Experiencing full freezes after v1.4?

[2 Left Thumbs]

We've seen a spike in reports from players that the game is more prone to freezing than ever before, usually requiring players to force-quit the game, and often losing the progress achieved on that run.

If this is happening to you, *please* report it here! And let us know:
1. Did the game freeze for you prior to 1.4 (not applicable to newcomers)
2. When/where are the freezes occurring?
3. Are you able to Continue after without any lost progress?

As many details as possible about your run would help!
Thank you for your patience. We are so excited about the new additions of v1.4, and want you all to be able to enjoy them unimpeded. Thanks!

[🜏 『sargeArmageddon』 🜏]

All the freezes i had (Which are a lot since the BOSS update) happens when the game is loading the next level, after the Elevator cutscene the screen turns black like when the game is loading and then it freezes, i always has to close the game with the Task Manager but always i'm able to Continue and it loads the level normally after that, a couple of times it freeze when i click "Continue", but again, after launching the game again it worked fine, the only time i had a major problem with this (Aside from the freeze problem in general) is when you kill Chunks in the last battle but you have the antidote, if the game freezes when you are about to go to the final level and you have to close the game, when you continue you'll be in the Chunks level again, but you don't have the antidote anymore forcing you to get the normal ending

[Andy]

I only experienced freezing after the last update, it happens when the game is loading the elevator/clear screen. If I force close it, I can continue on the floor it was supposed to load. Only once it freezed when I tried to continue. Didn't see anything weird beyond that.

[Sibbit]

Freezes started after the update, but still rare. The game hangs on black screen after the elevator. Force quitting and restarting the game continues, not losing progress on levels but some abilities/items change. After a crash with Luis my super glued weapon dissapeared and reverted back to his original gun. Also after every crash the characters agility get reset to the original value, while still holding agility increasing items/having the upgrades.

[saber is REAL in MINNESOTA]

they only really started for me after this update, usually only on level load depending on whenever it is and they usually force me to either
- play the level again and lose all the progress i made
or
- just drops me into the next level with no fuss

[Himo Ryntäät]

I was playing as Digby and went to the 4th level elevator that takes you to the balcony. The game froze on the elevator screen after the animation moves upwards. I force quit the game and when I restarted and clicking the continue button the game started from beginning with Jules.
On another game went as a boss after I've rotated back around from the balcony to the second level I enter the cookie elevator to the kitchen from there I took the elevator to third level and the game froze. I did not need to restart but the game skipped me straight to level 5.

[Dr. J. The Pacifist War Medic]

Originally posted by 2 Left Thumbs:

We've seen a spike in reports from players that the game is more prone to freezing than ever before, usually requiring players to force-quit the game, and often losing the progress achieved on that run.

If this is happening to you, *please* report it here! And let us know:
1. Did the game freeze for you prior to 1.4 (not applicable to newcomers)
2. When/where are the freezes occurring?
3. Are you able to Continue after without any lost progress?

As many details as possible about your run would help!
Thank you for your patience. We are so excited about the new additions of v1.4, and want you all to be able to enjoy them unimpeded. Thanks!

My brother and I bought a copy each, befor the last updates, my brothers froze a few times and mine didnt, NOW my brothers hasnt frozen yet, mine freezes EVERY time im having decent run on nightmare... last time was just now, and its been so many times, im ready to unistall it and move over to something else

[2 Left Thumbs]

These reports and details are all SUPER helpful!!
We effectively know the issues IS in level generation. And that while the latest update has exacerbated things, we maybe need to look further back to root out the actual problem.

Our apologies for introducing this instability! Please keeping share additional reports and details as they come up. Every new piece of evidence helps!!

[Gioves]

I had a freeze happen when doing a Painful Mumba run. I defeated chunks and proceed to the room for the exit realm level. It frozen when loading into the exit realm. I was able to get the achievement for the B costume but it didn't save my process.

