[SPZ2-6225] Persistent Crashes on Graphics Settings Change and Map Building (Build 22785032)

[quiet rock]

I am experiencing two distinct types of crashes that prevent consistent gameplay. The first occurs in the Main Menu when attempting to save changes to the graphics settings. The second occurs during gameplay, specifically after generating a custom map and expanding mining operations.

Steps to Reproduce:

Crash A: Navigate to Settings > Graphics in the Main Menu, change any setting, and click "Apply/Save."

Crash B: Generate a custom map, begin building mines, and add expansions to them. The crash occurs spontaneously during the expansion process.

Actual Result:
The game freezes and crashes to desktop in both scenarios.

Technical Specifications
Game Version: Steam Build [22785032]

OS: Windows 11 Pro (Version 10.0.26200 Build 26200)

Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX

CPU: AMD Ryzen (Family 26, Model 68) ~3.9 GHz

RAM: 32GB (Available: 15.6GB)

GPU: RX 9070 XT SAPPHIRE PURE

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[full juniper]

For the graphics crash can you supply a log file?
Location: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\tobspr Games\shapez 2
Name: Player.log + Player-prev.log
For the custom map, you are able to create the custom map and then it crashes within the save?
If that is the case can you supply a save file?

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📋 Log File Analysis

Thanks for attaching your log file — no errors have been found at a first glance.

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📋 Log File Analysis

Thanks for attaching your log file — no errors have been found at a first glance.

[quiet rock]

About the custom map, when i generate it nothing happens and correctly spawn into the map, but when i start mining shapes and start building the expansions for the mines it suddenly stops.

I tried to switch to DX11 and it goes well

[full juniper]

Directx12 has issues more often than not (from the amount of bug reports we get). We only recommend using it or vulkan when directx 11 has issues.

[full juniper]

Get back to me if directx11 fixes everything?

[quiet rock]

Oh ok, thank you

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✅ Thank you for providing further information, our team will have a look again!

[quiet rock]

Yeah im playing almost 1 hour now, and it goes very smooth, so nothing to report

[full juniper]

Excellent 🙂 Most of the time once a person goes from directx12 to directx11 the problem seems to resolve itself.

I will link it to a bug report that is about this issue.

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[SPZ2-6225] Persistent Crashes on Graphics Settings Change and Map Building (Build 22785032)