Game crashing constantly after mods

[Deano]

I've subbed to RK mods and they were automatically loaded into my game via steam however my game constantly crashes whilst playing and closing to main menu.
Crash image here ..... https://ibb.co/JpXbqjQ
Any help will be appreciated :-)

[dixiechow]

Deano, this is a common error that I had to deal with several years ago. I searched the discussions and read lots of "fixes". Most did not work, but here is the one that worked for me. I do not remember who posted this but it worked like magic. Here's the post with instructions and the author's funny comments:

A fatal access error has occured in
Application-steam-x64.exe and the game cannont continue


__________________________

Application-steam-x64.exe -- HOW TO FIX IT!!!

Crash on Startup

"A fatal access violation has occurred in Runtime-steam-x64.dll and the game cannot continue!

A crash dump has been saved to [none-ya-business]."

Ever seen that before? Just kidding, apparently it's pretty common. I have "no sh*t" fixed it. Here's how:

Step 1: Navigate to the folder that holds all of your mods, patches, and files with the name "data" in it. C:> Program Files(x86) > Steam > SteamApps > Common > Banished Find the Windata folder.

Step 2: Delete every single thing in that folder.

Step 3: Open Steam -> Right+Click on Banished -> Local Files tab -> Click on "Verify Integrity of Game Files"

Step 4: Wait for Steam to download the (atm) missing files

Step 5: Enjoy playing banished


"But all muh modz!" - will totally be automatically downloaded when you start Banished IF you subscribed to them through the game itself, not manually installed.

ANY BROKEN MODS will, conveniently enough, not be re-downloaded. So no more conflicts. So if you have a mod that doesn't come back, that's what your problem was.

"But what about the registry edit, and the Directx thingy, and the -" STOP... Name one person who has this issue who has never played Banished (as in, fresh into the game).

Just wipe the folder.

[Morkonan]

I know that Banished has some strange activity with mods and Steam protections. For instance, in order to play Banished while using mods, I have to formally open Steam and only then run Banished. If I try to run it from Steam's resident taskbar button, it won't run. I have to actually double-click on Steam to then be able to get it to run from my Library without hanging.

It's been a long time since I played and recently returned to playing Banished a bit. I remember experiencing this issue from years ago when I first played Banished.

Note: On Win7Pro, Banished will not actually "hang" but will just continue running in the background, but can't be accessed because whatever info it's waiting for doesn't ever get to it, it seems. In Win10, that behavior could be different.

[Vrayna]

The crashes on exit when playing with mods is a super common issue. It's not because of the mods exactly, but because the way the game handles changes to the modlist is not great. There's a simple workaround for it: doing an extra "exit Banished and restart before playing" step.

Basically open Banished, open the mod menu, enable the mods you want (or make a fake change by disabling-enabling a mod), then close the mod menu. The game asks you to confirm, and does an automatic reload. Once that reload is done, entirely close Banished and restart, before you create your new town. That exit-restart forces the game to correctly save the changes to the modlist and will prevent the crashes that otherwise would happen when you try to exit a town to get back to the main menu.

It might feel like a small waste of time to do that exit-restart each time you make any change to your modlist, but it's a small price to pay to avoid the crahes, which are a pain when you're looking at all the map options to pick the right one before starting a town :)

[Deano]

Originally posted by dixiechow:

Deano, this is a common error that I had to deal with several years ago. I searched the discussions and read lots of "fixes". Most did not work, but here is the one that worked for me. I do not remember who posted this but it worked like magic. Here's the post with instructions and the author's funny comments:

A fatal access error has occured in
Application-steam-x64.exe and the game cannont continue


__________________________

Application-steam-x64.exe -- HOW TO FIX IT!!!

Crash on Startup

"A fatal access violation has occurred in Runtime-steam-x64.dll and the game cannot continue!

A crash dump has been saved to [none-ya-business]."

Ever seen that before? Just kidding, apparently it's pretty common. I have "no sh*t" fixed it. Here's how:

Step 1: Navigate to the folder that holds all of your mods, patches, and files with the name "data" in it. C:> Program Files(x86) > Steam > SteamApps > Common > Banished Find the Windata folder.

Step 2: Delete every single thing in that folder.

Step 3: Open Steam -> Right+Click on Banished -> Local Files tab -> Click on "Verify Integrity of Game Files"

Step 4: Wait for Steam to download the (atm) missing files

Step 5: Enjoy playing banished


"But all muh modz!" - will totally be automatically downloaded when you start Banished IF you subscribed to them through the game itself, not manually installed.

ANY BROKEN MODS will, conveniently enough, not be re-downloaded. So no more conflicts. So if you have a mod that doesn't come back, that's what your problem was.

"But what about the registry edit, and the Directx thingy, and the -" STOP... Name one person who has this issue who has never played Banished (as in, fresh into the game).

Just wipe the folder.

Thank You a million.. The game is now running but crashes when i exit (which i can live with) It clears when i exit steam and restart steam. Appreciate everyones help :-)

[Deano]

Originally posted by Morkonan:

I know that Banished has some strange activity with mods and Steam protections. For instance, in order to play Banished while using mods, I have to formally open Steam and only then run Banished. If I try to run it from Steam's resident taskbar button, it won't run. I have to actually double-click on Steam to then be able to get it to run from my Library without hanging.

It's been a long time since I played and recently returned to playing Banished a bit. I remember experiencing this issue from years ago when I first played Banished.

Note: On Win7Pro, Banished will not actually "hang" but will just continue running in the background, but can't be accessed because whatever info it's waiting for doesn't ever get to it, it seems. In Win10, that behavior could be different.

Thank You :-)

[dixiechow]

I'm glad that worked for you. I don't know about crashes when you exit the game but I'm sure someone else will try to help you out. There are very nice and knowledgeable people on this forum. Have fun and watch out for those nomads lol

[Vrayna]

Crashes on exit are solve by take the extra "exit the game entirely after enabling mods, before starting a new game" step I mentioned a few posts up in this thread. Well known problem, well known "fix" ;)