Crashing when I try joining vanilla server b42 help! | Project Zomboid | Page 1

supple ether Mar 20, 2026, 1:24 AM

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My game has recently been crashing every time I try and join my friends vanilla server in b42, I tried switching down from b42 to b41 the other day and zomboid got stuck in an update loop thing (my computers very bad) so I ended up trying to delete all my files for the game and reinstalling. It eventually worked after a couple hours of reinstalling the game. It worked fine up until It started crashing mid-game. Now it's crashing every time i try to join the server! I need help, I've tried getting them to host a diff server and everything

blissful sundial Mar 20, 2026, 1:48 AM

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oh

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oh god

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a beaver

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jaques_beaver

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HE NEEDS LOGS!!!

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make sure to read the pinned message!

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logs should be the first link

supple ether Mar 20, 2026, 2:27 AM

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📎 message.txt

supple ether Mar 20, 2026, 2:27 AM

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blissful sundial oh

this should work right?

supple ether Mar 20, 2026, 3:09 AM

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@blissful sundial

blissful sundial Mar 20, 2026, 3:53 AM

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yeah, sorry

spiral rover Mar 20, 2026, 11:12 AM

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

supple ether Mar 20, 2026, 3:33 PM

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yeah

supple ether Mar 20, 2026, 11:51 PM

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okay,ill upload the logs.zip in a moment

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sorry was oit for a ehile lol

supple ether Mar 21, 2026, 4:37 AM

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I GOT IT!

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okay sorry about that I lowkey lost the logs

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but i found them

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📎 message.txt

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@spiral rover

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@blissful sundial

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here

supple ether Mar 21, 2026, 7:15 PM

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yooo beard

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sprry to bother gng

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i got the console.log tho

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do you know whats wrong?

blissful sundial Mar 21, 2026, 7:27 PM

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LOG : General f:3053, t:1774067593495, st:84,337,560> java.io.FileNotFoundException: D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\media\ui\Sidebar\80\Carpentry_Off_80.png_Icon (The system cannot find the file specified)

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verify game files

supple ether Mar 21, 2026, 7:27 PM

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i did that though

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I don't know if steam just doesn't do it correctly or smth bc my pc is not very good or whatever but

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i've uninstalled the game and reinstalled it around 3 times

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i've verified files at least twice

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(i havent done more because the game itself takes a while to verify the files for)

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is there another way?

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the game is installed on an external hard-drive

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i'm using an asus vivobook pro

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its about four years old now

supple ether Mar 21, 2026, 7:33 PM

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blissful sundial verify game files

i am verifying now, I'll keep you updated

spiral rover Mar 21, 2026, 9:07 PM

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supple ether

Can you try doing 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.
After that, go to “%UserProfile%\Zomboid” and delete everything there except the “Saves” folder.
Then just install the game again and see if that helps.

supple ether Mar 21, 2026, 9:10 PM

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sure thing! I will most likely not be able to verify if it works today, as the friend I play with is out for today (maybe like really late like 12-4 AM) But, I will try to see if i can get someone else to host a b42 server and see if this helps. Thanks again!

spiral rover Mar 21, 2026, 9:10 PM

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Make sure to follow each step as well, a lot of people skip step two deleting the files manually and then still get the issue

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Its important to manually delete the files, Steam does not delete leftovers, and verification also doesnt help with extra files

supple ether Mar 21, 2026, 9:11 PM

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yeah, the only thing left in the folder were error logs, so I just deleted them. I am going to go and delete stuff from the zomboid user profile rn

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so like this?

supple ether Mar 22, 2026, 5:55 AM

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@spiral rover

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📎 logs.zip

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heres the logs... I don't understand whats wrong

spiral rover Mar 22, 2026, 4:12 PM

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supple ether <@164105079534780418>

That seems like a Steam error rather than a problem with the game

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I would suggest you reinstall your Steam client as well in this case?

supple ether Mar 22, 2026, 5:19 PM

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alright... how?

supple ether Mar 22, 2026, 6:32 PM

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okay i cant find steam in the apps, so im downloading the lateat version in the hopes that it will help fix it

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ill keep you updated!

supple ether Mar 22, 2026, 7:25 PM

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Okay, I uninstalled and reinstalled steam, I connected my external hard drive and all of my games showed up as installed. Will this be a problem? Should I have deleted all of my game data off the harddrives aswell or do you think it will be okay?

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@spiral rover

blissful sundial Mar 22, 2026, 8:04 PM

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shouldn't be

spiral rover Mar 22, 2026, 11:38 PM

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supple ether Okay, I uninstalled and reinstalled steam, I connected my external hard drive an...

Nope it should be fine, you generally wouldnt want to delete your games, just Steam itself

supple ether Mar 22, 2026, 11:38 PM

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i see

supple ether Mar 23, 2026, 1:55 AM

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📎 message.txt

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it just like closed suddenly as i was joining server and uh

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it just reopened the app

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its loading now

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lemme get the full error logs that was just from the console

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📎 message.txt

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there

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you have anything @blissful sundial ?

blissful sundial Mar 23, 2026, 2:09 AM

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second one says no errors lol

supple ether Mar 23, 2026, 2:13 AM

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interesting

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that probably wasnt the rror logs lol

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sorry i just pulled up the console

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gimme a moment

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📎 message.txt

supple ether Mar 23, 2026, 2:15 AM

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blissful sundial second one says no errors lol

here

supple ether Mar 23, 2026, 3:10 AM

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and

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tried one more time

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📎 message.txt

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this is actually a good console log

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i dont know what to do at this point

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i cant factory reset my pc either

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i genuinely am at a loss

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is there any way I could get this fixed at all?

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i'd like almost anything gn

spiral rover Mar 23, 2026, 1:07 PM

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supple ether

These logs show your system ran out of RAM

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Are you perhaps at max memory usage when running the game? Check your task manager.
If you are close to the max, turn off all background programs except Steam and the game, then check if you are able to play

supple ether Mar 23, 2026, 1:39 PM

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okay!

supple ether Mar 24, 2026, 7:41 PM

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i can test today! im going to be turning everything else off and just see if it works or not

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