steam-bugs-discussion

[gilded sluice]

GL HF and keep in touch incase drivers wasn't the issue

got loads of things to tweak 😄

[polar rune]

Issue fixed! Thanks for your time 🙏

[gilded sluice]

Happy to hear 🫡

[hushed snow]

May have the solution. Meadow house is heated by a Hearth. Noted that in the Plains Farm house, where the eggs are heated by the ovens, eggs hatch regularly when I show up. The hearth often blinks off for no known reason, and the eggs get cold. Built a campfire on a stone bracket even with the 2nd floor of the Meadow house, and when I came home this time, a backlog of ~8 eggs all hatched at once. Problem seems to be something with the Hearth shutting down periodically.

[gilded sluice]

blinking fire are usually the result of smoke cannot ventilate

[stark meadow]

Think the problem was that you put a campfire on top of a hearth down bellow, thus smothering it.

Actually not, it's the water. You've built too close to water it seems

[gilded sluice]

ouch

any small winds will make the water kill the fire for sure

[crimson elk]

This bug still around?
both stations working without fire (I'm with fire hazard on, maybe it have something to do with it?).

[gilded sluice]

yes. known issue

[delicate vine]

idk if this is a common issue but I may have found a bug?

When you press R you sheathe what you have equipped, but if you swim while your thing is "sheathed", R won't re-equip it, you have to press the hotkey again.

[hushed snow]

Yes, added the campfire in there as an attempt to keep the heat from dropping. It snuffs the campfire, too. The only visible water gets into the far seaward corner of the farm area. I've never seen water in the house itself, even during storms. Where is the screenshot from? -add-Oh, I just saw the floor flood. Never noticed before. There's no way to block the water, either. Would have to elevate the hearth.--add2--I've been insetting my hearths into the stone floor. I'll try building them on the floor instead.

[chilly frigate]

anyone else ever had this happen?I'm not anywhere close to the edge of the map. I don't use mods.

[gilded sluice]

Hm.. never ever

let me look at your player.log file

the fact it says [Biome_none] in your top right corner is very wierd

[chilly frigate]

what would I be looking for? zone failed to load maybe?

[gilded sluice]

idk. hence I want to look at it

[chilly frigate]

I'm at work rn but I'll try to find it later. where do I find it?

[gilded sluice]

in valheim directory on C:

don't start valheim before finding the file

you have 2 of them always. player.log and player-prev.log

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

the issue is usually the world didn't load in correctly

so depending on if you play dedicated or singleplayer locally. it can be a sign of implications

[stark meadow]

We only had a couple of such reports.
They were usually related to slow IO and playing on low FPS (e.g slow disk, someone using faulty RAID or external drives) or playing on low RAM usage which forces windows to interact with page files (starts accessing disk and slowing everythig down).

• What are your PC specs?
• How much RAM does the PC have?
• What type of hard drive you have? (had disk, SSD, list model please and if possible also download CrystalDisk check to test speeds on your drive)
  Next time this happens, chekc in task manager how much memory you are using in total (performance tab, memory and screenshot that part of task maanger if you can).

[chilly frigate]

my memory usage never goes above 80%, but I am playing on a weird rig, so page file might have something to so with it.

...you gotta admit that was funny to watch, though.

[stark meadow]

It would be extremely helful if you can let us know your specs in more detail.
So far, everyone who reported this also didn't provide much information.

[chilly frigate]

I don't have em in front of me I'm at work.

is there a link to a bug report support ticket thing on the website? I'm kinda uncomfortable putting specific details like that out on a discord server with like 150k people in it.

[stark meadow]

You can send me or Smiffe a personal message, or upload the details at valheim.com/support via bug report tool

We would prefer Discord, as we can't reply to you on the official site

[hard fjord]

hey yall I have a question regarding the dev commands im trying to figure out a base design, so the problem im running across is that pressing F5 isnt pulling up the command console, and I do have the -console in the advanced launch options

[bright coral]

If your keyboard has a Function or Fn key, make sure it's held so F5 isn't treated as a media key.

If you're running any mods you might try backing up the world, disabling them and trying again.

Make sure you're using a hyphen (-) instead of a dash (–, —, ‒, ―) in that launch option. They look very similar and can come from copy+pasting from browsers and doc apps.

[hard fjord]

yes I play on a laptop so when I hold the FN key it makes it so I just turn up the volume unfortunately, I will go and double check that im using a hypen

hyphen*

[bright coral]

If you typed it with your minus/hyphen key on the keyboard with no modifier keys pressed, you probably did it right. It's a long shot, but has definitely come up before 🙂

[stark meadow]

Check which key gets registered when you press F5 on this website:
https://en.key-test.ru/

[hard fjord]

it says im pressing the F5 key and It was a hyphen that is typed in

to the advanced launch

[stark meadow]

How are you launching your game? Through shortcut, some mod manager, or steam library?

[hard fjord]

through the steam library

and I am on a single player world

[stark meadow]

Ever installed mods?

[hard fjord]

I have not for valheim

I dont even have thunderstore installed rn

[stark meadow]

Double check how your installation folder looks like:
https://i.imgur.com/vdpdeOA.jpg

Should look like this

[hard fjord]

ok

Im going to be honest I tried getting to that location but I dont know how to navigate my files that well

nvm I was able to get to that area and yes it looks like that

[stark meadow]

You added the argument like this?
https://i.imgur.com/e8Vpfhx.jpg

The website says you press F5 when you press F5

[hard fjord]

yes

[stark meadow]

And you launch through Steam library, and console still won't summon?

Try copy pasting "-console"

[hard fjord]

yes

no quotations right

[stark meadow]

Yeah, without quotes

Did you add any more arguments there besides -console?

[hard fjord]

no and i copied it and got rid of the quotations and it didnt work

[stark meadow]

Are you running any overlay programs for recording?

Steam recording, discord overlay?

[hard fjord]

I think I have discord overlay on but I dont know how to turn that off

[stark meadow]

Try testing first if pressing f2 registers in the game (you have to be in the world)

[hard fjord]

it works it pulls up a littl menu with the world modifiers and my fps and all that

its just the console menu that isnt pulling up

[stark meadow]

Do you have the game opened this entire time or have you re-launched it since all the tweaks?
Hm.. try resting controls in Valhiem settings

[hard fjord]

yes I have closed the game and relaunched it

[stark meadow]

If resetting controls doesn't work, try manually deleting Valheim registry settings by doing the following:
Click on Windows start and type regedit, or type registry editor.
Manually navigate to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\IronGate\Valheim
Delete the Valheim folder in left panel: https://i.imgur.com/pJ90jaP.jpg

[hard fjord]

which file do I delete

[stark meadow]

Delete the entire Valheim folder marked in red on the pic (left panel)

[hard fjord]

ok will this delete my current gear and worlds

[stark meadow]

No, this only related to game settings

[hard fjord]

ok

[stark meadow]

So keybinds, graphic settings...

[hard fjord]

Ok i deleted it what should I do now

[stark meadow]

Launch and test F5

[hard fjord]

ok

no it didnt work

[stark meadow]

Did you edit Steam or Valheim at any point and force them to launch in admin mode?

[hard fjord]

yes I am using the green play button and I dont think ive ever force launched it

in admin mode

[stark meadow]

Try going to installation folder:

Keep that folder opened, and don't close it, now go to steam library and uninstall Valheim from Steam library, then go back to installation folder and check if all files go removed (report back if they all get removed or not). if they did get removed, reinstall the game again

Won't affect your saves

Then we can try creating a Valheim shortcut and adding "-console" argument through the shortcut

[hard fjord]

uninstalling wont get rid of my gear, sorry for double checking that its just that I have alot of good stuff

and I put alot of time into it

[stark meadow]

no saves are on another location and don't get touched by reinstalling the game

[hard fjord]

ok

they all got removed

im reinstalling the game now

[stark meadow]

When it gets installed, go to installation folder again, right click with your mouse on valhiem.exe and choose to create a shortcut option.
Then right click with your mouse on that shortcut you just created (not Valheim.exe) and choose properties.
Then under target field, at the end of the line (don't delete the line) add one space, and then "-console" (no quotes)
After that, launch Valheim through that shortcut you created
https://i.imgur.com/W25Lug3.jpg

[hard fjord]

is the exe called just valheim

[stark meadow]

yeah

[hard fjord]

would it be possible to join a call I dont know how to do this part

ive never made a shortcut before

[stark meadow]

Sure, give me a sec

[hard fjord]

kk

[still oracle]

Is there a known bug involving the mistiles spawned by dvergr mages becoming invisible? I looked through the list, but didn't see anything

[iron steppe]

it just dawned on me - is there a reason "no skill drain" doesnt show the timer? Its a timed buff that expires - therefore it should show a clock like all other timed buffs/debuffs do?

[gaunt mist]

It hasn't as far as I remember it.

[iron steppe]

yeah - but it should in theory right? like its a timed buff - why not show the clock?

I cant think of anything else that is timed that doesnt show a clock...

[gaunt mist]

Yeah, wouldn't hurt having timer for that.

[stark meadow]

From a lantern mage in Mistlands? Never saw such bug report. Playing with mods? In Multiplayer? What GPU?
If you didn't see the mage itself, it was probably a networking issue (can sometimes happen on dedicated server).
The server has to be restarted to fix it.

[warped solstice]

Is it working as intended for item stacks to not consolidate when picking up items from your corpse? I can't help but feel like it's a bit ridiculous for stray items like wood, stone or perhaps a partial stack of food in my inventory to prevent me from quickly picking up all the items from my corpse and getting the corpse run buff, especially when I already have the same item type in my inventory. Far more times than I'd like to admit, duplicate stacks of items that aren't even close to being filled have effectively gotten me killed multiple times because they don't automatically consolidate into a single item stack. I can't think of a single good reason to needlessly force the player to fiddle with inventory management in a situation that is highly likely to involve deadly enemies already being present when the player is in a weakened state. Furthermore just adding insult to injury if the player was using megingjord, failing to collect all your item in these situations frequently results in your character being encumbered effectively removing your ability to move in an already dangerous situation. This seems completely counterintuitive to the whole purpose of the corpse run buff and basically sabotages the entire attempt at retrieving ones corpse. I can't help but feel like this must be some kind of bug or simply bad game design, unless there is some totally separate reason why the developer wants to deliberately punish the player in such situations that is beyond my understanding. A simple improvement would be for the act of clicking "Take All" to always trigger the corpse run buff regardless of having collected every last item, and of course to just allow the consolidation of things like a stack of 3 stone and a stack of 40 stone into a single stack of 43 stone.

[gilded sluice]

why do you post the same posts in 2 channels?

[stark meadow]

Yes, there are some known issues with some items not stacking properly.
However if you constantly have this issue it's likely that the issue is not items not stacking for you, rather that item stacking would result in you becoming overburdened.
During tombstone recovery, it's recommended to disable autopickup so that you don't pickup unnecessary items while running.

