Player crashes my server when joining. Only he crashes it and everyone else can join fine. Any ideas?

[DerryKing]

Hello, 

I was wondering if anyone had any clue as to what could be causing the issue we are having. We have about 10 people playing on a friends only server. 9/10 people are able to join and play without any issues. When one specific person joins no matter how many people are online, the game for the host (me) crashes. There are no error messages or anything, the game just dissapears. I have posted my output log as well as his. It shows that him joining is the last thing that happens in my log. Any clues?

 

https://pastebin.com/FDj7PTNe

 

https://pastebin.com/fDC0BKCv

Edited December 29, 2020 by DerryKing (see edit history)

[SylenThunder]

First log no notable issues found. Second log the same.

 

If your friend is 'Austin The King Duck', then this is the section where they try to connect to the server.

Spoiler

2020-12-28T20:04:45 172.272 INF PlayerLogin: Austin The King Duck/Alpha 19.3
2020-12-28T20:04:45 172.272 INF Client IP: 192.168.1.11
2020-12-28T20:04:45 172.273 INF [Auth] PlayerName authorization successful: EntityID=-1, PlayerID='76561198044331275', OwnerID='', PlayerName='Austin The King Duck'
2020-12-28T20:04:45 172.274 INF [Auth] ServerState authorization successful: EntityID=-1, PlayerID='76561198044331275', OwnerID='', PlayerName='Austin The King Duck'
2020-12-28T20:04:45 172.274 INF [Auth] PlayerId authorization successful: EntityID=-1, PlayerID='76561198044331275', OwnerID='', PlayerName='Austin The King Duck'
2020-12-28T20:04:45 172.274 INF [Auth] PlayerId-Steam authorization successful: EntityID=-1, PlayerID='76561198044331275', OwnerID='', PlayerName='Austin The King Duck'
2020-12-28T20:04:45 172.274 INF [Auth] TicketValidation authorization successful: EntityID=-1, PlayerID='76561198044331275', OwnerID='', PlayerName='Austin The King Duck'
2020-12-28T20:04:45 172.275 INF [Auth] VersionCheck authorization successful: EntityID=-1, PlayerID='76561198044331275', OwnerID='', PlayerName='Austin The King Duck'
2020-12-28T20:04:45 172.275 INF [Auth] PlayerSlots authorization successful: EntityID=-1, PlayerID='76561198044331275', OwnerID='', PlayerName='Austin The King Duck'
2020-12-28T20:04:45 172.276 INF [Auth] LegacyModAuthorizations authorization successful: EntityID=-1, PlayerID='76561198044331275', OwnerID='', PlayerName='Austin The King Duck'
2020-12-28T20:04:45 172.276 INF [Steamworks.NET] Auth.AuthenticateUser()
2020-12-28T20:04:45 172.281 INF [Steamworks.NET] Authenticating player: Austin The King Duck SteamId: 76561198044331275 TicketLen: 1024 Result: k_EBeginAuthSessionResultOK
2020-12-28T20:04:45 172.521 INF [Steamworks.NET] Authentication callback. ID: 76561198044331275, owner: 76561198044331275, result: k_EAuthSessionResponseOK
2020-12-28T20:04:45 172.521 INF [Auth] Steam authorization successful: EntityID=-1, PlayerID='76561198044331275', OwnerID='76561198044331275', PlayerName='Austin The King Duck'
2020-12-28T20:04:45 172.521 INF [Auth] SteamFamily authorization successful: EntityID=-1, PlayerID='76561198044331275', OwnerID='76561198044331275', PlayerName='Austin The King Duck'
2020-12-28T20:04:45 172.522 INF [Auth] SteamFriends authorization successful: EntityID=-1, PlayerID='76561198044331275', OwnerID='76561198044331275', PlayerName='Austin The King Duck'
2020-12-28T20:04:45 172.522 INF [Auth] SteamGroups authorization successful: EntityID=-1, PlayerID='76561198044331275', OwnerID='76561198044331275', PlayerName='Austin The King Duck'
2020-12-28T20:04:45 172.522 INF [Auth] BansAndWhitelist authorization successful: EntityID=-1, PlayerID='76561198044331275', OwnerID='76561198044331275', PlayerName='Austin The King Duck'
2020-12-28T20:04:45 172.523 INF [Auth] EAC authorization successful: EntityID=-1, PlayerID='76561198044331275', OwnerID='76561198044331275', PlayerName='Austin The King Duck'
2020-12-28T20:04:45 172.526 INF Allowing player with id 76561198044331275
2020-12-28T20:04:45 172.672 INF RequestToEnterGame: 76561198044331275/Austin The King Duck
2020-12-28T20:05:00 187.453 INF Time: 2.91m FPS: 59.92 Heap: 1457.9MB Max: 1457.9MB Chunks: 225 CGO: 166 Ply: 1 Zom: 7 Ent: 10 (16) Items: 6 CO: 1 RSS: 3692.5MB
Calling Animator.GotoState on Synchronize layer
 
