# "Oodle" error, failed decompression, verify integrity

**URL:** <https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/oodle-error-failed-decompression-verify-integrity/69576>\
**Category:** Technical Support\
**Tags:** acknowledged\
**Created:** [December 17, 2022, 12:19am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/oodle-error-failed-decompression-verify-integrity/69576 "2022-12-17T00:19:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Imperium007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecb155/32.png) [@Imperium007](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Imperium007)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 12:19am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/oodle-error-failed-decompression-verify-integrity/69576/1 "2022-12-17T00:19:23Z")

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**Issue Description:**  
Crashing when entering a game after character selection (any character), or after entering a mission (any mission), or after ending a mission (any mission). CTD with error message reading "Failed Decompress, #ID[de7b6199] error. Oodle detected corruption in compressed segment. Make sure that your game files are not corrupt by verify game file integrity in Steam

Have verified. Have reinstalled game. Have reinstalled onto different hard drives. All of these multiple times. Have upgraded to Windows 11. Nothing seems to work to fix it. Why is this happening in the first place?

## **Crash Report (If Applicable):** GUID: c5975525-dbee-4a66-bf76-b4bc3d1c1705 Log File: Info Type:

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**Error Displayed (If Applicable):**

See above

**Steps to Reproduce:**  
See above

**Mission Name (If Applicable):**  
NA

**Platform:**  
Steam

**Player ID:**  
Steam ID- Imperialmarine

**Approx. Time of Issue & Timezone:**  
Any time, PST

**Reproduction Rate:**  
Constant

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**Author:** ![Imperium007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecb155/32.png) [@Imperium007](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Imperium007)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/oodle-error-failed-decompression-verify-integrity/69576/2 "2022-12-18T18:55:51Z")

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Any help from tech support?

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**Author:** ![FatsharkLev](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/fatsharklev/32/119491_2.png) [@FatsharkLev](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/FatsharkLev)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/oodle-error-failed-decompression-verify-integrity/69576/3 "2022-12-20T16:18:15Z")

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Hi @Imperium007,

Sorry for the delayed reply!

This is likely occurring due to persistent Data Corruption.

I can only recommend running through our potential solutions here:

> **[\[PC\] How to Resolve Data Corruption Errors](https://support.fatshark.se/hc/en-us/articles/360021425793--PC-How-to-Resolve-Data-Corruption-Errors)**
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> Data corruption errors are commonly displayed as "Corrupt game data in block: 1, size: XXX.Error: -3.Make sure that your game files are not corrupt by in s...

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**Author:** ![Imperium007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecb155/32.png) [@Imperium007](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Imperium007)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/oodle-error-failed-decompression-verify-integrity/69576/4 "2022-12-23T23:39:34Z")

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And when none of these work? And if that’s the case, why is it whenever I install or verify, I’m still getting corrupted data from the servers that cause the crash?