[warped solstice]

not sure where the correct location would be since i dont know if its a bug or a suggestion

[gilded sluice]

a complaint is never a suggestion 🤔

but it's a known issue

[warped solstice]

happy to delete the message from the suggestion channel if it is in fact a bug

[gilded sluice]

it's a bug, which is known

but it's not something we prioritize atm. there are worse issues to solve 😦

[warped solstice]

id think anything that results in needless death loops should be a priority, especially when it can effectively result in losing all progress

[marble wolf]

It doesn't though.

[warped solstice]

if you can never retrieve your corpse and you cant replace your gear without farming it out again then it might as well be a reset if you arent counting boss heads

[marble wolf]

You can pretty much always retrieve your corpse unless the gravestone clips through the world but that's rare.

[warped solstice]

im guessing you've never stumbled into a high level area and been pinned down by numerous enemies before

[marble wolf]

No, I tend to be more cautious than that. Stumbling anywhere in Valheim is a bad idea.

[warped solstice]

a full inventory in such situations can be devastating, especially when its far out and you need to have food with you to even survive the journey

[gilded sluice]

more pressing issue is the over 300 weight

where the game only give you the +150 carry capacity when the tombstone breaks. so you can't just auto-pickup it

[warped solstice]

seems like it would be an incredibly simple fix to just trigger the buff when you click "take all"

[gilded sluice]

that does solve the problem, but not the best solution

[warped solstice]

likely superior to the way it is now

[marble wolf]

I'd rather time is taken to resolve the underlying issue. Quick wins are a false economy.

[warped solstice]

take time? we are probably talking about a single line of code

[stark meadow]

Take all button will always result if getting the buff if you have room in inventory.
Another thing is automatic tomb pickup not working (without the need to see tombstone inventory) because of disparaging weight.

[warped solstice]

im saying it should trigger the buff regardless of whether or not you've taken every last item

one time use

that would be a better situation than what we have right now

and it would be simple to implement

[marble wolf]

I didn't realise you were a developer.

[warped solstice]

thats not an argument

[stark meadow]

That makes no sense to me.
So you don't pickup all items and buff activates.
So what happens when you come back after 1min and press take all item again?

[warped solstice]

one time use

this is stupid simple

[marble wolf]

I agree.

[stark meadow]

Then you would get players saying they didn't need the buff the first time, rather second time would be more useful.

[warped solstice]

you cant get the buff multiple times from the same corpse

[stark meadow]

Or players forgeting they got the bufff

[warped solstice]

make your corpse turn gray

instead of red

only red tombstones can give you the buff

problem solved

[marble wolf]

And this is why we need a proper solution not a kludge.

[stark meadow]

The problem where players might want for the buff to apply the second time, rather than first is not solved by your suggestion.

[warped solstice]

proper solution... stop being obtuse, in what way would anything suggested above be anything less than improvement on the current situation

[stark meadow]

Player essentially has no control when the buff will apply with your suggestion, and they do have control in the way game works now. Buff gets applies when you clear the tombstone.

[warped solstice]

ya they can trigger it by clicking "take all"

thats the control

[marble wolf]

You're adding more complexity to a mechanic that we already agree is bugged. How is that sensible?

[warped solstice]

complexity? im making it simpler, it reduces the need to screw with your inventory and gives you a single button to force the buff in tight situations

which is the whole purpose of the buff, to escape tight situations

[gilded sluice]

basicly. sorting needs to be able to sort correctly 100% of the time

[warped solstice]

not to foce you into inventory management when 10 things are trying to kill you

[marble wolf]

No you're not. You're talking about haven't different variants of gravestone rather than just letting them fix the actual issue.

[gilded sluice]

and a fix for how the carry weight applies correctly so you don't need to use the "take all" button really

[warped solstice]

how brain dead does someone need to be to not understand a mechanic that simple

[marble wolf]

Well, that's uncalled for.

[warped solstice]

portals glow when they are active, and are less colorful when inactive

[marble wolf]

Also, when did I say I didn't understand it?

[warped solstice]

its already a mechanic in the game

this is never explained

its intuitively obvious

[marble wolf]

That's not the issue.

[warped solstice]

its within the scope of the existing game mechanics

[marble wolf]

It would be an entirely new mechanic both in terms of gameplay and coding.

And only temporary which is even worse.

[warped solstice]

id be willing to bet chatgpt could write the fix if given the source code, this is script kiddy level adjustments to the game

[marble wolf]

Oh, I have now lost any respect I might have had for you.

ChatGTP has no access to the game source and wouldn't have a clue.

[warped solstice]

i could probably force the changes into the game through a hex edit on the exe, this isn't even remotely as complicated as you are suggesting

[gilded sluice]

please just stop this un-nessessary argument

[iron steppe]

Yep. You could.

Make a mod using ChatGPT, fix the issue the way you think it should be. Play with that mod. Now you are happy.

The devs focus on what they believe are priority. You can focus on your fix, and play the game you want.

Everyone wins. Pretty simple really.

[warped solstice]

The point I was making is that the existing situation can be game breaking, in the same realm as restarting the entire farming process, and that such a solution even a partial one that resulted in a superior build of the game could likely be implemented in an afternoon and probably by someone with little to no knowledge of the broader game in a development capacity. @marble wolf makes it sound like this would be some sort of major expense when it could likely be pushed out in a patch in less than a day.

[iron steppe]

And the fact you say “likely be pushed out in a patch in less than a day” tells us exactly that you know nothing of proper development and process pipelines for real companies with millions of customers.

Source; I am a developer with 20 years XP.

You have no idea what you are talking about.

Go make a mod, enjoy the game how you want, have fun. It’s a great game, we all look forward to the patches.

[warped solstice]

fascinating, an appeal to authority

[iron steppe]

Just an observer with realism.

[warped solstice]

its basically the same line the @marble wolf gave me

[iron steppe]

Well, you know what they say; great minds think alike.

[gilded sluice]

🤔

I would just wait for us developers to fix the problem 😅

or put the game on a pause until 1.0 where most issues should be fixed (or 1.1 when even more stuff is done) 😄

1.0 will be the finished gameplay loop and last biome release

[warped solstice]

Just pointing out that its more than likely a simple improvement that could be done by most people with basic programming knowledge

[gilded sluice]

but can't promise all known issues will be solved. but hopfully as many as possible

yeah but when we have 1000's of simple fixes and also need to focus on more complex biome development. can't split people into halves sadly

and hire more staff doesn't solve anything since we then need more meetings and syncing which just takes more time from actual fixing and development

[warped solstice]

well I hope you guys choose to prioritize things that can destroy hundreds of hours of progress

[gilded sluice]

of course. the worse a issue is, the higher we prioritize it

[still oracle]

Yes, the lantern mage in the Mistlands. No mods, single-player, 2080ti. I lured a few dvergr away from their base, one of which was a lantern mage. I killed them and started walking back towards the base, I got hit by a Mistile out of nowhere. I stopped, looked around and there was nothing around me. Then I got hit by another invisible Mistile. I was standing in the open. It killed me.

I came back to that spot and there were no more hostile dvergr in the area. There was another lantern mage in the base, but again it was not hostile.

I wonder if the mage cast it when it was out of my LoS and it didn't have a target and didn't render? So it was just sitting that area until I approached?

[iron steppe]

Sometimes what happens is the Dverger spawn inside rocks in the area; so you can’t see them, but they can see you.

They can’t run out of the rock, but they can shoot magic from inside to out through it.

I’ve seen it a few times now; it would explain this situation

I think because the procedural placement of POI occurs before vegetation rock pass, so the dverger get placed, then the rocks get placed over them.

[still oracle]

I'm positive it wasn't this. There was an infested mine entrance with the long staircase a few feet away, but it was otherwise wide open. The dvergr would not have generated in the staircase. They generate like that when they spawn next to wisp lights. The proximity of the dungeon entrance wouldn't have let that structure generate as far as I am aware.

And again I returned to the area and there was nothing. No mobs attacking me. I could understand not seeing the first mistile, but I was very cautious about looking around. And then after getting hit the first time I literally stopped and scanned all around me before I got hit by a second one.

[iron steppe]

but dverger were there somewhere to have fired at you at all. A dungeon entrance and dverger spawn locations can be very tight together.

Do you have a video recording of it by any chance?

As a side point I've seen the mage missle things "float" very slowly for a long time. So did you kill the original dvergers, is that correct?

[still oracle]

I had lured dvergr past that area and then killed them. I then walked back to where I had lured them from. That's when I got hit. I did not get a recording of it unfortunately.

I believe that is what happened. The dvergr cast it and then for whatever reason, it didn't render and sat in the area.

Could be because I was too far away or out of line of sight when it was cast or it could have failed to render because of the fog and lighting effects.

Regardless, I'm 100% sure the mistile were not visible.

[main charm]

I got my world emptied just now ._.

everything went away not even a tree is there. nothing spawns either.

[gilded sluice]

network issue perhaps?

[main charm]

playing solo

[gilded sluice]

yeah but by default, valheim uses cloud-saves unless you tell it not to

[main charm]

I thought it was because I logged out while the game almost saves probably I logged right at the same time?

ah it cloud saves yeah, I'm not sure either haha

[gilded sluice]

It could be of you logout during saving. Game does save backups tho

[main charm]

eh it does?

I can find the worlds_local folder but there's only one file for each worlds rather than timed/dated backups

[gilded sluice]

yes

in world saves in the game, you have backup files made always

but why didn't it save. is the question.

[main charm]

guess it's something for you guys to figure out then haha

no worries on my part, it was at the very early stage of the game i'll just restart the world

[gilded sluice]

usual problems are no space on C: or issues with cloud saves

just click Manage saves button in game, then worlds tab, find the world, open the world, find the latest backup and restore it

[main charm]

oh it works, thank you! i don't have to rebuild

[gilded sluice]

nice 🙂

you can always press Esc key, force the game to save, before you quit

[worldly lantern]

I’m curious if anyone else has noticed something about the raid music. I’m asking here as I’m not sure if it’s a bug or something the devs chose to do. But the raid music that plays for enemies depending on which boss you’ve yet to beat has always had a progressing number of instruments added to it to show how intense the raids are becoming. But I’ve noticed this has stopped from the seeker raid on up and the raid music has defaulted to the Greydwarf version. Where it lacks the horn and string addition that was part of the drake and Fuling raids.

Is this something that is only a thing happening on my end, a bug, or a choice by the devs? I ask because I was enjoying the gradual intensity to the raid music and found it odd it had changed for the more recent raids.

(Posting here so it’s not lost in general chat.)

