My game stop working after update v0.148.6

43 votes

Describe as much as you can how you launch the game, and what happens.
Which is your Processor, Graphical cards, RAM memory?

Have you any mods installed? If so, please uninstall, verify your installed files (worst cate, reinstall have worked for a few players)

Have you changed boot.ini file?
Have you steam version (Build mars 23 2021) if you don't, restart steam or your whole computer)

Try to disable steam cloud saves (picture attached)

Some files are saved in C:\Users\ <username \AppData\LocalLow\IronGate\Valheim backup your world and character folders and remove the rest.

Under consideration Suggested by: Smiffe (24 Mar, '21) • Upvoted: 13 Dec, '21 • Comments: 20

Comments: 20

24 Mar, '21
Spencer Salow
my game also broke today, i made a backup copy of my game world and character. used revo uninstaller to uninstall game and remove any eft over files/paths, fresh install with steam and everything is working properly again after corruption from last update, hope this helps
24 Mar, '21
Pit
Win 10, latest patches, latest drivers, i9-10900K, 32 Gb RAM, GeForce RTX 2060 Super
Stream Cloud disabled, overlay disabled.
Game uninstalled, reinstalled, drivers reinstalled, modes removed, antivirus stopped.

Game crashes when starting with my only character (left in Black Forest on Copper). If graphics settings are set to low on all and all "checkboxes" are removed - it may work for a minute or two and then crash.
So... I created another character in the same world (local, no server).
I brought this char to my base, sent him to that "copper" location for some mining - no crashes yet even on Max graphics settings.
But the map is almost not opened.
If I try original char - it crashes (in UnityPlayer module).
So, folks - something wrong with saves and graphics, because another char at the same location works.
24 Mar, '21
junglebrad
This is the error I get. https://imgur.com/a/cK2RaOG

Ryzen 5 3600
Radeon RX 5700 XT
16GB RAM

No mods installed, reinstalled game, disabled Steam cloud saves. Steam launch options are: "-force-vulkan -console -window-mode exclusive -screen-fullscreen".

The game only crashes when heading near my base.
25 Mar, '21
junglebrad
*UPDATE* I had to verify installed files twice in Steam, but now everything is working great.
25 Mar, '21
S.n
Game doesn't connect to any game server apart from my local one.
Restarted steam, computer
Reinstalled game. Firewall has not blocked the game.
My friends can connect to the same server that means the server is updated. Does it have something to do with slower load times (because my game loads very slow; low end pc), or due to slow internet connection (connection is decent, other games work at 50-60 ms ping without packet loss)
25 Mar, '21
Ale
my game also broke with this update, my personal game and also the game in a dedicated server. no mod installed. before i had no lag problem while playing and now it is a major problem.
the difficulties are: moving into the base, loading time increased a lot while teleporting through portals and fighting creatures became also difficult due to the lag. it seems that my friends have less problems in the server.

I reinstalled the game. Firewall has not blocked the game. disable steam cloud saves. lower graphics and nothing changed at all. steam update also done.

processor : intelcore i7-9750H cpu 2.60 ghz
graphical card: nvidia Geforce gtx 1650
ram memory : 16.0
26 Mar, '21
Lucius
My framerate went from ~35 fps down to 3-4 fps after this patch

My machine specs:
Windows 10
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 (driver has been updated to 461.92)
Intel Core i7 8700T CPU @ 2.40 GHz
16 GB RAM
Native PC resolution: 3440x1440

My driver version was static, before and after the Valheim patch. I tried loading to the most recent driver and no change.

It's now completely unplayable. The server I am playing on is a dedicated server, and the other players on it with Radeon cards are not reporting any issues - and the net code improvements seemed to make things better for them.

Meanwhile, my machine is ~3-4 FPS while at the base. I tried even logging onto a local empty world and the FPS was still ~7 FPS.

