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If your system is BSOD then that’s more of an lower level OS problem. Can you do a full windows update on your system as a first step

The devs are aware of the issue and are working on it

Can you try

1. Run steam as an administrator
2. Re-verify your game cache
3. whitelist the darktide directory from your anti-virus, or temporarily disable it

Can you specify what platform you are playing on

Are you forcing the Nvidia card via the Nvidia control panel for the game?

Its unfortunate you had to rebuild your system to fix the problem but I’m glad you got it resolved.

It is not

Can you try

1. run steam as an admin
2. re-verify game cache
3. disable your anti-virus

I’d try running a full windows update on your system

I guess can you try running the launcher as an admin? The fact that the appdata is not being generated is peculiar

When you re-launch the game through steam it should re-create the appdata folder. If its not being created can you double check you’re running steam itself as an administrator? That should launch the game with the necessary persmissions to re-create the appdata folder

If the log isnt being generated that’s odd. You’re trying to launch the game through steam directly correct? Can you disable your anti-virus entirely as it sounds like its preventing something from being written

Can you try disabling your anti-virus as well as your firewall.

Dont launch the exe directly. You need to go through the launcher or it will fail anyway.

1. Run steam as an admin
2. reverify your game data
3. disable your anti-virus

Can you also provide your darktide launcher logs
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

Launch steam as an administrator. it sounds like there’s a permissions issue if no darktide launcher log is being written

Check if your anti-virus has the game whitelisted. its possible your AV is constantly file locking which is contributing to long load times

Ensure you’ve set your laptop to use the Nvidia card via the Nvidia Control Panel

Also launch steam as an admin and then re-verify your game data