp:1634 in function stingray::aftermath::d3d_assert


Hi @Hollowleg , sorry this just happened to you too! This is a bummer because Darktide is such a great game

Nice to know it’s the same problem based on your error too. Hopefully a good fix someday :slight_smile: Hive Scum is my new next favorite, so at least there is fun to be had still :smiley: Have a great weekend.

No problem, and thanks both!

The logs show a GPU-related crash. We’re investigating reports as we’ve observed an increase in GPU crashes for 40/50-series NVIDIA GPU from 20th October onwards. Latest NVIDIA driver 621.01 is our top suspect currently as this released around that time, and we’ve seen correlating reports.

It may be helpful to try rolling-back to a prior stable driver version in the meantime.

Hopefully we’ll be able to address any underlying issue soon, or NVIDIA releases a new driver version that plays nicely again!

Please rest assured we’re on the case. Thank you for your patience and understanding.