(Filename: C:\buildslave\unity\build\Modules/Animation/Director/AnimatorControllerPlayable.cpp Line: 1370)

2020-12-28T20:05:30 217.469 INF Time: 3.41m FPS: 59.95 Heap: 1313.9MB Max: 1457.9MB Chunks: 225 CGO: 166 Ply: 1 Zom: 7 Ent: 9 (10) Items: 0 CO: 1 RSS: 3729.9MB
2020-12-28T20:05:47 234.374 INF RequestToSpawnPlayer: 179, Austin The King Duck, 6
2020-12-28T20:05:47 234.379 INF Created player with id=179
Calling Animator.GotoState on Synchronize layer
 
(Filename: C:\buildslave\unity\build\Modules/Animation/Director/AnimatorControllerPlayable.cpp Line: 1370)

2020-12-28T20:05:55 242.052 INF GMSG: Player 'Austin The King Duck' joined the game
2020-12-28T20:05:55 242.055 INF PlayerSpawnedInWorld (reason: JoinMultiplayer, position: -582, 54, -471): EntityID=179, PlayerID='76561198044331275', OwnerID='76561198044331275', PlayerName='Austin The King Duck'
2020-12-28T20:06:00 247.458 INF VehicleManager saving 0 (0 / 0)
2020-12-28T20:06:00 247.476 INF Time: 3.91m FPS: 59.95 Heap: 1370.2MB Max: 1457.9MB Chunks: 240 CGO: 191 Ply: 2 Zom: 7 Ent: 11 (15) Items: 1 CO: 2 RSS: 3793.1MB
2020-12-28T20:06:04 251.704 INF Player Austin The King Duck disconnected after 0.3 minutes
2020-12-28T20:06:04 251.708 INF Player disconnected: EntityID=179, PlayerID='76561198044331275', OwnerID='76561198044331275', PlayerName='Austin The King Duck'
2020-12-28T20:06:04 251.715 INF GMSG: Player 'Austin The King Duck' left the game

It would appear that the disconnection is external from the server. So it's most likely a problem with their connection, or with something like security software blocking it.  I cover both of these in detail in the Sticky FAQ thread.

[DerryKing]

The player who is crashing the server is all the way at the bottom. Their steam name never actually comes up. These are always the last two lines I see in the output log when it crashes. 

 

1. 2020-12-28T21:36:11 5658.797 INF [NET] PlayerConnected EntityID=-1, PlayerID='76561198152426458', OwnerID='', PlayerName=''
2. 2020-12-28T21:36:11 5658.797 INF Started thread NCSteam_Writer_76561198152426458_1
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The server crashes as soon as he joins. He is also able to join other servers. I am puzzled as to why this is happening. 

[meganoth]

Do you get a crash log message in windows? On the server PC start "eventvwr" and look for a log message at the time of the crash. If not, someone with more knowledge of windows debugging might suggest other ways to create or find a crash log.

 

A client should not be able to crash the server. Maybe @Jugginator wants to take a look at it.

 

Edited December 30, 2020 by meganoth (see edit history)

[Jugginator]

Um perhaps delete the player's profile and any saved data from the server

[DerryKing]

@meganoth I checked t he event viewer at the time of the crasah and it didn't show anything. 

 

@Jugginator I cheched the " Saves\world name\ server name\player\ " and I could not find his steam ID listed there. 

