Game crashes on startup

[Linuxgurugamer]

Game Version​

2026.8.19.5261

Operating System​

Windows 11

What Happened​

I've been trying to get into the game, have been running into a situation where it just crashes/exits during startup.
I've been able to trace it down to the Cascaded Shadows. When the Shadows are set to 16K, it crashes. Reducing to 8K allows it to continue.
ALL other settings are set to max, it's only this one. I've tried reducing some of the other settings, it doesn't seem to make a difference

What Was Expected​

Continue to game

Reproduction Steps​

1. At the configuration during startup, set all setting as high as possible
2. Start KSA
3. Reduce the Cascaded Shadows from 16k to 8k, it then works

Reproduction Rate​

Always happens

Additional Info​

• System specs:
  AMD 9950X3D
  64 G memory
  Windows 11
  Graphics: AMD 9070XT with 16G onboard memory
  Resolution: 3440x1440

Not sure what log files might help, if any needed, please reply

 

[Linuxgurugamer]

Note: I suppose this may be a result of running out of VRAM, but the display stops about 5g, the graphics card has 16g of VRAM