Game Crash

[MSnowden]

The game crashes while loading the map, regardless of whether it is in windowed mode or full-screen.

[feydk]

Can you send me the save? Either on Discord or by email: [e-mail].

This is the first crash report ever. I can only investigate further if I get the save you're trying to load.

[MSnowden]

I send you a mail. But its only an autofile, its the the only file listed in "saves"structure in steamapps/common/Factory Magnate. greetz

[MSnowden]

Ah...i try before another Version of the Game in the Settings, the "iio gold" or something. It doesnt work to...so if the savefile called something like that :)

[feydk]

iio gold is an outdated version. You should stick to the main version.

The file you sent is not the save file. In Windows the saves are stored here:
%appdata%\Factory Magnate\saves\YOUR STEAM PROFILE NAME\
There you'll find a folder of 8 random characters. Zip that folder and send it.

If you have several saves you need to find the correct one. Open the meta.txt file in the folder and check if the name corresponds to the save game you have issues with.

[feydk]

The Roaming one 😊
"saves", then "your steam profile name", then the actual 8-character save folder.

[MSnowden]

This is the only File i have...you can see?
https://ibb.co/zWWzs2t7

[MSnowden]

Here is a Logfile...maybe it helps:
Godot Engine v4.5.2.rc.custom_build.d1996aadb (2026-01-22 12:15:25 UTC) - https://godotengine.org
WARNING: Unable to initialize Windows common controls. Native dialogs may not work properly.
at: DisplayServerWindows::DisplayServerWindows (platform\windows\display_server_windows.cpp:6943)
Vulkan 1.4.325 - Forward+ - Using Device #0: NVIDIA - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

ERROR: Couldn't open directory at path "user://saves/AoFA | MSnowden/".
at: DirAccess::get_directories_at (core\io\dir_access.cpp:582)
ERROR: Couldn't open directory at path "user://saves/AoFA | MSnowden/".
at: DirAccess::get_directories_at (core\io\dir_access.cpp:582)
ERROR: Couldn't open directory at path "user://saves/AoFA | MSnowden/".
at: DirAccess::get_directories_at (core\io\dir_access.cpp:582)
ERROR: 2 shaders of type CanvasShaderRD were never freed
at: ShaderRD::~ShaderRD (servers\rendering\renderer_rd\shader_rd.cpp:1044)
ERROR: 2 RID allocations of type 'struct RendererRD::MaterialStorage::Material' were leaked at exit.
ERROR: 2 RID allocations of type 'struct RendererRD::MaterialStorage::Shader' were leaked at exit.
ERROR: 113 RID allocations of type 'class RendererRD::TextureStorage::Texture' were leaked at exit.
WARNING: 224 RIDs of type "Texture" were leaked.
at: RenderingDevice::finalize (servers\rendering\rendering_device.cpp:7283)
WARNING: ObjectDB instances leaked at exit (run with --verbose for details).
at: ObjectDB::cleanup (core\object\object.cpp:2514)
ERROR: 438 resources still in use at exit (run with --verbose for details).
at: ResourceCache::clear (core\io\resource.cpp:804)

[feydk]

Right, so I guess it's the pipe character (|) in your user name that's causing issues. Because that's not an allowed character in Windows file system. That's why there's no folder with your user name. I have an update for 1.03 coming out tomorrow, and I will try to add a fix for this. Thanks for letting me know! 😊

[MSnowden]

Super...Thanx :)