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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I play a lot of Space Engineers, and it randomly crashes... No idea what's causing it.

And Space Engineers 2 just doesn't launch for me.

There's likely a config option that could fix things, but I don't know it.

Every other game I play is fine.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    You know about protondb already? Gives a good list of potential fixes if you come across issues, it's been a godsend on the rare occasions something doesn't work first try

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I know. Tried a few things from that site, but no luck on SE, and SE2 is under active development so I'm waiting on it for a bit.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Fair, good luck with it. Just had to figure out that a drive from a windows install was causing huge permissions issues and any game installed on it wasn't executing. Sometimes the problems can be really obtuse.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Have you changed which version of proton it uses? It's in the compatibility options for the game, sometimes going to an older version solves some issues.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    For SE2, it's likely a version issue. But that game is under active development, so I'm waiting on it.

    For SE1, well that one is a bit of a mystery... It probably isn't. I have a few mods.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    That's because of the awful spaghetti code that is the basis of Space Engineers. I gave up on that game years ago, because those devs were vibe coding before it was cool, and it shows.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I will say, the game is remarkably stable compared to what it was a few years ago. Especially pistons and rotors.

    But yes, it still crashes randomly. About once or twice an hour.

    And I got SE2 running. No crashes there, but I don't like creative mode, so play SE2 much less.

    I am excited for the upcoming SE2 survival mode

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