error on startup

Thank you for reporting, it sounds like this could be an issue with mods. Please try removing all mods and validating files through steam and see if it fixes it. If you are still having issues please post the full log using websites like https://pastebin.com/

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heres the log from an unmodded log that was cleaned completly

Thank you for the logs. I see this error

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UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path 'C:\Users\TechFast\Saves' is denied

Does this folder exist on your system?

Edited January 3 by NekoPawtato (see edit history)

no it does not

 

it does start without issues if i launch the game directly from the folder just not through the steam client

I see, thank you for that information.

Looking at the logs again, it appears you have some extra command line arguments, specifically the UserDataFolder. I believe the spaces in the filepath is what is causing the issue

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2024-01-03T14:32:18 0.068 INF Command line arguments: D:\games\steam\steamapps\common\7 Days To Die\7DaysToDie.exe -force-d3d11 -nogs -noeac -UserDataFolder=C:\Users\TechFast Australia\AppData\Roaming\7DaysToDie\for vortex -logfile C:\Users\TechFast Australia\AppData\Roaming\7DaysToDie\logs\output_log_client__2024-01-03__14-32-08.txt

If you open the 7 days to die launcher, do you have anything in the "Additional parameters"? You can access this launcher by right clicking the game in your steam library and going to Properties > General > Launch Options > Show Game Launcher and then running the game through steam.

 

If you want to keep that file path for saves, you will need to enclose the entire UserDataFolder parameter in quotes ex: "-UserDataFolder=C:\Users\TechFast Australia\AppData\Roaming\7DaysToDie\for vortex" and that should work. If you would rather not use this location then leave that parameter out entirely.

thankyou for the help that seems to have fixed it

Glad it was resolved! Have fun with the game 🙂