Hosting stuck on initialising

[raven lynx]

As the title said

and is port forwarding a option

[coarse badger]

Abort the initialization, then start the server again and wait at least 5-10 minutes.
If the server still does not start after waiting, cancel it again and repeat these steps until it does.

[raven lynx]

what if it terminates?

what should i do

[coarse badger]

Can you share your logs.zip file found in C:\Users\%UserProfile%\Zomboid?

[raven lynx]

yeah sure gimmie a sec

there

[coarse badger]

Issue with generating a backup, do you have enough free space on your C drive?

At least 10 percent of the total capacity

[raven lynx]

214gb

i think its enough?

[coarse badger]

Should be, did you perhaps switch to version 42 at some point?

There might have been an issue when switching between versions as well

[raven lynx]

yeah i have

[raven lynx]

how can i fix it?

[coarse badger]

Do a full reinstall.
First, uninstall the game, then go to "Steam\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid" and make sure there are no leftover files or folders there.
Then just install the game again and see if that helps.

[raven lynx]

i'll try

[raven lynx]

im having this issue now

should i do that

or is there a easier fix

yeah not working

nevermind it just takes centuries to start

[raven lynx]

@coarse badger now im getting "connection to server lost"

after i make my avatar and everything

[coarse badger]

That generally means one or more mods are breaking the server

For that I can only suggest the following: