Game Crashes - Assertion Failed

[SuaveSlob]

I'm having issues joining my singleplayer world where my character currently is. The loading screen will reach the very end and just before the game pops up I'm hit with an error. I've noticed that the game tends to freeze when the loading in the bottom-left of the screen reads 'TheIsland_Ruins'. After searching up a troubleshooting guide I deleted TheIsland_Ruins.umap and TheIsland_Ruins.umap.SM4 before verifying the game's integrity but didn't notice any difference. I've tried loading up other singleplayer worlds that my character isn't currently on with no issues. I've joined an official server as well with no issues. I am not currently using any mods so that can't be it either. Not trying to lose the many hours I put into this character, and even if I tried making a new character there wouldn't be anything from stopping this from happening all over again.
On a different but possibly related issue I can't release certain dinos out of their cryopod once they have been frozen, such as the Karkinos, Aberrant Beezelbufo, Aberrant Scorpion, and Basilisk, doing so cause the game to close with an error. I've already submitted a ticket through Ark's website letting them know what's up but haven't heard back in a week so far. If anyone has had a similar issue I'd like to know how you solved it

most recent error
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Assertion failed: InPos <= Bytes.Num() [File:F:\build\SummerBash2021\Engine\Source\Runtime\CoreUObject\Private\UObject\WorldSerializedObject.cpp] [Line: 115]



VERSION: 336.12
KERNELBASE.dll!UnknownFunction (0x000007fefd07bded) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0]
ShooterGame.exe!FOutputDevice::Logf__VA() (0x00000001415e53b8) + 159 bytes [f:\build\summerbash2021\engine\source\runtime\core\private\misc\outputdevice.cpp:145]
ShooterGame.exe!FDebug::AssertFailed() (0x00000001415d20d8) + 117 bytes [f:\build\summerbash2021\engine\source\runtime\core\private\misc\outputdevice.cpp:220]
ShooterGame.exe!FSaveFileObjectReader::Seek() (0x00000001416ada64) + 0 bytes [f:\build\summerbash2021\engine\source\runtime\coreuobject\private\uobject\worldserializedobject.cpp:116]
ShooterGame.exe!UWorld::LoadFromFile() (0x0000000141fedb88) + 0 bytes [f:\build\summerbash2021\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\world.cpp:6379]
ShooterGame.exe!AShooterGameMode::LoadWorld() (0x0000000140421567) + 2606 bytes [f:\build\summerbash2021\projects\shootergame\source\shootergame\private\shootergamemode.cpp:2636]
ShooterGame.exe!AShooterGameMode::InitGame() (0x00000001403d5c24) + 0 bytes [f:\build\summerbash2021\projects\shootergame\source\shootergame\private\shootergamemode.cpp:1439]
ShooterGame.exe!UWorld::InitializeActorsForPlay() (0x0000000141fec9e8) + 43 bytes [f:\build\summerbash2021\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\world.cpp:3236]
ShooterGame.exe!UEngine::LoadMap() (0x0000000141fb1b46) + 0 bytes [f:\build\summerbash2021\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\unrealengine.cpp:10325]
ShooterGame.exe!UEngine::Browse() (0x0000000141f92ac1) + 43 bytes [f:\build\summerbash2021\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\unrealengine.cpp:9007]
ShooterGame.exe!UEngine::TickWorldTravel() (0x0000000141fc50ee) + 60 bytes [f:\build\summerbash2021\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\unrealengine.cpp:9179]
ShooterGame.exe!UGameEngine::Tick() (0x0000000141d50c25) + 0 bytes [f:\build\summerbash2021\engine\source\runtime\engine\private\gameengine.cpp:1156]
ShooterGame.exe!FEngineLoop::Tick() (0x000000013f683478) + 0 bytes [f:\build\summerbash2021\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\launchengineloop.cpp:2441]
ShooterGame.exe!GuardedMain() (0x000000013f67e56c) + 0 bytes [f:\build\summerbash2021\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\launch.cpp:140]
ShooterGame.exe!GuardedMainWrapper() (0x000000013f67e5ba) + 5 bytes [f:\build\summerbash2021\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\windows\launchwindows.cpp:125]
ShooterGame.exe!WinMain() (0x000000013f683e1c) + 17 bytes [f:\build\summerbash2021\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\windows\launchwindows.cpp:213]
ShooterGame.exe!__tmainCRTStartup() (0x0000000142ddd14d) + 21 bytes [f:\dd\vctools\crt\crtw32\dllstuff\crtexe.c:618]
kernel32.dll!UnknownFunction (0x00000000771059cd) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0]
ntdll.dll!UnknownFunction (0x000000007726385d) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0]
ntdll.dll!UnknownFunction (0x000000007726385d) + 0 bytes [UnknownFile:0]

