[Error] - Failed to Initialize Player - 043

40 votes

Receiving an error code 043 every time I try and join a friend's game via steam

Under consideration Error Suggested by: Katlyn99 (25 Sep, '21) • Upvoted: 11 Dec, '22 • Comments: 20

Comments: 20

07 Nov, '21
reha Merged
I close the game and have a meeting, but the game cannot be loaded
08 Nov, '21
Elissa - Producer Admin
"BUG" (suggested by reha on 2021-11-07), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
04 Dec, '21
Konrad Merged
What is this bug and how do I join my friends for a game ??
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05 Dec, '21
Michael J Ryan
I am getting the same problem. Will get me to the point where I am about to do the drop and then kicks me to a error screen.
05 Dec, '21
Barbarian Whirlwind FTW
Also getting this error currently and here are the things i've tried to fix it

>Remove current character from prospect
>Tried creating a new character - still getting 043 - Failed to initialize
>Tried Re-Launching game
>Tried restarting steam
>Verified Game Files
>Able to create new prospects and outposts
06 Dec, '21
Elissa - Producer Admin
"Please help ?" (suggested by Konrad on 2021-12-04), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
06 Dec, '21
James MacFarlane
I encountered this error tonight. I joined a prospect with a new character, and made a mistake on specialization, so I left the prospect and deleted. I recreated and then joined again, then made ANOTHER error with my specialization points, and left and recreated. This third time I got the "failed to initialize player error 043" and could not join. I relogged, rebooted, re-created characters 4-5 times, and had the host re-host the session, all to no avail.
08 Dec, '21
a Merged
Failed to initialize player -043
08 Dec, '21
Elissa - Producer Admin
"[Error] Player initialization failed 043" (suggested by a on 2021-12-08), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
09 Dec, '21
rainxz
ive lost my character that ive spent 40hrs cause of this.... all my workshop items .... i tolerated all the bugs this game has but if i loose my character and all the progress ive done ill just quit and ask for refund cause clearly theres a problem with the game
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11 Dec, '21
Talos
Same issue.

Joined a friend, they password locked it an left.
Every time I try resume it asks me if I want to host, so I do. It loads in until geometry and then crashes to main menu
12 Dec, '21
Spudders
"[Error] Player initialization failed 043" Got this error today, cannot continue anything with this character. All other characters work fine.
13 Dec, '21
Arthur
If can't fix the BUG quickly, I will apply for a refund
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24 Dec, '21
Aaron Smith
getting this error when trying to join.
24 Dec, '21
Aaron Smith
here is an update to my issue.
so the guys i was trying to join finished the prospect. and when i tried to host i would get the same message.
had to use the exit prospect button. don't know if this helps it was the El Camnio mission. and game had max players, i think a guy left and then i joined and may have tried to go over 8 players.
31 Dec, '21
Jeff Kientzy
I get this message like every 3 or 4 days and then I have to remove from prospect when I already have other ones still up because people don't close out the missions so I end up losing more than just not being able to join a game, so frustrating!!
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02 Jan, '22
Frog
version 1.1.1.89682

this is still an issue

tried to remove character from prospect and re-join, no impact.
tried to relaunch game and verify game files, no impact.
16 Jun, '22
Senttiee
Still an issue, not sure if its a network issue or if its just this common, but I'm now stuck with this bug on both of my PCs and both my steam accounts that own Icarus. I've tried verifying game files, completing a solo prospect, reinstalling the game, reinstalling my operating system, having the host re-host the game, and nothing has worked. I can tolerate the in game bugs, but I can't tolerate a bug that prevents me from playing this game with my friends.
30 Nov, '22
Silver
Still an issue, i tried to loggin with my friends but they finished one mission and i didn´t completed the mission, now i try to play with them shows that error
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30 Nov, '22
QuinnCeptions
I'm trying to join a mission a friend had hosted. I'm the last one on the mission. I'm getting the error displayed. I have tried the following:
1) Verifed files
2) Renamed %localappdata%\Icarus\ and tried, still no go.
3) Check that Steam is up to date
4) Physically log out of Steam and back into it
5) Verify that your <steam install>\common\Icarus\Icarus\Content\Paks folder only has 22 files in it. This suggestion was made in the Icarus discord.