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UNDER REVIEW Random game freezing and lost cars

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Hello Ylanders, MODS, and Devs,

I have recently returned to Ylands after an extended hiatus. The changes to Exploration are great and I am once again enjoying exploring new islands. However life on the islands has not all been coconut drinks and mutant raids. For about a week, I have been experiencing random game freezing and an error message at log in, warning me that the cloud sync did not happen. Also, yesterday I lost car #3 in two days to the "UNSTUCK" button on the radial menu. Along with these issues, I have noticed several anomalies in object placement (either floating or submerged relative to "ground"), NPC placement ("stuck" in a tree or behind a rock and cannot move), and NPC behavior (Mutants that are not aggressive). So far I have verified and re-verified the integrity of my files on Steam and everything looks good as far as I can see. I have also logged in from a different computer to test the sync. (I appears as if the sync does happen but does not record  the event. I experienced no loss of progress changing computers and back again). I mention all of these in a single letter only because I noticed separate threads on two of them already in the forums. Perhaps more data will assist. perhaps it will only muddy the water...

Either way I submit my _.log files below. Should you need more please contact me.

 

Spydr

ikan140@yahoo.com

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@i kan Your car is not lost. It appears at original spawn on the map when you use the unstuck command on the radial menu. Each map has a specific spawn point you will go if you die or get stuck. If you type /unstuck 1 you will teleport to spawn and most likely see your car there. I know the devs were working on a car claiming system similar to claiming your ship and animals, but as far as I know it's on the backburner until next year. Next time your car gets stuck try typing /unstuck 3 before resorting to the command on the radial menu. That will just flip the car upright.

Most the other issues you mentioned I believe the devs are aware of and working on. My guess is after the holidays they will continue to keep improving the game and fixing the occasional bugs. 

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spiritchaser28,

Thanks for reminding me about the chat commands I had forgotten them. I usually play alone and seldom use chat.

As far as the car(s) appearing at my original spawn point...no dice.  I visited my spawn island after each car was lost at the direction of the system message and did not find a car on the island. I will, however try the chat commands later and see what happens. 

In truth if I hadn't seen existing threads on the other issues I wouldn't have posted this much and blamed my machine for the malfunction so I hope adding my files to the autopsy helps.

 

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It's important to note that original spawn point is usually on the coast. I have found sometimes the cars will roll into the water if you type/unstuck 1 and appear at spawn looking for it. Generally though it will be on the coast where the spawn point is located......if you don't see it, then it may be in the water around the area.

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spiritchaser26,

Thanks for the underwater possibility, I hadn't thought of it.

So then I dove the waters surrounding the island...no cars to be found...

ikan

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nope, built all three from scratch as crash test dummies for just this kind of situation, but cars get expensive after the first two or three go missing.

prolly not relevant to this discussion but I'm also seeing a large volume of what I am interpreting as anomalies in game mechanics like an absolute lack of aggression from NPCs, an all too frequent loss of land based container content,  and NPCs "stuck" in walls, cliffs, and boulders across several games not just Exploration. I'm wondering if my issues are being generated by a problem in my local files. I have already "verified the integrity" of my files through Steam but no help there. I would try reinstalling the core files if I could figure out how or where to download without a total reinstallation.

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I have also noticed a lack of aggression from monsters and NPCs. Sorry about your cars. Hope the update comes soon where we can summon them

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Good news...I found my cars parked on some obscure beach head on some obscure island in the middle of the wrong map. (Good thing I was sailing by at night...)

You were right that it would be a spawn island. I respawned there 4-5 lives ago and always thought that island was  on a different map. It is however different from my original spawn island which is where I was looking all the while believing that is where I would respawn unless I move my bed...lessons learned... 

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While I realize that the DEVs are busy people, a post sitting unrecognized and unacknowledged for nearly  30 days while the issue worsens is sub par for the type of response I would expect from this game developer.

What began as random freezing of the game has become an hourly and often more frequent annoyance. For example, I have been in and out of this game 4 times in the past half hour. Each restart occurs in the same approximate location but not the same pose or specific location within the cave I am spawning into. The spawn position seems to be either up or down the cave by as much as 20 or 30 yards (convert texture squares to 4 foot units).  I have included the log files pertinent to this specific instance and will offer as much more data as necessary to assist. 

Please at the very least respond in some way to let me know that this post has been seen by a Developer and not just another player. As often as we can and do help each other in the forums as players we cannot assist with core technical issues and must turn to the "authorities" for assistance.

Since I returned to the game in late December, I have been experiencing a variety of anomalies in the game (based on previous in game experience), some of them I have seen mentioned in the forums some not. Would it be possible to open a dialog? 

 

All of my maps are setup as locally hosted single player games then opened individually to one or more players as needed and closed again at the end of a play session. I spend 90% of my time in single player mode on what I assume to be my local machine.

 

 

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On 1/20/2022 at 2:51 PM, i kan said:

While I realize that the DEVs are busy people, a post sitting unrecognized and unacknowledged for nearly  30 days while the issue worsens is sub par for the type of response I would expect from this game developer.

What began as random freezing of the game has become an hourly and often more frequent annoyance. For example, I have been in and out of this game 4 times in the past half hour. Each restart occurs in the same approximate location but not the same pose or specific location within the cave I am spawning into. The spawn position seems to be either up or down the cave by as much as 20 or 30 yards (convert texture squares to 4 foot units).  I have included the log files pertinent to this specific instance and will offer as much more data as necessary to assist. 

Please at the very least respond in some way to let me know that this post has been seen by a Developer and not just another player. As often as we can and do help each other in the forums as players we cannot assist with core technical issues and must turn to the "authorities" for assistance.

Since I returned to the game in late December, I have been experiencing a variety of anomalies in the game (based on previous in game experience), some of them I have seen mentioned in the forums some not. Would it be possible to open a dialog? 

 

All of my maps are setup as locally hosted single player games then opened individually to one or more players as needed and closed again at the end of a play session. I spend 90% of my time in single player mode on what I assume to be my local machine.

 

 

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My apologies, sometimes a post slips through the cracks, I'll check with the team to see what the issue might be! 

Thank you for your patience! 

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Any chance you could send me the game save and ideally a screenshot of the place where it happens? We can't see anything useful in the logs and would love to get to the bottom of this! 

You can send it in a PM if you don't want to post it here :) 

 

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