Windows 1.6.9 Bug (Cannot Open Game)

[Brownie_Bunnie]

• explain the issue (including any pattern you noticed about when it happens): Game cannot open at all when beta is selected/downloaded.
• full error text (if any): No crash report, no text appearing, no nothing :( .
• what OS you are using: Windows 11
• in-game language: English
• single-player or multiplayer: N/A
• if you're using controller or keyboard/mouse: Keyboard/Mouse
• your version number: Not sure, whatever is most recent in the 1.6.9 Beta as of 9/12/2024 @ 9:15pm PST
• anything else you think might be relevant: So my game simply won't start up. No error reports are generating, however, originally I was going to use mods and SMAPI keeps spitting out the same error every time. "AL Lib: (EE) SetChannelMap: Failed to match front-center channel (2) in channel map" While of course that could be an error from SMAPI. It's the best lead I have. A little bit of internet research with that error code brings up issues with audio and OpenAL library. Tried switching to headphones and stuff because I thought maybe my audio hardware was an issue but that didn't seem to do anything.

 

[Brownie_Bunnie]

Also wanted to be clear that I made sure to wipe SMAPI from my game and such so this error still occurs even when on 100% vanilla

 

[Prrsha]

Also wanted to be clear that I made sure to wipe SMAPI from my game and such so this error still occurs even when on 100% vanilla

Have you tried backing up your save games and doing a full reinstall of stardew beta, then starting a new game to rule out any old registry settings (or hardware conflicts with apps?)

 

[Pathoschild]

If that doesn't work, can you do this to provide more info?

1. Launch the game with SMAPI.
2. Wait a couple minutes to see if something happens.
3. Take a screenshot of the full SMAPI window, and post it here.

(You can ignore the "AL Lib: (EE) SetChannelMap: Failed to match front-center channel (2) in channel map" message. It's not an issue, it's just a debug message from OpenAL which we can't turn off.)

 

[Brownie_Bunnie]

Sorry for the late reply!

First off I tried completely uninstalling and reinstalling Stardew (and the beta), with nothing changing. Second off, here's the best screenshot I'm going to get. The issue is that it happens so quick that I can't just use the snipping tool. Pretty much once this stuff pops up, the SMAPI window closes and steam takes a second to update my cloud status before saying I can play again. It doesn't stay open or anything like that (sorry if that wasn't clear in my first post). Again no errors pop up in the logs and here's my latest SMAPI log as proof. Going back to non-beta Stardew lets me play with no issues and I can't imagine that whatever CA is doing would completely up-end the game for some people so I'm really not sure what's going on.

 

[Pathoschild]

Can you install SMAPI 4.1.0-beta instead (the version for Stardew Valley 1.6.9-beta), and then try those steps again?

If the SMAPI window still disappears with no errors, try "3. Check if there's an error message" in these instructions to see if there's a crash error.

 

[Brownie_Bunnie]

I tried with and without mods, same errors. Starting to think it's something wrong with my pc (custom built but higher end). If there's any other info that could be helpful please let me know! Also, hopefully I understood your instructions correctly and this what you wanted.

 

[Pathoschild]

Can you try the steps under Run the game on your dedicated graphics card (Windows only)?

If that doesn't work, can you come ask in #vanilla-tech-support on the Stardew Valley Discord so we can run some tests? (If you don't get an answer, feel free to ping me there with @pathoschild.)

 

[Brownie_Bunnie]

Attempted to no avail (even tried my second graphics cards just in case because I do have 2); joined the discord and will say something when I have free time to run tests.