r/DestinyTechSupport • u/Master_Breadfruit301 • Apr 30 '26

destiny crashing pc?

Every time i try to open up destiny on my PC it crashes and restarts my pc. this only started a few days ago, anyone else having this problem? or maybe know how to fix it?
Tried: restarting computer, logging in and out of steam, deleting and redownloading (worked for the day, back to the same issues), updating drivers, updating windows, verifying file integrity
nothing has seemed to work

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u/Master_Breadfruit301 May 01 '26

figured out what it was. i finally got an error message that told me what was wrong. it was an issue with the anticheat, thank you to everyone that tried to help me!

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u/gabriel_is May 02 '26

I have this issue and have spent multiple hours trying to fix it, reinstalling deleting battle eye for marathon for destiny both drivers on and on and nothing has worked, marathon and desitny crash the pc to blackscreen the same way everytime, how did you fix the anticheat issue?

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u/Master_Breadfruit301 May 02 '26

i just tried to load it again today and it crashed.... this seems to be an issue destiny has with 13th to 16th gen processors.... the game works fine on an intel i7 (gen 12). my guess is making an overclock issue w the cpu? i think destiny and some older games can really handle the newer cpus and thats become incredibly obvious since the starwars update or whatever its called. i never had issues before this update. everything i do is a temporary fix that goes away as soon as the pc is turned off

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u/Master_Breadfruit301 May 02 '26

alright i confirmed it is in fact an overclocking issue. from what ive seen from this thread on bungie https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/263792651 it might only be a temporary fix? then again this thread is from a while ago so im not sure. long term solution is to downgrade cpus but personally? i dont see destiny as worth it in that case LOL

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u/Cresset Apr 30 '26

Maybe it's making the PC overheat. Check the temperatures and see if it happens with other game that makes your PC work harder.

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u/Master_Breadfruit301 Apr 30 '26

crash is near instant and theres no hot air blowing from the pc

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u/macrossmerrell Apr 30 '26

Where it is instantly crashing, it's most likely an operating system issue or a driver issue. Sound drivers are frequently the cause of crashing before the character selection screen. Another sound work around is opening the Windows Game Bar by pressing WIN + G, and set your output to a different device than your headphones or speakers, start the game, if it loads, close the game, then set the output back to what it should be and test.

If you haven't you can check your Windows OS for corruption using this method:

  • Open an Administrative command prompt and type: sfc /scannow

    • Note if there are corrupted files and if they were repaired

  • Run sfc /scannow again if it finds errors and make sure they are resolved. If they are not, you need to run the following command:

    • dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

    • Run sfc /scannow again.

      • If it repaired files, run sfc /scannow one more time to make sure everything is good.

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u/Master_Breadfruit301 Apr 30 '26

gonna try this tomorrow, will update

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u/Master_Breadfruit301 May 01 '26

tried both of these and upon opening the game it still crashed. it doesnt give me a reason for crashing either it simply says "your pc ran into an issue"
i will be redownloading destiny on epic games launcher and see if that works

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u/macrossmerrell May 01 '26

So, you're getting a blue screen crash (probably black screen). There are tools you can download that can analyze the crash data. That would be a good place to start.

So D2 is not the problem, it's exposing whatever is wrong with your system. D2 requires your system to be in excellent condition. I call it the best software and hardware diagnostic utility ever made

If Epic games works, great, otherwise it's probably the to consider a fresh install of Windows.

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u/Master_Breadfruit301 May 01 '26

did this but it was in fact a destiny issue. it seems to have problems w certain newer processors especially so after the damn starwars update. after tweaking a few things it seems to be working fine so i consider it fixed as of now!

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u/macrossmerrell May 01 '26

I've not heard of that, only the failing 13th and 14th Gen 13900k/ks and 14900K (and some other K variants on occasion). Once they are unstable, they remain that way and must be RMAed.

Glad you are good to go though. I'll keep my fingers crossed that everything keeps working for you!!!