Verify game file crashes

[munolar]

Hi,
game regularly crashes with a brief popup telling me to verify some game file. After that I:
CANNOT verify game files (stuck at 0%)
CANNOT start the game (stuck at Downloading content 0%)
ONLY after one or sometimes two complete system restarts, will it let me verify and play again, at which point i am usually banned for the day :\

I have tried the following:
Reinstall (does nothing)
Moving game files to another ssd (does nothing)
Verify game files EVERY TIME before starting the game (seems to make it rarer, but still happens)

This is on windows 11, and I play tons of other steam games, and have no issues with any other game. Deadlock is basically unplayable for me because of this, since I get banned so often.

 

[wham]

Hi,
game regularly crashes with a brief popup telling me to verify some game file. After that I:
CANNOT verify game files (stuck at 0%)
CANNOT start the game (stuck at Downloading content 0%)
ONLY after one or sometimes two complete system restarts, will it let me verify and play again, at which point i am usually banned for the day :\

I have tried the following:
Reinstall (does nothing)
Moving game files to another ssd (does nothing)
Verify game files EVERY TIME before starting the game (seems to make it rarer, but still happens)

This is on windows 11, and I play tons of other steam games, and have no issues with any other game. Deadlock is basically unplayable for me because of this, since I get banned so often.

Same with me. Ive tried the ram reseating... ive tried the XMP stuff...

Its random.

The crash isnt even the part that pisses me off... its the fact that the game gets stuck at 0% while verifying until i get an abandon. No other game has ever done this. Ever.

 

[munolar]

Yes, the crashing is not the bad part, its that you immediately know that you'll get an abandon...

My strategy now is to always verify integrity of gamefiles 2-3 times before playing, since I do that it only happened a few times (before I entered a game though).

 

[officialtamta]

Hi, I'm trying to collect a lot of people with the same problem on the same thread, could you run a DXDiag if you are running windows, or just post your specs? It may be a hardware component issue we have between us

 

[munolar]

 

[noahcaracuel]

I'm getting this game crash. Resulted in a temp ban. Doing some digging I saw people have the issue with other source games, and it is related to a memory problem. No luck yet with any fixes.

Is valve doing anything for players getting banned for this? Kinda sucks to get the crash and end your deadlock session for the day.

 

[officialtamta]

View attachment 65732

Whats the GPU?

 

[logan2]

Same story here, made this account after a 2 hour ban for my second "offence" I'm pausing updates for stuff like amd and tripplechecking my drivers before I launch incase that's what's causing the game to spaz out.
I wish there was a direct channel to report this stuff because ive seen discussion about this bug going back to august.

 

[wham]

Bumping because this is still happening. Just happened.

 

[Pinus]

Just happened to me too, got a 2 hour ban. Last time it was only 10 min. How long will the next ban be? Is there anything i can do to prevent this from happening?

Spoiler: DXDIAG

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System Information
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Time of this report: 11/10/2025, 20:40:14
Machine name: DESKTOP-LKLSKBP
Machine Id: {8BA1152E-5365-4E76-97B8-6F80CDC83A7E}
Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (10.0, Build 19045) (19041.vb_release.191206-1406)
Language: German (Regional Setting: German)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: B550M AORUS ELITE
BIOS: FFc (type: UEFI)
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D 8-Core Processor (16 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Memory: 32768MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 32690MB RAM
Page File: 11014MB used, 26540MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 12
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
Miracast: Available, no HDCP
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported
DirectX Database Version: 1.0.8
DxDiag Version: 10.00.19041.5794 64bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Type: Full Device (POST)
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Device Status: 0180200A [DN_DRIVER_LOADED|DN_STARTED|DN_DISABLEABLE|DN_NT_ENUMERATOR|DN_NT_DRIVER]
Device Problem Code: No Problem
Driver Problem Code: Unknown
Display Memory: 28344 MB
Dedicated Memory: 11999 MB
Shared Memory: 16345 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (240Hz)
HDR Support: Not Supported
Display Topology: Internal
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Output Type: Displayport External
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Advanced Color: Not Supported
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Driver Version: 32.0.15.8097
DDI Version: 12
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Driver Model: WDDM 2.7
Hardware Scheduling: Supported:True Enabled:True
Graphics Preemption: Pixel
Compute Preemption: Dispatch
Miracast: Not Supported
Detachable GPU: No
Hybrid Graphics GPU: Not Supported
Power P-states: Not Supported
Virtualization: Paravirtualization
Block List: No Blocks
Catalog Attributes: Universal:False Declarative:True
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 07.08.2025 01:00:00, 814312 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: Unknown
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-64C3-11CF-CB65-1F770EC2ED35}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x2783
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