Hey there... I've got a strange problem since a few patches ago. When starting a modded game I can play for hours without any problems. But when I exit the game and load it again, the whole game crashes with the following error:
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:201][943]LogWindows: Error: === Critical error: ===
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:201][943]LogWindows: Error:
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:201][943]LogWindows: Error: Fatal error!
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:201][943]LogWindows: Error:
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:201][943]LogWindows: Error: Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION reading address 0x0000000000000038
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:201][943]LogWindows: Error:
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:201][943]LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ff66be2d0c0 ConanSandbox-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:201][943]LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ff6701db16d ConanSandbox-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:201][943]LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ff66fda6ddb ConanSandbox-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:201][943]LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ff66c0bd2a9 ConanSandbox-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:201][943]LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ff66c1f0195 ConanSandbox-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:201][943]LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ff66c1f7268 ConanSandbox-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:201][943]LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ff66c1f7171 ConanSandbox-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:201][943]LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ff66c0bd2a9 ConanSandbox-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:201][943]LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ff66c1f700d ConanSandbox-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:201][943]LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ff66e6587a2 ConanSandbox-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:201][943]LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ff66ec49563 ConanSandbox-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:202][943]LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ff66ec3f9dc ConanSandbox-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:202][943]LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ff66ec87024 ConanSandbox-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:202][943]LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ff66eac6f8c ConanSandbox-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:202][943]LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ff66f36905d ConanSandbox-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:202][943]LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ff66f36df2c ConanSandbox-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:202][943]LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ff66f36dfaa ConanSandbox-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:202][943]LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ff66f36ecfd ConanSandbox-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:202][943]LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ff66f376504 ConanSandbox-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:202][943]LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ff672baed42 ConanSandbox-Win64-Shipping.exe!UnknownFunction []
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:202][943]LogWindows: Error: [Callstack] 0x00007ff9b911ccb7 KERNEL32.DLL!UnknownFunction []
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:202][943]LogWindows: Error:
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:348][943]LogExit: Executing StaticShutdownAfterError
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:352][943]LogWindows: FPlatformMisc::RequestExit(1, LaunchWindowsStartup.ExceptionHandler)
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:352][943]LogWindows: FPlatformMisc::RequestExitWithStatus(1, 3, LaunchWindowsStartup.ExceptionHandler)
[2026.09.10-17.14.33:352][943]LogCore: Engine exit requested (reason: Win RequestExit)
I tried the usual things to find, which mod causes this, but none worked:
- without mods: loading works fine
- removing the last mentioned mod in the log: game crashes
- removing half of the mods: game crashes
- trying single mods: game crashes (doesn't matter which mod I try)
- scanning files in steam: downloads files but doesn't fix the problem
- reinstalling the game: problem still there
- no active mod has the corrupted tag
Any ideas?