[SOLVED] Came back after 6 months and save doesn't load, can anyone help troubleshoot?

[Daяқ|мaѕta]

I downloaded the latest compatibility report and fixed all the major issues I have there, yet the save game doesn't load yet.

Can anyone help me troubleshoot? Let me know what data you need and I'll share it here

[MaxFX]

Know that some mods become a dependancy for the saves they're used in. You can see a list of such mods on the fifth tab in this spreadsheet: https://pdxint.at/BrokenModCS

If you used any of these mods in your save, and you unsubscribed from them because the compatibility report told you to, then you need to resubscribe to them again.

[Daяқ|мaѕta]

Is there a way to check what mods I had installed before? Because i'll be running purely on memory here

I recall using 81 tiles, but the page doesn;t open now https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=576327847

I removed some game breaking assets (cemetery), thanks for the list

testing now to see if anything changed

[MaxFX]

The old 81 Tiles has been replaced by the '81 Tiles 2' mod. You can use that one instead: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2862121823&searchtext=81

[Daяқ|мaѕta]

Yep i used that but unfortunately the game still crashes. I remember using a combination of prop/tree anarchy mods but cant remember which ones exactly, could they be causing this?

[Daяқ|мaѕta]

These are all the mods I had before I updated and tried fixing the game:


Name
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81 Tiles (Fixed for 1.2+)
Adaptive Networks (AN) V3.7 [Stable]
Advanced Building Level Control 1.1.2
Advanced Vehicle Options
Any Road Outside Connections
Automatic Pedestrian Bridge Builder V2.0 [Beta]
Better Road Toolbar
Broken Nodes Detector
Bulldoze It!
Camera Positions Utility
Clouds & Fog Toggler
Compatibility Report
cool 1 [disabled] [local]
cool3 [disabled] [local]
coool2 [disabled] [local]
Cubemap Replacer (Read description!)
Custom Animation Loader (CAL)
Daylight Classic
Decal Prop Fix (deprecated)
Demand Master
Dynamic Resolution (Fixed for 1.9!)
Emergency Light Changer
Extended Managers Library 1.0.3
Extra Landscaping Tools
Find It! 2
Fine Road Anarchy 2.0.2
Fine Road Tool 2.0.4
First Person Camera v2.1.0
FPS Booster
Harmony 2.2-0 (Mod Dependency)
HDRI 2K Cubemap Pack
Hide TMPE crosswalks V3.2 [stable]
Improved Public Transport 2
Instant Return To Desktop
Intersection Marking Tool 1.9
Larger Footprints (Snowfall)
Lifecycle Rebalance Revisited 1.6.4
Loading Screen Mod temporary fix for Airports DLC
More Diverse Crowd (a.k.a. Service People on Streets)
More PathUnits 1.0
Move It
Network Extensions 2
Network Multitool 1.3.1
Network Skins (Airports DLC compatible)
Network Tiling [disabled]
No Park Building Fires
Node Controller Renewal 3.2
Not So Unique Buildings
Optimised Outside Connections
Parkify
Parking Lot Snapping
Patch Loader Mod
Picker
Ploppable Asphalt + [disabled]
Ploppable Asphalt + [Loading time Fix]
Ploppable RICO Revisited 2.4.12
Pollution, Death, Garbage and Crime Remover Mod
Precision Engineering
Prefab Hook (Mod Dependency)
Prop & Tree Anarchy
Prop Line Tool [PLT] (vAlpha)
Quay Anarchy
Realistic Walking Speed
Relight
Render It!
Road Options (Road Colors Changer ++)
Roundabout Builder
Sharp Textures
Smart Intersection Builder
Sort Mod Settings
Surface Painter
Theme Decals
Theme Mixer 2
TM:PE 11.6.5.3 STABLE (Traffic Manager: President Edition)
Ultimate Eyecandy v1.5.2
Undo It!
UnifiedUI (UUI) 2.2 [Stable]
Unlimited Oil And Ore [built-in]
Unlimited Outside Connections
Unlimited Soil [built-in]
Unlock All [built-in]
Unlock All + Wonders & Landmarks
Yet Another Toolbar
Zoning Adjuster 1.5.3

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and this is the most recent one:

Name
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81 Tiles 2
ACME 0.6.4
Adaptive Networks (AN) V3.18 (STABLE)
Advanced Building Level Control 1.3
Advanced Vehicle Options
Automatic Pedestrian Bridge Builder V2.0 [Beta]
Better Road Toolbar
Broken Nodes Detector
Bulldoze It!
Compatibility Report v2.3.2 (Catalogue 7.18)
Cubemap Replacer (Read description!)
Custom Animation Loader (CAL)
Daylight Classic
Emergency Lights Manager V2
Extended Managers Library temporary fix
Extra Landscaping Tools
Game Anarchy 0.9.8
Harmony 2.2.2-0 (Mod Dependency)
HDRI 2K Cubemap Pack
Hide TMPE crosswalks V3.2 [stable]
Improved Public Transport 2
Intersection Marking Tool 1.14.1
Lifecycle Rebalance Revisited 1.6.6
More Diverse Crowd (a.k.a. Service People on Streets)
More PathUnits 1.1.1
Move It
Network Extensions 2
Network Multitool 1.3.4
Network Skins
Node Controller Renewal 3.4
Optimised Outside Connections
Parkify
Parking Lot Snapping
Picker
Play It!
Ploppable Asphalt + [Loading time Fix]
Ploppable RICO Revisited 2.5.4
Precision Engineering
Prop Anarchy temporary fix
Realistic Walking Speed
Render It!
Roundabout Builder
Smart Intersection Builder (P&P Updated)
Surface Painter
Theme Mixer 2.5
TM:PE 11.7.4.0 STABLE (Traffic Manager: President Edition)
Undo It!
UnifiedUI (UUI) 2.2 [Stable]
Yet Another Toolbar
Zoning Adjuster 1.6

