Crashing on startup.

[Big Steppa]

Anyone else have this issue and resolve it? It's been doing this since the last two patches and I haven't been able to play. Tried validating, reinstalling, running as administrator. Can't seem to get it to launch. Help?

[El Duderino]

Please open your last log file, when the crash happend. Scroll down to the bottom. There should be a section with "Fatal Error" or "Critical Error". Please post the whole section here. You find the log file in %localappdata%\Squad\Saved\Logs\

[peteyk1881]

i just bought the game last night and having the same issue how do i get to the log file ??

[Big Steppa]

I'm having trouble finding the Log file too

[El Duderino]

just copy the following line and paste it in the address bar of your Explorer:

%localappdata%\Squad\Saved\Logs\

press Enter and you are in the logs folder

[Big Steppa]

Ok here's mine

[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogThreadingWindows:Error: Runnable thread PoolThread 3 crashed.
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error: === Critical error: ===
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error:
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error: Assertion failed: ReaderPos + Num <= ReaderSize [File:d:\g\pipelines\combined-release\S\UnrealEngine\Engine\Source\Runtime\Core\Public\Serialization/BufferReader.h] [Line: 53]
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error:
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error:
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error:
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error: KERNELBASE.dll!0x00000000FADE3C58
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error: squad.exe!0x0000000061BAAE9D
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error: squad.exe!0x0000000061B522FB
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error: squad.exe!0x0000000061B15DE8
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error: squad.exe!0x00000000615D68C5
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error: squad.exe!0x0000000061A702E8
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error: squad.exe!0x0000000061D30595
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error: squad.exe!0x0000000061C14D4F
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error: squad.exe!0x0000000061A71409
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error: squad.exe!0x0000000063BCC11C
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error: squad.exe!0x0000000063BC802B
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error: squad.exe!0x0000000063BBD4DE
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error: squad.exe!0x0000000063BC7BA6
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error: squad.exe!0x0000000061A71409
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error: squad.exe!0x0000000061A87B22
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error: squad.exe!0x0000000061A78B83
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error: squad.exe!0x0000000061A78B5E
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error: squad.exe!0x0000000061AC0C38
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error: squad.exe!0x0000000061BB9FBE
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error: squad.exe!0x0000000061BB5819
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error: KERNEL32.DLL!0x00000000FD428364
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error: ntdll.dll!0x00000000FE4D7091
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error: ntdll.dll!0x00000000FE4D7091
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error:
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:055][ 0]LogWindows:Error: Crash in runnable thread PoolThread 3
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:066][ 0]LogExit: Executing StaticShutdownAfterError
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:066][ 0]LogWindows: FPlatformMisc::RequestExit(1)
[2017.11.11-15.58.05:066][ 0]Log file closed, 11/11/17 10:58:05

[melonbeton]

Originally posted by El Duderino:

Please open your last log file, when the crash happend. Scroll down to the bottom. There should be a section with "Fatal Error" or "Critical Error". Please post the whole section here. You find the log file in %localappdata%\Squad\Saved\Logs\

I looked into the containing folder. There were some backups. After I deleted them and just kept the most actual one - which wasn´t a backup - the game didn´t crash on startup any more.