steam-bugs-discussion

[gilded sluice]

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-rma-an-intel-cpu/

[ocean magnet]

ill try to see that link thank you

[gilded sluice]

some people have issues with nvidia drivers

and it might be worth rolling back to december 2024

[stark meadow]

If you already haven't you should install latest BIOS updates and apply Intel based CPU profile.
When BIOS gets upated or reset, your default CPU profile will be your motherboard profile, which isn't good for your CPU.

[ocean magnet]

Ill check, but pretty sure that i have the neweste BIOS update. Will try to roll back Nvidia driver

thank you for aswering

[lucid geyser]

I was trying to navigate the bug tracker over at Support, but out of luck. Can someone confirm if the log spam of
[Info : Unity Log] PlatformUserID "" failed to parse!
are a known issue?
It comes in old and new worlds where portal and tamed are nearby.

[lucid geyser]

Deng it. :p
Could it be the "Log spam when hovering over objects with UGC that don't have Author tag set" ?

[gilded sluice]

1. you're using mods so you can get any log spam vanilla don't get
2. I belive that issue is fixed on our end, but it's not out yet

[dire charm]

Is anyone aware of a bug that causes the controller D pad to stop selecting the weapon slots? I'm using controller but my dpad suddenly stopped responding to weapon slot selections. It works fine as usual otherwise though. Never had this issue before

[stark meadow]

Try closing discord entirely and ensuring it doesn't run in background.

[gilded sluice]

or disable discord overlay.
to me, it seems like a discord issue more than valheim since it happend for to me personally between discord updates and not valheim updates 🤔

[lucid geyser]

@ Smiffe
True, I can tweak the log-settings with BepInEx.
I was returning to Valheim to look for Rock 🙂
Tried removing all mods (but didn't remove BepInEx aka test with clean vanilla), testing with new character in brand new world. Still got the spam, if I tamed or placed portals/signs.
Came here to your excelent discord for advice, and to have a look at your bug-tracker (that part was a bit challenging, I couldn't see a search function)
Thank you for over 1400 h (and counting) of fun with this game.

[stark meadow]

There is a vanilla bug that creates this log spam when hovering your mouse over un-named animals and portals

Mods just exacerbate the issue everywhere

[gilded sluice]

it's fine to @gilded sluice 🙂

[iron steppe]

Yeah; I’ve had to disable discord overlay for keyboard/mouse even.

[native ridge]

Guys pls help everytime i try to join my friend it says i cant connect and then i close the game it says my cloud isnt working happens everytime and i redownloaded the game and its still not working, when my friend joins my server there are no buildings its fully empty

[stark meadow]

You are probably using a VPN. Check which network adapters you have installed under start → type and open device manager → network adapters.

[native ridge]

im sorry i cant find it bcs my steam is on finnish can you help me by some otherway? And my dumbass cant figure anything out

[gaunt mist]

Switch from Finnish to English on Steam settings.

[stark meadow]

Should be start → type and open Laitehallinta → expand Verkkosovittimet

[native ridge]

like where is the start thingy

[stark meadow]

You can screenshot what you see there by pressing shift + windows + S, then you select portion of the screen with mouse which you can then paste here

[stark meadow]

Bottom left corner of your screen. Windows icon.

[native ridge]

ohh

[native ridge]

what do i do here now

im at the verkkosovittimet part

i've got 10 different things here

[stark meadow]

You can screenshot what you see there by pressing shift + windows key + S (all three keys are on your keyboard), then you select portion of the screen with mouse which you can then paste here

[native ridge]

ik but are any of these like private things or what

cuz ik i got a adblocker or sum like that

[stark meadow]

Depends what you consider to be a private

You can send me a personal message if you want

[native ridge]

ok but idk any of these things that i see here

hollon 1min ill go ask my dad if any of these are private

[stark meadow]

Network adapters are just names of network cards and interfaces you have installed on your PC that are used for networking
A person with same devices will have same thing listed. It's like a name of your CPU or GPU, and to that extent it's private.

[native ridge]

oh

my dad said we dont got vpns

[stark meadow]

I hope that you dad double checked that.
We often get that a lot: "I don't have any VPN", then it turns out they are installed and running in background.

[native ridge]

actually he said we do but i dont got nun

[stark meadow]

Ten you probably shouldn't have isuses connecting. Maybe your friend does.

Can you host a server and send me your join code and pass, so I can attempt to join you? I can also host a server you can test connecting to.

[native ridge]

nope my other friend can still join the server and my brother can but its my problem i think

ok

[native ridge]

can you host

[dire charm]

It doesn't seem to be the overlay. I've disabled it and quit discord too, the D pad just stops responding after a while

[balmy garnet]

Hey guys! I know its late, however, we are trying to play in a local server with 4 of my friends, the thing is one of them is still having an issue that disconnects him from the server, hes is the only one experiencing this problem, everything freezes and hes disconnected from the server, the only message is "unloading unused assets", anyone knows why is this happening? and how can our friend fix this? big hug from Colombia! 🇨🇴

[gilded sluice]

Unloading assets is just a clean up duty

And it's 08:37am here in Europe 😅

I bet your friend either uses VPN or have wifi that is'nt stable enough

[placid ruin]

Erm - One of the indestructible rocks has randomly decided to double in size on my server...first pic is from before raised ground, 2nd is after raising ground and about 2ish hours of time. the rock doubling was not instant, and randomly appeared when i came thru tele.

[placid ruin]

Another bug - I have a fire nearby, but cannot sleep with it saying there is not a fire nearby.
I have been able to sleep until this literly tonight lol.

[marble wolf]

Where is the fire?

[iron steppe]

the fire distance check is probably slightly off - i.e. you are getting fire buff where you are standing, but if you go to other side of bed, it probably isnt there.

As Derek said - where is the fire? Just try and move it closer

[iron steppe]

probably the ground raising has "raised" the rock, since it probably does a ground proxmitry check on placement.

[placid ruin]

I thought that too - but theres a 2nd rock. I thought i captured the double size in the picture, apologies.

[placid ruin]

Yeah - I was able to re-adjust the room - confused how I played with around 100 days in this setup, sleeping multiple times no issue. Seems like the check somehow changed without me changing anything.

[gilded sluice]

there is a edge case when the game will tell you, you are within distance, but you are like pixels away and you actually aren't 😄

this is one of those 1 in million cases

you can also have part of the bed being within / without distance, so depending if you are standing and clicking sleep on the head side or the feet side of the bet, it's diffrence

[fierce quarry]

Good evening,

While progressing on a larger build, I noticed the location where I previously had a temporary portal placed to assist in moving construction materials produced a poof of smoke each time the location is loaded in to despite the portal having not been there for some time. Is there any way I can remove this effect?

Thanks

[stark meadow]

Base loading seems very slow here. What's your instance count there? Using mods? Every played in multiplayer? Bread a lot of tamed animals there between Nov2023 and Aug2024?

[fierce quarry]

• No mods, only world modifier is no map
• Up to ~12k instances and likely reaching 20k on this base
• This is on a dedicated private server which I launched about a month ago on a fresh save, but loads of tamed lox and wolves around the base if relevant

[stark meadow]

Have you treid restarting the server yet?

[fierce quarry]

I can't remember if this popped up before the last restart or not, I'll give that a try - thanks!

That did the trick! Thank you again MaCarBre!

[stark meadow]

There are some known portal related issues that can cause this.

[gilded sluice]

I would recommend that you logout outside of such a big build.
the game have about 30 seconds time to place objects before they start to be affected by physics and checking for stability.
logging in inside will trigger a 360 degree spawning of the entire base, versus coming in from one side and having the loading easier on the server / your client

[fierce quarry]

That is very useful advice, thank you! Having not yet made the comfort area / sleeping area in this build I'll try and get creative keeping that ideal linear load in mind

[gilded sluice]

the game have a logic behind the loading process. so it loads from closest to furthest in a sphere. but it can still become a hassle to place objects since the further away from the player, the more items it will be processing

🙂

the things you learn along the way will help you is what I've learned over the years

[toxic geyser]

I'm not sure if it's considered a bug but what's the deal with enemies spawning/showing up when you get very close? I just had a frustrating experience with a gjall popping up within aggro range and instantly beginning to attack my ship. It's also very noticeable when you go into troll caves and don't see a troll and then all of a sudden there is one.

[gilded sluice]

inside the trollcave is intentional. that one spawns as soon as the cave is finished loading in.
the gjall tho shouldn't spawn "in your face"

do you run any mods?

[toxic geyser]

No mods, I feel like this happens every now and then with mobs in general but most noticeably with big ones like trolls and loxes because its quite jarring when they pop up. Hard to say what distance but maybe at two karves length.

[gilded sluice]

singleplayer or multiplayer?

the monsters have a distance setting for how close they are allowed to spawn to the player 🤔

since no one likes what you just describe. popping up in your face

[toxic geyser]

Singleplayer. Do monsters in the overworld have the same behaviour you described with the caves? Waiting for loading to finish before showing up? I wonder if a high draw distance could affect this - loading new terrain and delaying close up monsters.

[gilded sluice]

what is your processor and graphics card?

and what do you play on? Mac? PC? laptop or desktop?

[toxic geyser]

Intel Core i7-14650HX 2.20 GHz,
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU,
Laptop

[gilded sluice]

send me your player.log file in a DM

In this hidden folder in windows:
C:\Users\ <username> \AppData\LocalLow\IronGate\Valheim

[iron steppe]

Trolls would be especially noticeable due to 30% chance to spawn on outside front of troll cave. So what happens is you see troll cave, start running towards it , and the troll “pops” in.

Lox are noticeable because plains is… plain… and Lox are big, so they kinda pop in. What happens is once a mob is rendered in, it visually can then appear further before defendering.

I.e. you might not see it render first till 100m. But then you can run to 150m and still see it (no idea actual range numbers, just examples)

[dire charm]

I've got a bug where while using a controller the camera will pan to the right without any right stick input. It only happens when using the sprint button. It's not my controller as I tried it in another game without issue.

Disconnecting and reconnecting controller doesn't do anything

[quiet cave]

is this normal

[stark meadow]

Have 3 different controllers types and no such issues.

Are you using mods? What console layout are you using? Which controller?

[stark meadow]

Not ideal, but not considered as a bug either.

[gilded sluice]

yes

[inner tangle]

Hey all. I see there has been a few questions about this but not sure if anyone has discussed it here as a potential issue so wanted to mention my experience of a problem I've noticed...

Issue: There seems to be a recurring issue with connection to multiplayer games for some players.
Platform: PC / Steam.
When? This started just after the update before the April Fools update.
What? When trying to join a multiplayer game (that you have played in previously) you receive a 'failed to connect' message, this persists despite quitting and reloading the game or rebooting the PC.

Further Info:

• This seems to be an issue in both hosted games and dedicated servers and is happening with both vanilla and modded games. (I've seen this issue happen in at least 5 different games now and I'm seeing it pop up in questions in the wider community too.)
• The workarounds we have found are (for hosted games): Not joining from the recent or favorites tab but instead from the friends tab or (more reliably) through a steam game invite. (for dedicated servers) removing the server from your list and re-adding it (some people are finding they need to do this every time they want to play).
• The people most effected seem to be: The people with the least reliable internet connections in the group or the people farthest away from the host/server location. (But I've also experienced games where several people are having this problem at the same time, some with better connections than others so this may not be a reliable observation).

[marble wolf]

Not sure that's a game bug, if your Internet is poor your connection will be poor.

[inner tangle]

These are people who were able to play and connect just fine prior to the update with no issues. I've also had the same problem in a couple of games and I have a solid gigabit fibre connection, so while it seems to effect people with worse connections than mine more often it doesn't seem to just be that

[marble wolf]

Well, the April Fools update didn't change the net code so that isn't to blame.

[inner tangle]

It was the update before that one where this started (sorry I don't know what update # that was so I realise that was probably confusing to read in my initial post!)

[marble wolf]

Either way, poor connections will always cause issue with Valheim becuase of the chunk master code. Use wired connections where possible, turn off any VPNs and ideally use servers that are geographically near players.

[inner tangle]

Mmm, agreed and these are things we have tried (where possible, I'll note that most of them are already on wired connections and not using VPNs) - but as I've said prior to that update these were players that did not have issues joining and all of them were able to join the games just fine through the workarounds I mentioned: steam friend invites or by re-adding the server details.

