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Strvinafrcan May 18, 2023 @ 3:39am
Object reference not set to an instance of an object
so basically i have been getting an issue where my game won't let me play anything i load into, basically saying "object reference not set to an instance of an object", i am aware that this is caused by the game trying to load up assets that are missing, disabled or missing required assets, but i can't understand the report from LSM and need some help figuring out the assets causing the issue.

the main part of the report, ( the part which i think says the issue ) goes as such;

4L2W-24 NL SB</a></div>
<div><a data-lomtag="unused" target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1718180429">UKR-MW 6L2W-30</a></div>
<div><a data-lomtag="unused" target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1718180429">UKR-MW 6L2W-30 SB</a></div>
<div><a data-lomtag="unused" target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1718180429">UKR-MW 8L2W-36</a></div>
<div><a data-lomtag="unused" target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1718180429">UKR-MW 8L2W-36 SB</a></div>
<br><br></section><h2>Loading stats</h2>
<h3>Performance</h3>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Custom assets loaded</div><div>3279&nbsp;&nbsp;assets</div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Loading speed</div><div>203.3&nbsp;&nbsp;assets / second</div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Custom assets loading time</div><div>0:16&nbsp;&nbsp;minutes:seconds</div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Total loading time</div><div>0:52&nbsp;&nbsp;minutes:seconds</div></div>
<h3>Peak memory usage</h3>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Game RAM use</div><div>16.81&nbsp;&nbsp;GB</div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Game pagefile use</div><div>23.63&nbsp;&nbsp;GB</div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="st">System RAM use</div><div>23.66&nbsp;&nbsp;GB</div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="st">System pagefile use</div><div>33.42&nbsp;&nbsp;GB</div></div>
<h3>Sharing of custom asset resources</h3>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Textures</div><div>11025&nbsp;&nbsp;times</div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Materials</div><div>4608&nbsp;&nbsp;times</div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Meshes</div><div>5115&nbsp;&nbsp;times</div></div>
<h3>Skipped prefabs</h3>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Building prefabs</div><div>0&nbsp;&nbsp;</div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Vehicle prefabs</div><div>0&nbsp;&nbsp;</div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Prop prefabs</div><div>0&nbsp;&nbsp;</div></div>
</body></html>

something probably very weird is the fact that steam wont open some of the links as they are potentially malicous or however you spell it, is this a concern?
Last edited by Strvinafrcan; May 18, 2023 @ 3:42am
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MarkJohnson May 18, 2023 @ 3:57am 
Originally posted by imboutabuss6:
so basically i have been getting an issue where my game won't let me play anything i load into, basically saying "object reference not set to an instance of an object", i am aware that this is caused by the game trying to load up assets that are missing, disabled or missing required assets, but i can't understand the report from LSM and need some help figuring out the assets causing the issue.

Object reference is often abut running out of memory.

You may need to increase your Windows page file.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2114415052

Missing assets are fine and won't corrupt your game. But missing assets just won't show up in your city. Just replace them with another asset.

the main part of the report, ( the part which i think says the issue ) goes as such;

[t]https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1718180429">UKR-MW 6L2W-30[/t]

<div><a data-lomtag="unused" target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1718180429">UKR-MW 6L2W-30 SB</a></div>
<div><a data-lomtag="unused" target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1718180429">UKR-MW 8L2W-36</a></div>
<div><a data-lomtag="unused" target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1718180429">UKR-MW 8L2W-36 SB</a></div>
<br><br></section><h2>Loading stats</h2>
<h3>Performance</h3>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Custom assets loaded</div><div>3279&nbsp;&nbsp;assets</div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Loading speed</div><div>203.3&nbsp;&nbsp;assets / second</div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Custom assets loading time</div><div>0:16&nbsp;&nbsp;minutes:seconds</div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Total loading time</div><div>0:52&nbsp;&nbsp;minutes:seconds</div></div>
<h3>Peak memory usage</h3>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Game RAM use</div><div>16.81&nbsp;&nbsp;GB</div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Game pagefile use</div><div>23.63&nbsp;&nbsp;GB</div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="st">System RAM use</div><div>23.66&nbsp;&nbsp;GB</div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="st">System pagefile use</div><div>33.42&nbsp;&nbsp;GB</div></div>
<h3>Sharing of custom asset resources</h3>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Textures</div><div>11025&nbsp;&nbsp;times</div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Materials</div><div>4608&nbsp;&nbsp;times</div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Meshes</div><div>5115&nbsp;&nbsp;times</div></div>
<h3>Skipped prefabs</h3>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Building prefabs</div><div>0&nbsp;&nbsp;</div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Vehicle prefabs</div><div>0&nbsp;&nbsp;</div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Prop prefabs</div><div>0&nbsp;&nbsp;</div></div>
</body></html>[/qoute]

These are fine. I think it is part of LSM

something probably very weird is the fact that steam wont open some of the links as they are potentially malicous or however you spell it, is this a concern?