 

Something that might help with troubleshooting: One of my other friends tried to make a server as well. The player that crashed mine, crashed his in the same fashion. His paste bin is here: https://pastebin.com/eyy2faB1 . It stops at the same exact place as mine. We've had the problem friend verify the game files, disabling anti-cheat, and do a fresh install. He is able to play single player, but not join us. I even tried messing with that whole SteamNetworking thing in the server file. 

[BFT2020]

Can you get a copy of his logs and paste them?  If he crashes on 2 different servers but everyone else is not, it is pointing to an issue on his end.  This is just my opinion, I am far from an expert like others are in this forum.

Edited December 30, 2020 by BFT2020 (see edit history)

[DerryKing]

Hey @BFT2020, here is the log. 

 

1.  

   Mono path[0] = 'C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7DaysToDie_Data/Managed'
   Mono config path = 'C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/MonoBleedingEdge/etc'
   Initialize engine version: 2019.2.17f1 (8e603399ca02)
   [XR] Discovering subsystems at path C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7DaysToDie_Data/UnitySubsystems
   Forcing GfxDevice: Direct3D 11
   GfxDevice: creating device client; threaded=1
   Direct3D:
   Version: Direct3D 11.0 [level 11.1]
   Renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (ID=0x1f14)
   Vendor:
   VRAM: 8031 MB
   Driver: 27.21.14.6089
   Begin MonoManager ReloadAssembly
   - Completed reload, in 0.120 seconds
   <RI> Initializing input.
   
   <RI> Input initialized.
   
   <RI> Initialized touch support.
   
   UnloadTime: 0.385000 ms
   2020-12-28T21:44:23 0.014 INF [Steamworks.NET] SteamAPI_Init() ok
   2020-12-28T21:44:23 0.137 INF Localization language: english
   2020-12-28T21:44:23 0.152 INF Texture quality is set to 1
   2020-12-28T21:44:23 0.152 INF Precaching...
   2020-12-28T21:44:23 0.154 INF Precaching file: 7DaysToDie_Data/resources.assets
   2020-12-28T21:44:23 0.209 INF [EAC] Not loading, not started from launcher
   2020-12-28T21:44:23 0.390 INF Precaching file: 7DaysToDie_Data/sharedassets1.assets
   2020-12-28T21:44:23 0.413 INF Precaching file: Data/Bundles/blocktextureatlases
   2020-12-28T21:44:23 0.648 INF Precaching file: Data/Bundles/terraintextures
   2020-12-28T21:44:23 0.870 INF Precaching done
   2020-12-28T21:44:25 2.296 INF Loading main scene
   Unloading 6 Unused Serialized files (Serialized files now loaded: 0)
   UnloadTime: 1.771000 ms
   2020-12-28T21:44:25 2.350 INF [GSM] Singleton Initialized...
   2020-12-28T21:44:25 2.358 INF Awake IsFocused: True
   2020-12-28T21:44:25 2.358 INF Awake
   2020-12-28T21:44:25 2.371 INF Version: Alpha 19.3 (b6) Compatibility Version: Alpha 19.3, Build: Windows 64 Bit
   2020-12-28T21:44:25 2.371 INF System information:
   2020-12-28T21:44:25 2.372 INF OS: Windows 10 (10.0.0) 64bit
   2020-12-28T21:44:25 2.372 INF CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10750H CPU @ 2.60GHz (cores: 12)
   2020-12-28T21:44:25 2.372 INF RAM: 32553 MB
   2020-12-28T21:44:25 2.372 INF GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (8031 MB)
   2020-12-28T21:44:25 2.372 INF Graphics API: Direct3D 11.0 [level 11.1] (shader level 5.0)
   2020-12-28T21:44:25 2.372 INF Last played version: Alpha 19.3
   2020-12-28T21:44:25 2.373 INF Local UTC offset: -5 hours
   2020-12-28T21:44:25 2.378 INF Command line arguments: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\7 Days To Die\7DaysToDie.exe -force-d3d11 -logfile C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\7 Days To Die\7DaysToDie_Data\output_log__2020-12-28__21-44-21.txt
   2020-12-28T21:44:25 2.379 INF Not running in Big Picture Mode, no on-screen keyboard available
   2020-12-28T21:44:25 2.379 INF Starting PlayerInputManager...
   Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7DaysToDie_Data/Mono/XInputInterface32
   Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7DaysToDie_Data/Mono/XInputInterface32.dll
   Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7DaysToDie_Data/Mono/XInputInterface32
   Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7DaysToDie_Data/Mono/libXInputInterface32
   Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7DaysToDie_Data/Mono/libXInputInterface32.dll
   Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7DaysToDie_Data/Mono/libXInputInterface32
   2020-12-28T21:44:25 2.525 INF InControl (version 1.8.2 build 9357, native module = False, XInput = True)
   2020-12-28T21:44:25 2.539 INF Starting UserProfileManager...
   2020-12-28T21:44:25 2.613 INF Occlusion: Awake
   2020-12-28T21:44:25 2.619 INF ApplyAllOptions streaming budget 7227.9 MB
   2020-12-28T21:44:25 2.620 INF ApplyAllOptions current screen 1920 x 1080, 144hz, window 1920 x 1080, fullscreen True FullScreenWindow
   2020-12-28T21:44:25 2.620 INF Texture quality is set to 1
   2020-12-28T21:44:25 2.620 INF ApplyTextureFilter 1, AF Enable
   2020-12-28T21:44:25 2.621 INF ApplyTerrainOptions 3
   2020-12-28T21:44:25 2.787 INF [MODS] No mods folder found
   2020-12-28T21:44:25 2.795 INF Loading permissions file at 'C:\Users\noxla\AppData\Roaming/7DaysToDie/Saves/serveradmin.xml'
   2020-12-28T21:44:25 2.826 INF Loading permissions file done.
   2020-12-28T21:44:25 2.881 INF GameSense server not found (no props file), disabling
   2020-12-28T21:44:25 2.881 INF Awake done in 523 ms
   Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7DaysToDie_Data/Mono/libc
   Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7DaysToDie_Data/Mono/libc.dll
   Fallback handler could not load library C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/7 Days To Die/7DaysToDie_Data/Mono/libc
   