[stark meadow]

There are some known issues yes

Best to connect via favorites tab without clicking on other tabs at all

Remove others servers from the favorites tab except the ones you need the most so limit the number of servers you gonna ping

Steam invites skips pinging servers is best, but don't work for dedicated servers

[inner tangle]

Thanks! That explains why the steam invites are working (but yes not a thing we can use for the dedicated ones) I'll pass that on (I'm mostly seeing it effecting people I am playing with, though I have occasionally seen issues myself). I did recently clear out my servers list so I wonder if that is why I'm seeing it less! Appreciate the suggestions 🙂

[cursive kite]

I have the same issue. My gf is sitting next to me hosting the server on the same internet. It can take 20+ min to connect by just retrying over and over. Restarting games and computers don't help.

[inner tangle]

Ugh that sounds so frustrating! If it's a self hosted game try asking her to invite you to it via steam? (She right clicks on you in steam friends list and then 'invite to game'). That's been a reliable work around for us so far

[cursive kite]

Yeah im going to give that a shot now. Forgot that was a thing lol. I've just been getting frustrated and logging off after 10m cause I couldn't figure out a solution this whole time lol

[inner tangle]

Fingers crossed you have as much luck with it as we have!

[gilded sluice]

known issue and you need to re-add the favourite link in the game

only 1 time tho

ah right. just as my mate MaCarBre said 😄

[inner tangle]

Epic, thanks :D!

[gilded sluice]

are you on wifi / VPN ?

and are you both on steam?

[inner tangle]

It's been a mix of people using different things (it's happened in several games all hosted in different ways). At least four people effected (myself included) are not using VPNs and are using high speed wired connections. This has all been through steam.

[gilded sluice]

valheim and VPN is a no-go normally

speed doesn't matter to be honest

just like watching netflix with a 1Gb connection, but you're in the deepest forrest with crappy stutter connection 😄

[inner tangle]

Good to know! I don't think the others are using VPNs but if I see it happen again I'll make sure to double check that with them. I do know a couple of them have the wifi equivalent of a chocolate teapot so we weren't really surprised that they were having issues (even if they haven't before) but i've seen it happening often enough now with people who do have stable connections that I thought it was worth raising!

[gilded sluice]

wifi is.. bad.. usually

and mobile hotspot internet or satelite / some kind of wireless internet connection is also very bad

[inner tangle]

Yeah I know some people don't have a choice but I would rather need to buy the worlds longest cable than rely on wifi for anything like that :/

[gilded sluice]

Valheim works by the "lead player", which is most often the first person through a portal or the one steering a boat.
so if the person with fiber internet or a good normal connection is first doing things when you party up, it helps alot

you can see it ingame if you press F2. and the thing called data sent number is higher than data recived. that means you are the "leader"

[inner tangle]

Ah! That is good to know, I will run and touch all the boats in future 😛

[gilded sluice]

xD

opening the storage in boats can swap over the "leadership"

[inner tangle]

More reasons to build a dock you say? Say less! 😝

[gilded sluice]

personally I protect my boats in a box 😄

[inner tangle]

Safe boat is very safe!

[gilded sluice]

yup yup

no greydwarfs nor necks nibbiling on my boats 😄

[inner tangle]

I hope you are providing other forms of 'enrichment' if you're taking their favourite toy away like that!

[gilded sluice]

😛

sometimes I leave a workbench by the sea

[inner tangle]

Ah yes, the smaller wood is so much better for their teeths 🤣

[dire charm]

True, I didn't think of mods etc. I'll do some testing

[plain dragon]

Seeker soldier knocked on the floor in this infested mine (one of the rooms with a plank going across a chasm), pretty sure this hole ain't supposed to happen

I built a cooking station and pushed myself out

idk pretty far south, you think I can glide to Ashlands?

[stark meadow]

It's a known issue

Don't recommend you leaping from dungeons

[heavy sluice]

Hello, my dad has been have a crop bug that keeps the crops from growing, it just says that it's healthy and no changes even after 20+ ingame days, the issue happened after last update, he's also not playing on a server and his save is local, this is effecting all of his world saves

[stark meadow]

All crops?

Sounds like mod issues.

[plain dragon]

||VIKING PARATROOPAAAAA||

[stark meadow]

Ask your father if their Valhiem installation folder looks like this:
https://i.imgur.com/vdpdeOA.jpg
Or if it has more files there

[heavy sluice]

Yeah it looks like that

[stark meadow]

So what crops exhibit this issue? Is it all crops?
Are you sure he's planting them in correct biome?

[heavy sluice]

He's planted carrots in meadows

[stark meadow]

And what, not a single carrot has grown in 20 days?

Does he have a roof over them?

[plain dragon]

blocking sunlight usually doesn't mean healthy plant

[heavy sluice]

No roof, open flat platform, he got one set of plants to grow but after that nothing has grown, it took bout 2 ingame weeks for that first batch, and second set of plants he planted on around day 30, his world is on day 73

He's also playing vanilla

[stark meadow]

Can he provide a screenshot of the garden?

Or bettter yet send me his world save?

[heavy sluice]

Yeah give me a sec

[stark meadow]

For world save, would need worldname.db and worldname.fwl file for the world, fount on one of these locations:
https://i.imgur.com/mTVKf1J.jpg?4

[heavy sluice]

thers the world save

[stark meadow]

Are those the carrots?

I can pick them up without problems

If your father can't, probably best to reinstall the game

[gilded sluice]

verify game files might work 🤔

or does anyone else use mods?

[heavy sluice]

Ok ill tell him that, there currently still not working

[heavy sluice]

Verify didn't work either, he's working on reinstalling the game

[gilded sluice]

anyone else use mods?

[heavy sluice]

Reinstall didn't work either

[bright coral]

Might want to try "E" key in other apps to make sure keyboard working fine.

[heavy sluice]

@bright coral that's not the issue, the crops aren't growing they just say that their healthy, it updates and says that their harvestable when you load the world on another computer, it just won't for his computer even after a reinstall

[iron steppe]

you can - its a 'glitch' method for getting across [i.e. its not allowed in non-glitchless speedruns]. There are faster ways (just sail in Karve) - but you can defintely float across. There was a reddit post recently where someone used a deathsquito to get height then float to ashlands - that was very creative...

[gilded sluice]

and no one else isn't using any mods?

[heavy sluice]

No mods

[gilded sluice]

Hm.. could you get him to try it ingame, then quit the game, and then grab his player.log file and send it to me?

[heavy sluice]

Ok, ill have to wait until morning to get the file from his computer, he's asleep right, so it maybe be until about noon PST

[tender spire]

how long are the snow particale suppose to last onve you leave the mountain biom?

[distant valley]

Two asksvin in an 8m deep taming pit, 1 w/ a star, 1 without. Started attacking eachother as soon as I added the no star to the pit. Doesn't seem intended.

No mods, of course

[iron steppe]

Most weather effects have about a 5-10sec fade as you move (either across biomes or through teleporters).

It’s annoying because it causes you to incorrectly (?bug) get wet from rain in situations you are not supposed to when teleporting.

[dire charm]

Turns out it was just my controller 😫

[gilded sluice]

which one do you got?

[dire charm]

Nacon Pro Compact. For some odd reason the right stick view pulls to the right if I walk forward, but pulls to the left if I walk backwards, ie towards the camera. Happens in other games as well. It's not stick drift as it only happens while moving around, so it seems to be some sort of software issue but I can't work out how to rectify it.

The Nacon software is beyond useless. And unistalled the drivers but it still happens.

[gilded sluice]

do you use x-input?

or direct input?

[dire charm]

I'm not sure 😶

[gilded sluice]

Hm.. on my own controller, I got a switch between D and X

[dire charm]

Mine has a black switch on the back but the issue happens regardless of what I select

I'll play around with more settings and see if I can work out the issue

[gilded sluice]

it doesn't have any labels on the switch?

[stark meadow]

Yeah, can happen on controllers with bad anologue sticks. Main reason I stopped using Xbox/Nacon controllers and went PS4, which perfectly returns dticks to center. Playing Rocket league often would make sticks break in less than a year.

[dire charm]

Well given my description of the problem I'm fairly sure it isn't stick drift

[dire charm]

According to the online manual it's for custom profiles/button mapping

[stark meadow]

Stick drift is not the same as stick not resetting to center.

[dire charm]

It's definitely resetting to the center, as I said the issue ONLY occurs when I'm moving the character around

[gilded sluice]

could it be wear and tear of the controller?

[dire charm]

I haven't used it that much. Maybe but I don't know 🫤

[stark meadow]

Yeah, you're right, reading it again, sounds like it's trying to compensate for something
Looked at if windows is doing something? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNDRmNeZpcU

Also try closing game bar from task manager

[dire charm]

I'll try. It's easy to compensate though, I can just gently nudge the stick to keep the camera aligned, but knowing what's causing it would be nice.

[dire charm]

@stark meadow @gilded sluice A vid of the problem. This is without any right stick input whatsoever until 0:12. And it only stops if I gently nudge the right stick, but then it will randomly happen seconds or minutes later again.

Definitely weird 🤷🏻‍♂️

[stark meadow]

Tried tweaking anything further?

[dire charm]

Not yet but I will tomorrow.

[stark meadow]

It's been a while since I used Nacon controller, but I believe you should have an option to tweak stick deadzone curves there as well.

[gilded sluice]

Hmmm... I wonder if I got one of them 🤔

[floral sorrel]

im living in japan and my friend is in the states hosting a server. When i try joining i get the same message "Cant connect to server" with no error message. He has looked at the console and gets nothing unique in there and we have also attempted using a IP spoofing app to say that we are playing in a "lan" IP. Weve also tried adding the server through steam but no server was available on there. Any help?

[gilded sluice]

are you using crossplay?

so you use join code?

[floral sorrel]

no. pc to pc. we have tried with cross play enabled and disabled on the server as well. ive used connection through IP and join code

[gilded sluice]

LAN ip connection over crossplay doesn't work

[floral sorrel]

well we have tried it with and without cross play enabled. and we only tried to make it seem as lan a couple times.

[gilded sluice]

there is a bug atm we are aware of

so inviting on steam works sometimes, sometimes now

[floral sorrel]

heard that thank you

[floral sorrel]

also btw, i eventually got in the server through using a VPN to look like im in the US, but i loaded in with a bare grass ground, no trees, and no structures loading in. It disconnected me each time after 3 minutes

[stark meadow]

You should disable any kind of software like hamachi that puts you behind VPN and also avoid any kind of VPN. Many of this VPN can also create issues even when disabled but still running in background. They often come with network optimisers to create further issues.

If you are all on steam, tell the host to disable crossplay before starting the world as seever. Then for players that plan to join, tell them to be in character selection screen while the host sends them a steam invite. Upon accepting the invite, and while being on character selection screen, when they click start button next to character, they will start connecting to the server.

If this doesn't work, 99% you have VPN or some network optimiser running in background.

[floral sorrel]

yeah we tried it with hamachi and a vpn but after that i turned them off. Those are the only net optimizers i own. I could only get in the server when i had a VPN, thats the only way i could get into the server but even so, we continued to try w/o a vpn. I believe he reset without crossplay but ill double check again when he wakes up. time zones and shit

[stark meadow]

It's often not enough to turn them off. I went here into more detail how to check if you have they are running in bagro: https://steamcommunity.com/app/892970/discussions/1/612032374411149472/#c612032512885010678

[steep bay]

anyone having issues with the windmill not working?

nvm i restarted game and it started working

[brisk plover]

Has anybody had capes fail to unlock? I just took down a few trolls and went to make a troll skin cape for the set bonus and can't find it in the crafting menu. Then I realized I don't have the deer skin cape either. I have all the materials and a level 3 workbench, so these items should be craftable...

[floral sorrel]

have you collected bone frags

[iron steppe]

requires crafting bench lvl 2, make sure you have that

if it hasnt unlock - drop the troll hide, and pick it up again.

Same for the workbench - destroy it, replace it and the upgrades, and try again

[balmy garnet]

Anybody know why it's been like this?

the place just go back what it's been

[stark meadow]

Played in multiplayer recently, or just single player?

[balmy garnet]

All along single player

and i only have 1 saved

[stark meadow]

Can you DM me your last few world backups? Would be nice to have a backup just before this happened, and a save right after.

Ever managed save files?