Things I tried:
turned off/down all in game graphics settings
used minimum resolution
adding this to the boot.config (gfx-enable-gfx-jobs=1, gfx-enable-native-gfx-jobs=1)
boosting task manager process to High
26 Mar, '21
S.n
Another thing to add is that the server logs show zrpc timeout before disconnecting. Can anything be done about that?
26 Mar, '21
Smiffe Admin
The ZRpc thing is the disconnect handle when your server isn't responding after 30 seconds. it's to prevent other issues with saves.. like you play for hours, and the server haven't saved anything :(
26 Mar, '21
S.n
:(
So can anything be done about it? Coz seems like it will affect a lot of low spec systems. Like maybe can be increased to a min or so is possible?
:(
27 Mar, '21
Smiffe Admin
@S.n. One issue tho. the longer we have it, the more progress would be not saved... :/
it's a balance between disconnecting users, or having them play for hours, and then everything rolls back beacuse the client and server don't sync
30 Mar, '21
Corey
Windows 10
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8750H
16GB RAM
GeForce GTX 1060

The game started lagging after this update. Turned off antialiasing and motion blur as well as turning down graphics qualities to compensate. With these settings, the game was playable, mostly. Having more than a few enemies at the same time, or running through dense woods, or when it rained would make the lag unbearable again. Since the v0.148.7 update today, there aren't settings low enough to make the game functional.
30 Mar, '21
Smiffe Admin
@Corey
How is it in other games? when you max out graphics?
Do you have a laptop?
Can you check your GPU temperature? (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC) and pick performance tab, GPU
It sounds to me you have a overheat issue more than the actual game. Valheim really does give your computer a workout.

(My own specs are I5-6500, Geforce 1060 6Gb 16Gb DDR4 ram. so we should have simular gaming experiences, but we do not from my reading of your explanation)
31 Mar, '21
Dan
AMD 3800X
RTX 2070 Super
DDR4 16GB

Get a freeze then Valheim is not responding at random times but think it is around the save time. Before latest patch I could minimise by pressing windows key and maximise game and it would avoid the crash. After latest patch I have noticed game no longer runs in exclusive fullscreen mode. When windows key pressed the start menu appears over the game. All progress up to previous save is lost as a force close is required.
05 Apr, '21
JVolt
When I try to start the game in Vulkan mode, the game starts but the main menu does not appear. Only black screen. After last patch, everything was fine again until today. Again it does not start in Vulkan mode only black screen (after showing Valheim title). In normal mode everything works fine.
My spec is RTX 3070 (last drivers) Ryzen 5 3600 32GB RAM Win 10 Home
09 Apr, '21
Smiffe Admin
If you try to start the game without Vulkan then?
Vulkan is just another way to start the game. it's not a "must have" function
23 Apr, '21
4859
Hi, I have the same problem. The game is launching and directly stopping. I've tried with and without vulkan, reinstalling whole game, forcing windowed mode, repairing corrupted files, disabling Steam overlay and running as administrator without any luck..
23 Apr, '21
Kelley Green
My husband and I have been playing a shared game locally. He can no longer connect to that game. He gets a disconnected message. We are running similar hardware profiles and were having no issues before the update. We've already tried reinstalling, restarting, joining a different game together (nope) etc. Nothing is running in the background..
26 Apr, '21
Pontus Wennergren
Windows 10
16.0 GB DDR3
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Updated graphics driver, rebooted computer, uninstalled game and removed all local files, installed game and created a new character, game still crashes. Tried Vulkan and no vulkan. Also cloud save removed. No mods installed.

Error from Event Viewer
Faulting application name: valheim.exe, version: 2019.4.20.53696, time stamp: 0x601c80a6
Faulting module name: UnityPlayer.dll, version: 2019.4.20.53696, time stamp: 0x601c8219
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00000000009f3790
Faulting process id: 0xc40
Faulting application start time: 0x01d73a5dcf04751a
Faulting application path: K:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Valheim\valheim.exe
Faulting module path: K:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Valheim\UnityPlayer.dll
Report Id: 876ab2cb-d88f-4952-bc21-7d95001656aa
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
29 Apr, '21
Smiffe Admin
@Kelley Green

How do you guys connect tho?
IP? stream friend list?

Are you both visable on steam friendslist?
If one of you have privacy settings hidden. it's basicly impossible to connect to the person who is hidden.
Friends only solves this issue