[stark meadow]

This channel is meant for reporting/discussing vanilla bugs.
If you want to offer feedback on current game, you can do so on valheim.com/support then head over to the "leave feedback" tab.
Change suggestions are best to discuss at #suggestion-discussion

[worldly lantern]

Right. Just didn’t want to report something if it was an actual bug or not. Thus trying to prompt a discussion.

[haughty wedge]

Hey does anyone else have issues with the game freezing on a intel arc b580? The game occasionally stutters and sometimes freezes after about half an hour playing. I switched out my b580 for my old evga 1060 and updated to the latest driver from nvidia to troubleshoot, and I had zero issues in a 2 and a half hour session. Before I had the b580 I had a intel arc a770 and that never gave me any trouble with game ether which is why I'm confused. When my friend is hosting the freezing isn't that big of an issue, but its frustrating in single player when the game freezes before the world auto saves and I lose progress.

[gilded sluice]

Sadly I don't own a B580. but works great (still) With a A770 🤔

could be a windows update lurking which is needed for the B580 to work propperly

[stark meadow]

Did you use DDU to wipe out the old driers when switching cards like that?

[haughty wedge]

Whats that? When I update the intel arc driver I just do a clean install and reboot my pc. The issue has been persisting before I started swapping gpus to troubleshoot. I upgraded back in February and I don't ever remember having this problem but I have been absent from the game for awhile.

[stark meadow]

We have no other crash reports in general, let alone b580.
Was your b580 the first card installed on your fresh windows?

DDU is a 3rd party program designed to remove old drivers, commonly used when one uses multiple cards on same system and wants to ensure old drivers are cleaned out properly.

[haughty wedge]

nah I havent reinstalled windows since I built the pc years ago and ive had the 1060 and a770 before the b580. I dont have any nvidia drivers left on my system because I was having conflicting issues with my intel card's driver in windows. I guess I can try and give that program a try and then reinstall the latest intel driver and see if theres any difference.

[stark meadow]

I would recommend DDU, simply due to seeing it help on about dozen cases so far, where regular driver un-instlation didn't work properly. Have you also check which BIOS version you have on b580?

[haughty wedge]

this is what I could find intel's graphics software, I'm gonna give ddu a try and see if the issue still persists.

[stark meadow]

Checked on the net a bit, seems like updating firware is a bit comlex on Intel GPU's so best to not go into that anyway.
Regarding DDU, make sure to read the guide. Drivers have to be removed in safe mode to ensure none of driver coponents are active when removing them.

[haughty wedge]

should I try updating the firmware after I reinstall the driver?

[stark meadow]

Wouldn't recommend based on what requirements for that are.
Best to leave it to Intel Arc Control

If you crash again, check your player.log (button to it available in starting menu of Valheim)
and check windows "view reliability history"

[gilded sluice]

I use to have alot of issues with my intel GPU combined with a AMD processor

so I am very careful what package I download and install

since one of them assumes you got a intel processor and that just causes mayhem

[haughty wedge]

Tell me about it, my a770 limited edition felt like a prototype product. It got better with every driver update but there were so many times I wanted to just put my 1060 back in lol

[gilded sluice]

oof

I started with a A750.

and my specific 5800X processor in that computer.. was incompatible with a any intel GPU's

so i had to wait over 1 year for intel to fix it

[haughty wedge]

So I was able to play for about an hour and a half with no interruptions and I thought I was in the clear because I didn't even experience any stuttering. It did eventually freeze again though.

This was from the last minute of the player.log

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[gilded sluice]

look in windows logfiles

[stark meadow]

Are you playing with an FPS cap or not?

[haughty wedge]

no i shouldn't be

let me double check

it was set to the refresh rate of my monitor 165

[stark meadow]

Try to play with 60FPS cap for some time to see if it will have an effect on crash frequency.

Also, have you tried playing in Vulkan vs d3d11?

[haughty wedge]

I was having really bad artifacts when I launched it in vulkan but I wanna try again after using ddu and reinstalling the graphics driver

[stark meadow]

Did you use any apps to optimise Valheim settings at any point? (e.g. Andrenalin, not sure if Intel uses one)

[haughty wedge]

nah nothing like that

I launched the game in vulkan and my fps is worse but theres no artifacts or other graphical issues

which is weird because both my intel cards usually performed better with vulkan over older versions of directx

Im gonna try playing capped at 60fps and see what happens

i am on the public test branch if that makes a difference

[stark meadow]

Shoulnd't matter. Live version is the same atm.
Btw. you can also try setting this setting in your control panel for Valheim profile.
It doesn't fix the crashes, but these tweaks were needed on some older Intel GPU's to fix weird glitches with waves.
#steam-bugs-discussion message

[haughty wedge]

like on the intel graphics software?

[stark meadow]

Yeah. It should have a seciton where you can tweak setting for individual games

[haughty wedge]

So making a profile in the intel graphics software did nothing, so I capped the game at 60 fps and I think that solved my problem. I was able to play for four hours straight without interruption.

[stark meadow]

Play for some longer time on 60fps to get a feel for it.

When a game becomes more stable at 60FPS, it's usually an indication the card isn't tuned properly when it comes to its voltages and power draw, or that some kind of hardware power issue surfaced (PSU, cable, board). Would also be a good idea to post your finding on Intel related forums, as they can help you tune the card via Intel software or maybe just update drivers that woudl do so.

[chilly plinth]

Hello, I have been having issue with binding emotes to certain keys. Before the bog witch update, I could do it fine, but now when i type "bind f dance" for instance, it does not register and I do not dance. Is this a known bug or have the devs removed emote binding?

[stark meadow]

Did you also post about this issue on reddit?

Think I replied to you there, but you haven't responded

[chilly plinth]

Oh no i didn't post this issue on Reddit. Different guy, but I can refer to that post. What are the keywords I should type in?

To search for it

[stark meadow]

Judging you both have the same issues, reported in the same span of time, it's most likely mod related

Using mods or ever used mods?

[chilly plinth]

Oh interesting. I have definitely, but this was on Vanilla

[stark meadow]

Double check that you indeed don't have any excess files in your installation folder, as presented here:
https://i.imgur.com/vdpdeOA.jpg

Then use resetbinds console command in game, to reset your binds to default.

[chilly plinth]

Will deleting the modded files affect my modded worlds or characters?

[stark meadow]

Depends on the mods. We don't deal with mods in this channel

You should probably back up entire installation folder to be sure

And test you binds on proper vanilla setup with new saves

[chilly plinth]

Right. Thank you for your help!

[gilded sluice]

I've had more people who are vanilla, but still have key-binding issues with emotes.
but it was still old mod files lingering about

[stoic goblet]

over 40% of morgen caves i find are like this , very small cuz there is wall that splits them on half and u can only get to that second half by chair glitching into the wall

[stark meadow]

Info about your position and world seed would help

Do you have console enabled?

[stoic goblet]

found it on all seeds

[stoic goblet]

nope not on this one and this is not new image

i will give u the seed and the position

@stark meadow

ku5iUfvyum

this is the seed and there is more glitched caves on it

[stoic goblet]

also this always delete my progress in worlds and once it deleted my character

[sly badger]

hello! does anyone know what could be the issue with my forge? i do have the materials needed to craft the item but it doesnt let me, i even have the right level forge :/

[stark meadow]

Where are you from in the world?
Do you often get cloud conflict?
https://i.imgur.com/ytYxvWa.jpg

[stark meadow]

Your iron bars are corrupt most likely.
Did you or someone else spawn them via devcommands?

[sly badger]

ohhh, that could be the problem, thanks!

[stoic goblet]

im from algeria and no i never get this , btw did u check the putrid hole ?

[stark meadow]

Yeah, I checked the hole 👍
Do you usually wait for your saves to get upload to the Cloud when you exit the game, and before you shutdown your PC?

[stoic goblet]

yes sometimes i quit valheim and play another game for like 1-3 hours but still gets it

[stark meadow]

Cloud sync errors mostly have nothing to do with Valheim, rather your Steam and your network connection.
You will get this error when Cloud saves you have on local disk don't match Cloud saves on Steam server, which can happen if you don't let Steam upload saves after you close the game.

There can be variety of causes that can result in losing character saves, so no way of telling why it happened to you.
It's usually related to players not noticing their game actually crashes during saving when they were exiting the game.

[stoic goblet]

so the solution is letting steam open for like 5 or 10 mins after closing the game or moving saves to local

[stoic goblet]

characters are ez to restore i only lose some skills but world when i upload backup i lose like 30mins-2hours gameplay

[stark meadow]

Depends on your connection.
Valheim can have large saves compared to other games, so if your upload is low, you might consider moving saves to local.
This error alone (Cloud out of sync) it usually not the cause of losing saves, rather something else that happened, which then results in saves being out of sync.
If you lose save progress due to crashing or some memory corruption (e.g. I had a bad motherboard that resulted in Cloud saves corrupting my saves), chances are moving saves to local might stop that (as then Steam isn't involved in saving the game).

[stoic goblet]

but i tried moving a save to local and the error happened and made it cloud again XD , my connection download speed is 1.2 mbps average

[stark meadow]

Be sure to move both world and character saves separately to local.
You can also after that, exit Valheim, disable Steam Cloud for specifically in Valheim Steam library properties) and launch it again.

[stoic goblet]

will try it ty , if the error keeps happening ill tell u

[stark meadow]

Also, it would be a good idea to backup saves manually from time to time when using local saves, and make yourself a reminger to move them back to Cloud when you wanna transition to a new PC, reinstall Windows, replace the storage... Many players move saves to local, and forget about them, do something drastic with their PC and lose access to their saves...

[stoic goblet]

how do i make backups

i thought its like auto saves

[stark meadow]

Backups in the sense of uploading your local save files manually to some Cloud, like google drive.
Or copying saves and putting copies on some other storage drive.
Valheim will create autobackups, but e.g. if you reinstall Windows, all saves will be lost anyway, including autobackups.

[stoic goblet]

ah i thought there is option in the game that makes backups

[gilded sluice]

the game always have 2 backups per default, but if you don't have cloud saves turned on, things can go missing

[stoic goblet]

btw u have any clue about the putrid holes ?

[stoic goblet]

.

[gilded sluice]

we know about the issue with them

[stoic goblet]

so no solutions yet , we use chair glitch until its fixed

[stark meadow]

The wall separating chambers was intentional at first.
Not all loot in putrid holes should be accessible by design.
The main reason the wall got removed for some of the cases is because players got confused and saw this as a bug.

We are just making a list with example for other caves that should get the wall removed as well.

[stoic goblet]

its like more than 50% loot will be lost if u dont use chair glitch like in the world i sent u it was a community server that doesnt allow chair glitching and i found 3 holes with that wall so i lost a lot of loot

im happy that morgen still spawns in the first half

[stark meadow]

As I said, that was intentional. If there was something called as bug, it was that loot still spawning behind the closed wall.