Steam almost always does this. The data is in an odd format. But you can see above I just cut out the garbage and it should read:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2114415052
Last edited by MarkJohnson; May 18, 2023 @ 3:59am
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Strvinafrcan May 18, 2023 @ 8:40pm 
Originally posted by MarkJohnson:
Originally posted by imboutabuss6:
so basically i have been getting an issue where my game won't let me play anything i load into, basically saying "object reference not set to an instance of an object", i am aware that this is caused by the game trying to load up assets that are missing, disabled or missing required assets, but i can't understand the report from LSM and need some help figuring out the assets causing the issue.

Object reference is often abut running out of memory.

You may need to increase your Windows page file.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2114415052

Missing assets are fine and won't corrupt your game. But missing assets just won't show up in your city. Just replace them with another asset.

the main part of the report, ( the part which i think says the issue ) goes as such;

[t]https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1718180429">UKR-MW 6L2W-30[/t]

<div><a data-lomtag="unused" target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1718180429">UKR-MW 6L2W-30 SB</a></div>
<div><a data-lomtag="unused" target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1718180429">UKR-MW 8L2W-36</a></div>
<div><a data-lomtag="unused" target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1718180429">UKR-MW 8L2W-36 SB</a></div>
<br><br></section><h2>Loading stats</h2>
<h3>Performance</h3>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Custom assets loaded</div><div>3279&nbsp;&nbsp;assets</div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Loading speed</div><div>203.3&nbsp;&nbsp;assets / second</div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Custom assets loading time</div><div>0:16&nbsp;&nbsp;minutes:seconds</div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Total loading time</div><div>0:52&nbsp;&nbsp;minutes:seconds</div></div>
<h3>Peak memory usage</h3>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Game RAM use</div><div>16.81&nbsp;&nbsp;GB</div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Game pagefile use</div><div>23.63&nbsp;&nbsp;GB</div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="st">System RAM use</div><div>23.66&nbsp;&nbsp;GB</div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="st">System pagefile use</div><div>33.42&nbsp;&nbsp;GB</div></div>
<h3>Sharing of custom asset resources</h3>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Textures</div><div>11025&nbsp;&nbsp;times</div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Materials</div><div>4608&nbsp;&nbsp;times</div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Meshes</div><div>5115&nbsp;&nbsp;times</div></div>
<h3>Skipped prefabs</h3>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Building prefabs</div><div>0&nbsp;&nbsp;</div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Vehicle prefabs</div><div>0&nbsp;&nbsp;</div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="st">Prop prefabs</div><div>0&nbsp;&nbsp;</div></div>
</body></html>[/qoute]

These are fine. I think it is part of LSM



Steam almost always does this. The data is in an odd format. But you can see above I just cut out the garbage and it should read:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2114415052
thanks, ill make sure to increase my pagefile, you could be right since i have manually set it but i set it to 32,000, which is basically just the base capability of my ram, i could probably push it to 48,000 or should i just triple it?
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MarkJohnson May 18, 2023 @ 10:32pm 
Well, if you already have 32GB of RAM, then you should have up to 32GB of windows page file, or about 64GB of available memory. Once windows exceeds the size of your RAM, then it can have issues of crashing. So, you may need to increase the page file to 64GB. This will give you a total of 96GB of memory at your disposal.

But if you don't have thousands of workshop subscribed, then you may not have a memory issue. You may have a mod issue.

Can you post the memory numbers of loading screen mod?
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Strvinafrcan May 19, 2023 @ 12:20am 
Originally posted by MarkJohnson:
Well, if you already have 32GB of RAM, then you should have up to 32GB of windows page file, or about 64GB of available memory. Once windows exceeds the size of your RAM, then it can have issues of crashing. So, you may need to increase the page file to 64GB. This will give you a total of 96GB of memory at your disposal.

But if you don't have thousands of workshop subscribed, then you may not have a memory issue. You may have a mod issue.

Can you post the memory numbers of loading screen mod?
well it lets me load into the game, but the warning keeps popping up and won't go away no matter how many times i click it, i'd say it would be a mod issue but i can't confirm, if you meant the numbers on LSM whilst loading into a city.

it says it has 10.36 GB of allocated page file,
system RAM usage is 19.98 GB / 31.93 GB
game allocated page file is 7.74 GB

I've increased the page file but the issue is still occouring.

