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I've been trying to open up a project I've been working on for a few weeks now. It opened and worked correctly after the editor patch corresponding with game patch 3.0.168.526, but after the hotfix it crashes the editor 100% of the time. I've gone through the message window and eliminated what errors I could but I'm still left with guaranteed crashes and the following:



I've tried loading other mods as well as origins. All of those load properly, but this has been the primary focus of weeks of work. I'm wondering if there's anything I can do to resolve this?

UPDATE

After uninstalling and reinstalling both the game and the editor the editor still crashes on load. Additionally I tried to start a new project, and the editor crashes every time I attempt to select new terrain material.

Hey Vamachara,

the update enabled some old version of engine data by accident. We updated the Steam depot back to the latest data. Your issue was probably because of it. Does it still occur after Steam updated the Divinity Engine Data DLC?

Sincerely,
Kevin

Thanks for the response kvn,

I tried removing story.div.osi and goals.div from my mod, and I was able to load into the project. However, every time I attempt to load an actual level the editor crashes. Also the editor still crashes even on brand new mods any time I attempt to select certain terrain materials from the resource manager.

Hey Vamachara,

Good that the first issue is solved. Let's look a bit deeper then for the others.
Are these all custom levels, or does it also crash on opening an existing one from the game?

Same for the materials: custom made or existing resources? And which ones crash, for example?
Are you selecting them in the resource browser, or is this in the terrain painter?

Sincerely,
Kevin

The editor crashes on any attempt to load my custom levels, as well as several completely unedited Origins levels (even when loaded directly from the origins 'mod'). It also crashes on attempts to select pre-existing terrain material resources from the resource browser.

After more testing I did find that I can successfully load into most levels from gm and arena mode inside the editor. I haven't completely gone through the origins or gm mode levels, but I can if necessary. I also have crash dumps if those would be more useful.

The arena mode level 'Forbidden valley' still crashes in exactly the same manner as custom and origins levels, so maybe there's something about that level that can be informative on the issue. I also have crash dump files for every crash that I could send if that would be more helpful.

It seems to not occur on a fresh installation here (opening Forbidden Valley), so those crash dumps will indeed be helpful in pinning down the issue. Sounds like some material resources got corrupted. Did you uninstall and reinstall through Steam/Gog only? It's best, after uninstall, to remove the folder manually as it can sometimes leave files in that the system thinks aren't part of the original installation.

If you could possible share a link for those dumps, we can have a further look.

Just took your advice and deleted the game and engine folders and it worked! Apparently I had been overlooking the engine 2 folder this whole time. Thanks for the help!

Great to hear! Happy to help