[stoic goblet]

so u telling me instead of creating small caves they just put wall ?

[stark meadow]

Essentially yes, but it has been decided to open up the wall instead of actually deleting loot or making smaller caves.

[stoic goblet]

all the holes will be opened ? or u r talking about the already opened holes

feels good

[stark meadow]

All should have been open already, but some variants were missed.

[stoic goblet]

makes sense

[delicate plinth]

Need help with this, been struggeling for hours☠️

[delicate plinth]

Ive also restarted pc + turned fully turned off for a good 10secs

[iron steppe]

can you send us your player.log file after a crash please. Most likey maybe a PlayFab or Steam networking issue - you got VPN at all?

[delicate plinth]

No i dont use vpn

[iron steppe]

is that literally after a crash? What is the "crash" exactly? Any messages on screen - or does it just exit?

[delicate plinth]

Can i still accses the report after the crash

[iron steppe]

also just delete this - has your steam name in there - so dont want you to dox yourself if you didnt want to - i mean to DM it directly to me (but that means I'll know your steam name if you care - I dont, just letting you know)

[iron steppe]

yes - its a text file on your PC - after game crashes, before you open Valhiem again - please send me the full player.log file

[delicate plinth]

I did manage to click on player log before crash

[iron steppe]

we need the file AFTER the crash - it might write the cause why its crashing into that. It overwrites it on each new play (and creates player-prev.log with the previous log file - so that might have it too)

It'll usually be here:

C:\Users{USERNAME}\AppData\LocalLow\IronGate\Valheim

[delicate plinth]

Somehow its just working now, after 3 hours of struggle

Didnt do anythin either just opened the game for the 100th time😅

Thanks for trying to help tho 🙂

[iron steppe]

if it happens again - copy the player.log file after the crash (so it doesnt get overwritten)

[delicate plinth]

Might of spoken too soon😂 managed to make a world tho

The time on the player report isnt the same even when after the crash

Honestly it might be the gpu , last longer before crashing the lowef the grhapics

[iron steppe]

to be clear - dont open the player.log before the crash.

Just play, and when/if crashes - grab the file.

[iron steppe]

kk - so in that case - monitor temps and do a clean install of drivers etc

[delicate plinth]

Ye no i did that this time

I waited til aftef crash

Weird that it handles bo6 perfectlt stable 144fps but not vaheim😭

Even at lowest setting now it crashes at the end of the text at start of loading into a new world, ill look at crash report now

Only removed id name in there so u can see @iron steppe

[iron steppe]

when you say "it crashes" - what exactly happens?

[delicate plinth]

It just freezes and i get the blue circle just keep spinning

Then pops up end window or wait till the programs responds

[iron steppe]

the fact nothing in your player.log suggests to me personally its more likely a GPU issue - but I'm not an expert here - just an educated guess.

I would try clean full install of GPU drivers from scratch (google for your relevant card for specifics) AND do some temp monitoring of GPU to ensure not overheating.

Then go from there...

[delicate plinth]

Ill try, just seems little odd it runs black ops 6 mid settings completely fine, but not vaheim, not struggled with this before🙃

[delicate plinth]

Unforently it didnt work ,clean new install drivers, temps are fine

Tried launching with vulkan, screen froze at the end of the beginning text, but i can hear myself running around😂

[iron steppe]

Tried a different resolution?

Send me your player.log file at the moment you have black screen but can hear yourself moving?

[stark meadow]

Do you know which exact PC specs you got? This sound like GPU related crashes, espetially if you reduced the frequency of crashes by limiting FPS

[gilded sluice]

@iron steppecan you send me his log file?

[iron steppe]

he never sent it

[gilded sluice]

oh

[iron steppe]

only what he screenshot post above

[gilded sluice]

ah

it shows 1 world missing and then that no mods loads in

so could be hardware issue with either PSU or GPU

maybe disc

[iron steppe]

I cant decide if this is a bug or not. Its pretty funny though; triggering the feather cape off just before touching ground makes the game calculate the intense fall damage from the original height.

It feels wrong on the basis fall damage is a by-product of approaching terminal velocity in real life, so you're not really falling fast at the last second. Like if someone detaches a parachute at the final 2m, they dont get 100m of fall damage in real life.

But meh - edge case - not a priority; funny either way...

Valheim: 1
Afrayedknot: 0

[gilded sluice]

?

I'd say it's a issue we don't really need to deal with

calculating that ingame is near impossible

[iron steppe]

well, you just make it when the feather cape is unequipped the calcuialted fall distance variable tracking on the player is reset to 0, that would solve it.

But yep, I dont disagree with just leaving it... was just that moment of death and funny I thought about it

[gilded sluice]

😄

there are worse offenders ingame

that can actually be used for fun

just the cap on falldamage itself is an actual issue

[iron steppe]

the 100HP? yeah - that's been a useful little mechanic for some things

[gilded sluice]

just have 100+ HP and drink HP-regen potion and jump

[iron steppe]

yeah - I tend to jump off the Sealed Tower when exiting, quicker than taking the stairs down..

[delicate plinth]

@gilded sluice @gilded sluice i did get it to work, some reason i needed to put fps limit to 100 with low settings, the weird thing is that games like black ops 6 runs perfectly fine with good settings on it:/ so just didnt realize/think that my pc would struggle with valheim

[delicate plinth]

@stark meadow

Now medium settings work fine with 100 fps, strange😂

[gilded sluice]

you could have an issue that exists in the later nvidia drivers

I've had some issues with it in other games than valheim

576.28 works fine tho

go to drivers and then at the bottom, you can re-install older drivers

[delicate plinth]

Aa havent tried that, tried uninstall driver and clean install newest

[gilded sluice]

don't clean install the newest

[stark meadow]

We also have few other reports of players crashing in the same manner after latest driver updates, so I agree that it would be a good thing to try.

[delicate plinth]

Gonna try the one u sent

[gilded sluice]

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/245376/

[delicate plinth]

Still could not play higher settings then these, seems like these settings works fine without crashing

This is on the driver u sent

But i think my gf will be ok with this😅

[stark meadow]

Are you running any third party apps along side Valheim that also use the GPU?
Like overlays or recording software (e.g. Medal, MSI afterburner)?

[delicate plinth]

No, turned off steam and discord overlay aswell, only got valheim on this pc and only the game running, might just be the pc cant handle more

[stark meadow]

The game is always freezing when you crash? No black screens?
DM us your player.log and player-rev.log files next time you crash

[delicate plinth]

Tried getting the player and rev log, but it never logs the crash, thats why i struggled yesterday getting it, yea it freezes then
the blue mouse spins then i get the pop up to close or wait for the game to response

Ive sent a dm @stark meadow

[stark meadow]

Yeah, I see what you mean. Cut off player.log with no particular error is usually indicative of GPU issues, and mostly related to drivers.

Noticed any other games misbehaving?

About those 3rd party apps, also check them in task manager processes tab, but add the GPU column so you can see which apps use it while Valhiem is running.

https://i.imgur.com/Lyk0W2N.jpg

[stark meadow]

Did you add the GPU column there?

[delicate plinth]

This picture is the mid settings

No how do u do that😅

[stark meadow]

Right click on any column name

[delicate plinth]

Its around 60% on gpu * mid settings

[stark meadow]

Now sort by that column and check what other apps use the GPU

[gilded sluice]

send it to me also 😄

[delicate plinth]

Yes its only valheim using gpu other then basic window stuff, i think its just the gpu getting old or something

[delicate plinth]

Sure in dms

[gilded sluice]

I ment macarbre could 😛

I would probably tell you to look in windows logs at this point

[stark meadow]

Would say the same thing, but it's usually the power that goes first, so you start seeing black screens rather than freezes.
Anything useful popping in the "start → view reliability history"?

[gilded sluice]

how old is your power supply?
how much hardware have you changed since you bought the PC?

[delicate plinth]

Not sure how old, some parts on This pc is from my older build from 2 years ago, gpu from a friend so probaly older the 2 years

[gilded sluice]

power supply is brand new or?

and how much Wattage?

[delicate plinth]

Aa dont remember is there a easy way to see?

[gilded sluice]

no

the wattage is on a label on the side of the power supply

but not the age.

kinda obvious usually how much it has

[delicate plinth]

Hard ware error then valheim crashes🙄

[delicate plinth]

Yeye ik what u mean , gotta dig in pc to see 😅 2 secs

[gilded sluice]

windows logs -> system

[stark meadow]

Probably nothing useful then. Was hoping to see some failure of windows services or something along with Valheim crashes.

[gilded sluice]

your GPU "only" needs like 400 - 450 W

[delicate plinth]

750 i belive, gotta screw up the case, but i belive its 750 or 800

[stark meadow]

I would still try doing repairing of system files, and DDU reinstall of drivers + install of old driver after.
Check Section4 in this guide: https://www.reddit.com/r/valheim/comments/uq9b8x/my_valheim_is_crashing_fix_for_crash_guide/ for those (driver un-installation via DDU has to be done in safe mode).
You also might notice a difference in frequency of crashes if you were to run the game in Vulkan vs default rendered (d3d11).
If those fixes don't help, windows re-installation is unlikely to help, so I would consider down-volting the card via MSI afterburner.

[gilded sluice]

could be a hardware issue tho

hence I want to look in the windows system logs

[stoic goblet]

I always play with high draw distance and 65% render scale and other settings are disbled and low 🤣🤣 and still fps too low and it crashes sometimes

[gilded sluice]

um. render-scale doesn't do what you think it does

[stoic goblet]

It lowers fps when its high no ?

[gilded sluice]

it's not a setting for PC players at all honestly 😄

run either native or automatic

[stoic goblet]

It lags XD

[gilded sluice]

O_o

what GPU/CPU you got mate?

[stoic goblet]

Idk

[gilded sluice]

or do you build massive stuff?

processor / graphicscard

[stoic goblet]

When im at base it lags more

[gilded sluice]

well. you have more things usually

[stoic goblet]

Laptop that is not mine i dont know anything about it i just know that its potato and old

[gilded sluice]

ah

you probably got heat issues after a while 🤔

but you can use it for that. but..

[stoic goblet]

Ye im thinking about frying an egg on it

[gilded sluice]

renderscale for performance. but it's not the best 😄

😮

cooling pad with fan highly recommended (and de-dusting perhaps)

[stoic goblet]

In community server just now i used 30% render scale to fight fader

[stoic goblet]

I dont really have a problem with it cuz i was playing like that since i returned to the game

Since 2023

[gilded sluice]

I would de-dust my laptop every half year 😄

but I got a cat

[stoic goblet]

What is de-dust ? Like opening and cleaning it ?

[gilded sluice]

yeah

remove dust and shit

[stoic goblet]

Its already broken if someones open it we cant put it back again XD

[gilded sluice]

😮

[stark meadow]

Sounds like a laptop without GPU. Know the model or its specs?