[balmy garnet]

never

[stark meadow]

worldname.db and worldname.fwl files are needed, and they can be obtained from this locations (depends on your using Local or Cloud saves):
https://i.imgur.com/mTVKf1J.jpg?4

You will also see worldbame_auto-backup-timestamp.db and worldbame_auto-backup-timestamp.fwl
Send that one also. If they are too large to send via Discord, you can upload them on google drive, easyupload.io and send me the link to the files
Uploading to valheim.com/support (report bug tab) also works fine

[deft wyvern]

You can duplicate stone if you have resource multipliers on if you use the hoe to place a stone and then pick it up and you have resource multipliers on you will have a multiplier on the placed stone which means you can place a stone for 1 stone and then pick it up gaining 3 if the multiplier is set to 3

[marble wolf]

We know. Not a bug.

[deft wyvern]

what would it be then?

[stark meadow]

It's considered as an issue, so will be eventually tweaked, as it was for some other items (fishing rod findable in caves doesn't scale with resource modifier). It's just that balancing world modifiers is not a priority.

[deft wyvern]

thanks for letting me know

[bronze drift]

Hi, i apologize if i'm in the wrong channel but i could use some help. Ever since the april 1 update i have had major stuttering problems. It's noticeable in multiple biomes but the mistlands almost freezes entirely. My FPS counter says i'm anywhere between 40-60 but visually it looks closer to 15-20. I have an rtx 2060, 32gb of ram, and Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz. I have attempted multiple reinstallations by deleting the folder and by installing it on a different ssd with no fix. Dropping the settings to the lowest or switching to vulkan doesn't fix it either. right now, the game runs more smoothly on my macbook air than on my pc. I don't have issues with any of the other games that i play.

there have been a couple occasions where uninstalling, reinstalling, and restarting my computer has let me play with it looking like it used to. However, the next time i boot the game the issue is back. I can't make any sense of it to be honest.

Thanks for any help!

[stark meadow]

What ever you are experiencing, it's not related to the update.
Are you using mods? Playing on Windows? Tried reinstalling your graphic drivers?

[bronze drift]

Hi,
-I am playing on windows
-i was using some mods but the issue has persisted even after the clean install on unmodded worlds and on a multiplayer server (i was using thunderstore if that matters)
-I updated my graphics driver when i first noticed the issue. I haven't tried reinstalling it though

[stark meadow]

Cached data and game specific driver setting can also gets messed up, so I would definitely suggest to attempt reinstalling them again, with emphasis on selecting custom installation + selecting to reinstall with clean profile. After that doesn't optimise Valheim via Nvidia app.

When you say that you tried clean reinstall of Valheim, it's important to double check that these are all files and folders you have in installation directory: https://i.imgur.com/vdpdeOA.jpg

Have you done that already?

[bronze drift]

Ok, i will try reinstalling the drivers. here is my folder:

i think that might have been it, it's running smooth again. hopefully it will persist. thank you!

[static marsh]

So just wondering if the stuttering on instances dropping while exploring is normal? Feel like it happens every 5-10 seconds when exploring. Have a 9800x3d and rtx5080 with ddr5 64 gb 6000mhz ram. I don't remember there being this stutter around two years ago when I used to play on my old pc. When I'm in the same area the experience is as smooth as butter but as soon as I start exploring is when the stuttering happens.

[stark meadow]

Currently no way to eliminate that type of stutter. It was always happening. This is the amount of stutter you can expect on DDD5 system:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61ueJz0ZJns

Lately I've been hearing a lot of users with 9800x3d complaining about stuttering, more audio stuttering in Ashlands, so there might be an additional thing going on for your CPU. Try to compare the stutters and record them. The video I linked needs updating tho as world seed is not the same these days.

[static marsh]

Ah okay thank you see that clears up some of the worries I had. I mean from the video you posted the stutters are the exact same. When I'm running around and the instances drop down suddenly I get a stutter. But when I stay in any area without moving too far around my game doesn't stutter at all. It's literally only when I'm exploring or moving around a lot. I guess I just don't remember the game stuttering like this. At least not as much. It sucks because it happens like every 5-10 seconds when exploring and it kills the vibe but at least I know it's just how the game works and it hopefully doesn't anything to do with my hardware.

I probably don't remember it stuttering as much because my old pc used to run valheim at like 60 - 80 so the lower frames made it harder to tell. Who knows

[iron steppe]

Is it intended that Fader's attacks penetrate into putrid caves?

Discovered the hard way on my recent speedrun - was an unexpected surprise...

[gilded sluice]

it will find you

and attack you

[gilded sluice]

there are a few issues with the 9800X3D.

1. windows must be updated
2. Update your BIOS to the latest version and not the one that came with your motherboard
3. set your power setting in windows to PERFORMANCE
4. Don't even think of using Riva Tuner or MSI afterburner. you'll slowly fry your 9800X3D (like most X3D processors do with those kind of programs)

I know. I got a 9800 X3D myself and I am looking into all the issues that exists with it atm

[static marsh]

damn that's unfortunate to hear but I'm thankful for the reply. I've done all the things you've mentioned already. I guess only with time will the issues hopefully be resolved.

[gilded sluice]

do you use windows 10 or 11?

[static marsh]

windows 10 and up to date currently.

[gilded sluice]

what ram do you got?

speed? CL?

[static marsh]

64 gb 6000 mhz cl30

[gilded sluice]

G.skill or?

[static marsh]

yeah G.skill

Flare x5 series

Also have expo enabled

[gilded sluice]

as you should

running PBO or?

[static marsh]

negative

[gilded sluice]

no bios overclocking?

[static marsh]

nope stock

[gilded sluice]

I still run my 7700X since I've heard so many had issues with the 9800X3D

but I use the bios overclock profile, and it works great

I would definitly recommend trying

[static marsh]

I did have some stuttering in a game or two when I first built my system but a bios update and chipset update fixed it for me. Only stuttering I get now is on valheim but from what I've gathered it's just how the game works?

[gilded sluice]

it's a issue in ashlands

since to many sounds can overload a issue with Unity game engine

[static marsh]

Like the biome ashlands? I'm only in meadow/black forest currently

[gilded sluice]

shouldn't lag there tho

only mods makes things lag there

[static marsh]

well it's only when I explore, and the instances quickly drop. If I'm not exploring and at my house for example the experience is smooth

From what someone told me that stutter on instances dropping is normal though

[gilded sluice]

depends on how many

like 1000's

[static marsh]

yeah it'll drop 1000-2000 when exploring

[gilded sluice]

press F2

ingame

[static marsh]

do you want my current instances or do you want me to tell you how much it drops

[gilded sluice]

both

[static marsh]

I live in meadows and at my base there is 5738 instances

[gilded sluice]

should be childsplay for your PC 🤔

[static marsh]

when I explore through meadows and black forest the instances go to 6800 - 7000

and when the instances drop as I explore is when I get the stutter

[gilded sluice]

like. your PC should start to be anoyed around 15,000

or more

but wierd stutter

do you use DX11 or vulkan?

[static marsh]

dx11

[gilded sluice]

use vulkan

[static marsh]

I did already, same issue if anything feels worse

[gilded sluice]

wierd 🤔

[static marsh]

It's basically what this person posted when I first asked about it.

[gilded sluice]

Hm.. ok 🤔

btw. that video was recorded by me in a older valheim version

[static marsh]

Ah I see, so you've experienced it as well.

Yeah I just figured that's how the game worked.

[gilded sluice]

kinda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpg8Gc2X_P4

could be a C-state thing 🤔

[static marsh]

tried the game c-state enabled and disabled already. Nothing changes

[dire charm]

@stark meadow This is interesting. Steam shows the controller sensing right stick input despite only touching left stick. I've read this has been a known issue for years, but I haven't found a fix yet. So it seems to be a Steam issue.

[stark meadow]

Have you tried disabling Steam input yet or tweaking stick behaviour in nacon software?

[dire charm]

Enable steam input for Xbox controllers? Turning that one off completely disables the controller. Haven't tried the software yet

[stark meadow]

No, in steam library properties for Valheim app. Valheim has its own controller support and doesn't need Steam input to be enabled for basic controller functionality. Change the input mode on the back of controller if it doesn't work at all in Valheim menu.

[dire charm]

Got it. Doesn't have any effect. I'll try the nacon software when I get a chance.

Damn persistant problem.

[bronze drift]

so, it seemed like updating my drivers helped but I think it was actually just the fact that i restarted my pc. This morning, i turned my computer on and launched valheim and it was stuttering really bad. I restarted my computer and launched it again and it is running just fine. it's nice to know a workaround but it seems really weird. my only other thought is that i upgraded to windows 11 last month so maybe that is part of the issue? I'd appreciate any thoughts you might have, thanks. @stark meadow

[stark meadow]

Probably related to fast boot then, or PC not starting from stand by mode properly. Try disabling fast boot first.

[bronze drift]

oh, interesting. i'll give that a try

[bronze drift]

i'm really hoping that was it. i did a full shut off to test it and the stuttering came back. I then disabled fast boot and did another full shut off. it launched without any stuttering this time. thanks again!

[thick wagon]

Is anyone elses computer just shutting down on them?

Not even with the shutting down text just black, off.

[stark meadow]

Check section1:point6 of this guide: https://www.reddit.com/r/valheim/comments/uq9b8x/my_valheim_is_crashing_fix_for_crash_guide/
What PC specs you have? How old is power supply?

[thick wagon]

Ryzen7 5700x 8 core
Rtx3060
Windows 10pro
32GB ram

Power supply from october 2022

Notting else seems to have this issue

Nothing*

Only valheim

[stark meadow]

That's exactly how it starts, as explained in that part of the guide I suggested you should read.

Don't usually see power related issues with 3060, so would lean more towards unstable clocks and memory in your case.

Ensure you have all components properly attached (power cables and ram sticks) and resetting your BIOS setting to default, would be the first things I would do.

Did you do any Adrenaline tweaks to CPU? On tweaks to Nvidia app to GPU? Or some other 3rd party software?

[thick wagon]

No to all 3

Turned all the graphics down, have task manager open, and it isn't folding over itself

Yet at least

It folded over itself

[fickle quartz]

Hello, not sure if anyone can help me... I had a problem with synchronisation on Steam's cloud save and now my world (I was hosting for some friends) is perfectly reseted as if was just created. No portals, no bases, no nothing. I even tried loading a previous save from earlier this morning, and one from yesterday. But nothing seemed to help. Seems like everything is lost. No mods ever installed, don't know if this has any effect, just mentioning.

[gilded sluice]

clearing your cache in steam could help

[fickle quartz]

completely noobish Q, but... how do I clean my steam cache?

[fickle quartz]

cheers, will try it

But to be honest, I have a feeling that everything is permanently lost :S

[gilded sluice]

oh?

[fickle quartz]

really appreciate your efforts, but sadly, nope, nothing came back

[gilded sluice]

should be some in the steam files tho

those backups on disc

[fickle quartz]

tried to check from local saves, but my limited knowledge isn't helping. Still loaded a save from 19 April, but still I spawn fresh in the bosses stones and nothing is there, no boss heads , no constructions

[gilded sluice]

no no some other

@stark meadow

[fickle quartz]

Really appreciate you trying to help. But for the last 30 - 40 minutes I'm at the edge of depression (ok, not literal - but you get the point)

[gilded sluice]

you might either be able to return files with the built in backup system

but there is a steam folder on C aswell

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam

this folder

but can't remember exactly 😄

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\SteamIDnumber\892970\remote\worlds

this folder 🤔

[fickle quartz]

ok, found the folder and the files

from the looks of it, it should be the last saves that in-game show in the "manage saves"

[gilded sluice]

try it 🤔

[fickle quartz]

picked one of those files, but now I don't know where to paste it. Tried looking in the folder steamapps>common>valheim

But can't seem to find a folder there that holds any saves

[gilded sluice]

this is how mine looks like

[fickle quartz]

Found this folder, and I copied a save from the "worlds" folder

But don't know how to push it into valheim's (or steam's?) cloud save

[stark meadow]

I wouldn't recommend manually moving files, as you can restore saves from the in-game manage saves menu

Have you tried that already?

[fickle quartz]

yeap

every "previous" save, spawns me in the first spawn at the bosses stones, with no heads attached, no structures, no portals etc...

[stark meadow]

Can you screenshot the saves in your worlds folder (last screenshot you posted)

Make file sizes visible, full names visible and date modified visible

[fickle quartz]

like this?