   Unloading 26 unused Assets to reduce memory usage. Loaded Objects now: 4326.
   Total: 16.283700 ms (FindLiveObjects: 0.239100 ms CreateObjectMapping: 0.097200 ms MarkObjects: 15.895200 ms DeleteObjects: 0.051600 ms)
   
   2020-12-28T21:44:26 2.983 INF User joined: David Yoshikage
   2020-12-28T21:44:26 3.089 INF Updated culture for display texts
   2020-12-28T21:44:26 3.312 INF UMA Overlay loading took 144 ms
   2020-12-28T21:44:26 3.314 INF UMA Slot loading took 1 ms
   2020-12-28T21:44:26 3.542 INF Reloading serveradmin.xml
   2020-12-28T21:44:26 3.542 INF Loading permissions file at 'C:\Users\noxla\AppData\Roaming/7DaysToDie/Saves/serveradmin.xml'
   2020-12-28T21:44:26 3.543 INF Loading permissions file done.
   2020-12-28T21:44:27 4.291 INF LoadTextureArraysForQuality quality -1 to 1, reload False
   2020-12-28T21:44:27 4.727 INF [GSM] GameSparks Connected
   2020-12-28T21:44:29 6.478 INF [GSM] Skipping me
   2020-12-28T21:44:29 6.478 INF WorldStaticData.Init() needed 2.948s
   2020-12-28T21:44:29 6.608 INF [Steamworks.NET] Login ok.
   2020-12-28T21:44:29 6.797 INF AchievementManager: Received stats and achievements from Steam
   2020-12-28T21:45:10 47.851 INF [Steamworks.NET] LobbyJoinRequested
   2020-12-28T21:45:10 47.851 INF [Steamworks.NET] Joining Lobby
   2020-12-28T21:45:11 48.011 INF [Steamworks.NET] Lobby entered: 109775240992330541
   2020-12-28T21:45:11 48.011 INF [Steamworks.NET] Connecting to server from lobby
   2020-12-28T21:45:11 48.020 INF Connecting to server DerryKing...
   2020-12-28T21:45:11 48.021 INF NetPackageManager Init
   2020-12-28T21:45:11 48.033 INF NET: LiteNetLib trying to connect to: 108.31.85.49:26900
   2020-12-28T21:45:17 53.955 INF NET: LiteNetLib: Connection failed: ConnectionFailed
   2020-12-28T21:45:17 53.955 INF NET: Steam NW trying to connect to: 108.31.85.49:26900
   2020-12-28T21:45:17 53.956 INF [Steamworks.NET] NET: Connecting to SteamID 90141511082093578
   2020-12-28T21:45:17 53.959 INF Started thread SteamNetworkingClient
   2020-12-28T21:45:20 57.767 INF [Steamworks.NET] NET: Connection established
   2020-12-28T21:45:20 57.819 INF [Steamworks.NET] NET: Password accepted
   2020-12-28T21:45:20 57.830 INF Started thread NCSteam_Reader_0
   2020-12-28T21:45:20 57.830 INF Started thread NCSteam_Writer_0
   2020-12-28T21:45:20 57.848 INF Started thread NCSteam_Reader_1
   2020-12-28T21:45:20 57.848 INF Started thread NCSteam_Writer_1
   2020-12-28T21:45:47 83.968 INF [Steamworks.NET] NET: Connection closed
   2020-12-28T21:45:47 83.970 INF [Steamworks.NET] NET: Connection closed
   2020-12-28T21:45:47 83.973 INF Exited thread SteamNetworkingClient
