Surviving Mars - Game becomes unresponsive under certain circumstances

[macktruck6666]

Description
Game becomes unresponsive under certain circumstances


Windows


Steam

What is your game version?
231,139

Please explain your issue is in as much detail as possible.
There may be multiple actions in game that may make the game unresponsive. Most notably is while viewing the RC Rover deploying it's drones I have update my video graphics driver and java version but doesn't help. I also re-installed the game and retarted my computer multiple times.

Can you replicate the issue?
Whenever re-deploying drones from the RC Rover. it causes the game to become unresponsive. UI and game simulation stop, panning around map is still possible I've used multiple saves all with the same result. This did not happen before today.

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[ChoGGi_2]

Can you try doing it again, then quitting (Alt-F4), and posting the latest log from the logs folder?
https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Surviving_Mars#Save_game_data_location (logs are there)

 

[macktruck6666]

Well, even alt-f4 doesn't close it. I got to do ctrl-alt-delete and kill the task.

*** executable info
Timestamp:        5b0fe520
Date:              Thu May 31 08:05:52 2018


*** hardware info
CPU              Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz
CPU count        12
Phys. Memory      16254 MBytes
Memory In Use      28%
Disk Free          57362 MBytes


*** OS info
OS:                Windows 10
Version:          10.0.16299 


*** Debug::Init()


                    Render time 0:00:00:094
Steam initialized (AppId 464920)
Language: English
                    Render time 0:00:00:438

*** RenderDevice::Init: started...

                    Render time 0:00:00:735
*** Texture headers: 8508 loaded, 0 newer, 4 ms

                    Render time 0:00:00:766
*** graphics info
GPU                                NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (Feature Level: 11.0)
API                                d3d11
GPU Driver Version                24.21.13.9793
GPU Driver Package Version        397.93
                    Render time 0:00:00:938
Platform: {
    desktop = true,
    developer = false,
    editor = true,
    goldmaster = true,
    pc = true,
    pops = true,
    steam = true,
}

                        CPU Task time 0:00:00:985
[Console Error] Light.Important has duplicated default value
                    Render time 0:00:01:282
    Enumming all 3 sound devices
        Found a sound device 'Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)' (ID: {0.0.0.00000000}.{ae246664-e45d-4457-bfa8-659deb9f0aeb}), format: 0000fffe, channels: 2, sample rate: 44100, bits: 16, role: 0000000f
        Found a sound device 'Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High Definition Audio Device)' (ID: {0.0.0.00000000}.{29d7d66c-a59c-4e66-ba74-1d03b13ed323}), format: 0000fffe, channels: 2, sample rate: 44100, bits: 16, role: 00000000
                    Render time 0:00:01:297
        Found a sound device 'Acer H236HL (NVIDIA High Definition Audio)' (ID: {0.0.0.00000000}.{baa67b34-ba0b-4202-97c3-838e017fb2db}), format: 0000fffe, channels: 2, sample rate: 48000, bits: 16, role: 00000000
*** Sound device 'Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)' (ID: {0.0.0.00000000}.{ae246664-e45d-4457-bfa8-659deb9f0aeb}), format: 0000fffe, channels: 2, sample rate: 44100, bits: 16

 

[ChoGGi_2]

Well, unfortunately SM likes to keep most of the log in memory till quit/some crashes (obviously it doesn't always work), so nothing useful there.

Got a list of mods (if any) that you have enabled?

 

[macktruck6666]

None.
Edit. I did have an unexpected powerdown of my computer(turned off computer power).
What doesn't make sense is that it would corrupt multiple files or any files once they're loaded.
I have to saves that are working, will update if they crash also.
The UI seems very slugish though, if you give it to many commands to quickly, you can get stuck in menus you can't select buttons.

 

[ChoGGi_2]

Running any mods? or you want to post a log of you starting then quitting the game?

 

[Treeminer_96]

I've got the same problem with one difference: I think in my case the RC rover is not responsible for the issue because it's not doing anything when the game "stops".
But the described problems fit to 100%
When I load my savegame i can do something for about 2-5 minutes, then the game gets stuck. I can move the camera, but interacting, scrolling and the movement of e.g. the rovers, buildings etc. has stopped.

