[v15.1] - entering crash site at the middle of Soviet Union crash the game

when I want to enter crash site, game CTDs.

Want to attach savegame but can't - 500 or 404 errors on attachement pop-up

Fix is available !

Ok guys, first of all thanks for all the reports, they were really useful to find out what caused this crash.

So, the issue was caused by the new spawn maps for the chinook in the farm tileset.

I've corrected the maps affected by this error, you can download them from here.

You'll just need to extract the files from the archive and place them in [xeno install folder]/assets/maps/farm, clicking on substitute files if prompted.

That should do the trick!

CTD when trying to enter Soviet Crash site as well, my first crash site in v15 so haven't tried it in any other locations.

Same here, tier 2 scout crashsite at russia get me a ctd. After reloading the savegame the next random tier 2 scout crashsite at russia works.

Suffered a CTD just after the Chinook reached a crash site around Norway earlier. Shortly after had another similar CTD in the Soviet Union area.

Of course, when I tried to reproduce the CTDs, everything worked just fine.

To help the developers pin down the problem, could people also write down any details about the crash site, such as:

• What kind of map (it will say if you zoom in on the geoscape)
• What geographic locations you've seen it effect (like Dowly wrote)
• What UFO was shot down.

Well, looking at the Assets/Maps/Soviettown foldier, seems the Soviet map assets are missing.

If the game is trying to actually make a SovietTown crashsite rather than just farm or industrial, that'll do it.

Another two CTDs, this time with a bit more info.

Didn't catch the map types, but here are screenshots of the crash sites' locations if that helps:

Soviet Union

Southern Africa

UFO type was light scout in both cases.

Error details:

 Problem Event Name:    APPCRASH Application Name:    Xenonauts.exe Application Version:    0.0.0.0 Application Timestamp:    505b2a3c Fault Module Name:    Xenonauts.exe Fault Module Version:    0.0.0.0 Fault Module Timestamp:    505b2a3c Exception Code:    c0000005 Exception Offset:    00145bb6 OS Version:    6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1 Locale ID:    1035 Additional Information 1:    9e27 Additional Information 2:    9e2778096e7e1e2a2e0302fe58f3eea8 Additional Information 3:    9e27 Additional Information 4:    9e2778096e7e1e2a2e0302fe58f3eea8

Don't know if it matters, but I was also running in windowed mode.

Hmm. I don't think windowed mode should be an issue. I run that way most of the time.

Though, I also experienced the CTD when I attempted to enter the 2nd crash site in the Soviet Union. Light scout had been shot down.

Suffered a CTD when I sent my troops and a f17 out to a landed UFO in the Soviet area.

Seems fine around Europe and the Middle East.

Great game.

keep up the good work.

Well, looking at the Assets/Maps/Soviettown foldier, seems the Soviet map assets are missing.

If the game is trying to actually make a SovietTown crashsite rather than just farm or industrial, that'll do it.

Is it possible to do some workaround here? e.g. point game to Farm tileset instead of Soviet Town?

I think the Soviet Town isn't yet implemented, hence that can't be the problem. Also, like I mentioned in the earlier posts, I've had the CTD in areas other than Soviet Union.

Ah, forgot to mention earlier that I too, like DrFumbles, suffered one CTD when going for a landed UFO. Can't remember any other details than it was somewhere in Europe, probably a light scout or a scout as it was early in the game.

had several crashed too when entering combat, it feels like some sort of mem leak,

I had a CTD when there was a landed UFO in Russia and a crashed UFO in Africa... But my chinook was deploying at the crash-site not the landing!

Well, looking at the Assets/Maps/Soviettown foldier, seems the Soviet map assets are missing.

If the game is trying to actually make a SovietTown crashsite rather than just farm or industrial, that'll do it.

The Soviet Town tileset will be used for terror sites and here we're talking about crash sites.

ATM this tileset is not used, so even if the folder is empty that's definitely not the cause.

Yeah just found this bug, was first play of v15 and first mission. had base in Middle east, ell well.

I think I might have an idea of the problem. I just tried to do a crash-site mission on a farmyard map, and the game CTD'd. I notice that the /units/friendlyaitroops/farm/weapon.farmershotgun/ assets folder has a complete set of spectres for the "friendly solider" on the farmyard map, but no sprite sheets. Could that be what's causing the CTD?

PLEASE NOTE: The only way to check what type of mission you will do is to zoom in on the UFO before you engage it - once you zoom in, all sorts of info pops up next to the UFO icon. The crash-site icon does not have any of the details the mobile UFO does.

The Soviet Town tileset will be used for terror sites and here we're talking about crash sites.

ATM this tileset is not used, so even if the folder is empty that's definitely not the cause.

Hence why I said "If" Good info to know though.

small scout, Southern Africa, farmyard

Having tried this a dozen times, it seems that the farmyard maps cause the CTD. Now, the last time this happened, the assets for the map in question weren't there, but they seem all there this time. Oh well. In the meanwhile, the only thing to do really is when you intercept a UFO, check before you enage it to make sure the terrain type (which will be noted next to the UFO icon if you zoom in) is Industrial.

Bah humbug!

Having the same issue on every continent.

and due to vacation of our beloved leader, fix would not be available before he returns, right? When he should return? If later then next week then call him back!

just an idea. If industrial tileset works... there should be some xml where we could point game to industrial tileset instead of farm tileset if crash site is on farmland?

Important note! This patch is no longer required from v16 on, as the fixed maps were included in it!

Ok guys, first of all thanks for all the reports, they were really useful to find out what caused this crash.

So, the issue was caused by the new spawn maps for the chinook in the farm tileset.

I've corrected the maps affected by this error, you can download them from here.

You'll just need to extract the files from the archive and place them in [xeno install folder]/assets/maps/farm, clicking on substitute files if prompted.

That should do the trick!

Smooth hotfix, nicely done

Excellent, lots of respect!

Dosent work in games that are on month 2+, always get a CTD, works fine on month 1 games tough.