Game crash

[Beserker]

Not sure if anyone else has this problem but everytime I get a few days into a game it will always crash the next time I try to load it and never seems to fix itself. Is this a known issue with a particular mod or just with me running the game on a Mac

[The Duck Knight]

Originally posted by Beserker:

Is this a known issue with a particular mod or just with me running the game on a Mac

Well, try playing vanilla for a bit and check if the same happens.
If not, it's one of the mods you are using.

[Beserker]

It still crashes even in vanilla

[Sabbthiel]

See if you log file looks like this:
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Date: 6/25/2016 8:12:36 AM
Assembly: Gnomoria.exe
Version: 1.0.0.0
World: world03
Message: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
at IrrKlang.ISoundEngine.Update () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Game.AudioManager.UpdateSFX (Single dt) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Game.AudioManager.Update (Single dt) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Game.GnomanEmpire.Update (Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GameTime gameTime) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.DoUpdate (Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GameTime gameTime) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.Tick () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.SDL2_GamePlatform.RunLoop () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.Run () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Game.Program.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////


This appears to be a pretty common Mac issue, but alas no solution has been suggested. It makes the game unplayable in the end.

[GothikX]

I don't have a mac, but if someone can upload a saved game with this problem somewhere I can check if it happens on windows as well - it's a long shot, but perhaps I can diagnose the issue.

[GothikX]

This may take a bit of tinkering but whoever's willing can give it a try.

In the content/data folder there's a file called audioevents.xnb; open this with a text editor (but don't modify these files) and look at all the file paths in there; see if there's any one that doesn't exactly correspond with files in content/audio/sfx, down to the casing. If there's something that doesn't match, rename the file so it matches exactly the definition in the xnb file, and see if you get more crashes.

[Sabbthiel]

Hi GothikX,

Thank you for the suggestion. I am not entirely sure how to read the text file information. If you can explain to me how to interpret it (I see a lot of case differences) then I would be willing to take the time to cross check it.

[Sabbthiel]

I just checked the audioevents.xnb file and it looks like all of the paths, spelling, and casing are correct. Someone else might want to corraborate that though; its a tedious read.

[Sabbthiel]

I am not sure if this helps, but sometimes my game will make an audio click, as though it tried to play a sound and the file didn't work. It doesn't crash the game though. Would a miss spelled music file or sfx file do that?

Is it possible that the game is trying to play a song which when I am playing will just cause a click, but when I save when it is trying to play that song it crashes?