I am using these mods:
- Easier money and research
- Automated Mines
- ESA Logo
- Advanced Resources Depots (in the beginning disabled, now removed)
- More Breakthrough's (Balanced)
- Info Bar (in the beginning disabled, now removed)
- AutoHelpRover
- Drones Fix Leaks Faster
- Advanced Solar & Turbines
- Large Covered Depot
- AutoExplore
- AutoGatherTransport

 

[ChoGGi_2]

Hmm, well if one of you wants to post a save?

 

[Treeminer_96]

Sure

 

[CoffeeIsLife]

I can repro this issue 100%. Attached is my game save (a game started before the Curiosity patch). Choose the RC Rover and tell it to move to the large water tank, or somewhere in that area. After the RC Rover stops, the game hangs.

 

[ChoGGi_2]

Yep, that's an inf loop

@Treeminer_96 If I remove all the drones from your rover it happens.
@CoffeeIsLife If I add some prefabs then add a drone to your rover it happens.

So it seems to be something to do with drone amount, that they changed in the new update?

 

[ChoGGi_2]

Well that was a fun little bug...

In the github code they have

while #self.attached_drones > 0 and self.siege_state_name == "Siege" do
        local drone = self.attached_drones[#self.attached_drones]
        if IsValid(drone) then
            if drone.command_center ~= self then
                --damage control, this should never happen
                assert(false, "Rover has foreign drones attached")
                drone:Detach()
                assert(drone == table.remove(self.attached_drones))
            else
                while self.guided_drone or #self.embarking_drones > 0 do
                    Sleep(1000)
                end
                if IsValid(drone) then
                    self.guided_drone = drone
                    drone:SetCommand("ExitRover", self)
                    while not WaitWakeup(10000) do end
                end
            end
        end
    end

and in the decompiled code we have

  repeat
    while #self.attached_drones > 0 and self.siege_state_name == "Siege" do
      local drone = self.attached_drones[#self.attached_drones]
      if IsValid(drone) then
        if drone.command_center ~= self then
          drone:Detach()
        else
          while self.guided_drone or 0 < #self.embarking_drones do
            Sleep(1000)
          end
          if IsValid(drone) then
            self.guided_drone = drone
            drone:SetCommand("ExitRover", self)
            while true do
            end
          end
        end
      end
    end
  until not WaitWakeup(10000)

the

            while true do
            end

is an inf loop

I've added the fix to ECM v5.2 (you'll need to restart the game after updating/installing it to make sure the fix is applied).

Edit: Just wanted to mention, it fixes the issue for both your saves.
Edit2: Or maybe just for CoffeeIsLife

 

[Treeminer_96]

sorry that I'm asking, but what is ECM? And what should I do when I'm using the steam version of the game?

 

[ChoGGi_2]

Expanded Cheat Menu (the link in my sig), this fix was added to 5.2 on the nexus page.

You stick it in the mods folder and enable it the usual way
https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Surviving_Mars#Save_game_data_location

 

[Treeminer_96]

so...I downloaded ECM, activated it in the mod manager and loaded the savegame. Unfortunately still not working :/

 

[ChoGGi_2]

Yeah, you need to restart it for it to apply the fix (it's just how I load the options).

If for some reason it still doesn't work, then check profile (folder with mods folder in it) \ CheatMenuModSettings.lua for RoverInfiniteLoopCuriosity = true

 

[Treeminer_96]

I checked the lua-file, RoverInfiniteLoopCuriosity = true, and I restarted the game after activation...still hangs up :/
I don't know if it's important, but does the game usually says it requires a restart after (de-)activation of a mod? Because that did not happen, I always restarted manually by quitting the game and restarting it.

 

[ChoGGi_2]

Yeah, my bad, looks like yours is being caused by a mod (for some reason I got it to freeze by messing around with your rover, so I figured same issue). Probably needs to be updated for Curiosity.

 

[SkiRich]

Try this …
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1401939229

 

[ChoGGi_2]

He's having some issue (probably) with a mod, the fix doesn't help him.