[Dr. J. The Pacifist War Medic]

Well, im sure you've already been told this, but just in case... To me, the freezing happens mostly (if not allways, i cant remember every time) on the elevator to the ancient egypt themed floor. Dunno, I know nothing about programming, just something that stood out to me

[conradderus]

1. Never had a freeze before V1.4
2. Froze during level transition from the Bank subfloor to Old Set. Playing as Mumba on Painful using A costume and no curses.
3. Was able to continue after stopping the application. It loaded up from Old Set but was slower load than usual. Thankfully progress saved and was able to finish the run without further issue (and unlock B costume)

[2 Left Thumbs]

I would highly encourage everyone in this thread to please try the public beta for v1.4.3!

Learn more about it here:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1484720/view/3657522524830660335

[rawk_hawk1]

1. The game did freeze for me prior to 1.4. Though, it was rare
2. I was trying a full curse run as Luis, after clearing the 3rd floor it froze, had to reset, and it started me on in the lab thankfully.
3. Despite being able to continue, one of my curse's was disabled. The one where it makes the floor bigger but reveals secret rooms. I was worried it wouldn't count towards his costume achievement, but after clearing the lab it sent me back to the lab again, but this time with the floor curse enabled? Thankfully after clearing the run I still got the achievement.

[CHeRRYPUNK]

Originally posted by 2 Left Thumbs:

We've seen a spike in reports from players that the game is more prone to freezing than ever before, usually requiring players to force-quit the game, and often losing the progress achieved on that run.

If this is happening to you, *please* report it here! And let us know:
1. Did the game freeze for you prior to 1.4 (not applicable to newcomers)
2. When/where are the freezes occurring?
3. Are you able to Continue after without any lost progress?

As many details as possible about your run would help!
Thank you for your patience. We are so excited about the new additions of v1.4, and want you all to be able to enjoy them unimpeded. Thanks!

1. Using 1.4 and never once experienced a freeze/crash prior
2. It ALWAYS happens in 3X1T Realm, though I did have one instance where the game froze in the Laboratory. Usually it crashes while I'm actually in game but sometimes it crashes on the loading screen for 3X1T. I specifically was having troubles with crashes when playing as Fuji. The one instance it crashed in the lab, I was Digby. I was not experiencing any lag or slowdowns of any kind prior to the crashes.
3. I was able to continue at the start of the floor I crashed on every time, as tho I just quit and continued the run as normal

Thank you so much for listening to the community on these kinds of things!

[Sweaty Fat Toad]

1. I did not play the game prior to 1.4, unfortunately.
2. I am consistently freezing in 3X1T Realm. I am playing as Cordelia, never done the true ending before. When I enter a room that has the big red maggot enemy (and that is the *only* enemy in the room), when it dies, full freeze. Haven't experienced any other instance of freezing, but that exact freeze has happened three times.
3. I am able to continue the run, but the floor has been reset.

[Sweaty Fat Toad]

Originally posted by Forest Mongrel:

1. I did not play the game prior to 1.4, unfortunately.
2. I am consistently freezing in 3X1T Realm. I am playing as Cordelia, never done the true ending before. When I enter a room that has the big red maggot enemy (and that is the *only* enemy in the room), when it dies, full freeze. Haven't experienced any other instance of freezing, but that exact freeze has happened three times.
3. I am able to continue the run, but the floor has been reset.

To add on to this, with some additional testing, the freezing has now occurred when killing that same enemy in a room that has two of them, although interestingly, only after killing the second one. The first one gave a temporary freeze, but the second was a full freeze. Perhaps it has something to do with the small worm-like enemies that spawn once the big maggot is killed? But it's strange that this freeze doesn't seem to happen in rooms that have the maggot enemy as well as other enemy types. If you'd like, I can provide a screenshot of my current build, to see if maybe the issue is being caused by an item(s)?

EDIT: After some more testing, I do strongly believe it has to do with the worm-like enemies that spawn after killing the big red maggots. When I methodically killed each of the worms as they spawned from damaging the maggot, the game did not freeze when the maggot died. However, when I didn't kill them as they spawned, *especially* with a Mutagen-boosted maggot, the game would freeze.