Bug/Issue Game not starting properly

The title may be misleading. I am able to start the game up and get all the way to the character selection screen but that's when the problems arise. When I click on my preferred character, the game kind of freezes for about a minute before getting to the loading screen (the spinning Protectorate logo). After going through the spinning animation for a few seconds, the game freezes. Actually correction, my computer seems to freeze and my mouse seemed to have disappeared. (It seems likely since when it was 18:07 on my phone, the monitor still displays 18:02). After a long time, my mouse appeared back on screen and regained the ability to move. Though when I tried to click on things such as other software, it didn't do anything on my computer. After i clicked on the Starbound window a lot (its still frozen at this point) hoping that something would happen. Somehow my mouse did start working again miraculously and everything went back to normal. Starbound went back to loading. Yet even after leaving it on for 10 minutes, it was still on the loading screen. I kinda gave up at this point and the only way to close the game was to repeatedly press the X button until the "End Process" window came up.

I was playing around with the assets before this but i put that in a separate folder though was able to play the game under these circumstances before. I have no mods installed on starbound. Please Help

 

Got any logs?

While it's an easily made mistake to accidentally leave modded files around in a place Starbound tries to load, modding a few things doesn't commonly freeze your entire system all of a sudden.

Am I correct this problem started for you with the 1.2 patch?

 

The game doesn't crash so I don't get the crash logs though I must ask, do the crash logs appear when the game closes?
I've thoroughly looked through the files in Starbound and can confirm the Mod isn't within one of he files so it's most likely not the problem.
No actually, I've had this problem for over a month and after trying my own methods to try and fix it, I decided it'd be much easier to just ask people who have more experience with these things. I've had this after 1.0 (though not immediately when it updated. I've played a lot of 1.0 so I don't think it's anything to do with the update).

 

I was just away for 41 minutes and there's two of you now? Or I may be seeing double.

*cough* anyway, the game tries to generate logs simultanous to your playing. They are put into the "storage" folder in your Starbound installation location. The ones with numbers 1-5 at the end are also logs, they are simply backups from the 5 previous times you played. They can be opened by any text editor no matter if Windows complains about it. And Starbound_Server.log is only relevant if you run the server application for the game yourself on the same pc.

The log starts being written the moment you start the game, so crashing etc. only negatively effects the info there in the most rare cases.

PS: Firing up the server is often a faster and easier method of checking for errors, as you'll be shown the log immediately and usually get a more "clear" error message - at least faster and more clear than unexplained crashing and having to browse for starbound.log

 

Yes, I have duplicated. Don't Tell Anyone xD.

Should I just paste the last log?
Also which is the most recent?

 

The one without a number is the most recent one.

If you paste the log, inside a spoiler tag please - uploading it is always preferred.

 