( by the way when i showed the report log above it wasn't the whole thing, just the bottom part of the report so heres the top )

<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="default"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><title>Assets Report</title><style>
* {font-family:sans-serif;}
body {background-color:#f9f6ea;}
section {padding-right:24px;}
div {margin:5px 1px 0px 18px;}
.my {display:flex;}
.my .mi {margin:10px 0px;min-width:30%;}
.my .bx {line-height:133%;padding:8px 12px;background-color:#e8e5d4;border-radius:5px;margin:1px;min-width:58%;}
.my .st {font-style:italic;margin:0px;min-width:29%;}
h1 {margin-top:10px;padding:24px 18px;background-color:#e8e5d4;}
h2 {margin-top:0px;border-bottom:1px solid black;}
h3 {margin-top:25px;margin-left:18px;}
a:link {color:#0000e0;text-decoration:inherit;}
a:visited {color:#8000a0;text-decoration:inherit;}
a:hover {text-decoration:underline;}
</style></head><body>
<h1>NewSave</h1>
<div><i>Assets report for Cities: Skylines.</i></div>
<div><i>To stop saving these files, disable the option 'Save assets report' in Loading Screen Mod.</i></div>
<br><br><section style="border-right:12px solid #f04040;"><h2>Assets that failed to load</h2>
<h3>Buildings and parks</h3>
<div><a data-lomtag="failed" target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2886368447">Amtrak - Point of Rocks Station</a></div>
<div><a data-lomtag="failed" target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2547150845">Antenne 4G</a></div>
<div><a data-lomtag="failed" target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2689821324">ERF 2POS TS69 No.1</a></div>
<div><a data-lomtag="failed" target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2681537089">ERF 4POS TS69 No.1</a></div>
<div><a data-lomtag="failed" target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2906353102">HAL OR123 IW83-2G No.1</a></div>
<div><a data-lomtag="failed" target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2906353102">HAL OR123 IW83-4G No.1</a></div>
<div><a data-lomtag="failed" target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2906353102">HAL OR123 IW83-6G No.1</a></div>
<h3>Nets</h3>
<div><a data-lomtag="failed" target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2882689586">R2EUR W GrCo 1x2 Redon ATB</a></div>
<div><a data-lomtag="failed" target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2882689586">R2EUR W GrCo 2x2 Redon ATB</a></div>
<br><br><h2>Asset errors</h2>
<div><i>Problems were detected in these assets.</i></div>
<div class="my"><div class="mi"><a data-lomtag="warning" target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1437003522">[tga] House LDR2 6x6 1-204-133v2</a></div><div class="bx"><i><a target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/667342976/1639789306562159404/">Invalid LOD texture size</a> 512 x 384</i></div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="mi"><a data-lomtag="warning" target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1105999467">[tga] House LDR3 5x2 1-202-10BV</a></div><div class="bx"><i><a target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/667342976/1639789306562159404/">Invalid LOD texture size</a> 448 x 304</i></div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="mi"><a data-lomtag="warning" target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1424880261">[tga] House LDR5 3x3 1-205-7 BV</a></div><div class="bx"><i><a target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/667342976/1639789306562159404/">Invalid LOD texture size</a> 512 x 192</i></div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="mi"><a data-lomtag="warning" target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1894203446">[tga] Kindergarten prj #779-2</a></div><div class="bx"><i><a target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/667342976/1639789306562159404/">Invalid LOD texture size</a> 512 x 320</i></div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="mi"><a data-lomtag="warning" target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=953225782">Football Soccer Pitch Artifical1</a></div><div class="bx"><i><a target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/667342976/1639789306562159404/">Invalid LOD texture size</a> 256 x 160<br><a target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/667342976/1639789306562159404/">Invalid LOD texture size</a> 256 x 160</i></div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="mi"><a data-lomtag="warning" target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=953225782">Football Soccer Pitch Artifical2</a></div><div class="bx"><i><a target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/667342976/1639789306562159404/">Invalid LOD texture size</a> 256 x 160</i></div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="mi"><a data-lomtag="warning" target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=953225782">Football Soccer Pitch Grass</a></div><div class="bx"><i><a target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/667342976/1639789306562159404/">Invalid LOD texture size</a> 256 x 160<br><a target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/667342976/1639789306562159404/">Invalid LOD texture size</a> 256 x 160</i></div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="mi"><a data-lomtag="warning" target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1832000390">German 2-Lane Broken Line</a></div><div class="bx"><i><a target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/667342976/1639789306562159404/">Invalid LOD texture size</a> 512 x 461</i></div></div>
<br><br><h2>Asset warnings</h2>
<div><i>Warnings were raised about these assets.</i></div>
<div class="my"><div class="mi"><a data-lomtag="warning" target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1290301011">275kV Power Line</a></div><div class="bx"><i><a target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/667342976/1639789306562193628/">Very large LOD mesh</a> 832 triangles</i></div></div>
<div class="my"><div class="mi"><a data-lomtag="warning" target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2650306154">Boiler house DKVR 4-13</a></div><div class="bx"><i><a target="_blank" href="https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/667342976/1639789306562181099/">Very large LOD texture</a> 512 x 512</i></div></div>

( EDIT ) some of the data was before i restarted my computer after increasing the page file, the game is still crashing
Last edited by Strvinafrcan; May 19, 2023 @ 12:30am
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MarkJohnson May 19, 2023 @ 5:21am 
You need help from the paradox forums (the devs):

First, read this post and gather all info it asks for:
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/how-to-best-report-technical-issues-and-get-help.920608/

Then, take all if that info and start a new "Report Issue" and "attach" all files to the end of the post:
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/forums/support-bug-reports.879/
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