Crash on campaign startup

pharoahowar

Installed the new hunter and beast DLC tried starting a new Nakai campaign game crashes after 15% loading in after pressing start campaign.
Removed all previous saved games, updated graphics card, removed all mods by removing launcher file and unsubscribing to all of the mods, verified integrity of files, reinstalled steam as per a recommendation i read on the forums.

Not using old saves anymore that's why I didn't send my save game

STILL THE GAME DOESN'T WORK



Find attached all the required files you will ask for

Build: 1.7.0

Thanks in advance

j_cib

Same thing in my case. Updated graphic drivers, uninstalled mods, integrity verified, and still no chance of starting any campaign.

BillyRuffian#6250

@ OP all your mods seem to be still in the game folders. You may need to delete them manually.

Pablo8592

I have the exact same problem. Please, what do we do?

Shieldhero90

Hi all,

Like @BillyRuffian said if you can all make sure mods are cleared if you have them then please upload the following files:

Minidump Crash file
Dxdiag
Preferences.Script
Modified.Log

Kind Regards,

CA_Nate

EQ-XIII

I'm getting crashes to desktop either when I start a battle or when I end one. Doesn't crash while on the world map & it doesn't seem to crash when I auto-resolve fights. This is while playing on ME I'll have to try playing on Vortex to see if it happens as well. Seems like it started after I updated for the Hunter & Beast update.

Shieldhero90

Hi all,

If your having this issue, please post the following files to the thread:

Save Game
DXdiag
Preferences.Script
Modified.Log

If you do have mods running with your save file and the crash is occurring, this could be a conflict with the update and you need to check with the creator of the mod to see when they've updated to match the latest build. If you still get the crash when up to date, please disable/ remove all mods and see if it occurs in a new game.

Kind Regards,

CA_Nate

Blacklake3D

I'm experiencing the CTD at about 15% of new campaign start-up. There is no relevant save file, as no campaign ever starts. Attached are the other requested files. I've tried disabling all mods, deleting all mods, and have verified game files. Crash persists. (Interesting note, on the version number in the upper right corner it does note "(modded)", though all mods are currently disabled in the launcher...)

Blacklake3D

Follow-up: I have managed to get a campaign to start by unsubscribing all mods, uninstalling the game, and manually deleting all left-over files from my /data directory before re-installing. The campaign will then launch. Apparently the mere presence of something in my /Data folder (I've yet to determine what) was causing the campaign start to crash, even though no mods were being "officially" loaded. I've yet to get things back up to the point where I can get mods going again, as each manual delete of items from /Data seems to require an integrity check and download. In theory it will work, but it's going to be a process...

Blacklake3D

Final comment: Ok, this was indeed some sort of cruft from an un-updated mod that was floating in my /Data directory. Even when not being flagged "on" in either the CA Launcher or KMM, the presence of it's .pak file was obviously sabotaging the campaign start. (It would take me hours to identify the specific culprit, so I'm not going to.)

Here's the solution (sorry, it's a grind):

1) Unsubscribe all mods from Steam (I'd recommend making a personal Collection first and adding them all in, so that you have them all in one place to re-subscribe)

2) Manually delete all non-essential, mod-related leftover files that linger in your /Data folder (and then probably run a Verify Integrity via Steam, just to be safe)

3) Make sure the game runs and the campaign can be started in this vanilla state (if not, you might benefit from uninstalling and re-installing the game. I did this to be sure, but I'm not sure it was necessary.)

4) Start adding the mods you'd like to continue using in small batches (this is where having a Steam Collection will really pay off). For each group of mods you re-subscribe, re-enable them in your launcher (I used the CA launcher for this), start the game and see if you can launch a campaign.

(If you activate a mod that kills the campaign, it's probably not enough to simply disable it. You'll need to unsubscribe in Steam and go into your /data directory to make sure its files are actually deleted)

5) Repeat until you have everything you want/that works re-subscribed and you can still initiate a new campaign.

Enabling small batches of mods per test is time-consuming, but it makes it easier to isolate a problem in the event you re-subscribe a "bad" one. It's not fun, but it worked for me. I'm back in the game with all 70+ of my most valued mods working.