Too many active buffs crashes the game

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Technical Support
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Issue Type (Required):

UI & UX

Issue Description (Required):

When the player has too many active buffs (45? hidden/visible), the game crashes and you get the following error.

<>…ements/player_buffs/hud_element_player_buffs_polling.lua:540: attempt to index local ‘widget’ (a nil value)<</Script Error>>

Steps to Reproduce (Required):

You can easily hit the limit while playing Arbitrator executive order build while also getting buffs from allies. Can be replicated in the psykhanium by e.g. spamming bubble as Psyker using a mod to reset the cooldown. Occurs with and without mods.

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

Yes, and I’ve tried disabling them

Reproduction Rate (Required):

Constant (100%)

Platform (Required):

PC - Steam

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What can we expect in 1.8.5?
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The cap is 45ish buffs, any more and
HudElementPlayerBuffs._get_available_widget()
returns nil, which crashes the client

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https://www.nexusmods.com/warhammer40kdarktide/mods/579?tab=videos

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astounding

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This will be resolved in 1.8.6. :slight_smile:

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You are seen, Julia, you are seen

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Will this be around Christmas?

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So hot it’s cold

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Come now lets be fair. The arbites talents were bugged only since July 9th, so they should have this fixed by early October with their track record.

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I’m having the same issue since the update. I wasn’t able to play Execution Order for over a month. And now I can’t play at all without crashing in the first 10 - 15 minutes. (The mod posted above also did not help fix the issue, still crashed.)

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Bro, don’t poke the hornet’s nest. You think Hedge just “left” the company and Julia had nothing to do with his sudden disappearance? Rumor is he crossed her, he ain’t been seen anywhere since!

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Lmao this game is so cooked by this point.

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If you use better buff management, you might have to turn it off temporarily while we’re waiting for the hot fix

Also, Buff HUD Improvements is causing issues and will need to be turned off. The mod itself appears to be unsupported now

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OMG I just nuked my entire installation thinking there was lingering files or changes from the mods I disabled trying to solve the crashes. -_-

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Any word when that Patch is planned to release? Like, will this be a hotfix this week? Or in the next monthly patch?

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This crash happens whether this mod is installed or not.

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Same thing happens to me:

GUID: 74bb3b35-5b55-41c2-bb5e-a23603acab58
Log File:
Info Type:

[Script Error]: …ements/player_buffs/hud_element_player_buffs_polling.lua:540: attempt to index local ‘widget’ (a nil value)

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He only reduces the likelihood of errors occurring; if multiple players repeatedly use the skill that grants buffs, it is still possible that the number of UI images could exceed 45

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If you also are running Better Buff Management, or another buff bar modifying mod, it could be causing it.