   2020-12-28T21:45:47 83.974 INF [NET] DisconnectedFromServer: Server ended the connection to the client
   2020-12-28T21:45:47 83.975 INF Exited thread NCSteam_Writer_0
   2020-12-28T21:45:47 83.975 INF Exited thread NCSteam_Reader_1
   2020-12-28T21:45:47 83.975 INF Exited thread NCSteam_Reader_0
   2020-12-28T21:45:47 83.975 INF Exited thread NCSteam_Writer_1
   2020-12-28T21:45:47 83.977 INF SaveAndCleanupWorld
   2020-12-28T21:45:47 83.979 INF [Steamworks.NET] Stopping server
   2020-12-28T21:45:47 83.979 INF [Steamworks.NET] Exiting Lobby
   2020-12-28T21:45:47 84.058 INF Persistent GamePrefs saved
   2020-12-28T21:47:12 169.603 INF Terminating threads
   2020-12-28T21:47:12 169.603 INF OnApplicationQuit
   2020-12-28T21:47:12 169.604 INF Terminating threads
   2020-12-28T21:47:12 169.604 INF OnApplicationQuit
   2020-12-28T21:47:12 169.692 INF [GSM] GameSparks Disconnected
   2020-12-28T21:47:13 170.601 INF Terminating threads
   2020-12-28T21:47:13 170.601 INF OnApplicationQuit
   2020-12-28T21:47:13 170.602 INF Terminating threads
   2020-12-28T21:47:13 170.602 INF OnApplicationQuit
   Setting up 6 worker threads for Enlighten.
   Thread -> id: 316c -> priority: 1
   Thread -> id: 5334 -> priority: 1
   Thread -> id: 2ac0 -> priority: 1
   Thread -> id: 3558 -> priority: 1
   Thread -> id: 3528 -> priority: 1
   Thread -> id: 1ec0 -> priority: 1

    

Edited January 3, 2021 by meganoth
Make it readable (see edit history)

[DerryKing]

I'm not sure if there is a rule on bumping, but I just wanted to know if anyone had any clues. 

[meganoth]

Asking to make sure: You looked into the "Application" section of the event viewer about the crash log, right?

 

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Your friend is able to crash 2 servers from afar by sending a poisonous network packet. But he is able to connect to a lot of other servers without sending that packet. So what is the difference that makes only your servers react this way?

 

The follow up question would be: Did you and your friends server have something in common? Did you set up the servers similarily (by one of you following the other on how to setup the server)? Do you have the same server provider (in case of a cloud server) or the same internet provider? Do you have your servers operating system set up similarly (for example same virus scanner or same cache config)?

 

One common thing is that on your servers the litenetlib connection fails and the network code falls back to steamnetworking. You can see that in his client log there is always the line "INF NET: LiteNetLib: Connection failed: ConnectionFailed".

