Package_manager.lua:502: Trying to unload resource

Issue Type (Required):

Crash - During Play

Issue Description (Required):

Hello.
After the release of Hotfix #84 (1.10.3), this error “package_manager.lua:502” began appearing almost every game session. It never occurred before. It’s not related to mods. Please provide feedback on how to fix this or consider working on a fix. The problem may have existed before, but it didn’t happen this often. Other players have also reported similar issues.

[PC] Do You Use Mods? (Optional):

Yes, and I’ve tried disabling them

Reproduction Rate (Required):

Unusual (<25%)

Platform (Required):

PC - Steam

[PC] Crash Report (Optional):

GUID: 8863f4ff-5489-49a1-a9e8-99955b4f773d

Log File:
Info Type:

[Script Error]: scripts/foundation/managers/package/package_manager.lua:502: Trying to unload resource #ID[91bf1e0a0217d6d6].#ID[eac0b497876adedf] that’s used elsewhere by the engine, refcount: 2

[PC] Upload Console Log & darktide_launcher.log (Optional):

console-2025-12-20-03.14.46-80e4fafc-1545-4dfc-8f14-a881c003b730.log (797 KB)

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Hey Dolphin. I can see our developers are aware of this crash, but it does have some ties to mods.

It’d really help us out if you could reproduce the crash without mods, and share the associated crash report here!

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