[gilded sluice]

Frankensteins laptop

[stoic goblet]

Lenovo

[gilded sluice]

lenovo model?

[stoic goblet]

Yes

[gilded sluice]

it usually says on the under-side

[stoic goblet]

What do u mean by under

[gilded sluice]

or

[stoic goblet]

Ah u mean i find this information under it ?

[gilded sluice]

yea. flip it

[stoic goblet]

I will check

Yes found it

I will finish my match and send u a pic

[stoic goblet]

@gilded sluice thats it its an old one btw i think from 2018 or 2019

[iron steppe]

Ok so confirmed issue with Dverger Wards + Infested mines that @tiny knot mentioned here: #valheim-chat message

I was able to replicate the issue on his seed QktZE5cqqK at the dunegon at approx -5632,-2561. There is a Dverger camp right next door at approx -5576, -2572.

A small small section of the internal dunegon overlaps with the ward outside vertically. Destroying the internal lanten that happens to be on this infested mine wall agro's the Dverger outside.

What's worse is you dont hear/see the ward effect when hitting the lanten since you are so high up - so you have zero idea it overlaps.

I'm guessing the bug was introduced on the Hildar patch where workbenches etc lost their vertical checks as well?

What's funny is this might actually explain something I saw a few months ago - but dismissed it at the time as an oversight on my part. And since Dverger camps and Infested mines dont have a min proximtry to each other - its not that uncommon they are nearly right next door to each other - this is probably happening elsewhere and no one fully understood...

[sand sigil]

Logged out of a game for dinner. Logged back in and standing torches that show as having fuel are not lit. Even tried adding resin, shows fuel added but still not lit. ???

[iron steppe]

you running any mods?

[sand sigil]

No, vanilla.

[devout pine]

looks like the fishing rod is not sitting right on the horizontal item stand.

[stark meadow]

Yeah, no dedicated GPU on that one, so laptop is below minimum specs to play Valheim.
You might be better off trying installing mods that enable Valheim to tweak setting even lower, like texture sizes.

[stark meadow]

It was probably always a thing. Early on we had their wards blocking gates from opening.

[iron steppe]

But in Hildir update you guys removed vertical checks. So now workbenchs+forges affect mines. I think this is that?

[stark meadow]

Yeah we know, there's about few dozen items atm that need tweaking on item stands.

[stark meadow]

Wards always had a infinite protection upwards, whether they are player built or dverger placed.

But I don't think anyone reported destroying lanterns agroing camps so far

Probably cuz nobody figuring it's related

[iron steppe]

yep - I garuntee some of the "i dont know why the dverger agro'd" posts are probably this. And/or most players not putting it together

regardless - not a massive issue relative to the fact its not super obvious. I'm guessing adding a vertical check to ward is not super quick to add?

guess its like anything - this vs something else, this would be low priority. Anyway - leave it with you.

[delicate plinth]

yea render scale on 100 made me crash everytime,had to put it at 65

[tawny nest]

I have a question for devs, why vsync does not respect framerate limit setting in game? I use vulkan API and did some research. Valheim uses same present modes as CS2 for example, but does not allow limiting framerate while vsync is on

[stark meadow]

It's unity engine limination. Both can't work together at the same time.
You can however use FPS limiter in your control panel graphic card in conjunction with Valheim V-sync.

I prefer to set both the FPS limiter and V-sync though graphic card control panel anyway, as driver settings offer different variety of V-sync modes anyway.

[tawny nest]

it's still better if game itself implements features, some things cannot be forced by driver, that is why i asked about it

like nvidia reflex or antilag+

[tawny nest]

that is really unfortunate :(

[stoic goblet]

But when playing online everyone needs to download the mod no ?

Like if they dont have the mod too i need to disable it or they need to download it so we can play together

[stark meadow]

Custom graphic settings mod for example just changes how graphics will be rendered on your side. It doesn't touch game content so others don't have to have it installed.

[stoic goblet]

Hmm nice do u know any mod that i can download from steam or modman ?

[stark meadow]

Are you in a situation where you can't set FPS limiter in graphic card control panel?

[stark meadow]

Better to check with #mods-discussion for more info about recommended mods and mod managers that players use in Valheim community. I only know that a lot of players with integrated graphic use the custom graphic settings mod
https://www.nexusmods.com/valheim/mods/169?tab=description

[stoic goblet]

Okay ty

[tawny nest]

kind of, i wanted to make this more accessable to everyone, i'll find what works for me the best myself

[iron steppe]

Naked furling issue hasnt gone away after all (no mods)

[stoic goblet]

U dont really need other settings that much try using render scale on native and draw distance high and other setting low or medium

[stoic goblet]

Heyo wth is this XDDD

Btw most of times when i get raid and mosnters fight each other (druagr vs greydwarf) sometimes when one of them dies the body doesnt burst and dont drop any loot , u can see the health bar and all monsters will hit the dead body and never care about anything else

Like this one

[iron steppe]

i've never seen or heard of this - but maybe others have. Do you have any mods? and/or playing on a server?

[stoic goblet]

No mods

This pic was from server yes

[tawny nest]

I have another question, why Exclusive Full Screen is not supported in Valheim? Unity Engine limitation too or is it a windows-only thing?

in vulkan* Valheim

[stark meadow]

Vulkan bypasses windows desktop manager so exclusive mode cant' be used

You can use exclusive mode with d3d11

It's either Vulkan, or d3d11 + exclusive mode + gfx tweaks

Less hassle with Vulkan

[stark meadow]

These are typical networking issues. How many of you were playing there?

[stoic goblet]

In that moment 2 or 3 were online and only 1 was close

[stark meadow]

Judging by your PC specs, I would say that your laptop probably doesn't finish game calculations in time, so when it needs to send the updated info about mods to other players, it's more prone to not send that information in time.

You can probably mitigate this to an extent if you don't go through portal and engage a large number of enemies first, rather let your team mates go first.

[stoic goblet]

What mods i wasnt using any mods and a player was nearby me saw it but he said he couldnt see the dead greydwarf's health bar

[gilded sluice]

yeah. not sure why that happens sometimes. it's like the randomizer breaks and the monster isn't hostile

[gilded sluice]

yeah. you cought it on a thing

[warped lintel]

just happened after i portaled back. bad weather as i left the ship, good weather when i was back 😄 and a floating ship 😅

[gilded sluice]

cool

did it fall down or did it get stuck in the ladder?

[warped lintel]

i had to build the ladder to get on top :D, so it was stucked in air as i arrived

It seems the bug occurred because, during high wave amplitudes, the rendering system froze the boat's status as i portaled. When the scene was later refreshed, there was no logic to determine if the boat was airborne or on the water, so the status was not updated accordingly. This led to incorrect behavior after the rendering update. ... or sth like that

[gilded sluice]

it should fall down in about 30 seconds 🤔

[warped lintel]

it didnt

[gilded sluice]

funky 🤔

[stoic goblet]

its looking so good i would let it like that if it happened to me 😆

[bitter fjord]

i dont know if its the instances or tabs but sometimes i get a little freeze for 1 sec and then it resumes

[stoic goblet]

that always happen to me and most of times after 30 like 1 min from joining the world

[stark meadow]

Could be a number of things. Most commonly a freeze during world saving. Are you aware of that one?

[frozen geode]

can anyone help, i press my "pick-up" key and it doesnt pick anything up. Any Solutions?

[stark meadow]

Probably mod related. Using any?

[frozen geode]

Nope

even auto pick-up doesnt work

[stark meadow]

Double check that your installation folder looks like this and doesn't have additional files:

https://i.imgur.com/vdpdeOA.jpg

[frozen geode]

got it

i saw another file and deleted it

[stark meadow]

Better to delete all then and re-install the game

Save won't be touched

[frozen geode]

thats what im gonna do

thanks for the help!

[stark meadow]

When you launch the game next time, also check how things work in a new world with a new character, and if resetting controls in the game settings helps

[low ocean]

You can also rename to Valheim folder to something else, if you wanna save the previous installation just to be sure. Thats what I do with most games.

Also I rename the configuration folder if it is different from the game, which it often is. So I wont accidentally delete something important.

You can always delete later.

[iron steppe]

They are hostile - he was trying to run up to me, but would then realise he had no weapon and just run around. But more interestingly is he is also immune and cant be hit.

[gilded sluice]

yeah. it's an issue as old as valheim itself 😦

[iron steppe]

all good - was more funny in my video this naked furling comes out the smoke and hugs me...

[gilded sluice]

that and the invisible mob are ancient issues

[iron steppe]

I personally have never had the invisible mob - only had the naked one 3-4 times over the years - so its super rare.

...although maybe I had the invisible mob and never knew 🙂

[tiny knot]

Holy shit, iron chests really are more efficient, I suppose. A mere two iron ingots as opposed to the blackmetal chests' six whopping blackmetal ingots, all for an extra eight storage spaces

[marble wolf]

Is that a bug?

[gilded sluice]

is it a plane?

[marble wolf]

No it's SuperSmiffe!

[tiny knot]

Which part?

[marble wolf]

Any of it.

[tiny knot]

Uhhh...

[tiny knot]

Anyways, yes, iron chests, apparently more efficient than blackmetal chests

[marble wolf]

But where's the bug?

[tiny knot]

Oh fuck, I forgot I was in the steam bugs discussion, I meant to say this in the valheim chat

[gilded sluice]

https://tenor.com/view/bug-gif-21306211

[high crest]

Are you also having sound issues in the Ashlands?

[gaunt mist]

It is known issue.

[high crest]

Thanks

[gilded sluice]

it's a game engine issue 😦

[tardy pulsar]

trying to play again and everytime i try to start server it says "logging in to backend service...logging in..." but never goes into game

[lucid geyser]

Please don't post same thing in multiple channels 🙂

[stark meadow]

Playing on Steam, Windows? Which world region? Using an VPN?

[sand dagger]

Hello everyone i need help i reinstalled valheim after ages and wantet to join a friend on his World but i Lose connection very quickly and also i dont see trees and stuff only Grass landscape

Help plz

[stark meadow]

Are you all using Steam platform? Most likely VPN related. Have any of them installed?

[sand dagger]

it was vpn ty it solved it

[proven narwhal]

I am desperate at this point for help so I joined the server. I am on a single player ofline world. All my boats take a constant 10 damage every second or so when I am near or on them. I cannot figure this issue out and the only discussions I have seen have been about online play with lag issues

Also any boat I place in the water has this same issue. There is also an animation that plays every time it takes damage. Its like its hitting the water really hard but i have placed the boat in 10 different spots and used different boats but nothing I have tried has fixed this issue

[iron steppe]

Are you using any mods? And/or have you used mods in the past?

