Today’s hotfix has not solved anything for me. The issues that arrived with 1.0.20 are still present and unchanged for me. The game still invariably crashes after running for one second when trying to play in either of the fullscreen modes. Windowed mode is my only option. Running as admin / not running as admin / having the same admin state across all executables / disabling fullscreen optimisations / reinstalling the game / having and reinstalling latest gpu drivers with a clean installation / verifying integrity of files / updating and / or reinstalling various applicable frameworks make no difference whatsoever to the occurrence or resolution of the issue.
GUID from today’s cavalcade of failure and disappointment:
GUID: e06f1deb-e7b1-4d9a-9025-b3df92bd3d39
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Issue Description: After Hotfix 1.0.21 I played a few games and sometimes was showing some artifacts (I couldn’t capture the screenshot in time). In the middle of my last game it crashed and I can’t launch Darktide anymore. At the launcher I press “Play” and the game crashes before the Fatshark’s openning everytime.
Crash Report (If Applicable):
GUID: 447e5824-56bc-4cca-8a70-ecacc9dd1748
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Steps to Reproduce:
At the Darktide’s launcher press “Play”
After the loading icon it crashes (before Fatshark’s openning)
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Steam
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Approx. Time of Issue & Timezone:
[12/21/2022, 03:23PM] [GMT-3]
yes.
I have tied with admin on/off on both aforementioned .exe’s. Also, in conjunction with steam being launched with admin mode both on or off.
Here is a list of things I’ve attempted.
Steam install validation.
Reboot.
Moving install location between SSDs.
Reinstalling the game to various SSDs.
Deleting caches / config files.
Reinstalling / uninstalling / deleting directories for EasyAntiCheat and EasyAntiCheat_EOS
Forcing reinstall of aforementioned EAC_EOS.
Changing Worker Threads
Updating/clearing registry.
changing admin privileges for launcher, game.exe, Steam - all on, all off, mixes, etc.
checking / running the game with firewall off/disabled
Just my daily attempt to launch the game since 1.0.20.
I had hopes since the announcement of 1.0.21 hotfix, but since there has been no direct response to my issue and notes did not appear to indicate any progress on it, I am not surprised the end result was the same.
Launcher is fine, loads shader cache, then ctd, no other messages save for crash log.
Crash Report (If Applicable):
GUID: ee5e219a-1f74-4da9-836a-19cd7a67ed64
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Error Displayed (If Applicable):
N/A
Steps to Reproduce:
Launch via steam
Mission Name (If Applicable):
N/A
Platform:
Steam
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Approx. Time of Issue & Timezone:
Whatever time it is when I launch it. Attempts typically made between 7pm and 5am.
Reproduction Rate:
100%
Upload Supporting Evidence:
See console log and above crash link.
I tried a clean installation again, post 1.0.21 patch, and got to the character select screen before crashing to desktop!
Hope may be the first step to disappointment, but it’s further than I’ve been since 1.0.20. After 1.0.20 and before 1.0.21 this didn’t make a difference, so maybe now that the patch is out, try what you’ve tried before and it may net some result?
Clean installation:
Press the Windows key + R
Enter %appdata% within the search input and select ‘OK’
Navigate to: AppData\Roaming\Fatshark
Delete the entire ‘Darktide’ directory
I still had 6 crashes and was unable to get into the mourningstar.
I tried launching from the start_protected_game.exe and it returned the backend error.
Changing DNS to Google, and my first full game on my primary pc since 1.0.20.
I would point out that my router has always been set to Google DNS for IPv4 and 6, so… not quite sure why that worked.
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since the patch on the 15th dec im not able to start the game-launcher. at least since 1.0.20 (22.12. on gamepass) the launcher starts again but the game crashes on startup.
i love this game but i’m glad i didn’t put extra money into it via steam or so, because the state is more than abyssmal…
so um after your hotfix my computer restarts when i click play from the launch screen. i have nvidia 3070 Ti fully up to date with their december 5th update.
Game Crashes on and before the Character select screen on steam ! didn’t have issues until the recent hotfix , uninstalled and reinstalled game , no administrator , GPU is up to date , verified integ , uninstalled steam and reinstalled.
Steam ID: 76561198238946256
GUID: c44e1482-5a22-4e7b-a3da-895ef0197b89
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GUID: 4382668c-c9dd-4a50-8228-fc36038535c1
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GUID: a71726b1-f838-41b0-b473-9d54190870f7
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if i do try an load in admin mode it comes back as backend error
really appreciate it if you could fix the game, friends wanna play but since nothing works to get the game even started we always have to swap to another game. been 3 weeks and still broken
Tried to launch about a dozen times last night, random crashes to desktop, no real pattern. Crashes to desktop occurred:
after pressing Play in the launcher, but before shaders cached.
After shaders cached, but before game launched.
After game launched, but before intro movie.
After intro movie, but before character select.
During Character Select.
After Character Select, loading into Mourningstar.
In Mourningstar, after about 3 seconds.
It didn’t get progressively worse, it was literally random when it would crash. No errors.
Validating files in Steam did nothing.
I was able to fix it (temporarily?) again by doing the clean uninstall feature.
uninstall
remove “darktide” directory in %appdata%
reinstall
However, I really don’t believe that having to repeat this process (on top of this resetting all your graphics settings) every few days is really what I’d consider a release state.
