Game crashes on start-up

[Moshcloud]

When I try to start the game I get a pop-up saying;
"12 orbits has encountered an error and must close."
Then it generates a crash report and asks if I want to send it to "Roman Uhlig" for analysis.

How can I fix this, the game worked up until I tried to play it in September 2021.

Thanks

[Yuri Bezmenov]

Have you tried verifying the game files in Steam? Sometimes it works for various games.

[Moshcloud]

Oh ♥♥♥♥ the game works now

[Moshcloud]

It updated, many thanks. This is my fave game to play with a doob.

[Roman]

Awesome! I noticed this thread before pushing the new update, and was going to ask you if it helped by any chance, once I had the opportunity to make a post for the patch.

Sorry I did not react sooner, Steam unfortunately has no email notifications for new threads. I think when I do the update post, I’ll also pin a post with alternative ways to contact me 😅

But thank you for giving an update here yourself, as that always makes it easier for people who may find this thread because they googled for similar problems.

[Roman]

... In the same vein, an additional note for future problems, and for future readers:

I always push old patches / builds of 12 orbits into the “beta” branches on Steam. That means if a newer version causes problems that an old one didn’t, you can just switch to the old one instead. This can be a quick fix to start playing again, or it can help with finding out what the problem actually is (e.g. if the old versions suddenly stopped working as well, something else might be the problem).

To access the older versions:

• Right-click on 12 orbits in the Steam launcher games list
  
• “Properties…”
  
• “Beta”
  
• Set “Beta Perticipation” to anything that starts with “previous version”
  (the lower the number, the older the version)

This should immediately cause Steam to download different files for 12 orbits. If nothing happens, restarting Steam is always worth a try (and if so, check if the same "beta" version is still selected after that restart)

[Moshcloud]

Thanks Roman