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FasterThanSleepyfish

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Not Responding on Campaign
« on: July 11, 2013, 02:31:13 PM »

Hello. I have been playing Starsector for a a few months now, and have run into this problem a few times. The campaign will always freeze at a certain point in in time. like when a fleet should spawn or something. There is NO log error, it just stops responding. The music still plays too!

Here is the part of the log in where is starts with the WARN, but it has nothing to do with the campaign.

60144 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id athenasensor_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60145 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id arcjetburner_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60145 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id desdinovajets_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60145 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id burstjets_drone_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60145 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id burstjets_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60145 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id displacer-b_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60145 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id shrimpsensor_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60145 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id tadd_darkenergycore_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60145 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id defensematrix_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60145 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id ms_drivecharger_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60145 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id tadd_energize_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60145 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id tadd_energyfield_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60146 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id ms_swacs_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60146 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id flarelauncher_fighter_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60146 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id neutrino_schwarm2_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60146 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id neutrino_schwarm3_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60146 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id gedune_phasetele_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60146 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id hadrontransporter_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60146 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id ms_mimirskimmir_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60146 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id inferniuminjector_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60146 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id gravityfield_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60146 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id drone_kyra_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60146 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id phaseteleporter-l_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60147 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id shockprobes_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60147 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id luciferdrive_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60147 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id medusapd16_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60147 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id medusapd32_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60147 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id medusapd8_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60147 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id minelayer_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60147 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id tadd_miragesys_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60147 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id neutrongun_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60147 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id gedune_burndrive_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60148 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id ms_phaseanchor_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60148 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id ms_phasemine_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60148 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id skimmer_drone_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60148 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id drone_pd_HI_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60148 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id meddrone_pd_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60148 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id drone_sensor_HI_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60148 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id brdy_sentineldrone_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60148 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id tadd_shadowdrones_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60148 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id tadd_shadowminions_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60148 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id tadd_shadowstep_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60148 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id tadd_shadowwalk_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60148 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id tacjumpcapship_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60149 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id tacjumpfrigate_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60149 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id torpedolauncher_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60149 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id drone_wraithii_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60149 [Thread-6] WARN  com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore  - Description with id xflarelauncher_SHIP_SYSTEM not found
60168 [Thread-6] DEBUG com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader  - Loading [graphics/particlealpha32sq.png] as texture with id [fs.common/graphics/particlealpha32sq.png]
60177 [Thread-6] DEBUG com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader  - Loaded 205.21 MB of texture data so far
60382 [Thread-6] DEBUG com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader  - Loading [graphics/backgrounds/background4.jpg] as texture with id [graphics/backgrounds/background4.jpg]
62134 [Thread-6] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.campaign.save.CampaignGameManager  - Loading ..\\saves/save_Foxer360_3375928785014343028...
66042 [Thread-6] DEBUG com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader  - Loading [graphics/backgrounds/background4.jpg] as texture with id [graphics/backgrounds/background4.jpg]
66073 [Thread-6] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.campaign.save.CampaignGameManager  - Finished loading


Oh and also, my Starsector.bat stopped working. It was the only memory stable one too :(

(sorry for the large post)
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Alex

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Re: Not Responding on Campaign
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2013, 02:43:51 PM »

Hi - hmm. If your bat file stopped working, that suggest some kind of change on your system. I'd try a reinstall of the game (while backing up the bat file somewhere) to see if it fixes that particular issue.

As far as the campaign freeze, it's possible that's due to the memory issue, which you seem to be aware of. Or it could be due to something a mod does, if you're playing with mods. (For example, an infinite loop in a mod somewhere could cause this kind of behavior...) In fact, that the music continues playing makes it look like that may be an issue, since the music plays in a separate thread, one that wouldn't be hung if the main thread got into an infinite loop.
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Re: Not Responding on Campaign
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2013, 03:10:57 PM »

@Alex
Ah, so that would explain the "soft crashes" I used to get with large mods where the game would stop responding and never recover but music would still play regardless?

@Foxer
By the looks of things, you may be loading "too much". Probably another side effect of the memory leak being bloated by multiple mods. You may instead have "hs_err_pid_*****" files. Those are made when something outside of the game engine has died. For me, these happen every time my integrated gfx card kicks the bucket, which abruptly kills the game while Windows gives me a "Display driver stopped responding and successfully recovered" message or something to that extent. They may help Alex out a bit more if the log file isn't registering an issue.
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Re: Not Responding on Campaign
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2013, 04:18:45 PM »

@Alex OK, thanks for the feedback! On a good note, installing 64-bit java has re-enabled my starsector.bat. Now there are no more crashes!

@Silver Silence Well, what I have posted is the "starfarer" file. It seems that the problem is the Confederacy of Free Stars Mod, which has multiple errors in fleet spawning. Now that I have removed that mod, (which is sad, because I was really cool) I don't get anymore crash notices.

In short: JAVA 64-BIT IS BETTER!  :D
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