Corrupt Files Leading to Crash

[naknaknak]

About once every couple of days I get the following error:

Content file C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Deadlock\game\citadel\pak01.vpk is corrupt. Verify integrity of game files.

There is no pattern for when this will trigger but it crashes the game. Most times when I go to verify integrity I will click start but it will never begin. This eventually means I'm marked as a leaver and banned from queue for 24 hours.

Has anyone else had this and if yes, does anyone have a fix?

 

[naknaknak]

Same crash, same file, same issue again today. Anyone see this also or have a solve?

 

[creativehavoc]

Post in thread 'Corrupted file citadel\pak01.vpk- happens too often and now getting banned for leaving'

Nov 3, 2024

UPDATE: Happened again, also stuck on verify 0%, but i delete the corrupted .vpk, restart, launch steam, verify, close steam, start steam, delete another .vpk and verify and it works. Here are the dumps: 0xc0000005: The thread tried to read from or write to a virtual address for which it does not have the appropriate access., 0x80000003: A breakpoint was encountered.

System Information
Steam has detected the following hardware and software in your system:

Spoiler: Hardware

Computer Information:​

Manufacturer: ASUS
Model: System Product Name
Form Factor: Desktop
No Touch Input Detected

Processor...​

• mairoyx

Unfortunately no, but there is some more info in this thread

 

[creativehavoc]

If anyone is using AMD graphics cards, I have moved to the "professional" driver instead of the regular one, which is traditionally more stable. Since this I haven't had a crash.

 

[naknaknak]

This happened again today, but has happened a couple of times over the past month (though less frequent). The past couple of times have been in the main menu. So at least it's not happening in games as often so that's a win. Here are my steps in response that seem to be working:

-crash occurs
-go into the following dir (X:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Deadlock\game\citadel) and delete pak01_000 through pak01_005
-exit steam, open steam, login
-go to Library, click "Play", this will realize that files are missing, re-download them, game loads

This workflow has proven to circumvent the lag/hangs/delays that the Validate Files approach caused in the past and can be down in a couple of minutes.