was going smooth then getting a unhandled exception error no matter what i do. every save | Channel37 | Page 1

west spoke Dec 25, 2025, 2:30 AM

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same here, same error......
i saved the game for a system reboot and suddenly no savegame would load and crash, even after a reinstall

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 2:33 AM

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man i just put like 300 plus hours on this game then bam killing a shark and even a new game insta crash same error

west spoke Dec 25, 2025, 2:35 AM

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for sure the devs will solve this, don't panic......keep the old savegames just to be sure and be patient 😉 i know it's a buzz killer but the game is in early stages 🤷‍♂️

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 2:36 AM

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oh truly, i saved a copy of the back up and my last save . i just got my oil rig all setup and wired clean too was headed back to laz to dump off oil and diesel

west spoke Dec 25, 2025, 2:39 AM

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i trust them...i have started the third time now from scratch.....but yeah early acces.....still not fun but yeah.....hang in there...they will solve it for sure and then i can finish the mother mission as i was headed for the last node......🤷‍♂️

this is the universe telling me to go to bed XD

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 2:39 AM

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oh not mad or upset posting to hopefully help for future i love this game i can't wait to see what is in store when its polished

west spoke Dec 25, 2025, 2:40 AM

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me 2....

I hope the one map i saw will be the real one, or even with more on it to really sail around the globe for some nice action!

hidden holly Dec 25, 2025, 2:41 AM

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I'm wondering if the issue is grounded in Steam having issues. Are you using Steam Cloud for saves?

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 2:41 AM

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i can't decide if exploring or building is my fav yet

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negative im on epic

west spoke Dec 25, 2025, 2:41 AM

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me 2

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 2:42 AM

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cleared shaders and reinstalled same error sadly

west spoke Dec 25, 2025, 2:42 AM

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yup already tried that one 🤭

hidden holly Dec 25, 2025, 2:42 AM

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Hmm. Okay. You were killing a shark and it crashed, and now you can't even make it to the main menu?

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 2:43 AM

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everytime the game loads wether a save file backup or new game it crashes with the kernel errror

small canopy Dec 25, 2025, 2:43 AM

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I can't even get into the game to start. I just bought the game and get the same error as soon as i hit new game.

hidden holly Dec 25, 2025, 2:44 AM

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small canopy I can't even get into the game to start. I just bought the game and get the same...

Did you also get it through Epic?

small canopy Dec 25, 2025, 2:44 AM

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hidden holly Did you also get it through Epic?

yes

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i feel like that may be the mistake

west spoke Dec 25, 2025, 2:44 AM

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sounds like the steam side working?

hidden holly Dec 25, 2025, 2:45 AM

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Steam keeps going up and down today. Definitely not very stable.

small canopy Dec 25, 2025, 2:46 AM

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so just steam is going down? not the game itself? or are you getting the same error?

hidden holly Dec 25, 2025, 2:46 AM

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And this started for all 3 of you in the last 30 minutes or so?

west spoke Dec 25, 2025, 2:46 AM

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yes

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for me tho

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 2:46 AM

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exactly 29 mins

small canopy Dec 25, 2025, 2:46 AM

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yes for me

west spoke Dec 25, 2025, 2:46 AM

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maybe the epeic services are down or something...........

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 2:46 AM

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other games working fine

west spoke Dec 25, 2025, 2:46 AM

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weird

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 2:47 AM

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just switched to hogwarts and it loaded fine

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was also my train of thought since steam is down and a few other api services like cftools

small canopy Dec 25, 2025, 2:47 AM

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Yeah all my other games are running fine, both epic & steam.

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 2:48 AM

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idk if theirs other issues but a few games i host on gtx were having issues earlier as well

hidden holly Dec 25, 2025, 2:48 AM

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Just wanted to verify whether I got the same error or not on Steam when booting it up. I don't, it seems to load in no problem

small canopy Dec 25, 2025, 2:49 AM

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hmm okay i may refund it on epic

modern prairie Dec 25, 2025, 2:49 AM

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stupid and off the wall question. have you guys tried Steam in offline to see if that works? it would pinpoint if its something weird with Steam atm? Cloud Sync issues come to mind atm...

there has been no game update.

hidden holly Dec 25, 2025, 2:49 AM

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They're on Epic

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 2:49 AM

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and i have cloud saving off

modern prairie Dec 25, 2025, 2:49 AM

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oh... don't know about Epic

hidden holly Dec 25, 2025, 2:50 AM

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small canopy hmm okay i may refund it on epic

This was your first time starting it up?

small canopy Dec 25, 2025, 2:50 AM

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hidden holly This was your first time starting it up?

