# Fatal crash on startup

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/fatal-crash-on-startup/20989>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [August 3, 2019, 1:46am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/fatal-crash-on-startup/20989 "2019-08-03T01:46:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 1:46am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/fatal-crash-on-startup/20989/1 "2019-08-03T01:46:38Z")

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Earlier I was testing out some maps by loading up a new game, and the game crashed with a population error. I didn’t think much of it at the time since the experimental can bug out occasionally, however now whenever I try and boot up the game I _immediately_ get this crash error. I don’t even get to the title screen.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/2X/9/942d6983b1b37280b6f946b9b6c68ab39dc56971.png)

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**Author:** ![KorGgenT](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/korggent/32/12330_2.png) [@KorGgenT](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KorGgenT)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 1:51am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/fatal-crash-on-startup/20989/2 "2019-08-03T01:51:26Z")

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**Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 2:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/fatal-crash-on-startup/20989/3 "2019-08-03T02:00:40Z")

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replacing the game’s files from the original zip seems to have fixed it

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**Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 2:50am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/fatal-crash-on-startup/20989/4 "2019-08-03T02:50:14Z")

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update: seems the game just doesn’t play nice with prisoner on island escape for some reason. guard works fine.  
otherwise it always crashes

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**Author:** ![TheMurderUnicorn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/themurderunicorn/32/5706_2.png) [@TheMurderUnicorn](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheMurderUnicorn)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 3:24am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/fatal-crash-on-startup/20989/5 "2019-08-03T03:24:59Z")

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The forum generally doesn’t resolve crashes. That’s why, I assume, Korg linked you to Github.

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**Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/fatal-crash-on-startup/20989/6 "2019-08-03T17:02:05Z")

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ah okay. I was more posting it here in case anybody knew why this was.