[proven narwhal]

No. I am

No I am not using mods nor have i ever installed them

this is only my second play through of the game

[iron steppe]

Try verifying your game files on Steam? Then try a brand new world, new character, and spawn a boat in, does that have the damage?

[proven narwhal]

ill try it out

okay so I fixed the issue and it could be 1 of 2 fixes just incase anyone else deals with this. 1: I was on the grind for the game and left it open for about 4 days while playing in between those times and restarted the game. 2: Veryified game files

I assume its a memory leak of some sort and im stupid for leaving it open for so long

[iron steppe]

turning it off and on again - solves everything 🙂

[proven narwhal]

Yeah lol sorry about that

even reloaded a backup 3 hours before the glitch before even thinking of turning it off and back on again

[lucid geyser]

If I recall correctly, the devs are aware of this (but I don't know the status or progress regarding this bug), but please report it anyway to the official bug tracker, in pinned comment in this channel.

[gilded sluice]

do you have below 30 FPS ingame?

but the game is ment to punish the player if they use the wrong boat in to harsh weather also

[proven narwhal]

No i have about 120 fps

after restart I do not have this issue

[gilded sluice]

Have you had mods before?

[proven narwhal]

no mods at all every. its my second playthrough of the game

have about 200 hours

[gilded sluice]

which boat you're using?

are there big waves or?

[proven narwhal]

this issue is fixed but I will explain in the best detail I can. I had to game opened for around 4 days becasue I had to work in between playing. It was every boat I placed and it didnt matter where I placed it. I tried joinging with a second character and it was still an issue. I tried reloading a backup from 4 hours before and it was still an issue. I verified game files and restarted the game and have had no issues since. Im assuming some sort of memory leak from me being stupid and lazy and not closing the game

it also wasnt happening while off the boat, only when i was near it or on it. A constant 10 damage every second and a weird animation like it was being hit by big waves. I even tried placing it on land and it was still taking "wave" damage. I was just so into the game I forgot to close it 😦

[iron steppe]

4 days real life you mean?

[proven narwhal]

Yes lol

[remote whale]

Hi hoping someone can help. Im currently trying to start a game with 3 people including me. 2 on pc 1 on xbox all on the same network. When either pc players host a server ingame with crossplay enabled the xbox player can join but the other pc player gets failed to connect. When the xbox hosts no pc players can join and when the pc players host with crossplay disabled they can join eachother but obviously the xbox players cant. I cant find a solution online and have no idea what the fix is. It cant be isp as its all under the same network

[lucid geyser]

Are the 2 PC both Steam? How are the other PC player trying to connect?

[gilded sluice]

but which boat was it? karve? drakkar? longship? raft?

[muted jackal]

When trying to use an item on the ||Battering Ram|| to fuel it, it doesn't show its name. Instead it shows, "You can't use (whatever material) on"

If you try using the material anywhere else on it, it displays its name normally.

[spare sentinel]

Hi guys, i have a big issue, i was playing with my friend valheim in multiplayer and after i warped in a portal the game just dissapear my staff of ember level4, i want to recover it please, i worked so hard to have it. Also my friend has lost a shield he was carrying in that moment

[stark meadow]

Are you playing with mods?

[proven narwhal]

I tried the karve raft and long ship. Dont have access to the drakkar as of now in my playthrough

sorry for the delayed response

[spare sentinel]

no i'm not, im playing it in steam legally with anything else

[marble wolf]

Mods are still legal.

[spare sentinel]

anyway i just want to have my staff back i worked too hard to make it 🥺

[remote whale]

Both on different steam accounts. Connecting through steam overlay, invite code even through the browser

[stark meadow]

There are multiple ways through whcih you can make it back.
But before we do that, can you send me two files though personal message, so we can see what happened?
Those files are player.log and player-prev.log. You can get to them by clicking on the "show player.log" button in the starting menu (bottom left portion of the screen in the starting menu).

[stark meadow]

Think I responded to you on reddit as well. Did you do any of the tests I suggested you should?
Additionally on Xbox, just try re-installing the game as well.
Let me know if you would be available to run your world on Xbox so I can try connecting to its world via my Xbox.

[gilded sluice]

how much RAM does your computer have? 🤔

don't think we have some kind of memory leak that would show so slowly as of 3-4 days later

[proven narwhal]

I believe its ddr4 not ddr5

[gilded sluice]

doesn't matter if it's DDR4 or DDR5 🤔

tho if you tab out, the game will go down to 30 FPS

there is a setting called "reduce background performance"

[lucid geyser]

@stark meadow Do you have any suggestion about this conundrum?

[gilded sluice]

Xbox can only use Crossplay

[stark meadow]

My guess is that it might be a similar issue as you had it.

[gilded sluice]

PC can choose both

[lucid geyser]

This is the original post from @remote whale #steam-bugs-discussion message

I don't grasp why the 2 PC and 1 Xbox on same LAN can't all connect to a world on either of the 3 clients.

[stark meadow]

The glaring issue there is that when Xbox hosts, no PC can connect.

Which might indicate a Xbox sided issue, PC using VPN or router preferring Xbox packets too much.

I'm leaning towards thinking it's QoS thing, but waiting for OP to respond to what I already told them on reddit.

[lucid geyser]

Cool. Thanks.

[iron steppe]

If he was on the pause menu it might - the audio leaks there because repeating sounds get added to the SoundManager array, but the removal of audio from the array is done on game clock time, so a paused game the array grows indefinitely

Its most evident as a leak in Ashlands; but could occur anywhere.

4 days, who knows…

[proven narwhal]

Most of the afk was on the main menu screen never on the pause screen. Had a lot of anxiety about dying even though the game pauses (dumb I know)

[cunning flame]

Root harnesk giving +14 skill bow instead of 15 ?

[marble wolf]

Yep. Rounding issue, IIRC.

[cunning flame]

Ok

[gilded sluice]

solves by logging out and in again

but it's just shows incorrectly. you get the correct amount

[cunning flame]

Oh well nothing terrible then
Thanks

[proven narwhal]

anyone have any fixes for the mounds of dirt that wont go down?

Yes i mined an entire mountain

[gaunt mist]

There are limitations to how deep you can dig terrain. That might be limit for that spot.

[proven narwhal]

Ah i see

ill find a creative way to deal with it lol

[gaunt mist]

One level of stairs and those bumps get covered.

[proven narwhal]

yeah there are some areas where i am having to do two stories but I think it will be okay. going for a compound type build

[gaunt mist]

Seems like a fun project. Have fun. 👍

[cursive fjord]

While playing with custom modifiers(resource rate) You can dupe stones by using a hoe

[gilded sluice]

yes

[cursive fjord]

is it a feature?

[gilded sluice]

no :/

[rare nexus]

hello my friend has a problem that when he dies he spawns back at the beginning where you start

and even tho he sleeps at our base and sets his spawn point at our base he spawns every time at the beggining

[stark meadow]

How is the server being hosted?
Anyone using or used mods?

[rare nexus]

no one is using mods

the host is my other friend

it's not a community server

it's one with a password

[gilded sluice]

did he claim the bed? 🤔

[rare nexus]

yes

even tho he stills spawns at the beggining

[gilded sluice]

would be nice to see his player.log file 🤔

[rare nexus]

now i can't check

i'm not home

i can ask him

[stark meadow]

There is no known vanilla issue that would cause a player to not spawn at the bed that would fit your description.

1. Both the host of the world, and your friend who can't spawn at bed, should check if they have any extra files in their installation folder: https://i.imgur.com/vdpdeOA.jpg
2. Re-construct the bed.
3. Tell your friend to test new character.
4. Grab player.log files after dying and not spawning at the bed (logout → starting menu → show player.log button → send Smiffe or me the player.log file)
5. Tell your friend to test moving their character files from Cloud to Local (starting menu → manage saves button → character tab → select the character → select move to Cloud button)

[rare nexus]

thank you i will send this to him

[rare nexus]

hi i'm back he replied and said to me that he is scared that he will do something he isn't supposed to do, and lose all of his progress

[stark meadow]

It's extremely unlikely that they unknowingly do something that would mess up their saves in a unfixable way.

They can also come here if they want.

In fact, it would be better that way

[rare nexus]

i will them him

i will sent him invitation for the server

just one question

does he need to be in the server to do the thing

or not

[stark meadow]

What thing?

[rare nexus]

the lag

[stark meadow]

What lag? You mean get the "log" file?

[rare nexus]

yes

[stark meadow]

Tell them to do the thing in order I listed them

[rare nexus]

yes he said when he is free he will send a message

to you

[dusk narwhal]

idk if this counts as a steam bug but i keep getting the failed to connect every time i try joining my freinds server (i have verified my files, reset, tried launching with /without vaulkin, and no its not on his side since everyone else is able to join him)

[marble wolf]

Are they usng Steam or Crossplay? Are you using wifi and/or a VPN. If yes, try removing both.

[dusk narwhal]

1. they use steam, 2. im using wifi

[gilded sluice]

are you using a old link? steam friends list to join?

using the joincode or IP address?

[dusk narwhal]

ive tried IP and joincode, and everytime ive used freinds list to join it dosent work

[gilded sluice]

are you on PC or xbox?

[dusk narwhal]

PC

[gilded sluice]

have you played together before?

[dusk narwhal]

nope

[marble wolf]

Join code? On Steam?

[gilded sluice]

steam friendslist is rather unreliable. so try inside the game client

[dusk narwhal]

yep ive tried inside the client

[gilded sluice]

usually wifi is somewhat bad since it drops packages depending on how bad the conection is

[dusk narwhal]

i would say i have good connection but ill try messing with it and get back to you

[gilded sluice]

speed and packageloss isn't the same thing

package loss is another metric

[dusk narwhal]

got it

[gilded sluice]

tho some internet service providers will activly prevent you from hosting game sessions

[iron steppe]

Maybe boss procedural location generation checks should include a "median" zone check; so you dont get Bonemass deep in the plains all alone...

[marble wolf]

A median zone check?

[bright coral]

That's pretty neat. I'd try to build something around it 😁

[gilded sluice]

The problematic micro biomes 🥲

[iron steppe]

https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Zones

When a biome is 100% of the zone (1 biome) - it counts as a median zone. I think the technical check is the 4 corners of the zone (I dont recall exactly off the top of my head). That is used to spawn certain things - i.e. some mobs like Seeker Solders etc only spawn in the median zones. The idea is to stop them spawning right on the edge of a biome leading into another one - instead they are "deeper" in the biome in theory.

edit: seems I'm wrong about this

[iron steppe]

huh... its already a median check? Then I'm confused how this occurs - since its clearly not a median zone? Surely thats bugged?

... lol - if we use the faulty dirt lines - we can see the zone outline.

So median is just middle? I thought there was a check for zone coverage in 4 corners - guess I'm wrong there. I'm sure I read it somewhere - but must be wrong.