[18:01:12.442] [Info] Root: Preparing Root...
[18:01:12.444] [Info] Root: Done preparing Root.
[18:01:12.444] [Info] Client Version 1.2.0 (windows x86_64) Source I c67120ea110b15bff5591775b5c8e7ccb7e0e56e Protocol: 729
[18:01:12.444] [Info] Root: Scanning for asset sources in directory '..\assets\'
[18:01:12.892] [Info] Root: Scanning for asset sources in directory '..\mods\'
[18:01:12.892] [Warn] Root: Unrecognized file in asset directory 'mods_go_here', skipping
[18:01:12.892] [Info] Root: Detected asset source named 'base' at '..\assets\packed.pak'
[18:01:12.892] [Info] Root: Detected unnamed asset source at '..\assets\user'
[18:01:12.892] [Info] Loading assets from: '..\assets\packed.pak'
[18:01:13.432] [Info] Loading assets from: '..\assets\user'
[18:01:14.504] [Info] Assets digest is 609fdfc03bc2247fcada4658da73b3ad67c12e4ef79e1c380ed81afb86624155
[18:01:14.505] [Info] Root: Loaded Assets in 2.0607 seconds
[18:01:14.512] [Info] Application: Initializing SDL Video
[18:01:14.518] [Info] Application: Initializing SDL Joystick
[18:01:14.569] [Info] Application: Initializing SDL Sound
[18:01:14.660] [Info] Initialized Steam services
[18:01:14.661] [Info] Application: Creating SDL Window
[18:01:14.704] [Info] Application: Enabling VSync with late swap tearing
[18:01:14.741] [Info] Application: Opened default audio device with 44.1khz / 16 bit stereo audio, 2048 sample size buffer
[18:01:14.743] [Info] OpenGL version: '2.1.0 - Build 8.15.10.2900' vendor: 'Intel' renderer: 'Intel(R) HD Graphics' shader: '1.20 - Intel Build 8.15.10.2900'
[18:01:14.787] [Info] Application: initialization...
[18:01:14.789] [Info] Root: Loaded Configuration in 0.00146788 seconds
[18:01:14.792] [Info] Application: renderer initialization...
[18:01:14.852] [Info] detected maximum OpenGL texture size 8192, using atlasNumCells 256
[18:01:14.906] [Info] detected maximum OpenGL texture size 8192, using atlasNumCells 256
[18:01:14.906] [Info] detected maximum OpenGL texture size 8192, using atlasNumCells 256
[18:01:14.918] [Info] Root: Loaded ImageMetadataDatabase in 1.2051e-05 seconds
[18:01:15.103] [Info] Application: main update loop...
[18:01:15.105] [Info] No subscribed user generated content
[18:01:15.201] [Info] Root: Loaded NameGenerator in 0.0935357 seconds
[18:01:15.286] [Error] OpenGL errors this frame: GL_INVALID_VALUE
[18:01:17.211] [Info] Root: Loaded PlantDatabase in 2.00959 seconds
[18:01:20.182] [Info] Root: Loaded ObjectDatabase in 5.07357 seconds
[18:01:21.339] [Info] Root: Loaded ProjectileDatabase in 4.1277 seconds
[18:01:22.442] [Info] Root: Loaded NpcDatabase in 1.10251 seconds
[18:01:22.572] [Info] Root: Loaded StagehandDatabase in 0.129805 seconds
[18:01:22.655] [Info] Root: Loaded MonsterDatabase in 2.47239 seconds
[18:01:22.659] [Info] Root: Writing runtime configuration to '..\storage\starbound.config'
[18:01:22.661] [Info] Root: Loaded VehicleDatabase in 0.0894695 seconds
[18:01:22.792] [Info] Root: Loaded PlayerFactory in 0.136813 seconds
[18:01:22.866] [Info] Root: Loaded VersioningDatabase in 0.0738227 seconds
