Disconnected: World File Mismatch error

[damien]

I don't know what this error means, I couldn't find anything online about it. Can someone explain what it means?

[Dingo]

IDK, also experienced this error. I have a Nvidia 1070 and 16gb ram, game loaded on ssd with heaps of space. Game freezes, but sounds are still running, I can also move and access the hot bar, however the screen remains frozen. Seems to get light streaks in strange places. Have uninstalled and reinstalled the game - still happens. Have reduce the game specs from optimised to "fastest", still freezes/

[Augustchild]

ok, this error message means that the "File" in your Rust Maps Folder is different from what it was before>
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so if you logged on that server before, and they recently changed their maps... your computer's trying to load that OLD SERVER file back in the game, and it can't... because the NEW FILE MAP is trying to download in its place...

so the Maps are "Mismatched" just go in your Maps folder under Rust, and delete the corresponding Map name, and it will download from the New map from steam>

[JiMmYLiNgUi]

In other words... go to your Rust installation folder:

Example: C:\Program Files (x??)\Steam\steamapps\common\Rust\maps\yourmapname.map

And Delete it!!! After that your not gonna have any problem... (yourmapname.map) it's gonna created by it self. It's going to create a new one based in the server (.map) save file! If the Steam save file it's different than the one on the server you're gonna have the same error (World File Mismatch Error).

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HOW DO I GO INTO MY RUST INSTALLATION FILE

[StickWacker]

this isnt working i deleted the map file and tried to join and it didnt work. it just redownloaded the map and gave the same error tried agian same thing tried deleting it and same thing

[cybrtooth]

Originally posted by gabbagabbamans:

this isnt working i deleted the map file and tried to join and it didnt work. it just redownloaded the map and gave the same error tried agian same thing tried deleting it and same thing

this is happening to me aswell lol

[…..]

This happens due to memory being full on the drive that you have rust on

[rly good pro cs global player]

Originally posted by Alpha <3:

This happens due to memory being full on the drive that you have rust on

lmfao as you say that i look and see that my game folder has 44 ko left

[Probo]

Originally posted by cybr:

Originally posted by gabbagabbamans:

this isnt working i deleted the map file and tried to join and it didnt work. it just redownloaded the map and gave the same error tried agian same thing tried deleting it and same thing

this is happening to me aswell lol

How to fix?

[Yukari Akiyama]

Originally posted by damien:

I don't know what this error means, I couldn't find anything online about it. Can someone explain what it means?

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[Enyzelo]

Even if the post is really old I want to add the reason this is happening to help people who are having this issue to this day. Facepunch has mentioned in their wiki that it is recommended to change map name before adding it to the server. So the issue is that the owner of the server has to change the map file name to fix this issue. Deleting the file map locally won't help it. When I mean locally I mean inside your computer. (C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Rust\maps) or (C:\Steam\steamapps\common\Rust\maps)

Source: https://wiki.facepunch.com/rust/FAQ_and_Troubleshooting

"Whenever you make changes to your map you should give it a new unique name when hosting it in-game. Add V2.0 to the name. If you do not then your original first map will still be within your local game files, when connecting to the server it will respond with the .map name and if your client detects the same name it will attempt to load the already downloaded old version of the file. Resulting in you attempting to load a different version than the server, causing file mismatch error. Alternatively you can delete the .map file within your Rust install directory. This is unlikely to be possible for all players who play your server."

[Rick Sanchez]

for anyone asking what to do for the path directory it's here:

c:\programfiles (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\rust\maps

basically you just go in and delete everything from that folder. not sure why other proc maps are conflicting with whatever map you're trying to download, but that was the fix for me. once you delete the files, verify your game integrity and relaunch the game once that's finished. you should be able to load in no problem

[DrummerJacob]

I am not using a procedural map. To delete the map file out of this folder would mean to delete my map off of my computer. Theres nowhere inside my server where this map is magically saved so it makes no sense that by deleting it, it will somehow load it.

Can anyone explain why people are saying to delete the file? If you delete it, how will it load? I am getting this error after editing a spawn point on a map in RustEdit and saving it in exactly the same location it was before, and it had worked just minutes before, and after adjusting a spawn point I saved and then closed RustEdit and started the server and now cant load. And again, deleting it doesnt seem to be an option because then it has no map file to load....

[Psyduck Shiny]

Check first maps folder and delete (c:\programfiles (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\rust\maps). If that doesn't solve it, check local drive because you may have run out of space in it.

[FireOfMind29]

Originally posted by JiMmYLiNgUi:

In other words... go to your Rust installation folder:

Example: C:\Program Files (x??)\Steam\steamapps\common\Rust\maps\yourmapname.map

And Delete it!!! After that your not gonna have any problem... (yourmapname.map) it's gonna created by it self. It's going to create a new one based in the server (.map) save file! If the Steam save file it's different than the one on the server you're gonna have the same error (World File Mismatch Error).

Thanks man helped alot