Ok - so I'm not going crazy - that is what everyone thought it was.

Haha - found the cause. The median check code has a bug.

It is only checking the 4x corners are the same - but not what they are. Which in my screenshot - they are the same: plains.

So when it went to check if it can place bonemass there - it doesnt check if the corners are swamp - just that it is "median" (which it is - for Plains) - and so it passed the median check - not realising that is not a Swamp median - its a plains median.

[iron steppe]

so this is how you can potentially fix micro biomes spawning key things; the median/edge biome check stuff probably needs to be more specific - that the zone is a median, with a corner edge of the type expected.

[gilded sluice]

yes. correct

[tawdry owl]

Friend of mine has constant issues with his video freezing (not crashing) and has to altf4 to exit.
I have found a number of examples from accross the web and reddit with no luck finding a solution.

Game unistalled and reinstalled.
Video drivers (3080) unistalled and reinstalled.
gpu/cpu overclock disabled.
Bios updated.
vulkan launch toggled.
running world locally / multiplayer.
Lowest video preset.
and a number of other things I don't recall

He can play for around 5-10 mins then his game just softlocks, he can alt tab and even shift enter to go window mode but the video is just frozen. he can still do* things like swing an axe and sounds verify an action but video is frozen.

Any insight on this?

[stark meadow]

Definitely a GPU problem.
I suggest that you use DDU to uninstall current drivers, and then install drivers from April 30th

After that don't optimise Valheim app via Nvidia app

We recently had a couple of cases with freezes like this that were all confirmed to be driver related issues

[tawdry owl]

Thanks for the prompt reply, I will forward to him and hope it works

[gilded sluice]

yeah. I'd recommend 576.28

[tawdry owl]

Thank you much, we had a three hour session without issues! He had actually refunded because he was so frustrated, but I gifted it so he would roll back his driver and it worked:)

[stark meadow]

Glad it works. Thanks for reporting backi. Hopefully Nvidia fixes this on their next drivers, they have been lacking in that department for the past few months since 5000 series came out. Some other games were affected as well with this latest drive release.

[gilded sluice]

Prett much all games that used DLSS for me I own is broken with 576.52 and newer drivers 🥲

[patent sand]

Me and a friend of mine cant join the server of our host .. though we see it and are able to click on it .. it always says "no connection possible" .. our host did everything as usual as we left the last time .. anyone know a tip for him? :/ he is albe to open the world and play on it, but we others cant join and getting the error message 😦

[stark meadow]

If you are all using Steam, tell your friend to disable crossplay before starting the world as a server.

[patent sand]

Waaoww. it works! Thank you legend ❤️

[stark meadow]

The reason connection didn't work before is probably because the host connected over VPN.
Since that can create other problems during gameplay, then should disable it.

[tawdry owl]

@gilded sluice @stark meadow Seems we are running into the same issue again today... we did have a solid session last night and all a sudden it's having the same issue. Confirmed there was no auto update on the video driver or anything. Any other ideas or anything else I can provide to help trouble shoot?

[stark meadow]

Did your friend specifically use DDU program to re-install the driver?

[tawdry owl]

I will touch base and come back with results

[unreal gull]

Is there a bug with Tonic of Ratatosk saying it gives +10 to Run still but only displays +9? I don't recalling seeing this in the past but admittedly I don't check my skill page that often.

[stark meadow]

It's a known bug that triggers on all types of blue bonuses on skills

[unreal gull]

Ah, I see. Are there any known workarounds to get the bonuses to apply correctly?

[stark meadow]

Not really. Dying will trigger the bug.
In some cases restarting the game can help.

[sharp swift]

Hello, I am having something of an issue. I can run Valheim with out issue. But if I run my world with the server option checked, then after about thirty minutes my GPU drivers crash and there are instances the GPU gets disabled in Windows. Would any one happen to know why this is happening?

I am running a Radeon RX 6700 XT GPU with current drivers.

[stark meadow]

Do you get black screens and are forced to shut down your PC in order to make your GPU works again?

[gilded sluice]

how much RAM do you got?

[sharp swift]

Yes

And from time to time, after the system will disable the GPU and I have to re-enable it in the device manager.

[sharp swift]

32GB

[gilded sluice]

2x16 Gb or 4x8Gb?

[stark meadow]

Try pressing Win + Ctrl + Shift + B next time to reset the driver.
Generally black screens are hardware related GPU issues, mostly to power.
How old is your power supply?

[sharp swift]

2x16GB DDR5

[gilded sluice]

windows logs would probably tell what the problem is 🤔

[gilded sluice]

bought as a pair right?

nice

intel or AMD CPU?

[sharp swift]

When I rebuilt this system I bought a new PSU, it is an 850 with a Ryzen 7700-X limited to 85c

[gilded sluice]

7700X limited to 85c? 🤔

what kind of voodoo is that? 😄

[sharp swift]

Bios settings, you can tewak the power curve and put a hard temp limit.

[gilded sluice]

sounds dangerous IMHO

I got a 7700X aswell

and it can easily not-kill-itself around 90-95

[sharp swift]

AMD recomends doing that...so...and I am in a small space so haveing a 95 degree space heater is not prefered.

[gilded sluice]

funky 🤔

what kind of cooler do you run?

[sharp swift]

Basically you set where the power curve stops ramping up. So yeah I loose some omph...but about 5% to keep temps from my room hitting 90F.

[gilded sluice]

mostly just curious. that shouldn't be the issue since the extremly tiny diffrence between running server shouldn't even put a dent in the heat

[sharp swift]

AIO 240 x 120

[gilded sluice]

my AIO keep mine below 60C 🤔

with the off-set thingy you had to use

[stark meadow]

GPU has 2 x 8-pin power connectors? Using separate cables or pig-tail cable to connect it?
Also, if it's a newer PSU, check if it has a multi rail switch or eco mode.

From driver related issues, since you have 7700X, which has integrated graphics, there could be a driver related issues that results in switching active GPU during gamplay due to some issue dedicated GPU encounters. I haven't encountered a black screen issue that was driver related so far (except one that was antivirus related, Malwarebytes), but it's worth a shot doing a procedure that usually resolves AMD driver issues:

1. Disable iGPU in BIOS
2. Un-install current drivers with DDU
3. Install Andrenaline again
4. Don't tweak Valheim settings with optimisers

[sharp swift]

I have no optimizers, all vanilla Game.

Odd thing is that it only does this when the server button is ticked.

So played for 3 hours...local is fin. Tick the button for server and Boom after 30.

[gilded sluice]

you played any since then?

[sharp swift]

I have been trouble shooting this for a couple days. Wanted to make sure I was sane.

[gilded sluice]

or had the same issue since then?

valheim saves 2 log files 🤔

[sharp swift]

Yeah, it is very consistant.

[stark meadow]

I've seen planty of cases where people claimed that issues only happen when hosting servere.
None of the crashes were actually network related in terms of their root cause.
I would only consider networks elements to be an issue after going though the things you already listed (only one example so far from a player having stutters from a ethernet switch).

[sharp swift]

I get it and why that tick would cause the GPU to die is...well makes no sense. But I replicated it...so that is why I am talking.

[gilded sluice]

windows event-viewer then 🤔

[stark meadow]

All I'm saying is that networking isn't the root cause.
There can absolutely be differences in terms of how game operates when networking is turned on that would cause you to crash, most often how saving works.
You can try opening a server, and spamming /save in chat to see if it would crash. Stand next to water.

[sharp swift]

I will do some digging but may need to look tomorrow.

[gilded sluice]

look for things with big evil red (!) on it. and just google then "windows event-ID <number>"

windows -> System tab is where you want to look

[sharp swift]

😄 I am familiar, working helpdesk and tracing why a system reboots...event log helps.

[gilded sluice]

nice nice

[stark meadow]

This crashes are in 99% of cases not software related, so it's unlikely you will see anything useful in log files, Valheim logs or event viewer. But you can also check "reliability history" if you want easier place to check for errors.

[sharp swift]

I am loking more for an error from the GPU driver on why it blew up.

[gilded sluice]

dumb question, but never had mods. right?

[sharp swift]

Correct, no mods.

[gilded sluice]

lemme see your player.log file 🤔

[sharp swift]

Sure, where would that be stored.

[gilded sluice]

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

[stark meadow]

Never saw anything useful there, unless another program is crashing as well at the same time, which indicates incompatibility of sorts (e.g. Fraps that records gameplay and uses GPU as well).

If what I mentioned about how to properly re-do drivers on AMD cards doesn't work (multiple players who did this and resolved their crashes, not black screens tho), and you use two separate power cables on the GPU, and PSU doesn't have a multi rail switch, you will most likely have to downvolt the card in Andrenaline to make it stable.

AMD GPU can be unstable in Valheim at 100% GPU usage, and when sudden power spikes occurs during saving or other actions (e.g. opening crafting menus). Locking FPS in graphic control panel can help, but it's also not the solution of the root cause, more a workaround, but worth to test.

[sharp swift]

I may need to triger it again, I was making sure at those times, that my small server was working.

[gilded sluice]

yup. those looks like they suppose to look like

[sharp swift]

I will trigger the event tomorrow, get you the log then. I think though as it is a driver failure, I will clean install them after...fun fun.

Now it is 12:15am...and sleep calls. 😄

[gilded sluice]

sweet dreams

[stark meadow]

If you opt for reinstall of drivers, I encourage you to re-install them in the manner I suggested.
Had multiple cases where a typical driver re-install by re-installing Adrenaline + selecting clean profile wasn't enough.

@sharp swift here's an example of 6600XT user I talked to, having black screen crashes in Valheim and how they solved it
https://www.reddit.com/r/valheim/comments/uq9b8x/comment/j9p80fm/

[glossy marsh]

experienced player. Solo world. Died on flametal spire. Went back for tombstone. As I approached (about 3 meters) it seemed to fall down under the spire. Then I could not get the spire to sink. (other spires have on this seed.) with freefly could not find it. Tried god mode and fly. Could not get under lava. Flew off worlds edge, could not do anything due to lava. Any ideas?

[stark meadow]

With free fly you can enter the spier and see it from the inside. You still didn't see the tombstone inside?

If not, then there is no tombstone there.

Did you crash or close the game when you died?

[glossy marsh]

I did exit and re-enter. Yes I looked inside the spire, twice, thinking I missed it. I just spawned my gear, but I would like to understand. The spire not sinking, very odd.

[stark meadow]

Sounds like you managed to close the game without saving. Do you remember how you closed your game?

Generally, when something like this goes down, it's usually easier to just restore previous character save from the manage saves menu (accessible from starting menu).

