EXC NullReferenceException

[Old and Broken]

Game stops loading...the F1 menu pops up and continually scrolls (in red) the following: "EXC Null Reference Exception: Object not set to an instance of an object". Files are fine. Any guess? No mods. Just downloaded the newest update. Now it's broken.

[DEDloc_©]

This error is common and highly unspecific. Providing your log file is really the only way to know.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/251570/discussions/0/3196989600456255811/ this is the thread that generally helps, though you didn't include much info (which version you came from, how many you may have had installed without cleaning game files, etc...) so idk.

EDIT:Fixed link

[Old and Broken]

Loaded a old game safe from a different build and it quit at the same spot "creating player" Going to go in and delete my existing player and pick one of the preset players and see what happens.

[Old and Broken]

It won't let me in the player file. Immediately locks with this message in red ... "EXC Index out of range Exception: Index was outside bounds of the array." To answer your questions this is the latest iteration and the previous game files were all deleted at start up of this series. The game file was also cleaned to guarantee a trouble free start. I think my player file is broken but I don't know how to force my way in to delete it.

[DEDloc_©]

Did you clean per the instructions in this thread? If not, you likely missed something. The game is trying to reference something that is no longer there. Either that, or your antivirus is screwing up your download but you say it verfied fine so...
Any way you slice it, your installation is likely corrupted somehow.

[Old and Broken]

Can you tell me how to get into my player file to delete my current file and choose a new vanilla player profile. The problem is in the player file as I just tried starting a new game and when I clicked to set my player it locked with the same "out of range exception" so I think it's my current player file that is whacked. thanks.

[DEDloc_©]

Those files are located in %appdata%/Roaming/7daystodie/saves/Navezgane/My Game

....I'm not sure what all you'd do from here as I've never tried what you're trying. There appears to be a folder and a .XML file containing player info. Some of these file storage locations changed from 20.3 to 20.4exp which may have something to do with your issue. Hopefully someone with a bit more knowledge about this particular issue will chime in.

[Old and Broken]

Thanks for your reply DEDloc . I ended up dumping all the saved games and cleaning the game file again. Re-scanned the game and Steam says it's fine. Now I'm going to try starting a new game and if the same problem exists I quit and dump the whole 16 GiG game file. Been playing this game since the start and this is the third time a PIMP upload dumped my game. Don't know if I will have the ambition to reload it. thanks again. bye.

[Teresa]

If you have ever downloaded mods, you should also delete your mods folder.

[Old and Broken]

No Mods ever. I ended up dumping the whole game and purging my computer for a third time. Reloaded everything and it's working. Thinking about seeing if there is a way to block future updates.

[Mardoin69]

That error comes up when there is a version conflict between your installed game and the game version data in Windows Registry. Not uncommon when people update the game version. When you know the game is going to update soon....make a backup of your save files and generated world (in the users folders.) After the game update is applied, you need to run the 7d2d Launcher.exe, swtich to 'tools' tab and 'clean' the old data (selecting all the checkbox options.) This clears the old values in Windows Registry. Then copy your game save / generate world map back into their appropriate folders. The game should load without issue.

[Кристиан]

Originally posted by Old and Broken:

Game stops loading...the F1 menu pops up and continually scrolls (in red) the following: "EXC Null Reference Exception: Object not set to an instance of an object". Files are fine. Any guess? No mods. Just downloaded the newest update. Now it's broken.

Lo solucioné editando el personaje, algo nada difícil, cambiar la apariencia sirve o modificar alguna característica gráfica del juego mismo (detalle del entorno, etc.), al guardar el juego se sobre escribe todo lo que da error y el juego arranca sin problemas.

[Iяяwitz ®]

Originally posted by Mardoin69:

make a backup of your save files and generated world (in the users folders.) After the game update is applied, you need to run the 7d2d Launcher.exe, swtich to 'tools' tab and 'clean' the old data (selecting all the checkbox options.) This clears the old values in Windows Registry. Then copy your game save / generate world map back into their appropriate folders. The game should load without issue.

Your instructions helped me, with a savegame-directory from a friend. Thank you very much!