Karenchik

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This game won't load after "rebuilding assets" I just get gray screen with hexagons and a small blue box in left upper corner.
As I see it, this bug is quite old and has no specific fix.
Overall, I've tried:
Opening game with and without admin privileges;
Opening with and without clearing the \LocalLow\Fek folder;
Changing my region and format to USA;
Tried all of the above with and without that Reinvented mod installed.

Every try I was waiting with the game active for like 10 mins and of course my AV was turned off all the time.

My specs: Win 11, Ryzen 7 6800H, 16 Gb ram, RTX 3050 Ti. It surprises me that I could run the older versions of the game on my old laptop without any problems, even if it barely worked.
 
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strong_p4ssword

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This game won't load after "rebuilding assets" I just get gray screen with hexagons and a small blue box in left upper corner.
As I see it, this bug is quite old and has no specific fix.
Overall, I've tried:
Opening game with and without admin privileges;
Opening with and without clearing the \LocalLow\Fek folder;
Changing my region and format to USA;
Tried all of the above with and without that Reinvented mod installed.

Every try I was waiting with the game active for like 10 mins and of course my AV was turned off all the time.

My specs: Win 11, Ryzen 7 6800H, 16 Gb ram, RTX 3050 Ti. It surprises me that I could run the older versions of the game on my old laptop without any problems, even if it barely worked.
Honestly, I think we're approaching a point where the game is simply going to become obsolete on modern hardware. It hasn't seen an update in years and new engines and drivers are being released, so it wouldn't surprise me if the game simply becomes unplayable on certain machines soon.
 
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Axis3123

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Honestly, I think we're approaching a point where the game is simply going to become obsolete on modern hardware. It hasn't seen an update in years and new engines and drivers are being released, so it wouldn't surprise me if the game simply becomes unplayable on certain machines soon.
Huh, so literally code being unable to be read due to higher level of tech at work. Kinda like trying to jam a floppy disk drive onto a super beefed computer with all the specs in the world running Windows 11.
 
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Karenchik

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Honestly, I think we're approaching a point where the game is simply going to become obsolete on modern hardware. It hasn't seen an update in years and new engines and drivers are being released, so it wouldn't surprise me if the game simply becomes unplayable on certain machines soon.
You just gave me an idea to try something new like updating/reinstalling directx and vcredist for x32 and x64 and changing compatibility mode for win 8 and 7 but it didn't workout either.

I also noticed that player.log file in \LocalLow\Fek folder grown to 45+ mb and got interested like wtf is there. I deleted it, started game again and copied file when it was around 5 mb and dropped it to chatgpt to find something.
It found a bunch of errors like corrupted localization.xml file, repeated errors trying to load UnityEditor.dll, as chatgpt said "which should not be included in a built game" and others.

I'm not a game developer or smth, just got interested.
 

strong_p4ssword

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You just gave me an idea to try something new like updating/reinstalling directx and vcredist for x32 and x64 and changing compatibility mode for win 8 and 7 but it didn't workout either.

I also noticed that player.log file in \LocalLow\Fek folder grown to 45+ mb and got interested like wtf is there. I deleted it, started game again and copied file when it was around 5 mb and dropped it to chatgpt to find something.
It found a bunch of errors like corrupted localization.xml file, repeated errors trying to load UnityEditor.dll, as chatgpt said "which should not be included in a built game" and others.

I'm not a game developer or smth, just got interested.
Given the fact the game was essentially abandoned in an alpha state, I would not be surprised if something fucky is happening on the dev side. But it does run for others, so unless the download here is corrupted or otherwise messed up it should work. I still have my modded copy if it comes to that.
 

Karenchik

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Given the fact the game was essentially abandoned in an alpha state, I would not be surprised if something fucky is happening on the dev side. But it does run for others, so unless the download here is corrupted or otherwise messed up it should work. I still have my modded copy if it comes to that.
It worked. Idk how, I didn't touched the files or anything for several days and just decided to try again. I started without R mod and after that with it. Apart from the fact that 2 of my objectives to enter that research panel are repeated over and over again I guess it works fine?
 
