Game crashes when going into any match

pixelocityyt

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I'm playing the game for the first time since the update and it's just not letting me, every time I try to boot into a match, beit fully private, with bots or normal it'll just fully close the game. When I relaunch it it gives me the option to rejoin the match but when I try it just closes the game again.
I know it's not a specs issue because the game runs perfectly outside from when it tries to load me into a match.
It's not an internet issue because other games load perfectly.
And I also tried uninstalling and re-installing the game which also didn't fix the issue.
I'd really like some help, I don't want to have to wait until the next update just to play.
 
I'm also having the same issue.
Not sure if this is relevant but the "pre-loading map and shaders" pop-up in the botton right says: completed 0 of 0
 
Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Deadlock\game\citadel\maps, delete the “maps” folder, then try verifying the files again to see if that works. If it doesn't, try disconnecting and reconnecting your internet connection—it's just a suggestion, but it can't hurt to try.
Ofc! Thank you I'll try both of those then tell you how they go
 
Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Deadlock\game\citadel\maps, delete the “maps” folder, then try verifying the files again to see if that works. If it doesn't, try disconnecting and reconnecting your internet connection—it's just a suggestion, but it can't hurt to try.
Tried both, even tried changing to Wifi, the ''pre-loading map and shaders'' thing is still there and still says ''completed 0 of 0''

It still closes the game completely when I try to enter any match
 
Nope, have never uploaded anything myself to the workshop(Apart from yk my personal l4d mod lists) if that's what you mean

And no, I also don't have anything in the game, I don't have any mods or anything, my game's fully vanilla
Is the “Steam Cloud” on your Steam game page up to date?

I'm referring to the area marked with a cloud in the screenshot.Ekran görüntüsü 2026-05-04 223139.png
 
I forgot too, lol. I’m hesitant to bother them, but I wish it had been specified that we could tag certain people for some topics. Okay, I know one guy—he’s a good guy who checks the bug reports every now and then. I hope I remember his name; I’ll tag him in two minutes.
 
If you wait, does the prompt eventually go away? Even though it says "0 of 0", if that prompt is visible, that means we are still preloading the map in the background.
 
If you wait, does the prompt eventually go away? Even though it says "0 of 0", if that prompt is visible, that means we are still preloading the map in the background.
No, I don't know if I stated it in this thread but I also thought the same, thus I waited for 2 or 3 hours, nothing. Edit: Might've been more than that, possibly 4 hours
 
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