Can't create a new world

[moCronik]

Well I can and edit the modifiers but always gets stuck on the loading screen and crashes the game.

First I thought it was weird that when I made it for the dedicated server there only was a .fwl file and no database but thought it would make one when first ran.

Server wouldn't load it up so I tried back on my gaming machine and that's when I got the stuck at loading screen. Tried several different worlds and the same, no go.

Verified all the files in steam, no go. Backed up, uninstalled and reinstalled, no go. Waited all day and tried again, nope.

Previously played worlds work so there's that. Any ideas? Thank you

[chewer]

Are you running mods? Some of them are known to break the game given it's ongoing development as an early-access title ...

[moCronik]

Nope, just the beta branch

[avatar.zero]

Patience is a virtue.

This has been a known phenomenom since the change in the terrain generation system that came with the Mistlands release. Creating a new world (or updating an old world to a new terrain system) can take 5-10 minutes or more (depending on set-up) during which you must not try to interact with the game in any way. It will be very slow to respond - so slow, in fact, that the OS will think that the game has crashed when it really hasn't, it's just too busy to talk.

Just tap that start world button and don't touch anything until it's done! Not the keyboard, not the mouse, not any controllers. Nothing. It'll take a long time, but it will get there. Once it has, future loads will happen in just 10-30 seconds (at least until the next time it needs to be updated for any new changes in the terrain system).

[moCronik]

Really that long? I've made many worlds the last several months and none have ever taken this long. I'll trust you but doesn't seem right to me. But here's hoping 🤞

[moCronik]

Oh and as I said, when I copied the fwl file to the server and started it up it would load for a couple seconds then the server terminal window would close. Ie shutdown

[moCronik]

Omg wow you were right, it finally loaded. Thank you for letting me know about that as I had no idea and this only happened after an update.

I learned that the db file is created after loading into the world. So as posted above the server didn't like loading up with no db file so create from a working gaming computer THEN transfer to the dedicated server.

Thank you again!!