Steps to reproduce the issue
Start the game launcher, play latest release, v1.21.123 game starts. Select Play button, select Create New World, select Create New World, leave all defaults and select Create. Loading dialog shows, game crashes when the progress bar is about 25% along the way. Screenshot of progress until the point of crash is attached.
Expected result
Game runs with Player in the new world
Actual result
Game crashes. Application event log shows Event 1000 Application Error as below:
Details:
System
Provider
[ Name] Application Error
[ Guid] {a0e9b465-b939-57d7-b27d-95d8e925ff57}
EventID 1000
Version 0
Level 2
Task 100
Opcode 0
Keywords 0x8000000000000000
TimeCreated
[ SystemTime] 2025-11-15T20:49:42.9579897Z
EventRecordID 4735370
Correlation
Execution
[ ProcessID] 1556
[ ThreadID] 4304
Channel Application
Computer DESKTOP-<redacted>
Security
[ UserID] <redacted>
EventData
AppName Minecraft.Windows.exe
AppVersion 1.21.123.2
AppTimeStamp 69139a8e
ModuleName Minecraft.Windows.exe
ModuleVersion 1.21.123.2
ModuleTimeStamp 69139a8e
ExceptionCode c0000005
FaultingOffset 0000000000043d1c
ProcessId 0x350c
ProcessCreationTime 0x1dc56712600aa29
AppPath C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\MICROSOFT.MINECRAFTUWP_1.21.12302.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Minecraft.Windows.exe
ModulePath C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\MICROSOFT.MINECRAFTUWP_1.21.12302.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Minecraft.Windows.exe
IntegratorReportId <redacted>
PackageFullName MICROSOFT.MINECRAFTUWP_1.21.12302.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
PackageRelativeAppId Game
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Screen shot of the progress just before the game crashes with an access violation exception: