Issue with the game

[Mr Tree Frog]

Friday: 12/22/2023

I was playing yesterday for a long time. Say around noonish till 11:30ish pm. Around 11:15 I alt tabbed to roll a youtube video and the game vanished and would not return. I tried to force close it and it would not close. I tried to stop the game from steam. Would not close. I shut down the computerr and went to launch the game this morning and got this. I've tried to repair the install and it instantly says no damaged files.

Days activities:
* Steam co-op play
* 5pm Solo play
* 11 pm Game crash

**Note: Game was up for all day (no reboot). Ran fine.

[Mr Tree Frog]

Saturday 12/23/2023

* Launched game (no game)
* Steam repair (zero issues discovered)
* Steam reports gaming running (can't stop it)
* Reboot computer
* Repair tech (no dice)
* Reboot again
* SFC /scannow
* Reboot
* Steam repair (completed successfully)
* Techtonica now works and runs.
**Note: I've had no previous issues with this machine.

Pulled the CBS logs and my assumption is that some how somebody sent an attack at blue tooth which had other side affects? Maybe network code?

DEPLOY [Pnp] Corrupt file: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\BthA2dp.sys
2023-12-23 12:30:05, Info DEPLOY [Pnp] Repaired file: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\BthA2dp.sys
2023-12-23 12:30:05, Info DEPLOY [Pnp] Corrupt file: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\BthHfEnum.sys
2023-12-23 12:30:05, Info DEPLOY [Pnp] Repaired file: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\BthHfEnum.sys
2023-12-23 12:30:05, Info DEPLOY [Pnp] Corrupt file: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\bthmodem.sys
2023-12-23 12:30:05, Info DEPLOY [Pnp] Repaired file: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\bthmodem.sys

Once the repair was completed I was able to finally repair Techtonica. I am not sure how all this connected but if anyone else has a similar issues you can follow these steps to repair things.

If anyone else has any suggestions for digging deeper I would be open to suggestions as well.

[Elder Drake]

What kind of AV are you using? I use Bitdefender and it really has a great amount of info it charts for things happening to your pc. Even regular operations are logged and can be a bit annoying at times when it comes to things accessing say you mic or camera but then again that is good.

It also could be as benign as a simple Windows update gone bad or your current configuration led to a one off odd corruption of those files. Have you installed anything that lately that you think is was ok but may not be? You can do an online scan of your system as well with Housecall from Trend Micro. It is not great but it is free. Not an expert, just trying to help.

Addendum: Also is the game worth it? I own Satisfactory so I was curious to know if this is just a clone kind of or unique enough to pick up.

[Mr Tree Frog]

Originally posted by Elder Drake:

Addendum: Also is the game worth it? I own Satisfactory so I was curious to know if this is just a clone kind of or unique enough to pick up.

I just purchased it this week and I already have 62 hours into the game. I started playing with a buddy and we keep finding things that are pretty intense. I find this game more fun that Sat. I did the Xmas event in Sat and then purchased this game and never went back. For an Alpha its pretty decent.

[Mr Tree Frog]

The thing that is going to suck is waiting for more content. We already starting coming up with theories for what's going on.

[Mr Tree Frog]

Originally posted by Elder Drake:

What kind of AV are you using?

I use ESET. I've tried a bunch of different software over the years and so far ESET has been really good at keeping people out. I also have a series of scripts I run against the box that also improved my security posture.

[Elder Drake]

Originally posted by Mr Tree Frog:

Originally posted by Elder Drake:

What kind of AV are you using?

I use ESET. I've tried a bunch of different software over the years and so far ESET has been really good at keeping people out. I also have a series of scripts I run against the box that also improved my security posture.

ESET is really good, I used it in the past. I like Bitdefender as it really is proactive rather than reactive when it comes to defending your pc.

If you did not see anything odd from ESET or your logs my guess is you had a one off corruption of those system files. How? Without a good log it would be hard as a lot of things can happen. I had ICUE from Corsair push an update that caused a corruption with my OS but I could not repair it nor use restore for the damage so I had to bite the bullet and reformat and reinstall. Glad I did as my registry was a craptastic horror show. If you have not already have ESET run a deep scan when you crash out as a safety net and make a restore point. Just my .02.

I may pick this up, need to talk to a buddy to see if he will because not trying to do the solo thing.

[Mr Tree Frog]

The only thing your theory doesn't explain is why was blue tooth and Techtonica the only things affected? I could play other games and programs. I'm not going to loose sleep over blue tooth not working on this machine. I have no devices connected.


I'm not saying I was hit. But if anyone else has the issue. Maybe we can narrow it down.

[Mr Tree Frog]

Two more crashes for me. Today I removed and re-install Steam. Fresh install of the game. We'll see if crashes again.

[BamaRoo]

My game just started doing the same thing. I went to the install folder and copied the shortcut to my desktop and start the game from there. Don't know what causes the bug. The game is not registering being shut down on steam.

[Mr Tree Frog]

Well, the weird thing is Win11 shows the task still going but it can't be stopped. Its very weird. Over the past several years Unity 3D has been doing stuff to my system. Not like windows isn't doing things they aren't suppose to be either.

[rob_fhg]

Hi, Mr. Tree Frog, just wanted to check back and see if you are still having this problem?

[Mr Tree Frog]

After I removed Steam, which killed the game and redownloaded everything so far I've not had any issues. I've not played a full 8 hours yet.