Immediate crash due to Out of Memory error after Nightmares and Visions update

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

Crash - on Launch

Issue Description (Required):

Hello, I’m not sure what’s causing it, but my game is crashing immediately upon reaching the character select screen after the newest update. It was running perfectly fine before this, so I’m not sure what changed or what’s causing it.

[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: e88bb55a-b62b-40d7-9c04-5e376fae4554
Log File:
Info Type:

[Engine Error]: Page allocator ‘page_allocator’ failed allocating 2949120 bytes, total 1186398208, last error: The paging file is too small for this operation to complete. , error code: 1455

Assertion failed ptr at D:\a\d\rel_engine_darktide\release\2025_02_19_Patch1.7.x\runtime\foundation\memory\page_allocator_win.cpp:237 in function stingray::PageAllocator::allocate_vmemory

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Please ensure your ‘Virtual Memory’ in Windows is set to ‘Automatically Manage Paging File Size for All Drives’ by:

  1. Navigate to Control Panel > System and Security
  2. Select ‘System’
  3. Select ‘Advanced system settings’
  4. Under the ‘Advanced’ tab, select the ‘Settings’ button underneath ‘Performance’
  5. Select the ‘Advanced’ tab
  6. Select the ‘Change’ button underneath ‘Virtual memory’
  7. Ensure the ‘Automatically Manage Paging File Size for All Drives’ checkbox is marked
  8. Restart your PC