We kindly ask that you complete the questions below. With this information, we can investigate your issue properly. Issue Description: Game was crashing with no shader issue. after reinstalling due to not reinstalled since pre-order beta, managed to load into game and start the prologue. Had to c…

Hi Julia, Updated Windows managed to launch it once. Came back to it today and again it is crashing on the first loading screen, The emblem in the bottom right does about 3/4 rotation and then game over. All drivers and windows are uptodate, with a Clean Install for the GFX Driver console-2023-05-…

Shader Error Exit Code =1

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Technical Support

FatsharkJulia April 12, 2023, 9:19am 2

Hello! Do you have the latest Windows 10 updates installed?

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Shader Error Exit Code =1

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