Game fades to black screen | Project Zomboid | Page 1

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 10:00 AM

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Whenever I am killing zombies, game stutters for a moment and then it goes to black screen after which it send me to menu, any fix for that?
p.s i tried disabling mod which allegedly caused the error, however it was not.

solar nimbus Apr 9, 2026, 10:05 AM

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What's the specs of your PC?

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Specifically, how much RAM and VRAM you possess

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 10:08 AM

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32gb

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the laptop uses 16gb and by starting the game without additional apps goes to 81%

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the specs are 3050ti, i5-11400h

solar nimbus Apr 9, 2026, 10:12 AM

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So it is not a problem here... I had something like this a few times, but only due to the fact the game tried to load quicker than it could and crashed. Did you tried vanilla?

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Also, what's the game version?

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 10:13 AM

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i was thinking of it, the problem is it doesn't appear by itself whenever I want, it happens randomly

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the game version is 42,16,3

solar nimbus Apr 9, 2026, 10:14 AM

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Try vanilla. If something like this keep happening it might be either a new bug or a faulty part of your PC (RAM can be a culprit to this, but usually it throws you to a bluescreen along with crash).

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 10:15 AM

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i was reading about it on reddit

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gimmie a second

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https://www.reddit.com/r/projectzomboid/comments/1r7l4fd/help_with_constant_black_screen/

r/projectzomboid

help with constant black screen

this happens so much and i couldn't find the cause of this. I really need help.

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it says that the problem is the mods, it's not a vram really, however it's difficul to find the mod that causes it

solar nimbus Apr 9, 2026, 10:16 AM

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Huh.. I see. Do you also get some errors the second it starts fading?

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 10:16 AM

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yeah

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like it appears

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like an error

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but not the mod one

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just an error

solar nimbus Apr 9, 2026, 10:17 AM

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Im not sure if it will help, but try Error Magnifier mod. Sometimes it could point to a problematic mod or issue

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Also, mind sharing the last log?

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 10:17 AM

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that's the problem, it does show the error itself

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but it's an empty one

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sure, gimmie a sec

solar nimbus Apr 9, 2026, 10:19 AM

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It seems like its some critical error that hangs the game to the point it have no idea what to do but exit to main menu

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 10:19 AM

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the console.txt right?

solar nimbus Apr 9, 2026, 10:19 AM

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I think its in Logs.zip

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 10:20 AM

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📎 2026-04-09_11-44_DebugLog.txt

solar nimbus Apr 9, 2026, 10:20 AM

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console.txt also works, but Im not sure which one is useful in this case

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 10:20 AM

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first i was thinking it was starlit library, that indeed caused an error however it didn't really affect the game and wasn't the mod that caused the error

solar nimbus Apr 9, 2026, 10:21 AM

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Try getting rid of "Starlit Library" and all the mods dependant on it and try again

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Ah yes, my message is too late xd

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 10:22 AM

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it's fine 🙂

solar nimbus Apr 9, 2026, 10:22 AM

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Let me investigate further

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 10:23 AM

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lemmie find one that is without starlit

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with an error

solar nimbus Apr 9, 2026, 10:24 AM

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I see a lot of the vehicles mods getting some warns as well

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Prior to crash

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Do you have "that DAMN Library" installed?

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Or whatever it called, hold on

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 10:26 AM

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ofcourse i do

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found it

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📎 2026-04-07_07-55_DebugLog.txt

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it's the 15.3 one however the error still appeared there

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maybe you will find something there, hopefully...

solar nimbus Apr 9, 2026, 10:33 AM

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willow lance

Is this post-removing starlit?

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 10:33 AM

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yes

solar nimbus Apr 9, 2026, 10:34 AM

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If you use any translations mods Id advice you to get rid of them. I see starlit still causes an error despite being removed

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 10:34 AM

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hmm

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i use rus translation only

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however it was updated recenty, well sure i will try disabling it

solar nimbus Apr 9, 2026, 10:35 AM

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Im not sure whether its the mod, or the remaining files in the Mods folder that causes this error

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But Starlit calls seems to still appear thus something trying to reach it

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Specifically the ModTranslations.lua file, which is the translation file for the mod itself
Or the table of the mods to translate

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 10:36 AM

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📎 console.txt

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maybe there is something in the console?

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https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3592172476&searchtext=take+a+bath

solar nimbus Apr 9, 2026, 10:37 AM

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Vehicle Recipes Overhaul (VRO). Check this one as well

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It calls to starlit

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 10:38 AM

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https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2757712197&searchtext=vehicle+recipes

Steam Workshop::Vehicle Repair Overhaul

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?

