# Game crashing to Desktop when beginning Tactical mission **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Discussion\ **Created:** [July 12, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/t/game-crashing-to-desktop-when-beginning-tactical-mission/10993 "2020-07-12T01:48:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MBenjamin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@MBenjamin](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/u/MBenjamin)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/t/game-crashing-to-desktop-when-beginning-tactical-mission/10993/1 "2020-07-12T01:48:32Z")
Today I ran the game after the Danforth Update from Epic Store. From the Title Screen, I could see random circular colored particles (I think it’s supposed to be shining stars on something like that), which I was able to report via F12. After I started a new game, the amount of particles on Geoscape drastically increased (I managed to report it via F12 as well). After I scouted the 1st marker, it gave me a Anu Haven infested with Fire Worm mission. But as soon as I hit the “Confirm” button, the games freezes, and after a few seconds (usually less than 10), it crashes to Desktop. I started a 2nd game, saved prior to scouting the 1st marker, and got the same kind of mission, and the same Crash to Desktop problem. I updated my NVidia Driver to lasted available, and selected a clean install for it. Still the same problem when starting a new game. Can’t test on older savegames since I deleted all of them as a saw a few recommendations of starting anew after major updates lake Danforth. Bottom line, the game is unplayable on my machine now. Specs: Windows 10 Home 64 bits Intel i5-4590 16GB RAM nVidia GeForce GTX 970 Main Monitor: Dell P2418d (1440p) and Samsung 23" (1080p) SSD ---
**Author:** ![MBenjamin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@MBenjamin](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/u/MBenjamin)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/t/game-crashing-to-desktop-when-beginning-tactical-mission/10993/2 "2020-07-12T18:31:40Z")
It seems that my problem may be a Graphics Card problem. I was playing every game normally until last week, but I had to turn my computer off for 5 days, and after I rebooted it, it’s showing problems on some games (Phoenix Point, Gears Tactics, The Outer Worlds, which are 3 of the more “modern” games I play). On others games, which are much lighter, the Intel Integrated Graphics seems to be handling (Endless Sky and Galactic Civilizations III, the last one being RAM hungry instead of CPU / GPU hungry). ---
**Author:** ![Valygar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forums.snapshotgames.com/valygar/32/2632_2.png) [@Valygar](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/u/Valygar)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/t/game-crashing-to-desktop-when-beginning-tactical-mission/10993/3 "2020-07-13T09:26:21Z")
Just a random thought: try to update DIrectX and Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable ([https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads)) As you have problems with more games it will probably be some general issue. But you can still try writing here: [support@snapshotgames.com](mailto:support@snapshotgames.com) ---
**Author:** ![MBenjamin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@MBenjamin](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/u/MBenjamin)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/t/game-crashing-to-desktop-when-beginning-tactical-mission/10993/4 "2020-07-13T10:40:18Z")
Thanks, I’ll give it a try and reply.