yes

west spoke Dec 25, 2025, 2:50 AM

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well....time for bed then...ill see tomorrow if it works again....maybe switching to steam would be a good idea then 🤣 have a blessed night y'all 😉

small canopy Dec 25, 2025, 2:51 AM

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Yeah im refunding it right now

modern prairie Dec 25, 2025, 2:52 AM

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spring egret and i have cloud saving off

so do i. even then it took forever to load up until i switched to offline mode. one of the reasons i suggested it.

near scroll Dec 25, 2025, 2:53 AM

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Steam has been kinda janky lately. Still nowhere near as bad as epic though. I refuse to buy anything from them.

modern prairie Dec 25, 2025, 2:53 AM

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Steam has been screwy for hours now...

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 2:53 AM

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copy, i do alot of server dev work myself ive been through most of the basics to see if i can fix on my end trying to delete the Voyage_PCD3D_SM6.upipelinecache and see if that helps

near scroll Dec 25, 2025, 2:53 AM

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It's probably the Christmas rush overloading everyone's servers.

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 2:54 AM

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this is a memory error trying to call from a resource that doesnt exist

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usually a shader deal

near scroll Dec 25, 2025, 2:54 AM

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Ah gotcha

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 2:55 AM

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its just odd the only time ive gotten it prior was a corrupted save file not in the middle of fighting a shark

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cache files deleted for shaders and a fresh install and just insta crash maybe it is an epic issue

hidden holly Dec 25, 2025, 2:55 AM

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spring egret its just odd the only time ive gotten it prior was a corrupted save file not in ...

And I see you said you cleared your shaders and reinstalled even

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 2:56 AM

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yeah

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pretty much what i would have my clients do on my serverf

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minus the mistypes

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i can't spell to save me lol

modern prairie Dec 25, 2025, 2:58 AM

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even if its a shader issue, thats just weird to me that it JUST popped up out of the blue with no system changes. interesting....

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 2:58 AM

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gonna see if maybe adding -noraytracing to launch helps?

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it in fact did not

hidden holly Dec 25, 2025, 2:58 AM

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spring egret gonna see if maybe adding -noraytracing to launch helps?

Give it a shot. Not sure that'll fix it, but it can't hurt

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I doubt it's a coincidence that 3 people came in with the same error with Epic copies of the game. I'm not sure what's causing that

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 3:00 AM

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im addicted at this point might as well trouble shoot and see if i can find a temp work around

hidden holly Dec 25, 2025, 3:07 AM

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If you find the cause, let us know, if you don't mind. I try to keep a catalogue of issues and their solutions, and keep some player saves for testing purposes where applicable. 🤔

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 3:08 AM

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so changing the alloted virtual memory has resolved this issue sorta so far now it loads but locks up

hidden holly Dec 25, 2025, 3:09 AM

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spring egret so changing the alloted virtual memory has resolved this issue sorta so far now ...

Hmm. How far do you get before it locks up?

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 3:09 AM

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loading

small canopy Dec 25, 2025, 3:10 AM

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So I got it on steam and I’m playing with no problems so far

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 3:10 AM

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seems to be epic finger pointing then

small canopy Dec 25, 2025, 3:10 AM

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Thank you!

near scroll Dec 25, 2025, 3:11 AM

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Happy caretaking

hidden holly Dec 25, 2025, 3:11 AM

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small canopy Thank you!

I wish I could claim we were able to fix it for you. Heheh. Glad you're up and running, though. 🙂

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 3:11 AM

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yeah be carefull its addicting lol

foggy wasp Dec 25, 2025, 3:31 AM

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Did you ever get it working?
Are we able to copy/backup the save files else where and see if the game would load?

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 3:32 AM

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I would recommend copying your recent saves to your personal file preference but I’m still trying a few things but I believe this is related to epic

foggy wasp Dec 25, 2025, 3:32 AM

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Where are the saves?

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 3:32 AM

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Windows r

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%localappdata%

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Then look for voyage/saved/savegames

foggy wasp Dec 25, 2025, 3:33 AM

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thx

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 3:33 AM

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The one that says backup is the auto backup

humble jewel Dec 25, 2025, 3:40 AM

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Looks like Epic issue, i bought it two hours ago, keep crashing when start new game and same issue as yours. Then i tried on my laptop still same issue.

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 3:43 AM

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yeah and ive been knee deep into any issue i can find on my end and nada every game but fortnite works on epic but thats a whole other story lol.

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im just sad just rewired the whole oil rig to look nice and ocd clean and now im stuck watching you tube lol

humble jewel Dec 25, 2025, 3:50 AM

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I played demo before buying the full game today and it was working fine

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 3:55 AM

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for testing i did load into the demo version that did indeed load in fine

foggy wasp Dec 25, 2025, 4:02 AM

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I tried another game and it's just a blank screen. Maybe just like either PSN or Xbox Live got hit on Christmas, I guess it's Epic's turn??