[Az16BrZ]

is giving this error to me too

[SuaveSlob]

Originally posted by Az16BrZ:

is giving this error to me too

Any clue on what causes this? Seems like it happened out of nowhere

[klassakla]

Could be save file corruption, copy over the saved folder to the desktop and then delete it from the ark folder, try loading the game again

[Anubis Ra]

This happend to me as well, and i know why. Its not you, its the game. Right now there are certain areas that are just bugged, once you enter them, your game crashes. Then you reload and right upon your character spawning, you enter the same bugges zone, which chauses your game to crash again. There is no solution right now, wildcard has to fix this ♥♥♥♥. But there is a slim hope. Ecery time you log in, your character awakes for a brief moment. That that can aggro nearby carnivores and the might kill you, at least in online mode. Then you can respawn in a new unbugged area. You can save your char this way, but not your equipped items.

[SuaveSlob]

Originally posted by klassakla:

Could be save file corruption, copy over the saved folder to the desktop and then delete it from the ark folder, try loading the game again

tried this and finally got to get ingame on the island again but with a new character to spawn, I've noticed some save backups in that folder that could possibly put me back in a place that doesn't cause me to crash, about to give this a try

Originally posted by Anubis Ra:

This happend to me as well, and i know why. Its not you, its the game. Right now there are certain areas that are just bugged, once you enter them, your game crashes. Then you reload and right upon your character spawning, you enter the same bugges zone, which chauses your game to crash again. There is no solution right now, wildcard has to fix this ♥♥♥♥. But there is a slim hope. Ecery time you log in, your character awakes for a brief moment. That that can aggro nearby carnivores and the might kill you, at least in online mode. Then you can respawn in a new unbugged area. You can save your char this way, but not your equipped items.

I would be hopeful that I'd get eaten for the chance to spawn somewhere far away from the effected area but the game doesn't actually load up, it just gets to the very end of loading before it crashes

[SuaveSlob]

Finally! I made it back in with my character! It was a save file corruption just like kiassakla had stated. It must be the location I last logged out in since the most recent save and most recent backup save both were in a similar location [west of the most north-western mountain near the cliffs overlooking the icebergs]. I had to go back to my second most recent save that was back at my base near the red obelisk to be able to spawn in again. I'm just glad they make like 4 backup saves from your previous saves made on that same character so that I could do this

[droidling]

I've got the same issue. This morning Ark did its daily update and now my save won't load. You said you got out of it by restoring a recent save. That did not work for me. Can you tell me if you restored the save a different way.

I'm currently on Gen2, so I replaced the Gen2.ark with the Gen2_31.08.2021_20.51.10.ark file. I know you are on the island. Other than the different fie names is this the same as what you did?

[SuaveSlob]

Originally posted by droidling:

I'm currently on Gen2, so I replaced the Gen2.ark with the Gen2_31.08.2021_20.51.10.ark file. I know you are on the island. Other than the different fie names is this the same as what you did?

Yes that's the same thing I did, I tried renaming the most recent 'backup' but it was crashing just like my most recent save. I had to rename an even older 'backup' to be able to get into the game without crashing

[corin_in_aotearoa]

I'm having the same problem, Island, Singleplayer, but if it is a save corruption, then all of my save files, including those from ARks not visited in over a year are also corrupt.
Renamed a succession of older backups on the Island - same crash report

[corin_in_aotearoa]

Ok, SORTED!!! on my last try at validation I got 12 files errors. Copied a backup of my save game files into the directory and back in business. YAY!

[SuaveSlob]

Originally posted by corin_in_aotearoa:

Ok, SORTED!!! on my last try at validation I got 12 files errors. Copied a backup of my save game files into the directory and back in business. YAY!

nice

[artembuchin2020]

Originally posted by SuaveSlob:

Finally! I made it back in with my character! It was a save file corruption just like kiassakla had stated. It must be the location I last logged out in since the most recent save and most recent backup save both were in a similar location [west of the most north-western mountain near the cliffs overlooking the icebergs]. I had to go back to my second most recent save that was back at my base near the red obelisk to be able to spawn in again. I'm just glad they make like 4 backup saves from your previous saves made on that same character so that I could do this

I understand that it has been a long time, but I have the same problem. I was able to launch the game, but without saved progress. Could you explain in more detail how you returned to the past preservation.

[Yandy]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.