Help with all the bugs!

[BigBoss]

I have played through this game entirely with no problems once on GoG, last week a i wanted to play again and encountered so many bugs that i never did on my first playthrough that i uninstalled and bought it on steam because i thought it would be better supported.

Im running X:CE and thats it also it is the same PC so it is not anything hardware related

Here are the bugs that i need help squashing

Ground combat won't load

the loading bar fills then gets stuck in the last 90% but starts playing the music like the game has loaded. I cant alt tab out and trying to close the game in task manager doesn't close the game, only way to get out is restarting my PC.

Random crashes

Can happen anywhere, its a straight crash to desktop with "Xenonauts has stopped working"

cursor doesnt work on GeoScape

the game runs fine but i cant click on anything in the geoscape, i can use the F keys to get to the different screens but i cant click on anything

any help appreciated

Final Edit : I moved some mod orders around and disabled the tropical mod and a so called "bug fix" mod and now everything is smooth so far (4 hours uninterrupted play) cheers for the help everyone!

[Solver]

That does not sound normal, X:CE is generally very stable straight as it comes from Steam.

Any crashes that are reproducible from a specific save?

Do you have any sound mods enabled, particularly ambient sounds? Disabing those should be the first step.

[BigBoss]

Originally posted by Solver:

That does not sound normal, X:CE is generally very stable straight as it comes from Steam.

Any crashes that are reproducible from a specific save?

Do you have any sound mods enabled, particularly ambient sounds? Disabing those should be the first step.

i have a save that produces the geoscape bug and i think i eliminated the ground combat bug (tropical maps were active by mistake)

[BigBoss]

Also are there any mods with known issues that anyone knows about that i should avoid?

[Charon]

tropical one thats all. should elimiante all remaining bugs, including save ones, freezing and crashes.

[Solver]

Yeah, the tropical mod includes some sounds, and the game engine is really unstable when it comes to sounds. It's fine for most players, but among those who experience random crashes and failure to load, sound seems to be the most common cause.

[BigBoss]

Originally posted by Solver:

Yeah, the tropical mod includes some sounds, and the game engine is really unstable when it comes to sounds. It's fine for most players, but among those who experience random crashes and failure to load, sound seems to be the most common cause.

Removed the tropical mod which solved the crashing and a mod called "xenonauts fix pack" which was causing geoscape issues. All good so far cheers for the help

[Solver]

Try getting the Xenonauts Fix pack from the Steam Workshop - I think that mod's latest Steam version is newer than the one that ships with X:CE.

[Charon]

Originally posted by BigBoss:

Originally posted by Solver:

Yeah, the tropical mod includes some sounds, and the game engine is really unstable when it comes to sounds. It's fine for most players, but among those who experience random crashes and failure to load, sound seems to be the most common cause.

Removed the tropical mod which solved the crashing and a mod called "xenonauts fix pack" which was causing geoscape issues. All good so far cheers for the help

Xenonauts fix pack only causes issues if you get the latest version, 1.0 is fine. This is what gets shipped with XCE.
As a general rule i dont recommend downloading anything from steam. The tropical mod v1.61 is stable, get it from nexus.