[18:01:22.866] [Info] Root: Loaded EntityFactory in 0.204845 seconds
[18:01:23.181] [Info] Root: Loaded ParticleDatabase in 0.305459 seconds
[18:01:23.826] [Info] Root: Loaded MaterialDatabase in 0.959375 seconds
[18:01:23.943] [Info] Root: Loaded TerrainDatabase in 0.117308 seconds
[18:01:24.187] [Info] Root: Loaded BiomeDatabase in 0.243449 seconds
[18:01:24.212] [Info] Root: Loaded LiquidsDatabase in 0.0246416 seconds
[18:01:24.338] [Info] Root: Loaded StatusEffectDatabase in 0.126129 seconds
[18:01:24.990] [Info] Root: Loaded DamageDatabase in 0.651789 seconds
[18:01:25.059] [Info] Root: Loaded EffectSourceDatabase in 0.0689119 seconds
[18:01:25.123] [Info] Root: Loaded FunctionDatabase in 0.0640547 seconds
[18:01:25.290] [Info] Root: Loaded TreasureDatabase in 0.167203 seconds
[18:01:26.634] [Info] Root: Loaded DungeonDefinitions in 1.3443 seconds
[18:01:26.656] [Info] Root: Loaded TilesetDatabase in 0.0216355 seconds
[18:01:26.705] [Info] Root: Loaded StatisticsDatabase in 0.0481912 seconds
[18:01:26.769] [Info] Root: Loaded EmoteProcessor in 0.0634083 seconds
[18:01:26.804] [Info] Root: Loaded SpeciesDatabase in 0.035058 seconds
[18:01:26.923] [Info] Root: Loaded QuestTemplateDatabase in 0.119262 seconds
[18:01:26.944] [Info] Root: Loaded AiDatabase in 0.0204197 seconds
[18:01:26.963] [Info] Root: Loaded TechDatabase in 0.018979 seconds
[18:01:27.031] [Info] Root: Loaded CodexDatabase in 0.0678119 seconds
[18:01:27.906] [Info] Root: Loaded BehaviorDatabase in 0.875128 seconds
[18:01:27.962] [Info] Root: Loaded DanceDatabase in 0.0558958 seconds
[18:01:27.991] [Info] Root: Loaded SpawnTypeDatabase in 0.0294814 seconds
[18:01:28.026] [Info] Root: Loaded RadioMessageDatabase in 0.034671 seconds
[18:014.401] [Info] Root: Loaded ItemDatabase in 11.6085 seconds
[18:014.800] [Info] Root: Loaded CollectionDatabase in 6.77345 seconds
[18:017.482] [Info] detected maximum OpenGL texture size 8192, using atlasNumCells 256
[18:01:55.411] [Info] UniverseServer: Acquiring universe lock file
[18:01:55.591] [Info] UniverseServer: Loading settings
[18:01:55.680] [Info] UniverseServer: Starting UniverseServer with UUI b0e23c9d66f6fb3ef6a95d2d2c4f7ed2
[18:01:55.850] [Info] UniverseServer: Logged in player 'Squark' locally
[18:01:55.850] [Info] UniverseServer: Logged in account '<anonymous>' as player 'Squark' from address local
[18:01:55.915] [Info] UniverseServer: Reviving player at ClientShipWorld:6b1fe8053daf27fb48ecbdf7fb0213dc
[18:01:55.915] [Info] UniverseServer: Client 'Squark' <1> (local) connected
[18:01:55.934] [Info] UniverseServer: Loading client ship world ClientShipWorld:6b1fe8053daf27fb48ecbdf7fb0213dc
[18:01:55.981] [Info] UniverseClient: Joined server as client 1
[18:01:58.462] [Info] detected maximum OpenGL texture size 8192, using atlasNumCells 256
[18:01:58.462] [Info] detected maximum OpenGL texture size 8192, using atlasNumCells 256
[18:01:58.462] [Info] detected maximum OpenGL texture size 8192, using atlasNumCells 256
[18:01:58.531] [Info] detected maximum OpenGL texture size 8192, using atlasNumCells 256