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Comparing the first list of mod names with the second list, here are the mods that are not present in the second list:

81 Tiles (Fixed for 1.2+)
Adaptive Networks (AN) V3.7 [Stable]
Advanced Building Level Control 1.1.2
Any Road Outside Connections
Camera Positions Utility
Clouds & Fog Toggler
cool 1 [disabled] [local]
cool3 [disabled] [local]
coool2 [disabled] [local]
Decal Prop Fix (deprecated)
Demand Master
Dynamic Resolution (Fixed for 1.9!)
Extended Managers Library 1.0.3
Find It! 2
Fine Road Anarchy 2.0.2
Fine Road Tool 2.0.4
First Person Camera v2.1.0
FPS Booster
Instant Return To Desktop
Larger Footprints (Snowfall)
Loading Screen Mod temporary fix for Airports DLC
More PathUnits 1.0
Network Tiling [disabled]
Node Controller Renewal 3.2
Not So Unique Buildings
Patch Loader Mod
Prefab Hook (Mod Dependency)
Prop Line Tool [PLT] (vAlpha)
Sharp Textures
Sort Mod Settings
Theme Decals
Theme Mixer 2
Unlimited Oil And Ore [built-in]
Unlimited Soil [built-in]
Unlock All [built-in]

These mods are present in the first list but not in the second list.

[MaxFX]

Unsubscribe the 'Prop Line Tool' as well as 'Prop Snapping', and make sure you're using this version of the 'Prop Anarchy' mod, and unsubscribe any other 'Prop Anarchy' mod: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2862882210&searchtext=prop+anarchy

If you decide to start a new build, it's better to switch to these two mod for props though: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2956854293&searchtext=prop
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2956939040

[Daяқ|мaѕta]

I tried that, unfortunately still not working. I uploaded the compatibility report HTML here https://red-tabina-82.tiiny.site/

Maybe something else is affecting my game? I spent over 100 hours on this save I really don't want to lose it :(

Do themes break the game too? I have some themes but haven't changed anything.

[MaxFX]

The report mentions you need to unsub 'Parkify' because you do not have the DLC.

Not sure what kind of effect this has on the game, but best to unsub from it.

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I would unsub 'Smart Intersection Builder' as well, considering it can cause simulation errors. Use interchanges from the Workshop instead.

[Daяқ|мaѕta]

I will try that.

I also updated the list of mods from my old save, it wasn't complete (i extracted the old compatibility list)

[Daяқ|мaѕta]

Game still crashing with this error log:

Error occurred at 2023-05-21_104030.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Cities_Skylines\Cities.exe
97% memory in use.
32613 MB physical memory [704 MB free].
130917 MB paging file [0 MB free].
134217728 MB user address space [134039574 MB free].
Read from location 00000010 caused an access violation.


edit: I ran the game with taskmanager in the background and noticed memory usage go well beyond 97%. Seems like there is a memory leak somewhere right?


Man this is so frustrating

[Daяқ|мaѕta]

Okay I got the memory leak part done, now it loads forever and never completely loads nor crashes

[DD]

Suggest you update to:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2858591409&searchtext=loading+screen


Also suggest that if you haven't already done so you immediately back up ALL of you .crp game saves to an unattached offline hard drive for safe keeping. As you may or may not have heard CS has promised to release CS2 some time in the next 6-7 months and there's NO guarantee what shape CS1 will be in or that it will even exist after the release.

[Daяқ|мaѕta]

~~ill try that thanks, however when I load the game now I dont see any mods under the content manager. Yet workshop mods are subscribed correctly. Is this a cause of issue too?~~


edit: I had --noworkshop added to properties

[MarkJohnson]

Originally posted by Daяқ|мaѕta:

Game still crashing with this error log:

Error occurred at 2023-05-21_104030.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Cities_Skylines\Cities.exe
97% memory in use.
32613 MB physical memory [704 MB free].
130917 MB paging file [0 MB free].
134217728 MB user address space [134039574 MB free].
Read from location 00000010 caused an access violation.


edit: I ran the game with taskmanager in the background and noticed memory usage go well beyond 97%. Seems like there is a memory leak somewhere right?


Man this is so frustrating

It still sounds like you are running out of memory. Can you post the memory results on the loading screen mod. There are four rows of numbers. Take a screenshot a little after it loads all of the workshop.

[DD]

Once you get LS mod installed it will tell you if you are pushing your memory capabilities too far. We already know you are at risk with RAM so also check your page file numbers.