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 4:02 AM

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i did just notice nvidia snuck in a driver update on the 18th trying that but im sure the wife and kids will be happy to see me crawl back out of the hole i was in for the past week or so lol

hidden holly Dec 25, 2025, 4:04 AM

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Epic storefront seems okay, unlike how Steam was for most of the day

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 4:06 AM

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to be fairs steams api system has been borked for about 3 days now, i am not a fan

modern prairie Dec 25, 2025, 4:06 AM

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gonna throw this out there since folks mentioned the demo. the saves are NOT compatible with the released game. if you try to proceed a demo save, you're gonna have all sorts of issues

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 4:06 AM

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i know i got about 300 plus hours on the early release

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i can't even start a new game now though

modern prairie Dec 25, 2025, 4:07 AM

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spring egret i know i got about 300 plus hours on the early release

i know. i seen 'demo' and a lots folks don't know about the saves

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 4:07 AM

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i did stupidly find a workaround with that lol

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but then you have 2 boats and they dont work right lol

foggy wasp Dec 25, 2025, 4:08 AM

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Does this game needs internet connection to work? can it work offline?

hidden holly Dec 25, 2025, 4:09 AM

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I understand some of the issues with loading the demo save into the full game, but I do think there should at least be an option to import the save into the full game in a way that makes it usable.

modern prairie Dec 25, 2025, 4:09 AM

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foggy wasp Does this game needs internet connection to work? can it work offline?

offline is fine. i got Steam offline atm...

humble jewel Dec 25, 2025, 4:15 AM

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I haven’t tried any other game in epic

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 4:20 AM

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welp i guess its the waiting game lol

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i had plans man

stuck cape Dec 25, 2025, 4:23 AM

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This is a known issue with UE5, turn raytracing off by typing -noraytracing in the games launch options in Steam. it's not 100% but it helps. Also confirm files as well.

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 4:23 AM

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ive done that yeah

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turned ambient off etc even did it in the raw save so it loads, tried loading in at 3 fps cap to avoid the splash etc

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cranked my paging size

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deleted all saves and tried to start a new game nada

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i blame epic

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shaders deleted and refreshed

stuck cape Dec 25, 2025, 4:26 AM

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Ya, sadly this is more a UE5 issue, you can get the same crash in other UE5 games like Fortnite. 😑 😤

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 4:26 AM

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config delted and refreshed lol

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fortnite just eats cpu for me i have a bottle neck lol

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hopefully theres a fix since it just worked amazing for the past week and half for me

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too many plans in place , i blame the devs the games too addicting i can't wait to see the full release

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if its this good in early i can't imagine lol

stuck cape Dec 25, 2025, 4:28 AM

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Ya, what that error is, is UE5 trying to access a memory address that literally does not exist. There is no address 0x0000000000000000

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 4:28 AM

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correct

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trying to draw from something that doesn't exist

humble jewel Dec 25, 2025, 4:29 AM

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Good thing i checked on laptop is overheating so i can clean and put new thermal paste 😅

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 4:30 AM

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but even a fresh install and new start which should remove that doesn't so i feel its something on epics end since someone had the issue then dl on steam and didn't but if its for sale on epic i hope theres a fix soon

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 4:30 AM

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humble jewel Good thing i checked on laptop is overheating so i can clean and put new thermal...

see at least this post has had a benefit

humble jewel Dec 25, 2025, 4:30 AM

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Yes lol

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 4:30 AM

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my only actual complaint is this game is too good and i can't play lol

stuck cape Dec 25, 2025, 4:32 AM

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Have you set the games .exe to run as Admin?

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That can help as well.

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 4:32 AM

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i generally launch through epic

humble jewel Dec 25, 2025, 4:32 AM

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Same bro, i watched youtube video while having dinner than i played the demo but since bought it i cant play haha

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 4:32 AM

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i did however launch directly off the exe as admin and still same

humble jewel Dec 25, 2025, 4:32 AM

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stuck cape Have you set the games .exe to run as Admin?

I did and then it didnt even launch

stuck cape Dec 25, 2025, 4:33 AM

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Also disable any overlays, like discords or epics.

