Dusk Windows Cutscene & Faron Lake Crash — Workaround (#819)
Dusk crashes during specific Twilight Princess cutscenes (Zelda dialog, Ordona) and on Faron Woods' poison lake on some Windows 11 + RTX setups. Workaround + #819 status.
Published 2026-05-14 ·Updated 2026-05-14
Status as of 2026-05-13: Open on the Dusklight tracker. Single primary reporter; root cause not identified.
Symptom
Dusklight crashes hard during specific Twilight Princess moments:
- Zelda dialog cutscene (before the dungeon — the conversation in the throne room)
- Ordona shrine intro cutscene
- Faron Woods poison-lake platforming — crashes mid-traversal
After the crash, Dusklight exits. No reliable error dialog has been documented.
Reporter’s setup
From #819:
| OS | Windows 11 |
| CPU | i9-13980HX |
| GPU | RTX 4060 |
| Controller | Xbox One |
| Display | Fullscreen |
| Options enabled | Fast Spinner, Fast Iron Boots |
Workarounds (in order to try)
- Disable cheat-style options before entering known-bad areas:
- Settings → Cheats / QoL → Fast Spinner — OFF
- Settings → Cheats / QoL → Fast Iron Boots — OFF
- Switch to windowed mode — Settings → Video → Display → toggle Fullscreen off
- Try a different graphics backend — Settings → Prelaunch → Graphics Backend. On Windows the rotation order is D3D12 → D3D11 → Vulkan. Restart Dusklight between switches.
- Save before each cutscene. Until #819 is identified, treat the affected scenes as crash points.
Help fix it
If you hit this crash, comment on #819 with:
- Your full hardware (CPU / GPU / driver version / RAM)
- The exact cutscene or area
- Whether Fast Spinner / Fast Iron Boots were on
- Whether the crash repeats with those off
More reports narrow the search space.
Related
Last updated 2026-05-14. Watch #819 for fix progress.