KSP Freezes on initial loading when DLC is enabled but works fine when only the base game is loaded

[HBB360]

Hi all, I loved playing KSP on my PC back home but have since moved out for University and now have only my laptop.

The issue I'm facing is that when I launch it, the game freezes during loading (specifically while loading either the Breaking Ground or Making History extension) and will not actually load and play. Not only that but it causes the entire dGPU to crash and stop working until I reboot the machine. This is evident from all its stats dropping to zero in MSI Afterburner and other games giving errors about not being able to access it when I try to play them.

However, when I disable the DLC from the Properties window in Steam, the game loads just fine.

It also works fine with the DLC enabled, but only when using the laptop's integrated Intel GPU - however in that case it runs at less than 10fps, even in the menus.

 

In case it's useful, the dGPU is a GeForce MX350, the iGPU is whatever's on the i7-1165G7 and the laptop is a VivoBook S15.

I've reinstalled the Nvidia drivers with DDU and reinstalled and verified KSP's game files.

Edited October 3, 2021 by HBB360