 

So the user that crashes your servers could check if the line above turns up in his logs when he connects to other servers. If no, it is very likely a precondition to crashing the servers and if you can do that in any way you should try to get litenetlib connections to work and see if the problem vanishes. If yes, it still could be a precondition, but other factors are involved too.

 

The other thing you could do is make a bug report. For that some data is needed so the bug can be replicated by TFPs testers (the logs sadly don't help much). Data could be the network packets at the time of the crash. You can record them with wireshark I think. Then someone at TFP could look at the last packet and check the code that is started when that packet is received.

 

Much better is a crash log on the server though. Since there is nothing in the eventviewer logs, you could start the server in a command line window (cmd.exe) and see if something is printed in that window when the server crashes. Or do something else so crashes are reported, like starting the server in a de@%$# (if that is possible, might clash with the DRM stuff of steam). I don't know how to do that in detail, I'm a linux user. Does anybody else know?

 

 

 

 

[Tourniquet]

Hey there, my partner and I are having this exact problem. She has an ASUS ROG gaming laptop and every server she joins crashes before her character spawns in. The log messages are identical to what has already been shared here (with the exception of the player name/ID) so I won't bother repeating that.

 

This evening we've tried testing the problem. I've hosted a game on my machine and she's joined using her laptop - my game crashes completely and her game gives a message about the server being unavailable. We then tried having me log in to Steam on her laptop and her on mine and if she hosts a game on my PC and I join via her laptop the game on my PC once again crashes.

 

Her laptop can happily host games which others can join with no problem, but as soon as she tries to join a game using her laptop the host crashes.

 

I've just checked the Event Viewer and there is something which is common to all the times a crash occurs - an RPC warning:

 

Application ("C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay_5.621.4142.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\GameBarFTServer.exe" -Embedding) (PID: 26592) has failed to complete a COM/RPC call because of an invalid message from server.  User Action Try the operation again. If the problem persists, contact your system administrator.

 

I'm not sure what XboxGamingOverlay is but it's the only Event Viewer log and it the warning gets logged within 1 second of the crash happening every single time.

 

We found a not massively useful workaround: if the host has the in-game terminal window open the crash does not happen (and for clarity the above XboxGamingOverlay warning does not trigger). This is all well and good when playing with someone who you know is about to join, but considering the game on my partner's laptop is able to crash any game it joins it's not useful for the wider public.

 

Edit:

Disabling Xbox Game Bar fixes the problem!

With this disabled my partner's laptop can happily join other people's games without them crashing.

 

I guess this is something the dev team will need to fix in the game itself though, but for now everything appears to be running as expected with that disabled.

Edited May 11, 2021 by Tourniquet
Typos. (see edit history)

[TOMZ1229]

I'm having the same issues when i join my friends game his whole game crashes I tried disabling the Xbox game bar but it still doesn't work. if anyone can help it would be much appreciated i had a lot of hours put into the world and now its suddenly not working.

Edited June 15, 2021 by TOMZ1229 (see edit history)

[BFT2020]

You need to create a new topic and follow the sticky about reporting the issue you are seeing.  Not all issues are caused by the same errors and nobody can help you if you don't provide the necessary details for root causing.

[TOMZ1229]

This is all I could find at the very bottom is where the game crashes which is when i load in where the logs stop. we are using a couple mods but I'm not sure if that would be the issue or not. 7 days to die did have a an update yesterday when the problem actually started so i don't know if that has something to do with it either. 

 

 

 

 

 

