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The game has been crashing to desktop for me. This is not the fault of the trainer as the game starts, runs for about 10 seconds and you can run around on the ship, then poof CTD wether the trainer is running or not. It's been happening for the last few weeks, and as I said it happens wether Aurora is running or not. I've uninstalled and reinstalled clean, uninstalled Aurora completely including all registry references, done validation checks on the gamefiles, rebooted etc etc

Has anyone else been seeing this problem with the game? I'm running a I9-13900KS, Strix 4090 not overclocked, 32Gb of DDR5 5600 Asus Maximus Extreme MB.

I've had a similar problem with Occupy Mars same exact issue... Game starts and then almost immediately immediately crashes to desktop... So frustrating...

[Edited by DHO112, 6/13/2024 11:38:55 PM]

I know you're saying the game works fine with the trainer, but I'm regularly getting crashes even for just clicking settings in game. And starting missions. Sometimes I dont even get to that point, as it will crash out right after the intro.

Just giving general advice based on my past general experience with gaming. Given that you experience the same thing with other games, it's likely the fault of your system and not the game. First thing you should do is go to event viewer and see what the related error messages are and then look up said error(s). They tend to be generic but it should help you narrow down your troubleshooting a little.

Other than that,

1)Update gpu drivers

2)Try setting ram to JEDEC (ie no xmp/expo) spec and run the game(s).

3)Update mobo bios and set your CPU to "intel baseline profile". Depending on your mobo brand, it might be called something else. There has been some talk recently regarding mobo manufacturers overclocking intel CPUs (most notably the I9 range like yours) to the point of instability. It crashed games so much that it got nvidia investigating and eventually pointing fingers at intel. Look it up and see if you wish to set it.

Here's an article on it:

www.techspot.com/news/102611-nvidia-advises-crash-prone-cpu-owners-look-intel.html

4)Antivirus software. Try disabling and then playing

5)PSU issue. Very unlikely since it usually results in a BSOD, but I thought I would mention it as a "try if all else fails" thing

6)RGB software. Very unlikely as well but stranger things have happened with it.

7)Failing ssd/hdd. I don't think that is your issue but if you have tried everything else, worth taking a look as well. Scan your SSD/HDD for bad blocks/sectors.

How's the heat looking? Run HWINFO to monitor how your pc acts when running a game. If it jumps to a very high temp (eg. 100) within a few seconds, then it might be due to your cpu cooler (AIO I assume) not working properly, either poor contact or it is spoilt.

[Edited by Gangreenator, 6/14/2024 5:59:22 AM]

About post above. It can be a PSU issue. I had one that caused problems with games that draw a lot of power. The PSU was old and too much voltage fluctuation. Did not experience BSOD, only game crashes that were random.

[Edited by tostrand, 6/14/2024 5:32:24 AM]

Thanks for the input. Yeah, it's definitely a possibility.

New update works well for me.
Thanks!

I cannot for the love of me, get it to work.
Followed all the instructions, but as soon as i double click the "Helldivers2Launcher.exe" file,
Game guard pops an error 152.
There is literally no 10 second window for me...

Hi,
You might want to read the helldiver official discord: Community Manager from HD2 states that currently there is a KNOWN ISSUE for PC version - Causes player to crash when opening menu, social, and/or settings.

The DEVS are aware of this issue and is working on a fix.

Posted from Baskinator + Twinbeard as of 13 June 2024 @ 0802/0804/0808 AM PST

[Edited by xxLingerxx, 6/14/2024 9:55:34 AM]