the game crashed.

[0skillz]

> What the circumstances were.
    Tried to start game, game crashed.  Try again, crash again.
> What happened.
    the game crashed.

> What you expected to happen.
    the game start.

> Steps we can follow to make the bug appear on our machine. This part is important! We need a set of steps which we can follow to get the same results you're seeing. Ideally you'll test these steps to make sure they work from scratch.
    start the game?  it should crash?

> Savegame file
> It's very helpful to include a savegame, especially when you have trouble reproducing the bug.
> - Windows users can find their save files by clicking the 'open save games folder' button in the in-game Options menu.
    That is not very helpful when the game won't start... just sayin'.
    have the whole folder: vsxd.com/rimworld_crashes/2018.04.28/appdata_locallow_ludeon-studios_RimWorld%20by%20Ludeon%20Studios.zip

> Log File
    vsxd.com/rimworld_crashes/2018.04.28/RimWorld_crash-2018.04.28.zip

DxDiag files:
    vsxd.com/rimworld_crashes/2018.04.28/DxDiag32.txt
    vsxd.com/rimworld_crashes/2018.04.28/DxDiag64.txt

[0skillz]

rolling back the nvidia driver from 24.21.0013.9731 to 23.21.0013.9077 seems to have fixed the crash, this driver works:

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Display Devices
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          Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
       Manufacturer: NVIDIA
          Chip type: GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
           DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
         Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1C03&SUBSYS_61633842&REV_A1
     Display Memory: 4095 MB
   Dedicated Memory: 3072 MB
      Shared Memory: 1023 MB
       Current Mode: 2560 x 1600 (32 bit) (60Hz)
       Monitor Name: Dell U3011 (Digital)
      Monitor Model: DELL U3011
         Monitor Id: DEL4063
        Native Mode: 2560 x 1600(p) (59.972Hz)
        Output Type: DVI
        Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver File Version: 23.21.0013.9077 (English)
     Driver Version: 23.21.13.9077
        DDI Version: 11
       Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
  Driver Attributes: Final Retail
   Driver Date/Size: 1/23/2018 20:19:35, 18738544 bytes
        WHQL Logo'd: Yes
    WHQL Date Stamp:
  Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-5F43-11CF-8778-6E411BC2DA35}
          Vendor ID: 0x10DE
          Device ID: 0x1C03
          SubSys ID: 0x61633842
        Revision ID: 0x00A1
Driver Strong Name: oem166.inf:NVIDIA_Devices.NTamd64.6.1:Section147:23.21.13.9077:pci\ven_10de&dev_1c03
     Rank Of Driver: 00E62001
        Video Accel:
      Deinterlace Caps: n/a
       D3D9 Overlay: Supported
            DXVA-HD: Supported
       DDraw Status: Disabled
         D3D Status: D3D v7 or earlier apps disabled, D3D v8 or later apps enabled
         AGP Status: Not Available