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 4:33 AM

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i host dayz servers as a side job i know all the issues i should address i believe its on epic

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i just bought on steam and works as intended

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launch through epic crash

humble jewel Dec 25, 2025, 4:34 AM

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So its epic

near scroll Dec 25, 2025, 4:34 AM

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Tldr don't buy from epic lol

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 4:34 AM

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i do believe so

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i did have this issue a week or so when i orginally dl but a fresh install and gpu driver update fixed it

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and overwriting a corrupted save file i had , needed to eat 6 hours of scrapping but i was loaded back

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tried all the same this time , i blame epic lol

stuck cape Dec 25, 2025, 4:36 AM

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yes, epic has a whole forum page dedicated to this exact issue, so they know it is a "them" issue.

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 4:36 AM

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good old cash cow can't fix nothing lol

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again im not complaining i just got addicted to this adventure lol

near scroll Dec 25, 2025, 4:37 AM

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Were you able to transfer your saves at least to the steam version?

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 4:37 AM

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who do we tag to raise a fit lol

stuck cape Dec 25, 2025, 4:37 AM

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Oh the game is fun as heck, lol

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 4:38 AM

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i just set up my oil rig for continous power with 16 diesel tanks and 8 on the boat

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i can go anywhere and refuel, i had jsut setup laz dock as a mid fuel station was headed back with 4 tanks of oil to start making diesel and pet there

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the plan tonight was build exo so it was always fueled and ready when i got there with a new pod or 3

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i am sure being the holidays my family will be happy i crawled back out to wipe the eyes and say hi lmao

stuck cape Dec 25, 2025, 4:40 AM

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haha

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 4:41 AM

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so many ocd wires out of place man

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i was at the oil rig for ten hours setting up battery and solar then straight line configuring all the power out and in to the garbage down at bottom of elevator

stuck cape Dec 25, 2025, 4:43 AM

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been there, done that, have the tee shirt haha.

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 4:43 AM

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where does one buy that ? temu?

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lol

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im owed at least 5 titanium

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i was killing a shark... and i should have just kept sailing lol

hidden holly Dec 25, 2025, 4:46 AM

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spring egret i was killing a shark... and i should have just kept sailing lol

Hopefully the issue with Epic resolves itself. The game definitely hasn't been updated in the past few days.

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 4:46 AM

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we did get dope xmas scarfs

humble jewel Dec 25, 2025, 4:46 AM

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Finally game is working on epic

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 4:46 AM

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lies

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dont make me try again lol

humble jewel Dec 25, 2025, 4:47 AM

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hidden holly Dec 25, 2025, 4:47 AM

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spring egret lies

Now you have modified so many things that it won't work for you on Epic until you undo some. Heheh

humble jewel Dec 25, 2025, 4:47 AM

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Haha i just did while putting laptop together

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Try and see bro

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 4:47 AM

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i reverted all changes

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naw same crash error for me

humble jewel Dec 25, 2025, 4:48 AM

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Dang somehow it worked for me , maybe laptop cleaning paid off 😂

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 4:48 AM

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who knows maybe its my pos pc lol

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just shy of a potato kinda like a steak fry

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good old z240 putting in the work

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ifykyk lol

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i appreciate all the help and company guys, happy holidays if its your thing

hidden holly Dec 25, 2025, 4:55 AM

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spring egret i appreciate all the help and company guys, happy holidays if its your thing

Same to you. 😁

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 4:56 AM

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aint no way it loaded but from a save 5 days ago...

humble jewel Dec 25, 2025, 4:58 AM

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I deleted all the saved files from demo and started new game. Been crashing but finally running for me

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 4:59 AM

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omg i got the back to load

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heck yeahj

humble jewel Dec 25, 2025, 4:59 AM

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😍

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 5:02 AM

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now to refuel laz

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i will not shoot the shark

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i love this fuel setup and very few issues if you bang into something and release the tanks

humble jewel Dec 25, 2025, 5:07 AM

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I started from beginning so gonna take a while for me haha

hidden holly Dec 25, 2025, 5:11 AM

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spring egret i love this fuel setup and very few issues if you bang into something and releas...

That's the first time I've seen fuel tanks on the roof. It's not so tall that it will bump into hangar doors. I like it.

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 5:28 AM

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Yeah that’s what made me do it

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I run the fronts carefully around the Sid to meet the tops and join the boat

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9 tanks to run with and so far setup two refueling stations that are self dependent

humble jewel Dec 25, 2025, 5:40 AM

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Nice hehe

west spoke Dec 25, 2025, 12:42 PM

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Also here it works again, seemed to be at epic's side 😅

humble jewel Dec 25, 2025, 6:09 PM

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It crashed for me again after playing for 2hours, tried couple times and when still not working i went to bed haha. Gonna check now if working or not

spring egret Dec 25, 2025, 6:46 PM

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I got lucky it’s been running good for a bit now

#was going smooth then getting a unhandled exception error no matter what i do. every save