Game failed to start (Playing splash screen failed)

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Disclaimers

• I have searched the issue tracker to check if the issue has already been reported.
• My issue happened while using mods.

What happened?

Hello, I'm experiencing a startup error after selecting a language.
I've updated everything I could, and after receiving the logs, I've concluded that my processor cannot handle the game. I have an AMD Ryzen 5 5500 processor.

processor HexaCore AMD Ryzen 5 5500, 4200 MHz (42.5 x 99)
video card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (8 ГБ)

Reproduction steps

Barotrauma Client crash report (generated on 10/17/2025 14:34:49)

Barotrauma seems to have crashed. Sorry for the inconvenience!

To prevent further startup errors, installed mods will be disabled the next time you launch the game.

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Game version 1.10.7.1 (ReleaseWindows, branch release/autumn-update-hotfix-3, revision 48acbb42e7)
Graphics mode: 1920x1080 (BorderlessWindowed)
VSync ON
Language: English
Selected content packages: Vanilla (C3D4994)
Level seed: no level loaded
Loaded submarine: None
Selected screen: None

System info:
Operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 64 bit
GPU name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Display mode: {Width:1920 Height:1080 Format:Color AspectRatio:1.7777778}
GPU status: Normal

Exception: Error while loading the core content package "Vanilla": Playing the splash screen "Content/SplashScreens/Splash_UTG.webm" failed. {Object reference not set to an instance of an object.}
at Barotrauma.LoadingScreen.DrawSplashScreen(SpriteBatch spriteBatch, GraphicsDevice graphics) in \Barotrauma\BarotraumaClient\ClientSource\GUI\LoadingScreen.cs:line 320 (System.Exception)
Target site: Void Load()
Stack trace:
at Barotrauma.GameMain.Load() in \Barotrauma\BarotraumaClient\ClientSource\GameMain.cs:line 538

Last debug messages:
[10/17/2025 14:34:49] Playing the splash screen "Content/SplashScreens/Splash_UTG.webm" failed. {Object reference not set to an instance of an object.}
at Barotrauma.LoadingScreen.DrawSplashScreen(SpriteBatch spriteBatch, GraphicsDevice graphics) in \Barotrauma\BarotraumaClient\ClientSource\GUI\LoadingScreen.cs:line 320
[10/17/2025 14:34:48] Attempting to open ALC device "OpenAL Soft on Q27B3MA (NVIDIA High Definition Audio)"
[10/17/2025 14:34:46] Logged in as Caiman (SteamID STEAM_1:1:463215458)

Bug prevalence

Just once

Single player or multiplayer?

Single player

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No response

Version

v1.10.7.1 (Autumn Update 2025 Hotfix 3)

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Номер приложения: 602960 ID сборки: 20323990

Which operating system did you encounter this bug on?

Windows

Relevant error messages and crash reports

No response

[SomeRandomNoobKekeke]

Try validating files

[SomeRandomNoobKekeke]

этот тот же самый репорт. Еще раз, я не понимаю как стим может зафейлить проверку файлов, помоему такое возможно только если у тебя игра в 10 местах установлена, или это какой-то эффект ухода стим с windows 10 я хз
Удали игру, удали папку с игрой из стима, и установи заново

Я решил удалить UTG

если это происходит только когда ты удаляешь заставки то не удаляй их, их можно пропустить параметром запуска -skipintro

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У меня 11 винда и я недавно переустановил что бы проверить будет ли она работать , нет она даже на полностью чистом пк не заработала

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Запустил с параметром запуска skipintro и вот логи после этого

Barotrauma Client crash report (generated on 10/26/2025 15:39:02)

Barotrauma seems to have crashed. Sorry for the inconvenience!

To prevent further startup errors, installed mods will be disabled the next time you launch the game.

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Game version 1.10.7.2 (ReleaseWindows, branch release/autumn-update-hotfix-4, revision c489431269)
Graphics mode: 1680x1050 (BorderlessWindowed)
VSync ON
Language: English
Selected content packages: Vanilla (C3D4994)
Level seed: no level loaded
Loaded submarine: None
Selected screen: None
SteamManager initialized

System info:
Operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 64 bit
GPU name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Display mode: {Width:1680 Height:1050 Format:Color AspectRatio:1.6}
GPU status: Normal

Exception: Error while loading the core content package "Vanilla": Playing the splash screen "Content/SplashScreens/Splash_UTG.webm" failed. {Object reference not set to an instance of an object.}
at Barotrauma.LoadingScreen.DrawSplashScreen(SpriteBatch spriteBatch, GraphicsDevice graphics) in \Barotrauma\BarotraumaClient\ClientSource\GUI\LoadingScreen.cs:line 320 (System.Exception)
Target site: Void Load()
Stack trace:
at Barotrauma.GameMain.Load() in \Barotrauma\BarotraumaClient\ClientSource\GameMain.cs:line 538

Last debug messages:
[10/26/2025 15:39:02] Playing the splash screen "Content/SplashScreens/Splash_UTG.webm" failed. {Object reference not set to an instance of an object.}
at Barotrauma.LoadingScreen.DrawSplashScreen(SpriteBatch spriteBatch, GraphicsDevice graphics) in \Barotrauma\BarotraumaClient\ClientSource\GUI\LoadingScreen.cs:line 320
[10/26/2025 15:39:02] Attempting to open ALC device "OpenAL Soft on Headphones (High Definition Audio Device)"
[10/26/2025 15:39:00] Logged in as Caiman (SteamID STEAM_1:1:463215458)

[SomeRandomNoobKekeke]

ошибка та же, хз чел, может антивирус буянит, больше идей нет

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Сам бы хотел знать , но вроде как это из за процессора жалко что это сложно проверить

[Jasontti]

Thank you for your report.
Did you try already validating the files like SomeRandom suggested?

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Привет , уже много раз пробовал нечего не меняется , самое интересное я удалял некоторые файлы а проверка даже этого не воспринимала