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ok

solar nimbus Apr 9, 2026, 10:39 AM

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This one. Can you disable it? It seems its dependant in some way to Starlit

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 10:39 AM

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ok

solar nimbus Apr 9, 2026, 10:40 AM

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KahluaThread.call > require("VRO/Recipes") failed

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 10:41 AM

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it might be it cuz the last time it was updated was 18th of March

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anything else?

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=== Zomboid Settings ===
Version: 42.16.3 7eec2b274722e8a8516db0226fe4013d436e7290 2026-04-08 11:54:01 (ZB) (Steam)
Mode: SINGLE PLAYER

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attempted index: getId of non-table: null
Lua((MOD:Starlit Library)).ModTranslations.lua(ModTranslations.lua:67)
java.lang.RuntimeException: attempted index: getId of non-table: null
    at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.tableget(KahluaThread.java:1441)
    at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.luaMainloop(KahluaThread.java:458)
    at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.call(KahluaThread.java:161)
    at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.pcall(KahluaThread.java:1749)
    at se.krka.kahlua.vm.KahluaThread.pcall(KahluaThread.java:1553)
    at se.krka.kahlua.integration.LuaCaller.pcall(LuaCaller.java:69)
    at se.krka.kahlua.integration.LuaCaller.protectedCall(LuaCaller.java:109)
    at zombie.Lua.LuaManager.RunLuaInternal(LuaManager.java:1357)
    at zombie.Lua.LuaManager.RunLua(LuaManager.java:1311)
    at zombie.Lua.LuaManager.RunLua(LuaManager.java:1300)
    at zombie.Lua.LuaManager.LoadDirBase(LuaManager.java:1190)
    at zombie.Lua.LuaManager.LoadDirBase(LuaManager.java:1104)
    at zombie.Lua.LuaManager.LoadDirBase(LuaManager.java:1227)
    at zombie.GameWindow.init(Unknown Source)
    at zombie.GameWindow.mainThreadInit(Unknown Source)
    at zombie.GameWindow.mainThreadStart(Unknown Source)
    at zombie.MainThread.mainLoop(MainThread.java:60)
    at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

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there is still an error that irritates me

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it's the starlit

solar nimbus Apr 9, 2026, 10:43 AM

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Is it after removing possible mods that affects it? (VRO)

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 10:43 AM

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no, it was before

solar nimbus Apr 9, 2026, 10:44 AM

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Then I hope it shouldnt appear if the culprit is Starlit + VRO

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 10:44 AM

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however i disabled it as I said before, cuz i thought it was the mod that caused the crash

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still nothing

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ofcourse i ll try playing without it in the game, i don't have serious mods that uses it so much

solar nimbus Apr 9, 2026, 10:46 AM

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It seems like VRO is the only last mod that tries to call for the Starlit for some reason

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Also, let me check on one more thing

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 10:46 AM

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I'll play without it and tell you if there's an error

solar nimbus Apr 9, 2026, 10:50 AM

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Sure. In the meantime I notice some odd behaviour that I cant directly link to an issue. Theres a tactical flashlight mod (KATTAJ1 Tactical Flashlight: No Mods installed.) that it happens, appears every time the moment before the stack trace. And then there is some "Loading Custom ToolTip Override Code." thing which Im not sure if its mod behaviour or just the game one

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 10:51 AM

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it's the zombie buddy fps

solar nimbus Apr 9, 2026, 10:51 AM

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Hm...

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 10:51 AM

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i was also thinking of it

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though not sure

solar nimbus Apr 9, 2026, 10:51 AM

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Thaths the next mod you need to consider disabling. If the error persists try that. It might be the one. Notify me if anything happens

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 10:52 AM

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ok

tribal gyro Apr 9, 2026, 10:58 AM

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Errors mods:
MOD:Starlit Library
try disable him.
and many mods used old version 41.x

solar nimbus Apr 9, 2026, 11:00 AM

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Read the whole conversation. The mod is disabled but somehow still causes problems

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 11:21 AM

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i am sorry if it's taking so long, as I said before it takes time before it crashes and error appears

solar nimbus Apr 9, 2026, 11:49 AM

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Of course

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 11:50 AM

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so far, so good, but again, it could be a trap and it would stutter and crash, ill keep you informed

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yeah

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it happened again

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i will try disabling zombie buddy

tribal gyro Apr 9, 2026, 12:12 PM

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yes. disable this mod 3619862853\mods\ZombieBuddy\ and 3622986450\mods\ZBBetterFPS\

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 12:16 PM

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for some reason i can't find it in my folder

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oh nevermind, i forgot that i manually deleted the files that start the mod

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so yeah, it's not there

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so, i have started the world without it, ill keep you informed

tribal gyro Apr 9, 2026, 12:25 PM

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Заработало?
It works?

