Fixed: Kernelbase.dll crash

[Tim]

After long searches and several tries i was able to fix the Kernelbase.dll!UnknownFunktion... error. The Error/Crash comes, when you try to join Multiplayer Games exactly in the moment, when your Character should be completely loaded. When you are dead, you sometimes get the respawn Menue opened, but if you click the RESPAWN button, then Game crashes again. Often the Kernelbase error is invisible, that means that the error message wont pop-up, it just freezes the screen and will only become visible by pressing ALT+TAB or STR+ALT+DEL or if you read the error Log in your ARK directory. The funny thing: Singleplayer Games are working!!! It is only effecting Multiplayer and sometimes, only specific Maps and/or Mods.
I personally was getting this freaky error with the Ragnarok map. Especially when the file Ragnarok_tribute will be loaded on the screen. I tested all, restoring old Server backup, deleting player.uid files, generating new Characters and starting a new empty world on the server itself (new Multiplayer Game)...nothing helped.
I found finaly a discrepancy in the Map-Directories of ARK. The most maps you will find in the \SteamApps\common\ARK\ShooterGame\Content\Mods directory. I compared all Raganrok files from a working PC, with the Kernalbase crash PC. Result, some files are missing, some where having different size. I deleted the complete Ragnarok directory and downloaded a fresh version from STEAM, same result -> Kernalbase crash. It only help to copy the complete Ragnarok directory from the Good PC to the Bad PC. Then i was able to access the Multiplayer Game again, but with ugly grafic errors. It look like the Char has been fallen into a deeeeep valley and only some ground pieces where looking clear. Extreme vector errors with all other objects, trees, rocks..etc. Look for those clean ground places ( in my case i go on a rock island) and log out your character here. Close ARK and restart it completely new. Now you can join the server again, grafical errors gone...what a crap.

It seems, that it could happen, that files in the MOD directory will not be updated from Stream correctly. This is effecting Maps and MODs as well. Do not ask me why this happens. Maybe the developers have here still room for improovements.
I hope this will help all of you still fighting with the problem, it took me 20+hours to examine,test and fix it.

Cheers + prost
Tim

PS: Soll ich das auch in Deutsch posten?

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[Wayne]

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