No, I have been playing DH for a long time, since 2016, but I paused and haven't played in a long time, the latest version I played is 1.04. Yesterday I installed a new patch 1.051 and only then faced difficulties. Steam has been updated to the latest version. Operating system-Windows 8.1. By default, I use the built-in translation of the game, but the error persists in the English version. Changing the screen resolution also doesn't help.
P.S. Sorry, I'm not a native English speaker and I can make serious mistakes.
UPD: 1)after another reinstallation, all files were successfully tested for integrity, but the game continued to crash. 2)Now the game crash only when you click on "SINGLE PLAYER".
Error text:
Problem signature:
Problem event name: APPCRASH
Application name: Darkest Hour.exe
Application version: 1.0.4.0
The timestamp of the application: 55f49d34
Name of module with error: the Darkest Hour.exe
The version of the module with the error: 1.0.4.0
The time stamp module with the error: 55f49d34
Exception code: c0000005
Exception offset: 0012d499
OS version: 6.3.9600.2.0.0.256.48
Language code: 1049
More information 1: 31 f6
More information 2: 31f67c4d9a87ff8709201cc1b7de8583
Additional details 3: 4215
More information 4: 42150abd4becc01b248a45c9d05fd2f3