2021-06-15T21:39:43 390.011 INF [Steamworks.NET] GameServer.Init successful 2021-06-15T21:39:45 391.559 INF Respawn almost done 2021-06-15T21:39:45 391.570 INF PlayerSpawnedInWorld (reason: LoadedGame, position: -2357, 49, 2735): localplayer 2021-06-15T21:39:50 396.946 INF Entity animalChicken 15225 killed 2021-06-15T21:39:56 403.299 INF [Steamworks.NET] GameServer.LogOn successful, SteamID=90148013111246854, public IP=10.3.17.8 2021-06-15T21:39:57 403.324 INF [Steamworks.NET] Trying to create Lobby (visibility: k_ELobbyTypeFriendsOnly) 2021-06-15T21:39:57 403.534 INF [Steamworks.NET] Lobby creation succeeded, LobbyID=109775240989605698, server SteamID=90148013111246854, server public IP=10.3.17.8, server port=26900 2021-06-15T21:39:57 403.548 INF [Steamworks.NET] Lobby entered: 109775240989605698 2021-06-15T21:40:12 419.257 INF [Steamworks.NET] NET: P2PSessionRequest from: 76561198247775530 2021-06-15T21:40:14 421.293 INF Time: 4.42m FPS: 44.40 Heap: 5124.4MB Max: 5124.4MB Chunks: 225 CGO: 169 Ply: 1 Zom: 2 Ent: 11 (11) Items: 0 CO: 1 RSS: 4948.4MB 2021-06-15T21:40:22 429.200 INF [Steamworks.NET] NET: Received authentication package from 76561198247775530: valid password 2021-06-15T21:40:22 429.203 INF Started thread NCSteam_Reader_76561198247775530_0 2021-06-15T21:40:22 429.204 INF Started thread NCSteam_Writer_76561198247775530_0 2021-06-15T21:40:22 429.206 INF Started thread NCSteam_Writer_76561198247775530_1 2021-06-15T21:40:22 429.206 INF Started thread NCSteam_Reader_76561198247775530_1 2021-06-15T21:40:22 429.209 INF [NET] PlayerConnected EntityID=-1, PlayerID='76561198247775530', OwnerID='', PlayerName=''

[meganoth]

Look at your own post and tell me if it looks readable to you 😉. Next time please start a new thread here in the "General Support" section and read the pinned thread that tells you to read it. It specifically explains how to post a logfile (spoiler: with the help of pastebin). And in case of multiplayer games usually logfiles of server AND client are needed.

 

But for the current situation here is a guess: If the game was updated it is likely that one of your mods isn't working anymore. You have to watch the mods pages for updates or messages that it still works with your current version of the game.

 

 

 

[TOMZ1229]

Thanks for letting me know kinda new to all this 

[BFT2020]

1 hour ago, TOMZ1229 said:

Thanks for letting me know kinda new to all this 

no worries.  I realized that I forgot to paste the link to the sticky to read before posting new issues.  Normally I do that, but in your case I forgot to.

[Lavabird]

Commenting here because we solved this after a long problem solving session...
For us, it is an issue with ASUS devices and their bloatware. If you have an ASUS laptop, go into Task Manager > Services and try disabling some of the ASUS services.

We weren't able to isolate specifically which service it was, because after joining a server and then later turning them back on, we didn't get the problem anymore. But we did narrow it down to these ones:
- ASUSLinkNear
- ASUSLinkRemote
- ASUSOptimization
- ASUSSwitch
- AsusMultiAntennaSvc
- ASUSSystemAnalysis
- ASUSSystemDiagnosis

If someone does figure out the exact service, feel free to post it here for others to see
Hope this helps with such a frustrating issue.

Edited December 4, 2021 by Lavabird (see edit history)

[Shnoz]

The first issue is file path validation, it can't even begin looking for C program files. My guess is that the game and player profile are in a different location from each other, or the final path is not validated correctly. It would be worth checking file integrity and ensuring that all seven days to die folders necessary are in the same location. Tomz1229, the portion you linked does not actually contain an error, it would likely be in the redacted portions or elsewhere. On that note, do not post your steam ID, do not post your IP that is a bad plan to say the least.

[Lavabird]

On 12/4/2021 at 2:23 PM, Lavabird said:

If someone does figure out the exact service

 

Update to my post above! If the programs I listed do not work, try uninstalling Asus' GameFirst... It supposedly tries to "optimize" the network, but it just ends up sending bad packets for P2P stuff most the time. We found this out when having similar issues with a different game, but I don't doubt that it may be causing issues with 7dtd as well.

[Shnoz]

A lot of the external, or third party game programs seem to cause issues when interacting. Xbox game bar, Nvidia share and capture, Asus game first, etc. I thought for sure it would be Asus optimization that you listed before dang. I'm glad you figured it out though 👍

Edited January 7, 2022 by Shnoz (see edit history)