[18:01:58.532] [Info] Setting steam rich presence connection as steam id 76561198153708253
[18:02:43.362] [Warn] Failed to deserialize entity: (ObjectException) No such object named 'foodbowl'
[0] 7ff664e44083 Star::captureStack
[1] 7ff664e42e0e Star::StarException::StarException
[2] 7ff6650c7c37 <lambda_95d5e6debe45cf2b8dc1b201a32a1bbd>:perator()
[3] 7ff6650c79ed <lambda_137b2ca14fae88454657b4bacf655872>:perator()
[4] 7ff6650c5481 Star::LruCacheBase<Star::OrderedMapWrapper<std::unordered_map,Star::String,std:air<__int64,std::shared_ptr<Star::ObjectConfig> >,Star::BlockAllocator<std:air<Star::String const ,std:air<__int64,std::shared_ptr<Star::ObjectConfig> > >,1024>,Star::hash<Star::String,void>,std::equal_to<Star::String> > >::get<<lambda_137b2ca14fae88454657b4bacf655872> >
[5] 7ff6650cb259 Star::ObjectDatabase::getConfig
[6] 7ff6650c9f03 Star::ObjectDatabase::createObject
[7] 7ff6650cabe3 Star::ObjectDatabase::diskLoadObject
[8] 7ff664f69355 Star::EntityFactory::diskLoadEntity
[9] 7ff664f6a54c Star::EntityFactory::loadVersionedEntity
[10] 7ff6653adac5 Star::WorldStorage::loadSectorToLevel
[11] 7ff6653ac7d5 Star::WorldStorage::generateSectorToLevel
[12] 7ff6653ab9a4 Star::WorldStorage::activateSector
[13] 7ff665390029 Star::WorldServer::generateRegion
[14] 7ff665393366 Star::WorldServer::init
[15] 7ff665379f0e Star::WorldServer::WorldServer
[16] 7ff6652ad700 std::make_shared<Star::WorldServer,Star::MapMixin<std::unordered_map<Star::ByteArray,Star::Maybe<Star::ByteArray>,Star::hash<Star::ByteArray,void>,std::equal_to<Star::ByteArray>,std::allocator<std:air<Star::ByteArray const ,Star::Maybe<Star::ByteArray> > > > > & __ptr64>
[17] 7ff6652b3923 <lambda_3012f1dc3c5bcc97b0caf59ebefaf107>:perator()
[18] 7ff6652a41bf std::_Invoker_functor::_Call<<lambda_3012f1dc3c5bcc97b0caf59ebefaf107> & __ptr64>
[19] 7ff6652aa0d6 std::invoke<<lambda_3012f1dc3c5bcc97b0caf59ebefaf107> & __ptr64>
[20] 7ff6652a65f9 std::_Invoke_ret<std::shared_ptr<Star::WorldServerThread>,<lambda_3012f1dc3c5bcc97b0caf59ebefaf107> & __ptr64>
[21] 7ff6652b9616 std::_Func_impl<<lambda_3012f1dc3c5bcc97b0caf59ebefaf107>,std::allocator<int>,std::shared_ptr<Star::WorldServerThread> >::_Do_call
[22] 7ff6651c3ad7 std::_Func_class<std::shared_ptr<Star::CodexDatabase> >:perator()
[23] 7ff6652b5d42 <lambda_770d99c769b4950d94783c330804382d>:perator()
[24] 7ff664e3bc72 Star::WorkerPool::WorkerThread::run
[25] 7ff664e40bae Star::ThreadImpl::runThread
[26] 7fff76ca8102 BaseThreadInitThunk
[27] 7fff76f4c5b4 RtlUserThreadStart
[18:02:43.363] [Error] Cannot set Steam achievement dismisscrewmember
[18:17:02.236] [Info] Root: Writing runtime configuration to '..\storage\starbound.config'
[18:17:07.874] [Info] Application: quit requested
[18:17:07.875] [Info] Application: quitting...
[18:17:07.875] [Info] Application: shutdown...
[18:17:08.821] [Info] Root: Writing runtime configuration to '..\storage\starbound.config'
[18:17:13.891] [Info] UniverseClient: Client disconnecting...
[18:17:14.426] [Info] UniverseServer: Client 'Squark' <1> (local) disconnected for reason:
[18:17:15.093] [Info] UniverseServer: Stopping UniverseServer