[stark meadow]

Seems like your last working save is from 20th of April

[fickle quartz]

tried in-game, this one, it's from earlier this morning

[stark meadow]

Best that you make a copy of that one before you do anything else. Put the copy some place safe

[fickle quartz]

ok, made a copy

I'll try once more in-game

[stark meadow]

First check if you have enough free storage space on your drivers, all of your drives

[fickle quartz]

532 GB on my main disk (the one that has windows installed) and 1.3 TB on my 2nd disk

[stark meadow]

Did you crash recently? Played while in offline Steam mode recently? Tried to start a dedicated server?

[fickle quartz]

nope, this is how things went... I opened game this morning (trying to locate the boss stone for 5th boss-the one from plains)

looked arround a bit, then I had to leave suddenly, so I closed game. Earlier (about one hour ago, came back, loaded game and it was working just fine, closed game cause I wanted to try dev commands and help my self with looking around easier in 'fly' mode, but then after opening again, I payed the price for wanting to cheat ... everything was wiped clean

paied - or payed ... sorry English isn't my best language so I'm probably making some spelling errors

[stark meadow]

"closed game cause I wanted to try dev commands"
Do you remember how you closed the game before attempting to use commands?
Close it forcefully via alt+f4 or via task manager?
Usually when players die, they tend to abruptly close the game in hopes the game won't save, which can lead to corrupt saves that gets preformed on game exit.

[fickle quartz]

Nope, never using alt+f4, closed with "quit" when I was in base.

After I died and spawned in base, but still, closed game normally with quit

opened the site to check how to activate dev commands (https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Developer_console) made the steps and tried to open game

game actually opened, I spawned at the place that my base used to be... but no longer was there

flew arround to the place we build our first base, for a stupid reason I thought that maybe that part was not affected ... but yeah ... everything was wiped clean and world was fresh as if it was just opened from it's box

[stark meadow]

Not something that usually happens when you normally quit the game. But regardless of how you closed the game, your game didn't close properly, crashes while it was saving, and that's why your save got corrupted.

[fickle quartz]

but shouldn't the previous saves work?

[stark meadow]

If this continues to happen, you should move your saves from Cloud to Local, and then we can take a look at why your game might not be closing properly.

You previous save is fine.

[fickle quartz]

at this point, I'm not sure if I want to start fresh

[stark meadow]

This save is fine, restore it via in-game menu:

[fickle quartz]

nope, every previous save that I've tried spawns me at the bosses stones and still nothing hanging on the bosses stones, and no portals leading to bases are there

[fickle quartz]

Ok, will give it another try

Ok, MaCarBre ... dude I don't know what kind of magic you did ... this time I loaded the save and it worked

Honestly, did exactly the same 3 clicks to restore the previous saves about 30-40 minutes ago ... and still spawned in the bosses

Now, I still spawned at the bosses, but the portals were there, I currently am sitting inside the second base my friends and me build and I can't start describing how grateful I am for this.

I alone spent about 40 to 45 hours in making this base. I thank you so very much (this sounds wrong, I know) but still thank you very very much

One thing is certain ... not gonna try popping dev commands ever again 🙂

[stark meadow]

How much RAM does your system have? Can you screenshot your memory usage bar in the task manager, under performance tab, memory

[fickle quartz]

this one, correct?

[stark meadow]

Is that last portion of memory registered as "stand by" or free?

When you hover with your mouse over last portion of memory bar

[stark meadow]

Can you do me a favor and restart your PC, then check how that bar will look when you boot again?

Lot's of cached data there, which might be connected to why saving failed

[fickle quartz]

100% , will close game and restart

waiting for "uploading..." to finish

hypothetically ... if someone force closes steam or pulls the power plug or something like that to instantly close pc ... what would happen?
I'm guessing the last saved (auto saved data every new morning) will be used, right?

[stark meadow]

Most likely the game will still try to save, and get cut off in the middle of preforming a save.

Not recommended to close the game abruptly

If you must, do so from task manager, details tab (not processes tab), which will close the game quickly without saving

[fickle quartz]

Obviously ... just the thought came to mind while waiting for the cloud status to go "up to date" ... ok, now making the restart

This is how it looks right after restart, only discord opened, which it does automatically every time.

[stark meadow]

Thx. Was wondering how much of your cache will empty out. Looks much healthier now. Best to restart your PC once in a while. Do you remember last time you did so? Or just shut it down?

[fickle quartz]

Every time I stop playing, I shut down. Maybe the earlier shown cache was like that because I opened Path of Exile 2 after the "mess" I made, even thought I couldn't find the will to play and ended up closing seconds after opening it 🙂

No matter the case, I thank you from the heart. I can't stress enough how relieved I feel seeing everything working properly 🙂

Gonna dive in Valheim now, even thoo it's 00:20 here and I've been through a really tiring day, hope you have a great day (or evening). Also many thanks to @gilded sluice for offering his help. Many thanks 🙂

[gilded sluice]

teamwork 🙂

[smoky kestrel]

my game keeps on crashing after a couple hours of playing and ive tried re-installing and verifying the files and i am lost on what to do

[gilded sluice]

update windows and do a clean re-install of your graphics cards drivers

that's the first things to do

[sly sable]

Any fix against very choppy/laggy audio specifically in ashlands? Both the host and client having it, while the fps never drops below 100

[stark meadow]

Which CPU do you have?

[sly sable]

i5 8600k i am client. Host has something has something similar

[stark meadow]

There are known issues with audio stuttering, mostly noticeable on music, that happen when too many audio sources are playing.

Does the host know how to use devcommands?

[sly sable]

Yea

[stark meadow]

Would be useful to know when you get the stutters, how many sound effects are playing around you two, which host can find out by typing "find sfx" command

[sly sable]

Will try tomorrow, but i guess no fixes except get a better pc? We both have to play on 1% audio most of the time right now to not destroy the ears

[stark meadow]

Disabling C-states in BIOS for the CPU (ensures CPU doesn't osculate between low and high clock modes), and setting 100% power usage for min and max CPU (advanced settings in windows control panel) might be beneficial.

[slate canyon]

I'm having the same audio choppiness issue when it comes to Ashlands only though. Ryzen 9 5950x, dedicated server is a Ryzen 7 5800X. Friends on the server experience the same issue at the same time. I do have the console commands enabled, but "find sfx" is not showing up on the list of available commands.

Nevermind, I forgot I have to activate them. I'll see what information I can get when we play tomorrow night.

[gilded sluice]

everyone does

[stark meadow]

You won't be able to use find command on a dedicated server. Only world host can use them while hosting their world they also play in.

[slate canyon]

Yeah, I just discovered that after adding the -console to my start-up and then making sure my steamID64 was listed as an admin, lol

[slate canyon]

Ok, good to know. I saw it in the "Known Issues" list that was being looked into, along with some network issues as well.

[fickle quartz]

@stark meadow sorry to once again trouble you... Just logged earlier today. Made some harvesting, a bit of cooking preparations and things, now I get this ...

Followed by this error message when I tried to click "play"

[stark meadow]

That alone is usually not as problematic, and it shouldn't lead to save corruption.

You are from Russia right? Using any VPN?

[fickle quartz]

clicking to retry sync with cloud , but it's not working.

Nope, I'm from Greece (Southern Europe)

And no , never used VPN

[stark meadow]

Try going offline then back online on Steam.

[fickle quartz]

lol , didn't know there was an option like that 🙂 went offline then back online, still out of sync 😦

Oh, now the message is different

honestly, I'm just logging in game, doing nothing weird and then quiting from menu

Would it be safe to uninstall and reinstall game?

[stark meadow]

No, it's not a game issue

Rather something related to your connection and steam cloud server

Were you playing Valhiem while not having Internet lately? Or on a different PC?

File conflict message usually appears when Valheim save that's on your PC doesn't match with the last save in Steam Cloud server.

You will have to choose which one you want from those two

[fickle quartz]

Nope, same PC, as for internet connection, nothing I noticed, I'm also talking with a friend so all I can say is that we were talking normally with no disconnections

[stark meadow]

Can you do a quick screenshot of your worlds folder again, as you did here?

[fickle quartz]

Now this popped when I hit "play" and exactly as you wrote, I can choose the later save

[fickle quartz]

Sure thing, few seconds please.

[stark meadow]

Don't select anything here yet. Check your worlds folder first

[fickle quartz]

okie

[stark meadow]

Local saves seems to be the best option to select. When was the last time you played? 22th of April 5:09 pm ?

[fickle quartz]

yeah, it was about 15 minutes ago

[stark meadow]

Ok, just select the local save then. That should be it

[fickle quartz]

Okie, will do and tell you what happens shortly

Currently it seems like it's on standby

[stark meadow]

Meanwhile, can you also screenshot what you have under your network adapters?
start → type device manger and open → expand network adapters list → screenshot the list

[fickle quartz]

No idea what's all the above... but here it is 🙂

[stark meadow]

All good here

Might be that Steam has issues on Greece servers. Try to switch your download region to some other country for some time.
Or you can move your saves from Cloud to Local so you don't have to bother with this, but then you should be doing manual backups of your saves every so often, and you have to be careful to not reinstall windows or replace disk without backing up your saves first.

[fickle quartz]

If i change to local saves, can my friends log in the same world?

[stark meadow]

Yeah, shouldn't change anything regarding hosting.
You can switch your saves from Cloud to Local in the in-game manage saves menu.

[fickle quartz]

Sweet. Thanks again 🙂

[humble stirrup]

howdy yall. since the april fools update ive been having trouble connecting to friends' games. it usually works after 4-7 attempts, but its kind of annoying. the only mod we were using was plant everything and bepinex for that. when using the mod i usually get a black screen on joining, but can hear music and access the menu. i havent changed anything on my setup before or after the update so im clueless. anyone know what happen?

[stark meadow]

I'm not sure if plant everything got updated to latest patch. You can check in #mods-issues , but getting black screen while connecting to servers is a confirmed mod issue. Many mods need updating to latest playfab changes (crossplay), so another workaround is to disable crossplay on your server if you want/need to play with outdated mods.

[humble stirrup]

i forgot to add that the multiple attempts needed has been happening regardless of whether the mod is installed or not, on either end

but i will check the crossplay

thank you

[stark meadow]

That's a separate issue.

[humble stirrup]

and now i cant seem to even see the game or join through friends/steam

[stark meadow]

To avoid connection failures and multiple attempts use steam invites to the server, or connect only via favorite tab and only by using favorite tab (don't click on other tabs, like recent or friends). Clicking on other tabs can cause the game to start pinging other servers and throttle your connection, which will make connecting impossible for next 20 sec. Best to clean up favorites tab so that it doesn't have too many servers and use only that tab.

[humble stirrup]

ok thank you for the suggestions

[humble stirrup]

disabling crossplay resulted in zero issues joining, thank you again!

[olive sorrel]

Hello guys! Can someone help me with a constant crash problem in random moments?
-Tried the game on windows 11 and windows 10.
-Reinstalled the game.
-Checked the files.
-No modes were ever installed.
-No overheating or overclocking.
-Armory create is on performance mod.
-Laptop is with Gforce 4070 , i9-14900HX and 32gb ram.
Gpu temp is near C78-83.

Crashes on solo and multiplayer mode on any settings.
Help
Thank you.

[stark meadow]

Most likely a faulty 14gen Intel CPU
.dmp also point in that being the issues

Do you also have a accompanying playeg log file?

[gilded sluice]

Looks indeed like time to do a stress-test on your processor 🤔
doesn't look healthy

https://community.intel.com/t5/Processors/July-2024-Update-on-Instability-Reports-on-Intel-Core-13th-and/m-p/1617113#M74792

[olive sorrel]

Thank you! I will take a look if I have a log file.
Faulty you mean defective ?

[stark meadow]

Yeah, it's well known that Intel 13th and 14gen CPU have high failure rates.

If you still have your warranty, I would ask for a new one.

[olive sorrel]

I get it, thank you. Yes, it’s still on warranty.

[stark meadow]

Since you are on a laptop, yours might not be failing yet, but it might be operating on dangerous temps, so be sure to check which MAX temps it hits while playing Valheim. I recommend HWiNFO tool to monitor that, as most other temp monitoring programs miss some sensors or don't report on MAX temps. E.g. for 13gen

https://i.imgur.com/xHuw3at.png

You tried both w10 and w11 on the same laptop right?

