Shader Error Exit Code =1

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Technical Support
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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 close the game due to life and went to restart and got the Shader Error Exit code =1 ever since.

Crash Report (If Applicable):
GUID: 7f4945a7-373b-4d40-90e5-476d5899b136
Log File:
Info Type:

Error Displayed (If Applicable):
Shader error exit code =1
Steps to Reproduce:
Launch game from steam, click play on launcher.
Launch launcher outside of steam,
launch game from outside steam

Mission Name (If Applicable):
N/A

Platform:
Steam

Player ID:
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Approx. Time of Issue & Timezone:
Any Time any day

Reproduction Rate:
100%

Upload Supporting Evidence:
Darktide Error

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
    console-2023-04-11-22.25.41-ea124268-84b8-4acb-9054-a608c5e060b7.log (12.0 KB)
    console-2023-04-11-22.10.47-cc1e8bb1-03d4-4923-b835-5d5a57ed2565.log (12.0 KB)
    console-2023-04-11-22.10.36-5e9b377c-c72b-4821-88e5-eb386d168ea1.log (12.0 KB)
    console-2023-04-11-22.43.40-7f4945a7-373b-4d40-90e5-476d5899b136.log (12.0 KB)
    console-2023-04-11-22.40.36-f867ce7a-1c9c-4749-875a-5646e83469f3.log (12.0 KB)
    console-2023-04-11-22.08.16-b3708062-faa4-400c-9432-44cb5d1e78f4.log (12.0 KB)
    console-2023-04-11-22.00.53-faca8633-e0c8-4342-9cf0-3ccec462241e.log (12.0 KB)
    console-2023-04-11-22.10.22-30485bf1-c00f-44c6-82ce-bd63b44ef110.log (12.0 KB)
    console-2023-04-11-22.08.59-6417c281-55f4-4726-98a7-78b25ad8e434.log (13.0 KB)

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
    darktide_launcher.log (505.9 KB)

Things I have tried to fix based on previous forum posts and various troubleshooting:

Reinstall VC Redistributions
Delete %Appdata% folders
Complete reinstalls of Nvidia Drivers, Game, Steam
Launch As Admin On Launcher and game on and off
regedit guid change
vulkan run argument

Specs on PC:
AMD Ryzen 7 5800x
Nvidia RTX 2060 Super
32GB of Ram

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

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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-2023-05-06-18.26.00-0233dcb0-cada-49cc-893a-97bda7581a21.log (29.7 KB)