Version 0.21 crash Thread - Decent Freespace Into Chaos mod for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion

After getting some time to play sins again, i decided to try the new (0.21) version, and i've noticed a problem, it crashes when i start a game with the GTA, i noticed it's related to the GTA as one time i started a 6 player game but left the factions at random, none of those were GTA and the game finished loading.

It crashes at the start of the loading screen after creating a new game.

I've tested version 0.20 and it's working fine.

I didn't have any issues after upload. I recommend you completely remove any other version of the mod and verify your checksum is 36310938.

Edited by: Riesstiu

I've tried it 3 times with every time having the mod downloaded seperately (to make sure it wasn't a download issue), each time i've deleted the old version folder and changed the EnabledMods.txt line to:

"TXT
Version 0
enabledModNameCount 0"

to go back to vanilla, then i extract the 0.21 version into the "Mods-Rebellion v1.85" folder as usual and start sins (Vanilla because of the txt file) through steam, i select the mod in the Mod window in-game, the checksum is indeed 36310938 but whenever i try to play with the GTA it crashes…

Hmm. I will look into this and possibly upload a new version. Which map or is it all maps.

I uploaded a slimmed down version of the mod. It removes most of the currently unused files. Should load faster and load up without a problem. Tested it prior to upload. If the issue persists I would recommend either a fresh install of SINs or validation of the game files through steam.

After some more tests (in the new 0.22 version) i found out that it actually isn't me playing the GTA that's the problem it's the AI.

I've tested it in several maps, it appears to affect them all.

Whenever i play GTA (or another faction) and the AI is random (and in-game isn't GTA) or not GTA, it doesn't crash.

Some of the matchups were:

ME: GTA / AI: RANDOM (ADVENT) - MAP: Tiny random, didn't crash

ME: GTA / AI: RANDOM (ADVENT) - MAP: Tiny random, didn't crash (not a duplicate, this was another test)

ME: RANDOM (VASARI) / 5xAI: 5xRANDOM (TEC/ADVENT/VASARI, but no GTA) - MAP: normal sized - foreign invasion, didn't crash

ME: RANDOM / AI: GTA - MAP: Tiny random - CRASH

ME: TEC LOYALIST / AI: GTA - MAP: Tiny random - CRASH

ME: RANDOM / 9xAI: 9xRANDOM - MAP: large sized - kabel CRASH, maybe one of the AI picked GTA, i can't tell since it crashed during loading.

ME: ADVENT LOYALIST / 9xAI: All the vanilla factions, including rebel and loyalist variants - MAP: large sized - kabel, didn't crash

Edited by: Sir_Whiskers

I just attempted to get a small game going with a GTA Faction as AI and met the crash you speak of. Ill will dig into this and figure out what is causing this issue.

It appears to be something that changed between V.02 and V.21. All I remember changing was some effects. I haven't made many changes since then I will go back and rebuild from that point.

Edited by: Riesstiu

Nice job with the new version, i just played a quick match and it worked perfectly.

Thanks not sure what happened in the last few patches.