[olive sorrel]

I use exactly this one. So mostly it’s on 89-95 but often have fast splashes to 100

[olive sorrel]

Yes, right

[olive sorrel]

is it a log file you asked ?

[olive sorrel]

thanks I ran the diagnostics test and seems like it's ok

[olive sorrel]

on windows 11 I had this blue screen issue by the way

[stark meadow]

You can check Section2 in this guide on where to look for player.log files.
https://www.reddit.com/r/valheim/comments/uq9b8x/my_valheim_is_crashing_fix_for_crash_guide/
But's it's unecessary to do so in your case. It's pretty obvious it's CPU related issue, and no more useful information can be obtained anyway using logs.

[stark meadow]

I don't have any reports from players confirming or denying if this tool properly accessed the CPU.

You should be hitting 100°C while playing, so whether it's defective or not, that alone can be responsible for crashes.

[olive sorrel]

I have only player log file here. Yes it's reaching 100

[stark meadow]

Has to be taked right after a crash happens. Random log doesn't contain anything useful

[olive sorrel]

ok I get it. I'll wait for a next crush then and put it here just in case. Thank you for the information.

can I ask how do you understand it's CPU, what is pointing on it ?

[stark meadow]

Check BIOS updates for your laptop model, look for BIOS setting after and check if you can set Intel CPU profile. I'm not sure if Intel made this possible for laptops or not, but they had to make this "fix" for all desktop CPUs.

[stark meadow]

Failing a basic calculations, outside of Valheim game logic, in the Unity engine.

You can read the crash guide I linked you to understand crash causes in Valheim in more detail

[olive sorrel]

I searched something like that but asus laptops have just a few options in bios, nothing like that.

[stark meadow]

Yeah it's generally like that.
Did you check which BIOS version and laptop model you have, and confirmed you have the latest BIOS?
Start → System information → System summary lists both of those pieces of info

[olive sorrel]

it definitely was on windows 11

now it';s

[stark meadow]

Which laptop model?

[stark meadow]

Just checked with my brother who also has a faulty 14th gen Intel, this Intel diagnostic tool doesn't pick up the problem:
#steam-bugs-discussion message

[stark meadow]

Chekc which model in System information

[stark meadow]

Version 320
14.74 MB 2024/11/13
https://rog.asus.com/laptops/rog-strix/rog-strix-g16-2024/helpdesk_bios/

That's the latest BIOS for your model

What BIOS version do you have installed, and what's its date?

[olive sorrel]

on windows 11 I was updating it from the site you gave. Now its

[stark meadow]

Maybe you should also check your BIOS versoin by actually going into BIOS:
Doesn't seem like the latest one, or else the date would be November of 13th

But it has 320 in the name, hm.. don't know

Did you also download it manually or some software did the update?

[olive sorrel]

I think the latest one is just an iteration of the version 320

I manually downloaded it from official asus site and then instilled

[gilded sluice]

oh I know this one

XInput1_3.dll not found. Trying XInput9_1_0.dll instead...

you probably rescently re-installed windows and you're lacking the bigger directX library

@olive sorrel

[olive sorrel]

that's right, I put 10 instead 11 to see if it have same problem

[gilded sluice]

that text I saw in your player.log is typical when you are missing files from DirectX

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/search/explore?q=directX

download the biggest you can find 😄

[olive sorrel]

ok here I have a crash files

[stark meadow]

Crash while CPU was processing audio, still points to CPU and memory.

Do you have Intel XTU installed?

Intel Extreme Tuning Utility

And/or Asus Armoury crate?

[olive sorrel]

I instaleld it to make a test also but deleted it

[gilded sluice]

XInput1_3.dll not found. Trying XInput9_1_0.dll instead...

[olive sorrel]

yes, armory create is on board

[gilded sluice]

you still got this issue tho

that issue will crash you 100% after a while

[olive sorrel]

so is it 100% because defective cpu ?

[gilded sluice]

it's like driving a car with non-working blinkers
car tells you "no blinkers, will use hazard lights instead"

And when you activate blinkers, car spontaniously explodes

[gilded sluice]

no no no

your missing files in windows

did you install direct X?

[olive sorrel]

not manually, can't tell. Can I check it somehow ?

[gilded sluice]

you need to force it probably then

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35

pick language, download, install

[olive sorrel]

ok, can I ask the question, I tried Vulkan also and as I know it used OpenGL not directX, but crashes happened also.

[olive sorrel]

thank you

[gilded sluice]

try it until you crash and show us the new player.log file

[stark meadow]

99% that it's the CPU issue. You will only know when you start to having temps in check, but still crash. Until then I would contribute the crashes to your temps. You should play around Armory crate profiles, windows power plans (lower max CPU power to 80-90%), throttle stop to see if you can keep temps in check first.
It's highly unlikely that you were also missing directX on your previous windows 10 installation, but no hurt in installing what Smiffe is trying to tell you should install.

[olive sorrel]

I got it , so GPU is very normal

CPU is hot, and it tells it is 100 but it noticed a spalshes to 100

[stark meadow]

I would say if you can get your CPU below 85°C, and still crash, I would say it's definitely defective, and would push for the warranty.

[gilded sluice]

de-dusting time? 🤔

or time to buy a cooling pad

or warrenty /RMA it

[olive sorrel]

this temps were from all the beginning, it is quite new, only a couple of month

[olive sorrel]

its on pad but whiteout cooling, just raised up

[olive sorrel]

I get it, thank you. The thing is in games or 3D soft it's never below 85 XD

[stark meadow]

It's not common to see this CPU's go berserk. My brother has the same issue on his PC, 14gen i9 going to crazy temps, even on Intel default clocks, that you can't even set on your laptop cuz BIOS is too poor. He's RMA-ing it as we speak. Your only non-RMA shot would be to force CPU to work less and work at lower frequency and voltages using Windows apps. I also talked with about few dozen players with various 13gen and 14 gen CPUs, and all had same issues. Most got their CPU stable with latest Intel default BIOS profile. However, if you ask me, it's only a matter of time til these CPU start exhibiting issues even on default clocks. Intel messed up big time with them.

[olive sorrel]

Time to switch to Ryzen.
Thanks for the information, seems like it's really common problem

[stark meadow]

Won't be so easy, cuz you'll have to switch up RAM and motherboard as well to do that 😅
They will probably give you another 14gen CPU.
Would be nice if you could find some benchmark that could consistently make CPU crash while running it.
Sadly I have no recommendations. Players didn't report back much, and those that did, they passed the benchmarks, but still had constant crashes in games, most notably Valheim, cuz it's sensitive to memory issues.

[olive sorrel]

Yeah,only Valheim crashes, no other games or 3d software.
I hope this laptop is temporary and I just switch to Ryzen one.

thank you very much for all the recomendations

about benchmark I even don't know which one could do that

[stark meadow]

You will probably be unstable in most Unity games with recent Unity engine version, but not really worth testing cuz you are not really crashing immediately, rather much later into play session. That's why I'm more inclined to ensuring your temps are in check first.

[gilded sluice]

ouch 😦

which one is it?

[olive sorrel]

interesting that in Tarkov or Vrising for example there are no crashes, but its Unity also.

[olive sorrel]

I mean its not 100 in Idle , in idle its normal, like 50-65

[gilded sluice]

to much IMHO

[olive sorrel]

but if you run something its going to 100, but looks more like splashes like 87-100-95-97-100-95-87-100

[stark meadow]

Can you check on which version of Unity are they running on? (right click on their game.exe, properties, details, product version)

[olive sorrel]

I gladly would do it, but it was on windows 11 and after reinstalling to 10 I didn’t install it again.

Tarkov runs on 2022.3 as I know

[smoky moss]

Im bugged on the water.

Sitted

[gilded sluice]

Yes. If you sit down. Your friends can push you into the water and nothing happens 😅

[cunning flame]

You mean if I fall from the boat but managed to sit before I will stay alive?

[grizzled leaf]

steam bugs

[iron steppe]

small UI issue - pressing the "TAB" key while the new world modal is open causes the background tab to change to the server menu instead. What should happen is the cursor changes from Name to Seed, but instead the background menu changes to server menu.

Its really annoying -but a small thing.

[stark meadow]

Stuff like this bothers me as well. There are few cases where this happens. Might even be fixed on upcoming patch, not sure, but we know about it.

[iron steppe]

Interesting bug someone found on reddit. Just posting here for visibility (not taking credit for finding this one);

“Cinder rain can set a charred fortress's charred chests on fire and you will loose the loot if you don't raid it before the items despawn”

https://www.reddit.com/r/valheim/comments/1k7s5ik/psa_cinder_rain_can_set_a_charred_fortresss/

[stark meadow]

We follow reddit as well
Agree that it should be fixed

[iron steppe]

no probs - just wanted to be sure - leave it with you

[knotty siren]

can anyone help me with joining my friends local server

all my friend can join but i failed to connect

[iron steppe]

Try asking in #dedicated-server - probably get faster answer there

[iron steppe]

Usually VPN or Firewall issues. Or get server to disable cross play

[hoary rune]

i havent been able to play valheim since ashlands came out last year, because it does this and lags my whole pc before crashing. I rolled back my game to the last stable build before ashlands and the game runs perfectly fine. I really want to play this game any ideas on what could be causing this?

[marble wolf]

Looks like an issue with your drivers. Are they up.tp date? Try DirectX / Vulkan (whichever you don't normally use).

[hoary rune]

i switched it to vulkan and changed my resolution to 1920x1080, and it seems to be working fine now Thank you. Was even able to move my old save to the current patch so i dont have to start over.

[stark meadow]

Did you resolve your connection issue?

[knotty siren]

gladly did, thank you

it's from VPN

[gilded sluice]

did you use a larger resolution than your monitor could handle perhaps? 🤔

[weary brook]

Morgens in morgen caves don't spawn if you place a campfire before you do anything else in the cave btw

[stark meadow]

Shouldn't matter. Are you playing with mods, multiplayer or dedicated server?

[weary brook]

nope on mods, doesn't matter where it's hosted from is my understanding 🤔

[stark meadow]

Did a quick test on a new world, placed campfire outside, entered, morgen normally spawned.

[weary brook]

no no

campfire inside

[stark meadow]

If inside, then that's expected.

Not entirely sure if intended

[weary brook]

Word

Just thought i'd let yall know just in case 😅

[cedar plume]

Hello guys, I'm getting ping spikes after clicking "Join Game" making me unable to play with my friends. Anyone know why is this happening and know how to fix?

the ping gets worse after some time too then i keep getting disconnected

[stark meadow]

Don't click on other tabs than favorite tab.
Delete your previous server entries in favorite tab.
Add a new server in favorite tab with the new join code.
Try connecting.

[cedar plume]

Alright will try in a bit and see how it goes

[jovial wolf]

Has there been any discussion from Devs on the orientation changes many trophies underwent in last updates? Broom standing vertical on horizontal item stand for example. Seemed to effect mostly mob trophies on horizontal item stands.

[cedar plume]

Did the first 2 and it's still spiking my ping

[iron steppe]

All we know is it was intended - something to do with the creative team wanting it or something... I remember Smiffe mentioning it...

[stark meadow]

They will all be tweaked.

[knotty siren]

i already dowloaded the newest version of BepInEx...

[stark meadow]

Check with #mods-issues This channel is for vanilla gameplay only

[knotty siren]

thank you

[stark meadow]

Could you connect to the server with gives instructions?

[gilded sluice]

we are looking into the oritentations

we had to re-orientate a few so they would work with the april fools item

[jovial wolf]

Understood! Someone mentioned it being intentional earlier however what is strange is that the change is mostly that they now mirror the vertical orientation in many cases. In other cases they now face in the direction of the tab on the item stand, whereas before it was backwards…that is nice, lol except all the neck trophies I placed as pillows look backwards now ;), easy fix for that.

It was nice to have multiple options for how mounted trophies appeared by interchanging vertical and horizontal stands

[gilded sluice]

they can be flipped a multiple way on itemstands form our point of view.
it's just that players like yourself are used to them being in one orientation

and when we adjust that orientation to work with something else. it's "wrong" 😛

[jovial wolf]

Not wrong, just different 🙂

You made a game so great people like me have played 7k hours.

Sometimes we players just need time to adjust 🙂

only mentioned in case it was “unintentional”

Thank you for giving us this gift of a game!

