GIANTS engine not responding

[tartantrades82]

200 hours in, now keeps crashing a few minutes into each load.

Removed all mods, loaded older saves (pre-issue), reduced the save slots, cleared the shader cache. Nothing seems to work, basically unplayable unless I want to try and start over.

If anyone has had any success resolving this issue, please do share. Thanks

https://ibb.co/QPR5RNt

[Sistermatic™]

People have been getting this for a variety of reasons and it seems you have tried all of them. If you post the log.txt contents, it might yield a clue that could lead to an earlier fix.

Failing that, technical support beyond the guesswork the forum can offer, needs to be directed to Giants, they have a link in pinned topics.

[tartantrades82]

Originally posted by Sistermatic™:

People have been getting this for a variety of reasons and it seems you have tried all of them. If you post the log.txt contents, it might yield a clue that could lead to an earlier fix.

Failing that, technical support beyond the guesswork the forum can offer, needs to be directed to Giants, they have a link in pinned topics.

Thanks, haven't checked the log file yet, will do so and see if anything obvious is visible.

[tartantrades82]

Originally posted by Sistermatic™:

People have been getting this for a variety of reasons and it seems you have tried all of them. If you post the log.txt contents, it might yield a clue that could lead to an earlier fix.

Failing that, technical support beyond the guesswork the forum can offer, needs to be directed to Giants, they have a link in pinned topics.

There was one error for a mod that was somehow still remaining. I've successfully removed the mod and re-saved (so error removed now) but now crashes even faster, seconds after loading haha.

To be honest, not entirely sure what else to look for in the log file. Is there anything that stands out to anyone more knowledgeable than me here? Cheers

https://pastebin.com/23PdQWnx

[Sistermatic™]

Sorry, been away, just got back.

Can you start a new modless game fine or does it crash?

Can you start a fully modded NEW game?

If it doesn't crash, were you using mods from unofficial sources? I see autounload with a whole heap of entries around that. Where is the version from? You may need to load and eliminate all mods back in with your save, best way is to include them all and take one out at a time. If you get a start, it's likely that last mod removed.

Other ideas.

- Make sure OneDrive and Steam Cloud are off if you have them on. Log shows it stopped after a save so could be that too, nothing concrete at a glance.

- Are you using a modded map? If not, which map are you using? There are errors.

- Turn joystick/gamepad off /remove /disable to test.

- Check your nVidia driver. IIRC, yours is from August '24. I am using 566.36, December 5, 2024. Since you're a 4070, ultra default set at 2560 x 1440 should be perfect with vsync, which you have. I have the 4070 Super set like that, runs locked at 60 (unless busy).

See how we go, I'll keep looking.

[tartantrades82]

Originally posted by Sistermatic™:

Sorry, been away, just got back.

Can you start a new modless game fine or does it crash?

Can you start a fully modded NEW game?

If it doesn't crash, were you using mods from unofficial sources? I see autounload with a whole heap of entries around that. Where is the version from? You may need to load and eliminate all mods back in with your save, best way is to include them all and take one out at a time. If you get a start, it's likely that last mod removed.

Other ideas.

- Make sure OneDrive and Steam Cloud are off if you have them on. Log shows it stopped after a save so could be that too, nothing concrete at a glance.

- Are you using a modded map? If not, which map are you using? There are errors.

- Turn joystick/gamepad off /remove /disable to test.

- Check your nVidia driver. IIRC, yours is from August '24. I am using 566.36, December 5, 2024. Since you're a 4070, ultra default set at 2560 x 1440 should be perfect with vsync, which you have. I have the 4070 Super set like that, runs locked at 60 (unless busy).

See how we go, I'll keep looking.

Thanks for the detailed questions and ideas / possible solutions. I will try a brand new game and also try turning off Steam Cloud, as I too think it may be an issue relating to saving / autosaving. My onedrive is off, not using a modded map but looking at the log file again it seems I still have some in-game mods active (and one unofficial mod). Will also check my nVidia drivers. Thanks for taking time out to resepond.

[tartantrades82]

@sistermatic I managed to work out the issue, it was the in-game CASE IH cotton harvester running on AI / helper on field 4 in the Pantai map that was causing it to crash. It's quite a large field, so I guess the game had issues, rendering or something? Thanks for helping.