Softlock occurring within save

[strong vortex]

1. 2d 4h 8m 30s
2. 0.14.0.14
3. '[Exception]: NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
   Ship.TowBraceSecured ()
   Ship.set_Gravity (Double value)
   StarSystem.UpdateShip (Double fTimeDelta, .Ship ship)
   StarSystem.Update (Double fTimeDelta)
   GUIFFWD.FFWD ()
   Ostranauts.ShipGUIs.GUIFFWD.FFWDAnimation.Update ()'
4. No mods

It doesn't occur at the same time every time, but within the next few game hours of my current save, I experience the above error message in the console, and become softlocked. I can no longer left/right click anything, nor access the main menu, resulting in me needing to 'x' out of the game. If this triggers during faster forwarding time to sleep etc, I instantly die due to extreme pressures and temperatures, and the game time keeps fast forwarding at extreme speed.

1. 2d 4h 8m 30s
2. 0.14.0.14
3. '[Exception]: NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
   Ship.TowBraceSecured ()
   Ship.set_Gravity (Double value)
   StarSystem.UpdateShip (Double fTimeDelta, .Ship ship)
   StarSystem.Update (Double fTimeDelta)
   GUIFFWD.FFWD ()
   Ostranauts.ShipGUIs.GUIFFWD.FFWDAnimation.Update ()'
4. No mods

It doesn't occur at the same time every time, but within the next few game hours of my current save, I experience the above error message in the console, and become softlocked. If I revert to an earlier save, the issue still occurs, only later. I can no longer left/right click anything, nor access the main menu, resulting in me needing to 'x' out of the game. If this triggers during fast forwarding time to sleep etc, I instantly die due to extreme pressures and temperatures, and the game time keeps fast forwarding at extreme speed. I do have a tow brace on my ship, but uninstalling it did not prevent this issue from occurring.

[wind hawk]

This is the error that ended my previous run. I couldn't find a way to fix it, debug or otherwise.

[strong vortex]

Maybe there's an NPC ship out there that's causing this issue? Is there a way to prune them all as a way to test?

Considering the somewhat random, but still inevitable nature of the bug, it makes me think it's from NPC activity.

[strong vortex]

Might have already solved this. I reloaded the save and this time I not only uninstalled my towing brace, I jettisoned it, as well. For tackling this issue I was flying to Venus, and the bug would always trigger before I made it to the halfway point. After jettisoning the tow brace, I'm now docked at VORB. I suppose just don't use a towing brace and you should be good?

[strong vortex]

Rip, this seemed to buy time but the same glitch eventually happened on my way back from Venus.

[unreal meadow]

I'm getting the same NullReferenceException referring to a tow brace as well. 6d in on a 14.0.15 run and now I die from what looks like hypothermia and hypercapnia. I die on my ship (docked or undocked), and I die if I try sleeping on KLEG. I installed a tow brace several days ago, and didn't have any problems through multiple sleep cycles until now. Looks like it's the same issue rolling back through my autosaves as well.

[strong vortex]

Is there a flag that a ship gets added to it when a tow brace is installed that maybe lingers after it's removed? Trying to think why it would still trigger for me since I deleted it with a jettison.

[wind hawk]

Yeah, I tried getting rid of the towing brace from my ship too, still continued to have the error, didn't seem to matter once the brace had been installed.

[strong vortex]

If I can make it back to kleg, I think I'll sell and then rebuild the ship from scratch and not put a brace on. Sucks but, I'm sitting on 3mil and don't feel like starting over heeee

If that doesn't work either then rip