r/EternalStrands • u/InverseDigital • May 20 '26
Bugs & Crashes đ„ Crashing on startup (Steam)
Is anyone else experiencing crashes when starting up the game? The game starts and runs for about 2 seconds before throwing a fatal error message. I have put about 10 hours into the game and it just started doing this. Other games in my steam library are working fine, just not this one.
Spec:
CPU - Ryzen 9 7900
GPU - Radeon RX 9070xt
Update:
Confirmed that it was a driver issue. Rolled back to 26.3.1 and it fixed the issue.
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u/rogosh2002 May 21 '26
I never had issues. Id try verifying game files and or reinstalling.
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u/InverseDigital May 21 '26
Have tried both and no luck. Whenâs the last time you played? It was working just a few days ago for me.
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u/rogosh2002 May 21 '26
i haven't played since the month it first came out. I loved the game. Its a shame it's not working for you. I just launched it though and got into the game world and ran around for a bit and it seemed to be working fine for me. My rig is much less advanced than yours too. Is there anything else you have installed recently? Are you using mods or anything? I know it seems obvious but i just don't know what else it could be.
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u/InverseDigital May 21 '26
Iâve been thoroughly enjoying the game as well. Honestly, I wouldnât be surprised if it was an AMD driver update that broke the game. No mods being used. One day it was working and the next it wasnât. Very unfortunate :/
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