# Less than 4 Players in Match

**URL:** https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/less-than-4-players-in-match/59239
**Category:** Bugs
**Tags:** acknowledged
**Created:** [November 23, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/less-than-4-players-in-match/59239 "2022-11-23T15:39:06Z")
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### Author: ![ElijahBellie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9d8465/32.png) [@ElijahBellie](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/ElijahBellie)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/less-than-4-players-in-match/59239/1 "2022-11-23T15:39:06Z")

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**Issue Description:** On a rare instance, less than 4 players can exist in a match without a bot substitution.

**Steps to Reproduce:**  
[Please add the steps that can help our QA department in reproducing the issue. For example:]

1. Attempt to use Quickplay on Malice to connect to a game. Join a game in progress (The Assassination mission in the Enforcer Station. I joined early; in the sewer tunnel that drops you down to the first Medicae platform/below the elevator event.)
2. There were only 3 players: Ogryn, Ogryn and Psyker

**Mission Name (If Applicable):**

**Platform:**  
[Steam]

**Player ID:**  
[[Steam Community :: Elijah Bellie](https://steamcommunity.com/id/MrWarp/)]

**Approx. Time of Issue & Timezone:**  
[23/11/2022, 11:36AM] [GMT]  
[console-2022-11-23-11.29.29-bda308d4-c75e-4996-bbf4-67c27d41e93b.log](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/uploads/short-url/uuDxpLy3tWsGORmIYGgiR8bBXlH.log) (470.5 KB)

**Reproduction Rate:**  
Once - Rare (\<10%)

**Upload Supporting Evidence:**  
[[Steam Community :: Screenshot :: bug: only 3 players without a bot substitution](https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2892314741)]

**Upload Console Log:**

1. Press the Windows key + R
2. Enter %appdata% within the search input and select ‘OK’
3. Navigate to AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide\console\_logs
4. Locate the console log that corresponds with the session in which the issue occurred, by looking at the timestamps in the log names
5. Upload here

**Upload darktide\_launcher.log:**

1. Press the Windows key + R
2. Enter %appdata% within the search input and select ‘OK’
3. Navigate to AppData\Roaming\Fatshark\Darktide
4. Locate the darktide\_launcher.log in this directory
5. Upload here