Violet Moon
Farmhand
Admittedly a strange issue, my game has suddenly stopped responding to my wireless controller even though device manager says it’s working fine and it still works with my other steam games. (I've included some extra details for context which may or may not be relevant, but have recently realized that there were errors in my smapi log about console commands not loading, so that's probably the most relevant information, feel free to scroll to the bottom to read it.)
Been having technical issues in general since a couple weeks ago when I updated a ton of mods and my game stopped working properly. I downgraded all the mods I could by one update to be safe and, most crucially, downgraded Smapi, which seemed to solve the problem. In the interest of troubleshooting I've reverted back to the most recent version for my Smapi log, which doesn't seem to have had an impact on the error I'm experiencing.
It’s been working fine for weeks and then suddenly out of nowhere the game stopped responding to the controller. At first it was responding, but the screen wasn’t responding as I tried to adjust from windowed to fullscreen after idling for a while, then suddenly the game stopped responding to the controller altogether.
Obviously I’ve tried restarting the game and the computer multiple times. Strangely, even when I started a new mod profile in vortex and loaded the game with every mod disabled (although for some reason it still seemed to try to load a few) I continued to have the same issue. The weird thing is that I hadn’t tweaked anything in weeks when the controller suddenly stopped responding, so I have no idea how to even troubleshoot this.
I realize this is a strange issue and it doesn’t seem like it should be related to modding, but because this is the only game that was affected and windows device manager says the controller is working it seems like it must be related to Smapi somehow. Any advice would be welcome, I’m really hoping to get past this grueling technical difficulty phase of enjoying my favorite game.
Smapi log from the most basic profile with (supposedly) no mods:
SMAPI log parser - SMAPI.io
Oddly there was some stuff in the Smapi log that didn't seem to show up in the log parser about difficulties with console commands, which seems relevant here. Thus I've decided to post the whole thing here because it seems the only bit that might be relevant: I quit at the loading screen so it's not crazy long.
[08:19:32 INFO SMAPI] SMAPI 3.18.5 with Stardew Valley 1.5.6 (build 22018) on Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
[08:19:32 INFO SMAPI] Mods go here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Stardew Valley\Mods
[08:19:32 TRACE SMAPI] Log started at 2023-09-28T15:19:32 UTC
[08:19:37 DEBUG SMAPI] Waiting for game to launch...
[08:19:37 TRACE game] NoFpsCap: This feature is not available
[08:19:38 DEBUG SMAPI] Loading mod metadata...
[08:19:38 DEBUG SMAPI] Loading mods...
[08:19:38 TRACE SMAPI] Console Commands (from Mods\ConsoleCommands\ConsoleCommands.dll)...
[08:19:39 TRACE SMAPI] Failed loading PDB for 'ConsoleCommands.dll'. Technical details:
Mono.Cecil.Cil.SymbolsNotMatchingException: Symbols were found but are not matching the assembly
at Mono.Cecil.ModuleDefinition.ReadSymbols(ISymbolReader reader, Boolean throwIfSymbolsAreNotMaching)
at Mono.Cecil.ModuleReader.ReadSymbols(ModuleDefinition module, ReaderParameters parameters)
at Mono.Cecil.ModuleReader.CreateModule(Image image, ReaderParameters parameters)
at StardewModdingAPI.Framework.ModLoading.AssemblyLoader.GetReferencedLocalAssemblies(FileInfo file, HashSet`1 visitedAssemblyNames, IAssemblyResolver assemblyResolver)+MoveNext() in E:\source\_Stardew\SMAPI\src\SMAPI\Framework\ModLoading\AssemblyLoader.cs:line 293
[08:19:39 TRACE SMAPI] Error Handler (from Mods\ErrorHandler\ErrorHandler.dll)...
