Northgard Crashing in Multiple Scripted Missions — Access Violation in libhl.dll (Event ID 1000)
Summary of the Issue
Northgard crashes during scripted mission events such as AI attacks, objective updates, or interactions with neutral factions (e.g., Jotnar). The crash occurs mid‑mission and always logs an Application Error (Event ID 1000) pointing to libhl.dll with exception code 0xc0000005.
This is happening in multiple Conquest Mode Missions. I finished ALL story mode missions and have never had a problem.
Steps to Reproduce
- Launch Northgard (tested with both DirectX and OpenGL)
- Start any scripted mission (Conquest)
- Play Conquest Mission - (multiple are doing this now) and when I WIN or LOSE, the application freezes and Windows Pops up with the error message "report problem.
Screen Shot of Event Viewer App Log Error is attached.
I am running the latest version of Windows Pro. Have the latest NVidia Drivers and have installed all the latest patches and anti-virus. I am only using Windows Anti-Virus, no additional software.
Intel 14900k, RTX5090, 64GB Ram
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