If "Join Ark" is clicked the game instantly crashes

[Fearmig]

If "Join Ark" is clicked the game instantly crashes

I recently reinstalled Ark and every time I click the "Join Ark" button on the main menu it crashes with the attached crash log. In the log it seems to reference an E: drive which I do not have. I have tried verifying the files, reinstalling multiple times, restarting, deleting everything related to ark in the Steam folder, unsubscribing to all Ark community content, etc. The odd part is that I can play solo no problem so the game seems to be installed fine.

If anyone could provide any insight or ideas I would love to hear it.

05.01-08.22.36.crashstack.txt

[vtallbloke]

I have been fighting this issue all evening.

A full reinstall fixed it for one load then went again.

 

For me finally it was a full uninstall of ALL nvidia drivers, then let windows run its own.  I would suggest if you are a NVIDIA owner give that a whirl

For reference my card was a 2070 super RTX

 

Good luck

[ItWasntMe]

Wish mine would lol

[HiImZech]

are you trying to connect to a private server?

seems like there's something with a name

could have been server name or your steam name or whatever name you can get is too short

whatever it is try joining any official server and see if that works. if it does then its your steam name.

[Fearmig]

22 hours ago, HiImZech said:

are you trying to connect to a private server?

seems like there's something with a name

could have been server name or your steam name or whatever name you can get is too short

whatever it is try joining any official server and see if that works. if it does then its your steam name.

Interesting thought, my steam name is only 3 characters. Its when I click Join Ark, the moment I do that it crashes. So I don't even get to the part of selecting a server.