kenshi crashes when starting a game

[theguyfromfortnite]

i have read the top post and tried reinstalling, using the steam file integrity thing, and yet the game ALWAYS crashes some time after i press play. be it importing, loading or playing a new game. I tried disabling all mods, yet it still crashes.

Here is the crash dump:

crashDump1.0.55_x64.zip

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[Shidan]

Looks to me like you're having issues with it detecting your save folder, which is breaking the game's code when it tries to look at the save folders.

I would suggest trying to disable the user save location in the options menu.

And if that doesn't help, I would suggest going to:
C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Local\kenshi\save\

Backing up any important saves you want to keep from there, then deleting that Kenshi folder.

[theguyfromfortnite]

so far i tried all the methods you gave me and none worked. still crashes when loading.

[Shidan]

Can you post a new crashdump, so I can see if the errors have changed at all?

[theguyfromfortnite]

im sorry but right now im unable to send it since in away for the while being. i will post it tomorrow

[theguyfromfortnite]

sorry for being kinda late, here is the latest crash dump. i did it with no mods and user save location disabled. also deleted the appdata kenshi save folder

[Shidan]

According to the logs there were two launches where it did not encounter the error. Did it crash every time you launched since the previous crashdump?

It was right after you switched the save location I think, as it reports a successful scan of the installation folder's save folder, instead of giving an error about being unable to see the appdata one. After those two launches it goes back to giving errors about the appdata folder.

[theguyfromfortnite]

yes. every single time i tried, it crashed at around the same time

[theguyfromfortnite]

i will try and uninstall the whole game again (except my saves n custom mods) but from the file explorer instead of steam. maybe i can remove everything. i will tell you if it works. i dont know what to do at this point

[theguyfromfortnite]

after trying that, in the first attempt it froze at the character creation screen, but now it crashes again. also the crash message had this wall of text in a language i dont understand (i THINK its chinese). here is the crash dump and the message

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[Shidan]

So good news is this is not the same error as before, looks like reinstalling may have gotten past that.

This one appears to be an error related to your graphics card. Unfortunately it is very vague, just essentially saying it failed to access it. I would try updating/reinstalling your graphics drivers, see if that helps.

[theguyfromfortnite]

ah i just remembered that before it started crashing i had to update my driver, so that could be the case. i will try now

[theguyfromfortnite]

IT WORKED

[Shidan]

Good to hear! Hopefully, that's the end of your issues and now you can sit down and enjoy the game.