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 12:31 PM

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ну, жду пока что

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оно просто не сразу происходит, надо ждать

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к сожалению

tribal gyro Apr 9, 2026, 12:41 PM

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дублируй сообщения на английском.
Duplicate messages in English.

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 12:42 PM

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понял
affirmative

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да опять
yes it happened again

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📎 2026-04-09_15-16_DebugLog.txt

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хз что делать
idk what to do

visual vessel Apr 9, 2026, 1:10 PM

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Are you able to reproduce the issue without any mods?

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 1:10 PM

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doing it rn

tribal gyro Apr 9, 2026, 1:16 PM

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Для начала отключи все KI5 моды
First, disable all KI5 mods.

также отключи мод VFExpansionReduxb42
Also disable the VFExpansionReduxb42 mod

и все что вязано с модом FirearmUseDamageChance
and anything related to the FirearmUseDamageChance mod

willow lance Apr 9, 2026, 2:03 PM

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i think i found what might have been a cause of it

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https://steamcommunity.com/app/108600/discussions/1/600775381612593396/

[42.7.0] Game Crashes In Session After Short (but unspecific) Perio...

After selecting an existing save file, and loading the game - the game loads as expected and I can see my character standing at their base. However, upon moving around for a short period of time, the game suddenly crashes. It seems to crash almost immediately upon opening up some inventory container in my base, but it will also crash just when w...

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it was the firearmusedamagechance

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at least i think so

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still waiting for the game to crash

solar nimbus Apr 9, 2026, 10:43 PM

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Ну не знаю, 7 и 16 версии немного далеко друг от друга. Вряд ли это специфически этот мод.
Idk, 7th and 16th versions are far apart from each other. I doubt its specifically this mod.

willow lance Apr 10, 2026, 12:42 AM

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ну я поиграл вроде ничего не случилось, "вроде", буду держать в курсе
well, I played around, nothing seemed to happen, "seemed", I'll keep you posted

willow lance Apr 10, 2026, 1:50 PM

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да, ничего не поменялось, может дело не в моде а в оперативке?
yes, nothing has changed, maybe it's not the mod but the RAM?

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📎 console.txt

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or something else could probably work?

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any more ideas that you could think of

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📎 2026-04-10_15-51_DebugLog.txt

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📎 logs.zip

visual vessel Apr 10, 2026, 2:26 PM

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willow lance да, ничего не поменялось, может дело не в моде а в оперативке? yes, nothing has ...

This log still shows you have mods enabled

willow lance Apr 10, 2026, 2:31 PM

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i mean i played without them in vanilla, nothing happened, I am still trying to understand which mods are causing it?

willow lance Apr 10, 2026, 2:45 PM

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tribal gyro Для начала отключи все KI5 моды First, disable all KI5 mods. также отключи мод ...

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here it says the firearmusedamagechance idk even know what mod is probably using it

willow lance Apr 10, 2026, 8:55 PM

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i think i might have found what was the reason all along, probably was project seasons somehow it caused all of it

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still not sure though

visual vessel Apr 10, 2026, 9:33 PM

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willow lance i mean i played without them in vanilla, nothing happened, I am still trying to ...

Best I can suggest is testing the mods, the logs are a bit inconclusive, but you can generally see errors by searching for "STACK TRACE"

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The thing is that some errors do not throw stack traces

willow lance Apr 10, 2026, 9:35 PM

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what could the stack trace be?

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at least a good news that it's not a ram problem

visual vessel Apr 10, 2026, 9:47 PM

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willow lance what could the stack trace be?

Almost anything, mods can cause various issues

willow lance Apr 11, 2026, 1:46 AM

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now i have a new problem

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sorry not the best translation

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now it's actually a ram problem

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dammit

tribal gyro Apr 11, 2026, 2:08 AM

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а причем тут краш оперы?
What does the crash of the opera have to do with it?

solar nimbus Apr 11, 2026, 2:16 AM

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Yeah, I wonder as well lol

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Its not 100%. If you'd have a bluescreen then sure..

willow lance Apr 11, 2026, 2:29 AM

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i am just saying that i am having a new thing now

#Game fades to black screen