[gilded sluice]

I can understand a frustration from builders since they have found out a great way to use someting in a creative way

we are looking into how to make it the "best" kind of orientations 😄

[cedar plume]

I did everything as instructed and the ping spikes still persists :/

[stark meadow]

Thought you said that you are unable to play, meaning your can't connect

What's happening in your game that makes you unable to play?

[cedar plume]

Ahh could've worded that better

but it's unplayable cuz of the ping spikes but yea i can still connect

[stark meadow]

What's exactly happening in your game?

Ping doesn't have the be the culprit

[cedar plume]

nothing, usual lag and getting disconnected

[stark meadow]

Where's the server and where are you in terms of geo location?

Connected via WiFi or cabel to your home router?

[cedar plume]

Uhh right now i'm testing with my friend who's just hosting on his pc, and we're from the Philippines

I'm connected to the wifi

[stark meadow]

What's your buffer bloat score? (best to paste your results)
https://www.waveform.com/tools/bufferbloat
You should test this once while Valheim is closed, and once while your are on the server in Valheim

[cedar plume]

alright will get back to you soon

[cedar plume]

Sorry it took a while
Valheim Closed: https://www.waveform.com/tools/bufferbloat?test-id=40f0ab18-8291-4252-8a7a-f712af664389
Valheim Server Connected: https://www.waveform.com/tools/bufferbloat?test-id=72ab36bc-62c4-48e9-9bdf-376734b9d8cb

[stark meadow]

Seems like your connection has problems with latency during upload, even when Valheim isn't working. Do you have an option to temporarily connect your PC via cable to your router? Or preform the same test on your phone when you are much closer to the router?

[cedar plume]

i'll try the phone, my lan cable is not long enough from where i'm set up

[cedar plume]

Here's the phone: https://www.waveform.com/tools/bufferbloat?test-id=a8e4daa3-e6e4-4c9a-a0dc-35e20739dd3f

speed on my phone seems to be slower? idk why or if that matters

[stark meadow]

You sure you tested WiFi with yoir phone and not the mobile connection?

[cedar plume]

also i've been connected to my friend for 10-15 minutes now and it seems the lag spikes are gone o.o

[cedar plume]

Yea 100%. Maybe it's some phone limitation?

[stark meadow]

Prob depends on whether you are uploading a lot of data or not. Router prob emits WiFi at dual frequency 2.4 and 5. But tests haven't confirmed whether the issue is in WiFi or the connection router gets from your Internet Service Provider. You should prob call them and ask them to test your conection as well and mention that you have high latency when router preforms upload.

Also ask them to change WiFi channel if they can so you can check if there's gonna be any difference in the test.

If they won't be able ro do it remotely, you can try it yourself by accessing router settings.

[cedar plume]

Alright will do that first thing tomorrow.

Thank you so much for your help and I hope it was not too much of a bother

[chilly frigate]

how often has anyone else had a root from an un-choppable tree in the swamp block a sunken crypt door?

[cunning flame]

You may be able to point the door and press E to enter, but yeah the issue is pretty common. Unfortunately it looks impossible to solve, this is RNG

[chilly frigate]

rats.

[gilded sluice]

no you can't use E on the entrance actually

even I forgot that 😄

[cunning flame]

Uh ? Why ?

[gilded sluice]

not sure why to be honest 🤔
the entrance is further back than other most dungeon entrances also.

[gaunt mist]

The entrance in Sunken crypts are different, you cannot press E to get inside unlike all other dungeons.

[chilly frigate]

I'll find a way in.

[cunning flame]

Maybe because of the key ? Pressing E would activate the key instead of letting you in, and devs removed the normal use to avoid cross-function and conflicts

[iron steppe]

There is a bug with noise and sneaking;

• Walking = 15 noise

• Sneaking = 0 noise

• Dodging (standing still) = 5 noise

• Dodging (sneak not moving) = 5 noise

• Dodging (walking) = 15 noise <- expected as you are walking - which is 15 noise

• Dodging (sneaking) = 15 noise <- should be 5 - sneaking is zero noise and dodging is 5

Video of the bug: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZX7BaNthNc

(Before anyone says it is a bug with the mod - I just made the mod now myself to visual noise - and the ONLY thing this mod does is visualise noise calculated by the game. So it is the game that decided the noise levels - not the mod. You can test with no mods by doing these actions near deer - which is why I was trying to understand it at all since it didnt make sense. No other mods running).

[cloud river]

So I just discovered that, if I shift-craft raw fish using a tier 1 fish, while it claims it takes 5 fish, it only consumes 1, whilst yielding 5 raw fish. I am playing a fairly heavily modded game (Though no mod modifies the fish recipes) - have people reproduced this in vanilla?

Steps to reproduce:

1. Procure 5 level 1 fish of any type.
2. Go to a preparation table to convert it to raw fish, and shift-click the raw fish recipe.
3. Watch as only 1 fish is consumed, whilst 5 raw fish are obtained.

EDIT: As said further below, this is a mod-related bug. I re-tested it in vanilla and, no, it does not occur. Discard this post.

[chilly frigate]

actually, I think it's intentional. I managed to get in there and there's nothing down there, no sunken crypt. I've seen one burial chamber that was collapsed (rocks blocked entrance) in a similar fashion, so looks like the devs just borked me intentionally.

[gilded sluice]

no 🤔

you can delete the tree and go inside

[chilly frigate]

how

[gilded sluice]

forcedelete command. it will litterally remove things from the game

so stand next to the tree. and not the dungeon 😄

and devcommand. and forcedelete 10 (number is range)

[stark meadow]

Pretty sure it's a mod issue.

[stark meadow]

Don't necessarily see why dodge noise should be lower just because you are sneaking.
Why would you even want to dodge while sneaking?

[chilly frigate]

wouldn't that only delete the part of the tree in that range and not the branch?

[chilly frigate]

diving from cover to cover to avoid line of sight

[iron steppe]

Dodge noise is 5. So sneak plus dodge should be 5, not 15.

So it’s not about been quieter; it’s actually a bug that is is way louder than it ever should be for that situation.

The reason is some terrain angles and very small rocks are not transversble while sneaking, but a roll allows you to “roll” over it.

[gilded sluice]

the entire thing

make a backup of your world. and then go bananas 😄

[stark meadow]

Don't think it was even intended for dodge to be quieter for sneaking, so it's not a bug.
It's about whether you are dodging while your velocity is 0, another case for when you are moving.
However I would agree it would be nice for dodge to be quiter when sneaking when traversing slopes.

[gilded sluice]

if you dodgeroll. you touch stuff that makes sounds IRL 🤔

and alot of thingfs in the game are made with IRL in mind

[iron steppe]

But dodging “with velocity” and dodging stationary give same effect since the dodge moves you with its own velocity.

So sneak position; no velocity, dodge = 5 noise.

Sneak velocity = 0

Where is the “quieter” part of your statement coming from?

If dodge is noisy; then it should be 15 on its own. But it’s not.

It’s not about dodge been quieter while sneaking; it’s that it is unexpectedly louder than it should be.

Anyway, it’s a small thing; probably been in the game since day 1. But it does explain some unintuitive behaviour, especially early game with deers…

I think I found the cause of the bug; dodging is putting you briefly back into a non sneak position.

So moving while sneaking + dodge is counting as walking, giving you 15 noise from the brief walk that is hidden inside the dodge roll.

When stationary it doesn’t matter because stationary has no noise.

[kindred roost]

Hi, I was sorting boxes and while holding down the left ctrl key I moved the boxes with the HUD and moved the mouse. The HUD disappeared and I have no idea how to fix it. Please help

[marble wolf]

Ctrl F3 toggles the HUD.

[kindred roost]

nothing

i need reset hud no toggle

[marble wolf]

... that's literally what toggling it should do. I do wonder how you're even moving boxes though.

Try restarting the game.

[kindred roost]

already did

[marble wolf]

Remove your mods.

[gilded sluice]

sounds like mods or something

or do you play on a controller?

[iron steppe]

yeah there's no way to move the HUD elements without mods right?

[mighty widget]

um, not sure if this is a bug, but I am finding my smelters and kilns are eating mats on a dedicated server, wood and ore randomly gets placed into it, but they dont operate, they have plenty of breathing room out in the open

[iron steppe]

mods most likely - either you or server running them?

[mighty widget]

its a vanilla server, no mods

[gilded sluice]

@mighty widget can happen if friends use mods aswell

[mighty widget]

friends arent using mods

[stark meadow]

Any kind of interaction with crafting stations where you would be giving resource, while the player interacting is disconnected from the server, will result in resource loss.

It could be server's fault or some client that had unstable connection, packet loss, high ping, etc..

You should tell your friends to test their buffer bloat while Valheim is closed, then again once they are on the server:
https://www.waveform.com/tools/bufferbloat

Also, if you have a crafting station that eats mats while players are clearly connected, you will have to restart the server to fix that station.

[olive sorrel]

Hey mate. Seems like I found how to run Valheim smoothly on i9-14900HX.
I will leave the settings to set that made in my case stop crushes on this particular CPU. Maybe it will help other players.

[stark meadow]

Did you check your temps before and after auto tuning?

[olive sorrel]

yes, they are better. Way better for CPU even not on full fan speed. 77-78 max. Gpu is on 81 -82 max.

[stark meadow]

CPU might be fine then in terms of flawed hardware. Might have been just the temps

But be careful when your warranty is running out. Better to replace it if you notice crashes while temps are fine

[olive sorrel]

hope so, it cost some time and some nerves to find the solution for now.

[olive sorrel]

Thank you. And thanks for previous support. Hope this setting of mine will help other players .

[stark meadow]

Yeah, every bit of info helps us help other players, thx 👍

[halcyon saddle]

I had a controller that did this. I could not figure out what was wrong with it, sometimes pulling one of the triggers did it too. I notice a lot of newer manufactured controllers have this problem. I did a lot of research and purchased a controller that doesn't do that stuff

[halcyon saddle]

I notice a lot of new controllers have this problem. It's really annoying. I think they are poorly manufactured, ever since 2020 the quality of everything took such a bad nosedive

[dire charm]

I'm pretty sure it's steam and not the controller.

[halcyon saddle]

Well, I used to purchase this third party controller that was great years ago, but eventually the sticks would wear out and I replaced it. Used it on both pc and console it had the same problem suggesting it's the hardware. My friends experience similar issues with modern controllers too, xbox and ps4. I purchased a controller with hall effect sticks that won't wear out and mouse switches for the buttons and have not had any issues with it.

[dire charm]

It's not stick drift as it only happens when receiving input from the right stick.

Left stick I mean

[halcyon saddle]

Yeah I see another comment where you said it does not do this on another game you are playing, hmm

Have you checked your deadzone settings?

[dire charm]

I've read online other people have having a double input issue, so I'm sure it's steam.

But I've gone back to keyboard and mouse because it got too annoying

[gilded sluice]

I got 2 controllers myself.
My Ps3 emulated 3rd party works great. But my Ps4 emulated works super-bad with all steam games 🥲

[halcyon saddle]

I have been trying to figure out which mods disable tool switching and build item rotation when placing build items while using a controller.

I tried switching between xinput and direct input to see if the software registering the controller differently helps, but it didn't

[dire charm]

I loathe things that don't work properly

[halcyon saddle]

yeah, this

[iron steppe]

Is it an intended design/mechanic that ashland trees on fire break, crash into other trees, and then give the nearest player 100 noise, attracting all the mobs in the area, even though the player didnt do anything?

I understand why it is occurring - but it does explain the constant incoming of enemies even without player action - because a random tree nearby decided it doesnt want to live anymore...

Just not sure if intentional or not?

[gilded sluice]

yes

and the breaking sound doesn't attract mobs to the nearest player anymore

that's a old issue that was resolved 🤔

[iron steppe]

The breaking sound doesn’t, but most trees are in groups; so the break results in a log falling, and the falling log hits those trees, resulting in noise been attached to player.

So that part is ok?

[stone swift]

https://medal.tv/games/valheim/clips/kcgbzkiy1ntfLbF6w?invite=cr-MSxqSWUsMjExMDc2ODIy um so is this normal? (i know this isnt this is tthe first time this specific incident has happened but a lot of the time my game will have like black rectangles flash then my game freezes?? it might just be my pc being junk.) ((please help))

[iron steppe]

That seems GPU/driver issue?

[stone swift]

ive updated my drivers etc many a time and it still does that perhaps i will try again tho and get back to you...

