Crashing all the time...

[Hurde]

when i play the game it just crashes when it wanted to crash
while building an engine and you are almost at the end then it just crash or he crash earlier but that doesnt matter it just crash
any help ?

[Killrob]

Do you get any error messages popping up?
Have you tried lowering the graphics settings / resolution to be less taxing on the system?

[Hurde]

i got only that windows says
"Automationgame.exe stopped working"
i will set the graphics lower and going to try again

[Hurde]

i tried with lower graphics now and it still does crash...

[Killrob]

Does it happen at specific points? Like when you change some specific value or something?

[Hurde]

sometimes it happens when :
1. clicking at "new engine"
2. Trying to put an Turbo on it
3. or when i change the fuel
4. and also in the beginning when i choose an engine material
5. it does also happen in the car designer at random points

[sansalvador]

I have the exact same issue since the last update.
It happens when building an engine. At some point in the process (not always the same) the game crashes. I have not been able to create an engine since the update. Versions before have been rockstable.
i2500k - GTX 660Ti - 8GB RAM - Win 8.1 x64

[Killrob]

We will look into this, many seem to have problems with crashing currently, while for others there is not a single "random" crash to be found in days of playing.
Please report if you see any pattern in the crashes (for example if it happens after a specific time after game launch, etc.). This will help us a lot to find the source of the problems.

[Hurde]

Thanks for helping
i will report some patterns when i see one

[icehawkh2o]

Not sure if it's exactly the same crash but I consistently get two errors (the second producing a total program crash) in the scenarios > General > Man Van > Selecting a Block Material produces the following Lua Error:

Step() failed!: [string "..."]:87: attempt to index local 'blockEndPos' (a nil value).

Options are to "Retry" or "Cancel".
Cancel closes the app, retry lets you attempt it once more and then the app crashes.

It seems there are quite a few 'nil value' Lua errors that are very reproducable, the one above was just the first one I consistently got.

Interestingly I played the update for hours yesterday without any problems. Today (after some windows updates, not sure if that's any clue) it gets these errors frequently (game is unplayable).

[wulfgaard]

Hi everyone,

I applied a topic about this same specific issue, so when I noticed there where already a post mentioning the same, I deleted it and am now eagerly following this one.

Cheers

P.S.: By the way, my setup is: Intel E8500, 4 Gb DDR2-800, Nvidia GTX 550 Ti DC Top, WD Black 500 Gb.

[Kubboz]

Is it just me, or are all of you using Geforces? (perhaps this is the connection) Is there any AMD user experiencing similar crashes?

[wulfgaard]

Good point!

[Killrob]

We know about the scenario problems, they are currently broken as they partially use the wrong version of the calculation code, which can lead to trouble.
But keep the observations coming, the more witnesses we have, the easier it will be to fix.

[Automaton]

Crashing a lot here too. The game did not crash at all before the last update. Now it is crashing a lot, randomly, so it seems. I am running windows 8.1 , on a third gen icore7 with 16Mb. All drivers are up yo date. Intel HD 4000.