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Upsiton · 04-15-25, 05:49 PM

I recently also encountered the same issue while re-playing SH5 on my new Win11 PC. Every time after loading a saved game, the PC would crash back to the desktop. Very weird, it only happened on my new machine. My old PC ran it just fine. Sad...

After some trial and error, I finally found a trick: before loading a career savegame, delete the \SH5\data\Users folder in your game save location (e.g., C:\Users\<YourUsername>\Documents\SH5\data\Users). Boom! You're in the game.

Whenever you load a save, this folder gets auto-generated again, so just remember to delete it next time. You don’t even have to quit the game. Just alt-tab out, delete the folder, alt-tab back in, and your save loads perfectly.

I got it working on the latest SH5 v1.2.0 + Wolves of Steel mod. No clue why this works—maybe some weird conflict with new hardware or Win11?

Hope this fixes your issue too. Happy hunting!

04-15-25, 05:49 PM	#3
Upsiton Nub Join Date: Sep 2019 Posts: 3 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Solved: SH5 crashes when loading save game? Try deleting this folder before loading I recently also encountered the same issue while re-playing SH5 on my new Win11 PC. Every time after loading a saved game, the PC would crash back to the desktop. Very weird, it only happened on my new machine. My old PC ran it just fine. Sad... After some trial and error, I finally found a trick: before loading a career savegame, delete the \SH5\data\Users folder in your game save location (e.g., C:\Users\<YourUsername>\Documents\SH5\data\Users). Boom! You're in the game. Whenever you load a save, this folder gets auto-generated again, so just remember to delete it next time. You don’t even have to quit the game. Just alt-tab out, delete the folder, alt-tab back in, and your save loads perfectly. I got it working on the latest SH5 v1.2.0 + Wolves of Steel mod. No clue why this works—maybe some weird conflict with new hardware or Win11? Hope this fixes your issue too. Happy hunting!