[iron steppe]

Check temps etc as well.

Maybe try a stress test and see.

Those types of graphical issues tend to always be CPu/driver…

[stone swift]

my bios is over 5 years out of date and thats probably part of the reason...

chat my pc might be cooked

[stark meadow]

Are you using Medal to record/stream your gameplay?

Be sure that when you re-install drivers, that you also select to preform custom installation + go for clean profile on next step.

This one is a GPU issue related to cache. If it happens during gameplay, you can disable anti aliasing in Valheim settings temporarily to make it stop.

[stone swift]

ohhhh okay thankk you that helps a lot

[stone swift]

its just convenient for things likek this

and also for funny things i suppose

[stark meadow]

Medal was known reason that would cause Valheim to crash, and was for a long time, so I don't recommend it.
Might be that they updated it now, so it's overlay doesn't hook into the game in a way it would cause it to crash.

[stone swift]

You might be on to something cause when it crashes from the black rectangles (sorry I have no idea what I’m talking about) it also affects medal kinda like that to. But I don’t think it’s the whole reason, cause yk idk

[robust rain]

Slight (and cute) visual bug, I looted a lantern and I put it away on my hip. I got home and put the lantern in a chest, but it's still visually on my hip. If I press R nothing happens, so it's just visual ^^

Aw equipping hammer made it go away

[stark meadow]

Yeah, just a visual thing.
Can happen with weapons also, triggered with upgrading items or stacking them.

[robust rain]

Cool! Good to know

[gilded sluice]

it's not okay if the innocent player attracts monsters for actions it hasen't done 🤔
but are you sure about it?
because we did change how that mechanic work

[gilded sluice]

it's HIGHLY recommended to perform a clean re-install of your GPU drivers every 6-12 months to avoid getting corrupted drivers

[iron steppe]

Yep, I’m using that noise visualisation mod I made; just running around the world practicing things.

Kept noticing I was getting tagged with 100 noise while in Ashlands despite doing nothing relevant to generate that much noise.

Further testing/investigations showed it’s the trees etc.

In a way it’s semi expected behaviour; if you roll two logs together in Meadows, you generate 100 noise.

Ashlands is the same.

The problem is Ashlands triggers falling trees at random unlike any other biome, leading to the same outcome but this time not intended.

[gilded sluice]

well. the log breaking from cinders buring them until they break was a bug

[iron steppe]

But that still occurs? Or you mean the noise from it?

I.e. logs still break from cinder

[gilded sluice]

shouldn't occur anymore

[iron steppe]

They definitely do

Well; they break from fires

And fires start from cinders

Not sure if we are both talking about the exact same mechanic though.

[gilded sluice]

exactly when does the noice from the tree or logs come from the player in your case?

[gilded sluice]

when the log is just rolling on the ground after it broke apart?

[stark meadow]

I don't see a problem with sound being generated by multiple trees colliding even if player is not at fault.
There has to be something that would attract enemies when players are not hitting trees directly, otherwise we would all be cutting trees with catapults to avoid noise, which in itself sounds wrong.

Burning damage from cinders was happening way to often to be ignored, so that one had to be fixed.

[gilded sluice]

depends on when

if a random logs rolls around, and the sound comes from a player, then it's not okay IMO

[iron steppe]

A log interacting with another log or tree.

The actual “break” of a tree due to fire doesn’t create noise.

[iron steppe]

Yeah; I sort of get both sides. It’s more how everyone is always complaining mobs just. Keep. Coming. All. The. Time. In Ashlands, and this is heavily contributing to it.

(I personally don’t mind; just the vibe from all posts)

Partly because it is outside the players control, and 100 noise is very far, so what is the mechanism to counter it…

[iron steppe]

Yeah, that’s literally what is occurring.

[gilded sluice]

yeah, that was the old issue

[atomic iris]

Is this water tile split considered a bug? If so is there a workaround? It isn't always like that but it makes it hard to use that area to dock a boat as I intended.

[gilded sluice]

it's something that can happen. it is a bug/issue but it's only "cosmetical"

usually goes away if you leave the area and come back so it can reload

[atomic iris]

The problem is if i put a boat there along side the dock, it was getting damaged. The height of the water for the two areas would vary quite a bit, maybe 4-6 meters during thunderstorms, so the boat would get tilted and take falling damage either against the water or the wall. It was unfortunately more than a cosmetic issue in my case. But good to know it will go away if I reload the area, thank you!

[gilded sluice]

does always re-apear in the same spot?

[atomic iris]

It will go away from reloading, but I have seen it in the same spot often.

[gilded sluice]

wierd 🤔

[vestal drift]

Hi is this an appropriate place to ask for help with an issue my friend has with his game crashing?

[stark meadow]

Yeah, but would be better if your friend can come here.
List their PC specs and the manner in which they are crashing.

[vestal drift]

Specs:

• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
• CPU AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor
  Description:
• Only started crashing a few days into starting a new world that I was hosting - to note, we've never had issues with valheim before and we've been playing on and off for a few years
• The first few crashes occurred randomly in the middle of a session but then this changed to crashing within the first few minutes of joining the world
• He changed to a lower resolution and we thought that fixed the crashing but he still crashes randomly in the middle of a session and sometimes would still hear the game audio continuining in the background
• So far we've tried: repairing files, fresh install and underclocking the GPU

I also have his player.log but I'm not sure what I need to post from it that is relevant

[stark meadow]

You tried fresh install of what? Valheim, drivers or Windows?

Do all crashes result in black screen with sound?

Or some are fully system crashes, screen freezes, to desktop crashes?

[storm mesa]

hiii its me im her friend
I just see a frozen picture of the game its never a black screen
I tried fresh install and tried the steam verify game files
Its not a full system crash i can open task manager and i believe even alt tab to other programs

[stark meadow]

Tried fresh install of Valheim, Windows or drivers?

[storm mesa]

Valheim and GPU drivers not windows

im not able to fresh install windows at this time due to work :/

[stark meadow]

Which program are you using to underclock the GPU are have you had this program running before attempting to underclock?

[storm mesa]

afterburner

i had an issue with Apex another game creashing a long time ago and so implemented this fix that someone found https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeWHJzLdUl8&ab_channel=TechWithSean

[stark meadow]

Undervolting is generally a good thing to know how to do, but it often not simple. Each card has to be tweaked individually.
I would recommend that you first try resting your voltages to default using afterburner, then re-install your GPU drivers again with emphasis of selecting custom installation + then selecting to preform clean profile installation. Keep Afterburner closed after.

You would also have to install HWiNFO tool that will report on MAX temps being reached during gameplay (AVG temp monitors are not useful for crash cases).

When it comes to how your GPU looks in your PC, does it have a sag or vertical mount? Does your power supply have a single to multi-rail switch? (like you PSU model if you don't know). Are you using two separate cables to supply power to your graphic card, or one cable that goes from PSU and then splits into two cables that go into GPU?

Screen freezes are indeed a GPU issues before anything else.

[storm mesa]

Undervolting is generally a good thing to know how to do, but it often not simple. Each card has to be tweaked individually.
I would recommend that you first try resting your voltages to default using afterburner, then re-install your GPU drivers again with emphasis of selecting custom installation + then selecting to preform clean profile installation. Keep Afterburner closed after.

-I have done this My GPU is set to run as default unless im playing apex where i use after burner to underclock

You would also have to install HWiNFO tool that will report on MAX temps being reached during gameplay (AVG temp monitors are not useful for crash cases).

• my GPU doesnt over heat it also when running valhiem doesn't get fully utilised compared to other games i play which pumps the usage up to 100%

When it comes to how your GPU looks in your PC, does it have a sag or vertical mount? Does your power supply have a single to multi-rail switch? (like you PSU model if you don't know). Are you using two separate cables to supply power to your graphic card, or one cable that goes from PSU and then splits into two cables that go into GPU?

Doesn't sage not sure about the bracket, is a multi rail switch like setting it to Eco/power mode? if so yes and its set to max power i believe one cable from psu to gpu

Screen freezes are indeed a GPU issues before anything else.

but its worth noting the issue i have with apex that undervolting fixes isnt it crashing its an inherent bug with the 3080 and apex

no other game freeze like this even once whereas Valhiem will crash intially a minute into running the game till i set the resolution to 1920x1080

and now i might be playing about an hour before it crashes but after it crashes that first time it will crash a couple minutes after loading each time

[stark meadow]

• Running MSI afterburner alone can cause crashes on some systems, by just it being active in background and not applying any profile. For this reason, it's important that you test default clocks + afterburner being closed.
• Driver re-installation is as good as none if you don't also reset driver specific settings for specific games - clean profile.
• Valheim can create hotspots on GPU that other games wouldn't. In case of crashes, it doesn't matter what you think about your GPU not thermal throttling, if you base this opinion without monitoring MAX temps.
• Double check that your GPU switch is set to single rail. Eco mode is something different and only affect power supply fans.
• If you have spare power cables from your power supply, hook up one more cable from PSU to your card. Depending on cables, some cables won't deliver necessary power though pig tail cable.

It is only after checking all the listed things, is when I would recommend to go into tweaking and undervolting your card. A good undervolt should be stable on all games, and over time it might need to be adjusted.

Btw. are you also running any other overlays that use GPU, for recording for instance? Like Medal?

[storm mesa]

No recordings and I don't believe any overlays after burner isn't running constantly i onpy used after burner when the game kept crashing :/

Gpu temp averages at about 45 I think when the ambient temp is hot it does climb to 60 max but valhiem is not that intensive of a game compared to valorant I can't really do the last two suggestions 🤔

[gilded sluice]

did MaCarBre solve your issue btw?

[storm mesa]

Not quite I don't know if it can be solved easily he gave me some steps but I can't really do them like fresh install of windows and changing the cable to my gpu not sure how it could positively impact valhiem it's not like my crashes were pc wide I didn't have to restart pc or force shut down it was just the game froze pc was still functioning correctly

[stark meadow]

Didn't say you should re-install Windows at any point.

[storm mesa]

Sorry I misunderstood this then

[stark meadow]

Said that you should reinstall graphic drivers with selecting custom install + clean profile.

I'm talking to you from perspective of hearing what fixed screen freezes for other players, not some guess work.

This in not an issue that you can solve by reinstlaling Valhiem, as problem is not with Valheim and never was in any case.

Valheim is just an app that isn't optimised, has a lot of jumps from low to high FPS due to procedural worlds and opening menus, which on unstable systems cause crashes.

The root cause is unstable system, the instigator is Valheim.

You can mitigate issues by lowering Valheim resolution and limitng FPS to 60fps, but those won't solve the root cause.

[storm mesa]

Idk I played valhiem before in 2021 on the same pc didn't have this issue and then returning back to play now I'm having this problem I don't have the problem with any other game or program I run. Most other games my pc runs at max graphics with no problems

[stark meadow]

You're free to think what you want, but it won't help you is what I'm saying.
We know how many people crash in Valheim, and what solves those issues for people who solve them.

If what you are implying is true, the problem being in Valhiem, we would be seeing a lot more crashes that wound't get solved in any way.

And we have 0 of them.

Over the course of 4 years, you have also updated your drivers, windows, tweaked you clocks, components degraded on physical level, and all this things can affect games individually.

[short burrow]

Hello everyone. I need some help, I was planning to play valheim again with a friend. but when I Booted up the server. I can't seem to find the invite code for my server, and my friend cant join my server. I already ticked off the crossplay option when running the server. can anyone help me pls?

[stark meadow]

If you disable the crossplay, you won't be seeing the invite code. It's a crossplay only feature.
You would have to invite your friend through Steam invites via Steam overlay or friends tab in Steam.

[short burrow]

Ahh I see. I did not know this since the last time I played the crossplay option wasn't a thing. I will try it now and see if it works. Thank you so much

[stark meadow]

Your friend should also see your server in in-game friends tab if your are Online on Steam, but I would currently advise not to use that atm,. as there are some known issues with that tab that can lead to connection problems. They can use it the firs time to find your server and then favorite it so that it appears in favorite tab.

[short burrow]

My friend tried this way. but they cannot join the server

I'll try to use steam overlay for now and see if it works.

[peak quail]

On the older servers I noticed this terrain glitch? Reddit mentions it is known issue? Is there a way to fix the rocky parts, please?

[stark meadow]

To fix it, you have to run "optterrain" console command in those areas, while playing in singleplayer

[peak quail]

Thank you for quick response. On dedicated server "Nothing to optimize" confirm message appeared. Is restart server required?