[paper agate]

I recently built a tall octagonal tower with a large platform coming out from the top. The support is flammetal pillars (blue at the base) embedded in each corneer of the tower. I'm finding that some of the grausten 4x4 sections of thee platform break at random and instantly re-break when I try to rebuild them. I can temporarily fix this by restarting the game, but I'd like to know if there is a way to stop this from happening.

[dull kernel]

not a game breaking bug,
but player will inadvertently disconnect themselves from server when kicking a player via the player list GUI,
assuming the Character name was never properly resolved due to incorrect platform format sent to them
this results in an incomplete rpc call for the 'Kick', missing the player name because i guess its null,
where the rpc serializer doesnt have a failure mode in the case of a null, just skips it entirely.

[gilded sluice]

Hm... 🤔

[stark meadow]

Do you have iron or flametal beneath your grousten tiles there?
Chances are that they should break, and that the issues is that they are not breaking sooner

[stark meadow]

We never had a case of someone reporting getting disconnected by kicking a player.

Played with someone with a cracked game?

[paper agate]

Flammetal

[stark meadow]

Could you send me your worldname.db and worldname.fwl file so I can take a look at your tower?

[signal pecan]

I need help--I can hear the game, but the screen will not open. I have rebooted as well as unistalled and reinstalled the game. No mods ever used.

[gilded sluice]

there is a file called player.log

I'd like to look at it 🙂

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

[signal pecan]

I sorted the problem--for some reason I had to go into task manager and manually maximize the game, no idea why

[gilded sluice]

O_o

that's a new one

[signal pecan]

is it my steam user name?

[gilded sluice]

no. username is your windows login username

[signal pecan]

oh dear, i have no idea what that is

[gilded sluice]

just click in windows so you can see hidden files and folders

you should be able to find out by clicking the folders where it is )(

[signal pecan]

found it--which file do you wish?

[gilded sluice]

player

it's full file name is player.log

there is also a player-prev.log

can send me both

[signal pecan]

is that safe to do?

[gilded sluice]

oh yes

it's only a text file

and I'll delete it from here when I got it down

[signal pecan]

now i have to figure out how to send it 🙂 im old so this is tough

[gilded sluice]

drag-n-drop here 🙂

I'm also not young anymore 😉

[signal pecan]

its too big

i have almost 2K hours of play time

[gilded sluice]

the player.log file?

[signal pecan]

yes discord says its to big to drag and drop

this is the prev one

i can email it to you if you want

[gilded sluice]

oh

it's big because it crashed

ArgumentException: RenderTextureDesc width must be greater than zero.
Parameter name: desc.width

[signal pecan]

355,682 kb

i have no idea what any of this means

[gilded sluice]

um

something wrong with the installation probably

you can go to steam library, right click valheim, choose properties

[signal pecan]

ok

[gilded sluice]

installed files and that tab has a "Verify integrity of game files"

[signal pecan]

783 successfully validated

[gilded sluice]

O.o that's very few files

oh wait. it's not 😄

[signal pecan]

seems to be working now and i dont think I lost anything

thank you for helping me!!

[gilded sluice]

nothing should be lost, besides a few play hours 😄

[signal pecan]

and my sanity 🙂

[gilded sluice]

but a word of caution.
in nvidia app, you have the "optimize game" button. don't use it on valheim since games in early access isn't usually setup for any kind of normalized optimization by 3rd party software

[signal pecan]

should i turn the windows game mode off too?

i dont know how to open any of the nvidia stuff

[gilded sluice]

if it happens again, try turning it off 🤔

[urban patrol]

Im having a problem where im mining copper ore and its not dropping copper, is it a bug or am i doing something wrong?

[lucid geyser]

You break the ore, and nothing drops?

[urban patrol]

its only stone

[lucid geyser]

Not heard of that before. Is it only copper ore, or also Tin?

[urban patrol]

only copper, tin works fine

[lucid geyser]

Strange. Using mods?

[urban patrol]

no, im playing vanilla

[lucid geyser]

I don't have a clue what's going on. It have never happen to me in my 1400h of playtime.

Let's hope MaCarBre have heard of it.

[urban patrol]

i searched it up earlier and couldnt find anything

[lucid geyser]

Just curious; Does it happen to any world / character? Server or Solo?

[urban patrol]

just started playing like a week ago after not having played in over a year

[lucid geyser]

Welcome back 🙂

I would cross-test worlds and characters, to see if you can pin point what might causing it.

Is the world "bugged"? Character? All or some copper deposits?

[urban patrol]

i dondt have any other worlds or characters in the bronze age

[urban patrol]

so far i`ve mined like 3-4 ores and only gotten stone

it worked fine a couple of days ago

[lucid geyser]

So create new character, spawn into the world, go into admin and check. If it persist; Create a new world, with a 3rd character, spawn in, go into admin and check.

What does the player.log say?

[urban patrol]

how do i check it?

[gilded sluice]

@urban patrol
there is a file called player.log
In this hidden folder in windows:
C:\Users\ <username> \AppData\LocalLow\IronGate\Valheim

[urban patrol]

I just fixed it

[gilded sluice]

what was the problem?

[urban patrol]

i had to increase the drop rate to 1.5x

[gilded sluice]

ah

and game does a bad job of doing 1.5x

[urban patrol]

thanks for trying to help tho

[gilded sluice]

it's my job 😄

helping people is the best

there is also a issue with fracturing pieces. where drops can end up between fractured parts. and will "pop" up once you removed more parts of a copper node 🥲

[sweet sedge]

so i get this weird bug where when i hit a slope or an object while walking it snaps my camera straight up and makes me spin

[stark meadow]

Do you have multiple mouse devices plugged in?
Playing with controller or mouse?
Using mods?

[sweet sedge]

nope, i can rarely get it to happen. its just walking into a cart or up something really steep while looking back

[stark meadow]

So what input device are you using?

[sweet sedge]

Mouse and keyboard

[stark meadow]

We don't have any similar reports so probaby some kind of mouse issue then

What's mouse model and at what polling rate are you using it?
https://mousedpianalyzer.com/polling-rate-tester/

[sweet sedge]

Logitech G502 Hero Pollrate max 1100

[stark meadow]

Try to set it below 1000 while playing Valheim.
Let me know if the issue stops happening or not.

[sweet sedge]

K, i should be recording full session. if it happens again i could send a clip?

[green yacht]

is it a bug, that 2 star ticks only drop 1 blood clot?

they do massive damage but the result, if you kill them is sad

[gilded sluice]

no

[green yacht]

ok. thx for info.

another question - i already wrote it via the formular. is it a bug, that a fireplace is effected by rain if it is under the shield?

i replaced the roof of the chimney and then found out, that it does not work for my fireplace

[stark meadow]

Known issue, will be tweaked eventually

[green yacht]

thx for the info

[sharp stratus]

My framerate gets absolutely demolished when i enter swamps and witness leeches spawn

[lucid geyser]

Most people with FPS issues, have either low end PC, problematic software/drivers, using bad mods, playing on server, overclocked GPU/CPU/RAM. Or all of them.

[sharp stratus]

I do have low end, but when i was playing few months ago i didnt have such issue

[gilded sluice]

how low end? 🤔

swamps usually don't bring someones PC to their knees

first common problematic area is mountains with snowstorms, and then ashlands overall

[sharp stratus]

I have 12 ram i3 10100f rx570, ashlands runs slower, but not even close to the swamp

[gilded sluice]

you got any mods running?

[clear reef]

Do you have any other software run in the background of your pc what be using resources on pc

[sharp stratus]

I have epicloot and other few small mods

[sharp stratus]

Only discord

I was trying to remove leech effects using unity explorer, but i cant figure out how

[stark meadow]

Doubt you would have the same issue in vanilla.

[sharp stratus]

ill check later

[gilded sluice]

I guess it's mods related

usual aproach is to remove all mods, try in vanilla if it's the same issues (new character and world might be required since mods still persist in those 2 files even tho they aren't loaded)

Also we have a channel for people with mods related issues #mods-issues

[sharp stratus]

Just did that, the problem was mod UseEquipmentInWater

[gilded sluice]

nice

[hidden mural]

This is my console, I was sucked to the bone maw's location, like ripped off the shore, and now I'm in a semi-invincible limbo. Is this a vanilla bug, or am I doing the mod shuffle too? XD

Info:
-It seems to glitch out the whole area even if I go there on another character.
-It overrides dev flight

As it turns out, tis because I am using an outdated version of an 'all items float' mod. If I had to make a guess, I'd say some part of the bone maw is coded similar to an item, but it controls itself... and I, the player entity am trying to also send commands to the same object. Constantly. Thus: limbo state.

[gilded sluice]

mods mods mods

--> #mods-issues

If you know you have any mod install. post in that channel

[gaunt mist]

Item float mod has occured as a problem in Ashlands waters many times as far as I've seen it, but yeah it's not Vanilla game problem but mod problem.

[drifting matrix]

Hello, I am currently trying to connect to my friends server, and I had this problem before, so I removed the server from favourites, quit the game, re-added and the failed to connect issue was fixed. Now I am doing it again and it fails every time. In the favourites list I can see the server with two people on, like it is in reality, but in thefriends list I only see one person and everytime I remove and re-add it produces a failed to connect message...

[hollow raven]

Hi, I have a problem logging into the game. After the last server update and of course after updating my R2MM profile, my game stays on the login screen all the time. I've tried different things. Other players don't have this problem. Is here anyone who can help me? 🙂

[marble wolf]

Best ask in #mods-discussion as its almost certainly a mod issue.

[stark meadow]

Removing and re-adding servers is usually recommended for old server, but this won't resolve connection issues on new servers.

Be sure to only interact with favorites tab, and none of other tabs (like friends tab)

Are you using any VPN? Connected over WiFi? Using mods?

[dim knot]

ever since i got an ultrawide screen random games have been doing this to me

a lot of games dont have this problem but it was also a problem with enlisted and hell let loose for example

although for hell let loose it was fixed simply with a change in directx

which did not fix valheim or enlisted

[stark meadow]

Where do you have windows, steam and Valheim installed? (which disk, what kind of disk)

[dim knot]

on my ssd

476gbs of space max

[stark meadow]

Everything I mentioned is installed on your one SSD?

[dim knot]

yes, it allows everything to run smoother

the other option is a hard drive

should i send my pc specs?

[gilded sluice]

what is your C drive?

[dim knot]

476gb ssd

ill load it up again on my hard drive to see if it works after another reinstallation

it even persits in the menu

[stark meadow]

Try setting these setting in Arc Control:
Game Compatibility - Advanced
Frame Delivery - VSYNC ON
Post Processing - Sharpening On (12%)
3D Overrides - Anisotropic Filtering x16
Adaptive Tessellation: ON (Quality at 100%)

At what resolution is your ultra wide screen running at?

[dim knot]

21:9

3440-1440p

also i do not have arc control

i will try to get that downloaded

or wait