Hopefully this helps. I don't know the specifics but things like "[18:02:43.362] [Warn] Failed to deserialize entity: (ObjectException) No such object named 'foodbowl'" or "[18:01:12.892] [Info] Root: Detected asset source named 'base' at '..\assets\packed.pak' [18:01:12.892] [Info] Root: Detected unnamed asset source at '..\assets\user'" seem odd to me.

 

That warning is most common when you had a mod installed adding an item, then you uninstalled that mod. In this case, however, that's a vanilla item. The pet food bowl you can buy at Terramart. Strangely, that seems to have been removed in 1.2
At least I cannot find any foodbowl in the 1.2 assets in it's original location (packed.pak - \objects\generic\foodbowl) it might be renamed.

But: That error is usually harmless, it usually only means the object in question is removed from your savegame. As an object, it simply disappears. As an item in your inventory, it turns into a "perfectly generic item" as a failsafe to prevent errors.

That, "packed.pak" is an archive containing the game's base assets, perfectly normal.

That... should be a pseudo-mod which handles your custom songs, the ones you can play with music instruments. ABC files.

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1.)
There is only one line here that is out of place in my eyes:
[18:01:15.286] [Error] OpenGL errors this frame: GL_INVALID_VALUE


2.)
People will tell you this is a problem, especially appearing after patch 1.2
[18:01:14.852] [Info] detected maximum OpenGL texture size 8192, using atlasNumCells 256

However, while people surely have a point to mention this, especially related to weak systems, I get this line too on a system that runs Witcher3 on ultra, lag-free, so it is clear that this line is neither necessarily related to weak systems, nor does it necessarily cause problems.


3.)
What is the rest of your PC's specs?
I am unsure about [18:01:14.743] [Info] OpenGL version: '2.1.0 - Build 8.15.10.2900' vendor: 'Intel' renderer: 'Intel(R) HD Graphics' shader: '1.20 - Intel Build 8.15.10.2900'

I suppose this means you have an APU. Processor with integrated GPU ?

 

1. So what does that mean?

2. So is it a problem?

3.
After looking up what an integrated GPU is, I can safely say I most likely have one.

 

1.) I don't know, which is the main reason why this is my main focus here ATM

2.) Not necessarily, so everything else is something we should check first.

3.) Heh, forgive me for using vague terms. I much prefer being able to check the problematic system IRL, but this is just the internet after all.

In any case:
3 Gigabytes of RAM? Curious, odd numbers among RAM are a rare sight, and to be honest, 3 GB is quite low in today's age. Buuuuuut.... RAM modules are relatively cheap nowadays, too.
Starbound may be a lightweight game, but today, even the background processes of windows alone use up an entire Gigabyte or more. Depending on what else you run on your system, this *can* be a problem.

This is, sadly, quite familiar to other complaints I saw both here, and from my steam friendlist: A (seemingly) slightly weak-in-terms-of-hardware system, having trouble with patch 1.2

I am talking to people and checking logs roughly 3 times per day, but ATM it still seems to be an actual issue with 1.2, from my ignorant viewpoint.
Simply because too many report the same thing.

Totally unrelated to Starbound, but you might want to upgrade those RAM.
I got my 16GB DDR3 when DDR3 was completely new and overpriced, and it was still only, let's convert it.... about 60 dollars for 8 GB. Must be significantly cheaper nowadays, and DD3 is still suitable for high-end performance nowadays....

 

So is it a problem with my low RAM? If so I'd happily go get a new one to fix it if you can point me in the right direction (heh I was also surprised by the odd numbering).

 

Ah no, that was just some general advice, ever since about the time Windows 7 appeared, RAM usage spiked up quite a bit overall, and it might do you well to upgrade that a little as it's fairly cheap.

For your Starbound issue, I'm afraid I'm still mostly theorizing. You see, you are far from the only one running into such issues since 1.2, and obviously, it is still a bit of a riddle now, else someone else would already have come here to correct me / give you the advice you need

 

Actually I have been experiencing these problems before 1.2

 

Oh, now that is important info!

In that case, It is safe to say that it is related to hardware and/or your system.

Pretty much a copy-paste solution but it should always be the first: drivers, etc, are all up to date?
Experience issues in any other game or application?

 

May I know how I check whether my drivers etc are up to date?

Also no other application has displayed such behaviour

 

Huff, according to your log, you use steam. If you want, I can add you there and help out - it seems your PC system can use a little tending overall !
Else this topic here will seem more like a chatwindow

 

Haha Of Course!

http://steamcommunity.com/id/Glayce/

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