Game Fails to Load Main Menu and Crashes with Save Game Error

Bug: Game Fails to Load Main Menu and Crashes with Save Game Error

This issue might be a duplicate of #907 Game Crashes on Launch After Cloud Problem Message.

Game Fails to Load Main Menu and Crashes with Save Game Error

Status:	Pending Moderation
Priority:	Critical
Added by:	Anonymous on March 18, '26
Assigned to:	Unassigned
Due date:
Reported for:	9.5.0
Actual Result:	Game will not load past startup screen and/or force closes the game.
Expected Result:	Completing the game load cycle and land on main menu
Severity:	Blocker
Reproducibility:	Always
Platform:	Steam
Additional Notes & Comments:	I'm really disappointed, I really want to play on the new map and I've essentially lost at least one day of doing so.

Steps to Reproduce

Open game on Steam.

Explanation

Game is not loading to main menu screen. It'll cycle through the initial loading screen and then produce three different errors: one saying there's a save game error with the error code of "0" (which force closes the game), and two others regarding issue with network settings (saying I am not connected to the internet when I very much am), and another having me copy my User ID. The latter two errors do not force game to close, it just will cycle through the startup screen again.

This error happens 100% of the time, I have not been able to get into a single main menu screen.