[stark meadow]

You can't run console command in a server enviroment. Had to be singleplayer.

[peak quail]

Thank you, pulling world file to local, run fix, , push world file to server again. WORKs

[stark meadow]

Mind your, you would have to do run this command in each zones you did terrain modifications pre-Mistlands era.

[gilded sluice]

welcome back @peak quail 🙂

there is a little Tip from the developer you can do.
Bind a key like this (for example)
Bind T optterrain

then you can just run around and press T every 5-10 seconds in all areas you previously have terraformed to remove old issues like this 🙂

so you don't have to press F5, type the command each time

[gaunt cosmos]

Maybe I should put this here.
I have an issue with joining my world that is being hosted on one of my laptops. (But my friends can join it)

I want to play with friends but still have the server up for when they want to play even if I can't,
so I logged into my steam on a laptop, then transferred our world file to local (instead of cloud),
then I logged into another steam account on the laptop and hosted the world from there. (so i could join and leave on my account on my pc)

but I can't join it on my pc for some reason. and it doesn't show up under friends worlds even though I have that steam account added as friend.

[stark meadow]

Are you talking about running a dedicated server on the same machine (one laptop) that you also use to play on the server from steam client, but with another steam account?

Or are you running two game instances on same machine? (no dedicated server)
Or are you running a dedicated server or one instance of game on one laptop, and second instance of game on another laptop where you intend to play?

[gaunt cosmos]

Hey sorry for the late reply. It's not on the same machine but it's not really a dedicated server either.
I'm just running an instance of the game on the laptop with an afk character, and trying to join it from my main PC.

[stark meadow]

It's much more efficient to run a dedicated server on your second laptop.
It's a free tool that you can download on steam and can run your world without graphical interface, so that you laptop doesn't have to render the game and heat up.

[gaunt cosmos]

That sounds great. Where can I find it? Is there a simple guide?

[stark meadow]

You can find some guides in #dedicated-server channel pinned comments.

[gaunt cosmos]

aha i see there's lots of stuff pinned there. thanks!

[stark meadow]

Use your weaker laptop to run it. If all of your are playing on Steam, disable crossplay on the server.
Once you have it set up, connect to it via your main laptop and connect via local IP (local IP won't work if you set it with crossplay enabeld, needed for Xbox console, PC MS Store, Apple Store clients to connect).

[gaunt cosmos]

My one friend is on xbox so i'll need crossplay on until he gets a pc

[stark meadow]

Then you gonna connect to it via join code and add the join code via add server button in favorites tab (on your gaming client laptop).
Join code will be visible to you at the end of your server console (servers runs in command promp concole mode).

Not that you can't have VPN running on either laptop.

[gaunt cosmos]

I'm gonna need some help with that lol. Maybe tomorrow tho

[frosty spindle]

My friend's game crashes with Discord at the same time randomly, ONLY when connected to a Discord voice channel. He is using Windows 10. Edit: He is using Windows 10

[stark meadow]

What PC specs do they have?
What's their buffer bloat score? https://www.waveform.com/tools/bufferbloat

Tell them to try:

• disabling hardware acceleration in Discord
• disabling overlay in Discord
• enable quality of service (high packet priority) in Discord

[gilded sluice]

could be discord overlay being the issue

[hushed snow]

I bought two eggs, and put them in the large upstairs room of my main house. they are near the hearth, and indicate "warm". Game-weeks later, one hatched. I now have one mature hen and an unhatched egg, in identical conditions. I've raised chickens in the house in about half a dozen playthroughs, and have never had this problem before. The second egg seemingly is never going to hatch.

[stark meadow]

Are you playing on a dedicated server or in singleplayer? Using mods?

Still playing on this system? #steam-bugs-discussion message

[hushed snow]

No mods, solo. Finally got a new system.

[stark meadow]

How did you obtain these eggs? Use console commands on any of them?

Anything weird with the item tooltop when you hover over that egg with your mouse?

E.g. it saying it's an Egg[4]

[hushed snow]

Got two eggs from Haldor. Tooltip says "Egg (warm) [E]pick up". I learned to separate the eggs long ago.

New system [wouldn't repeat the XFX purchase]: Summary
Operating System
Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 91 °F
Vermeer 7nm Technology
RAM
32.0GB Dual-Channel DDR4 @ 1064MHz (15-15-15-36)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. B550 AORUS ELITE AX V3 (AM4) 83 °F
Graphics
8192MB ATI Radeon RX 570 Series (XFX Pine Group) 88 °F
Storage
1863GB Crucial CT2000P3SSD8 (Unknown (SSD))

Generated with Speccy v1.33.075

Troubling that one egg eventually hatched and the other didn't.

[stark meadow]

Can you DM me your world save file so I can check that egg?

[hushed snow]

Can you remind me how to find it?

[stark meadow]

You would need to upload your world.db and world.fwl files to easyupload.io or google drive and send me the link to the files.
Files can be found on these two locations, depending on you using steam or local saves: https://i.imgur.com/mTVKf1J.jpg?4

[hushed snow]

Note that I tried making a third egg with the console later to see if it was different somehow.

[stark meadow]

You can also send me the links via personal message, then allow anyone with the link to download them (right click, share, change "restricted" to "anyone with the link"

Right now, can't download the files

[hushed snow]

Ok, trying again.

[lone magnet]

hey guys this spot says that should be here a sealed tower

but its not, should be right in front of me

but , really close is the boss location stone dunno if that affects anything

btw im playing with the mod - torches eternal

bu talso this is my cousin's server not mine, in my worlds never had this happen

[gilded sluice]

usually if you get the co-ordinate. and then we update the game. they can more

so you need to go back to Hildir and re-add the markers

[lone magnet]

oh i see ill try that

[iron steppe]

If "fire" scaring vultures is an intended design mechanic - then I would argue that Dyrnwyn not scaring vultures is a bug.

[marble wolf]

What about Voltures?

[iron steppe]

yeah - those too 🙂

its even worse for me because the correct spelling is in the screenshot I just posted - lol

[marble wolf]

I didn't like to say.

[iron steppe]

I love how this scares them

but not this...

[marble wolf]

I have no idea where in the code dump (if at all) that would be. It doesn't appear to be on the creature.

[iron steppe]

Its "scared of fire" in the code.

So torches, campfire etc scare Greydwarf, boars, Voltures™ etc.

But the Dyrnwyn is not counting as a fire source. Would just need to be modified to add the flag like the torch has, and would be perfect IMO

[stark meadow]

It's not a bug, but a suggestion. Devs are also considering it should

[iron steppe]

Creatures are scared of fire. You have the largest fire stick in the game, and its not a bug? 🙂

[cyan vigil]

I have a question, so I run the house through pihole. Through it Valheim crashes instantly, black screen. Not through it it works fine, nothing seems to list as denied in the live list, I got a bit further by allowing playfabapi.com and playfab.com. Are there any other URLs/domains I could allow?

[gilded sluice]

pihole?

did you use chatGPT to write a question?

[cyan vigil]

Pihole is a domain level adblocker.

[cyan vigil]

No though I have tried getting an answer from GPT and Google before asking here.

[iron steppe]

so if you set Pihole to allow all - does Valheim work?

[cyan vigil]

Yes

[iron steppe]

so then what do you want the Dev's to do? You need to slowly enable different black lists until you find the one blocking your connection

[cyan vigil]

It’s not that Valheim is the problem, I was wondering if there was a list of domains available before going through that process

[gilded sluice]

not really no 🤔

[iron steppe]

are you using Steam? Is it a PC?

[gilded sluice]

playfab (crossplay) uses trusted microsoft networking NETpunchthrough

[cyan vigil]

It is steam, on a Linux distro

[cyan vigil]

That’s cool I’ll look to find the domain. Thank you

[iron steppe]

did you try googlging Steam and Pihole for whitelisting? Valheim uses the Steam network, so its probably more a Steam issue

[gilded sluice]

per default, valheim always crossplay

[cyan vigil]

Yeah the playfab was the main one that was shown

Well not even main, the only one

I’ll work it out, thank you for your time

[gilded sluice]

playfab or microsoft Azure is what crossplay is called

[iron steppe]

when does it crash - when you start a new map in game, or at the very beginning?

[gilded sluice]

tho I guess those crashes are GPU related

[cyan vigil]

On launch, I get a full sized black screen then done

[gilded sluice]

it's a very typical behaviour of either drivers or microsoft directX issue

[cyan vigil]

Without the filter I get all of the coffee stain logos etc

[gilded sluice]

or you might have used mods, they got removed / outdated.

[iron steppe]

send us your player.log file after a black screen - the answer is probably in there what is failing to load.

[iron steppe]

it always starts a Steam connection though

when booting

[cyan vigil]

Will do

[iron steppe]

so if a Steam connection fails on boot due to PiHole - I can see how Valheim might be upset

but player.log would show the cause hopefully...

[stark meadow]

Valheim can absolutely crash from just blocking playfab on launch

It's seen as an issue, but low priority to fix atm

[stark meadow]

Try checking here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/gaming/playfab/multiplayer/servers/connecting-clients-to-game-servers

Haven't tried to make my Distro crash by blocking playfab, but my try pinhole later to see

[cyan vigil]

I had the right domains but the wrong regex to catch all. As an FYI for anyone this is working:
(.|^)playfab.com$
(.|^)playfabapi.com$

Thank you all for your help today

[polar rune]

I am on windows, steam, no leftover mod files, game files verified, anytime I alt tab and click on another application, game crashes. This is not during a world save, nor doing loading of any sort, it will just crash immediately no matter what

Screen will go black when I click on the application, like my monitor is being disconnected, then the game will stop responding, the audio will still play but the games tab will become a white screen

Not getting a crash log afterwards and the only thing that will close the game is through task manager or steam

[gilded sluice]

No leftover modfiles?

so you had mods before?

[iron steppe]

try opening console and doing exclusivefullscreen 0 and exclusivefullscreen 1

i.e. try one, see if crashes still, try other.

I cant remember which is default - so the idea is you want to try the other

[polar rune]

Hey guys, went through some more troubleshooting, seems like launching via Vulkan has fixed the issue, I still have no idea what could have caused the original bug but Vulkan seems to be the only fix that works well for me

[marble wolf]

Well, Vulkan is just an alternative graphics engine so it would seem to be some sort of issue with your graphics cards, probably a driver problem.

[gilded sluice]

could be you're missing the full directX

it's a common issue if you rescently re-installed windows for example

[polar rune]

Haven't done anything like re-installing windows, it likely could be a driver problem, recently updated those and the black screen very well could be due to an issue with my graphics drivers

[gilded sluice]

which GPU you got?

doing a clean re-install would probably be a good option

[polar rune]

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

But the issue just occured while I am running a different game

[gilded sluice]

what game?

[polar rune]

seems the issue is a hardware one and not a game one, apologies for reporting it as such

[polar rune]

Armored Core 6

[gilded sluice]

Hm..

I mean. I've solved 1000's of issues over the past 4 years

[polar rune]

Could be the card or the drivers but i am leaning towards drivers being the issue

[gilded sluice]

and even tho it isn't valheim related. just enabling someone to game is nice

Hm.. AC6 uses Hawok as game engine 🤔

valheim uses unity

[polar rune]

Well, the radeon app that is used to update drivers and configure all the different optional features of radeon stuff, Radeon adrenaline or whatever, has also crashed

[gilded sluice]

https://community.amd.com/t5/pc-building-how-to-articles/amd-clean-driver-install-uninstall/ta-p/693320

[polar rune]

I think what I may do is do a re install

oh hey there yah go

[gilded sluice]

basicly what happens if you just keep installing and updating updating updating

you will stack drivers on eachother

and eventually, something will not uninstall correctly or some other issue

[polar rune]

ahhh, that makes sense I haven't done a clean install in a hot minute

[gilded sluice]

so a clean re-installed is adviced every 6-12 months

[polar rune]

oof I am about 6 months past that advised limit lol

Thanks bro, I'll get that re install done

[gilded sluice]

so 1.5 years? 😄

[polar rune]

I'm bad with keeping things updated properly 😶‍🌫️

[gilded sluice]

you and everyone basicly

like. when did you update your BIOS last?

[polar rune]

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[gilded sluice]

yeah 😉

[polar rune]

Appreciate the help, gotta go! 😎

[gilded sluice]

😄