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strong_p4ssword

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It worked. Idk how, I didn't touched the files or anything for several days and just decided to try again. I started without R mod and after that with it. Apart from the fact that 2 of my objectives to enter that research panel are repeated over and over again I guess it works fine?
sounds about right lol
 
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strong_p4ssword

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aw man such a shame it got abandoned. I was getting extremly excited and then i see the yellow tag of dissapointment...
But tbh furries really put A LOT of effort into games about thier community
True, but they often struggle with the interpersonal skills needed to run/manage a project, not to mention the regular technical skills. Some manage to succeed and do well, like Heat (so far).
 
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i find it astonishing that fek to this day continues to deny any wrongdoing with this game. dude at one point was making more than a cardiologist off his patreon and he refused to hire or even accept free help from other developers. i mean thats just a single issue with the laundry list of problems i have with the dude. i bet he was probably insecure about the quality of his code. my biggest issue is that brother got paid hundreds of thousands and he doesnt even have the decency to come out and publicly admit he's abandoned the project. he's /still/ making money off of suckers by simply not admitting that he isn't going to finish it.
 

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i find it astonishing that fek to this day continues to deny any wrongdoing with this game. dude at one point was making more than a cardiologist off his patreon and he refused to hire or even accept free help from other developers. i mean thats just a single issue with the laundry list of problems i have with the dude. i bet he was probably insecure about the quality of his code. my biggest issue is that brother got paid hundreds of thousands and he doesnt even have the decency to come out and publicly admit he's abandoned the project. he's /still/ making money off of suckers by simply not admitting that he isn't going to finish it.
It's sad. Could be pride, could be milking the patreons dry, could be refusing to elaborate or pass off the project to someone more reliable, it's awkward to say with an unique game of this caliber that is so focused on what it wants to do but is unable to reach a stable or astonishing development unless you blindly throw money at said developer in vain misplaced hopes of having it finished (which it won't happen). That's probs what the few willing patreons feel that would happen, but all it'll do for them is siphon their money for a promise he won't keep. The unofficial mod was truly exiting, but the base game now feels a tab behind because of it. It has remained stagnant, and I don't blame the mod developer for leaving it as is cuz there wasn't much to build from the base of it anyways. There's skill in fek absolutely, like his other projects, but why is it this one that gets the short end of the stick?
 
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strong_p4ssword

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It's sad. Could be pride, could be milking the patreons dry, could be refusing to elaborate or pass off the project to someone more reliable, it's awkward to say with an unique game of this caliber that is so focused on what it wants to do but is unable to reach a stable or astonishing development unless you blindly throw money at said developer in vain misplaced hopes of having it finished (which it won't happen). That's probs what the few willing patreons feel that would happen, but all it'll do for them is siphon their money for a promise he won't keep. The unofficial mod was truly exiting, but the base game now feels a tab behind because of it. It has remained stagnant, and I don't blame the mod developer for leaving it as is cuz there wasn't much to build from the base of it anyways. There's skill in fek absolutely, like his other projects, but why is it this one that gets the short end of the stick?
He tried to add multiplayer, and from my (admittedly limited) understanding of game dev, this is a whole 'nother can of worms. He never got multiplayer off the ground (besides maybe sharing characters as presets), and the project died shortly after. He likely bit off more than he could chew, and because his codebase was likely dogshit spaghetti he couldn't go back and easily fix anything (this is called "technical debt") or bring anyone else on to fix it. He could have financed a team or 2 or 3 devs to unfuck his code and refactor the game, but that would mean less money, sooo...

Also a reminder that he does more than this game, he still makes art every so often. But still at a rather slow pace compared to how much he makes. Furries are notorious for throwing money at anyone who entertains their niche culture.
 
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