Suddenly unable to join game, stuck on "Creating Player"

[whydidsheleaveme]

Log #1: https://pastebin.com/kZdQPLV1

Log #2: https://pastebin.com/LASMySyA

As per the title I have been unable to join a particular MP game. The game map and other data will load but I will never progress past "Creating player" on the loading screen.

The longest I let it sit for was about 13 minutes before I closed the game. Other players on the server at the time informed me that the chat log shows me joining and disconnecting from the server.

I have been able to join the server previously without issue, and as far as I am aware nothing changed between the last time I successfully joined and the first time I unsuccessfully joined.

I have been unable to join the latest version of the world when hosted on the server or P2P. I was unable to join even when my player data was deleted.

I have been able to join an earlier version of the world both hosted and P2P. I have also been able to join other worlds hosted by that same player/server, and they have been able to join me.

I have not modded my game in any way.

I have tried a variety of basic fixes (i.e. validating/reinstalling the game, cleaning player data, deleting my server player data) with no success.

If any other information or logs are required please let me know.

 

[Beelzybub]

have tried a variety of basic fixes

There's two errors in your second log.

You have a bunch of these which I can only guess at a cause.

INF Failed attempt 8 to write mesh C:\Users\ste_v\AppData\Roaming/7DaysToDie/Saves/Navezgane/WORK/DynamicMeshes/-336,656.mesh. Retrying...


Is your disk full maybe? Or Antivirus is interfering? Just guesses. You should add folder exclusions to Defender for your save folder and game folder.

And this error:

 
NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

at GameManager.PlayerId (System.Int32 _playerId, System.Int32 _teamNumber, PlayerDataFile _playerDataFile, System.Int32


Which is a corrupt player profile on the server. It will have to be deleted from the server.

 

[whydidsheleaveme]

Hello, thanks for the advice. I was able to join with the player data deleted.

Is there a way to determine which part of the player data was corrupted, or to fix it somehow?

 

[Beelzybub]

Is there a way to determine which part of the player data was corrupted, or to fix it somehow?

Afaik, no, there is no way to fix it. I have seen posts saying that copying the mp profile to a sp game can fix it, but I have not been able to replicate that fix. Server's should have backups, which would have fixed your problem.