[RESOLVED w/ 7.3.5.1] Frequent crashing to desktop, game unplayable as a result.

[Dillinger]

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This issue was resolved (for me) with the introduction of Destiny 2 Update 7.3.5.1, in which Bungie corrected two crash conditions: One which was related to hoverboard tricks; and, one which was related to an undescribed exploit that could crash others in the area.

If you are still having issues, I urge you to create a new topic to continue the discussion and ensure the issue gets seen.
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This issue was introduced with the most recent patch (Guardian Games 2024). Prior to this patch, I was able to play the game without issue- nothing has changed on the hardware side. With that said, let's move into the description of the issue.

The game will, at an apparently arbitrary time, simply crash. It leaves behind no error. There are no errors in Windows Reliability Report. There are no errors in Windows Event Viewer. It simply freezes up, then crashes.

The video provided below is a real time capture of the desktop environment (not the game window). It is accurate except for the period where it shows black following the game freezing. The black screen is an artifact of recording from the video source swapping over. In reality, the moment it went black is the moment I saw my desktop.

The crash occurred at approximately five and a half minutes following application startup in this example. However, crash timeframes are unpredictable- sometimes relatively quick, sometimes not so.

This error is easy to recreate, in the sense that it happens every time I play. However, I do not know what precipitates the failure. I initially thought the new hoverboard, but if that's the case it does so in a manner that is not immediately obvious (as I have also crashed in situations where the hoverboard was not in use).

Video of the problem here: https://youtu.be/cYNjkqF-Fl8

[Mang]

This issue is especially frustrating during one of my campaign missions that takes a while to actually reach the starting point of the quest (no fast travel point nearby). So I play a few minutes of the quest and then CTD a few times now

[Impaired Bear]

2 systems crashing frequently post patch. 1000s of hours and its never crashed this much...

[Filipino Enjoyer]

5 crashes in 2 days since the guardian games patch and not a single crash before in 2k hours but its totally my system and not bungies fault /s

[Apox]

same got hardcrashes like all 30min-1h since the last patch and now tell me how i could do the last lightfall mission what is near 1h long with crashes, disconnects uff

[ALAINHP92]

same thing here

[Lil C]-[ew C]-[ew is ☂д☂]

First crash happening in this season. Entered in Dreaming city and started a bunch of activities, fast travelled repeatedly and bang...game frozen and closed without warnings.

The skimmer might not be entirely causing the issue because last night, I've played for 4 hours and used quite a lot on strikes and nightfall but tonight going on Dreaming city at the beginning went normal. Played the well couple times, fast travelled, went to other sectors played public events, fast travelled played lost sectors and so after beating two diferent regular lost sectors and used for 8th time skimmer....the game stopped responding.

Maybe got to be connected to skimmer being summoned multiple times or maybe to fast travelling repeatedly too fast?

[sadbuttrue8]

I confirm. There is a problem with freezing and crashing to the desktop and it arose after the last update of the game. The crash to my desktop happens all the time in the City of Dreams location. Spontaneously, regardless of the time since the game was launched.

[sadbuttrue8]

Цитата допису Lil C-ew C-ew is ☂д☂:

First crash happening in this season. Entered in Dreaming city and started a bunch of activities, fast travelled repeatedly and bang...game frozen and closed without warnings.

The skimmer might not be entirely causing the issue because last night, I've played for 4 hours and used quite a lot on strikes and nightfall but tonight going on Dreaming city at the beginning went normal. Played the well couple times, fast travelled, went to other sectors played public events, fast travelled played lost sectors and so after beating two diferent regular lost sectors and used for 8th time skimmer....the game stopped responding.

Maybe got to be connected to skimmer being summoned multiple times or maybe to fast travelling repeatedly too fast?

The game crashes in any scenario, regardless of whether you are moving on foot or on a vehicle, or using fast travel, the game can turn off spontaneously, even if you change the build slot, at this moment it can freeze and then be sent to you on the Windows desktop.

[ZaneNotZayne]

same here my game just crashed when i logged in

[VincentLocke]

Same is happening to me and I don't even have the new surfboard. I uninstalled and reinstalled and it crashed again within the first ten minutes of playing. No problems before.

[Young_TomC]

game just closed to desktop with no errors from the game itself or in event viewer. I was trying to test something so I chose a public event on the EDZ. This was my first crash and public event since the update so it might be public events. I was playing PvP earlier and Nightfalls for a while yesterday with no issues

[GS_GerBeGurGya]

I deleted the vanilla skimmer from my character and I was able to play 2 hour with no crash. Worth the try.

[Grandizer]

i don't have the hoverboard. I've been playing with zero issues. Played last weekend Sat and Sun for hours and not one crash. Updated the game the day Guardian Games started, played that night, no issues. Tonight, Friday night, 5 crashes all on Europa. I'm just doing dailies and boom, freeze then crash. Came out of a mission, warped to NPC to turn it in and crashed standing still after like a minute

[Lil C]-[ew C]-[ew is ☂д☂]

Again played for 4 and 5 minutes in session and my crashes are related to repeatedly summoning skimmer after having finished one activitiy. Upon completiion if going for another. It just freeze and stop responding, quitting back to desktop without warnings.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3175872190
My study so far is for not to deploy Skimmer once I/he/she/it/we have completed a activity. Moving to diferent destinations or orbit activities will result into instant party pooper crash mid game.

[shrimp]

Can confirm the crashing is happening on all consoles and PC's. Wife plays on PS5, and our friend plays on PS4, also tested it out on my Series X and all of them crash, so I think you can confidently rule out any issues with your PC.

I've noticed that the crashing seems to be happening around open world environments. but not at any specific interval or location. No planets are safe, and going to, playing in, and leaving have all been moments we have crashed. I haven't personally gotten any crashes in PvP or missions of any sort.

I don't know for sure if the Skimmer is a direct cause but one is usually present in some way, shape, or form. Whether I am trying to use it, somebody in the area is using it, or if one is just sitting in the environment. I've been in open world environments where several people, including myself, are riding around and doing tricks without issue though, so I'm wondering if there is something on top of the Skimmer, or maybe even a specific Skimmer, that causes the crash.