[08:19:39 TRACE SMAPI] Failed loading PDB for 'ErrorHandler.dll'. Technical details:
Mono.Cecil.Cil.SymbolsNotMatchingException: Symbols were found but are not matching the assembly
at Mono.Cecil.ModuleDefinition.ReadSymbols(ISymbolReader reader, Boolean throwIfSymbolsAreNotMaching)
at Mono.Cecil.ModuleReader.ReadSymbols(ModuleDefinition module, ReaderParameters parameters)
at Mono.Cecil.ModuleReader.CreateModule(Image image, ReaderParameters parameters)
at StardewModdingAPI.Framework.ModLoading.AssemblyLoader.GetReferencedLocalAssemblies(FileInfo file, HashSet`1 visitedAssemblyNames, IAssemblyResolver assemblyResolver)+MoveNext() in E:\source\_Stardew\SMAPI\src\SMAPI\Framework\ModLoading\AssemblyLoader.cs:line 293
[08:19:39 TRACE SMAPI] Detected game patcher in assembly ErrorHandler.dll.
[08:19:39 TRACE SMAPI] Extra Map Layers (from Mods\ExtraMapLayers\ExtraMapLayers.dll)...
[08:19:39 TRACE SMAPI] Detected game patcher in assembly ExtraMapLayers.dll.
[08:19:39 TRACE SMAPI] Save Backup (from Mods\SaveBackup\SaveBackup.dll)...
[08:19:39 TRACE SMAPI] Failed loading PDB for 'SaveBackup.dll'. Technical details:
Mono.Cecil.Cil.SymbolsNotMatchingException: Symbols were found but are not matching the assembly
at Mono.Cecil.ModuleDefinition.ReadSymbols(ISymbolReader reader, Boolean throwIfSymbolsAreNotMaching)
at Mono.Cecil.ModuleReader.ReadSymbols(ModuleDefinition module, ReaderParameters parameters)
at Mono.Cecil.ModuleReader.CreateModule(Image image, ReaderParameters parameters)
at StardewModdingAPI.Framework.ModLoading.AssemblyLoader.GetReferencedLocalAssemblies(FileInfo file, HashSet`1 visitedAssemblyNames, IAssemblyResolver assemblyResolver)+MoveNext() in E:\source\_Stardew\SMAPI\src\SMAPI\Framework\ModLoading\AssemblyLoader.cs:line 293
[08:19:39 TRACE SMAPI] Pride In The Valley (from Mods\[CP] Pride In The Valley) [content pack]...
[08:19:39 TRACE SMAPI] Failed: it requires mods which aren't installed (Content Patcher: https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/1915).
[08:19:39 INFO SMAPI] Loaded 4 mods:
[08:19:39 INFO SMAPI] Console Commands 3.18.5 by SMAPI | Adds SMAPI console commands that let you manipulate the game.
[08:19:39 INFO SMAPI] Error Handler 3.18.5 by SMAPI | Handles some common vanilla errors to log more useful info or avoid breaking the game.
[08:19:39 INFO SMAPI] Extra Map Layers 0.3.7 by aedenthorn | Draws additional layers from map files.
[08:19:39 INFO SMAPI] Save Backup 3.18.5 by SMAPI | Automatically backs up all your saves once per day into its folder.
[08:19:39 INFO SMAPI] Found 2 mods with warnings:
[08:19:39 ERROR SMAPI] Skipped mods
[08:19:39 ERROR SMAPI] --------------------------------------------------
[08:19:39 ERROR SMAPI] These mods could not be added to your game.
[08:19:39 ERROR SMAPI] - Pride In The Valley 1.0.2 because it requires mods which aren't installed (Content Patcher: https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/1915).
[08:19:39 INFO SMAPI] Patched game code
[08:19:39 INFO SMAPI] --------------------------------------------------
[08:19:39 INFO SMAPI] These mods directly change the game code. They're more likely to cause errors or bugs in-game; if
[08:19:39 INFO SMAPI] your game has issues, try removing these first. Otherwise you can ignore this warning.
[08:19:39 INFO SMAPI] - Extra Map Layers
[08:19:39 DEBUG SMAPI] Launching mods...
[08:19:39 TRACE Extra Map Layers] Transpiling Layer_DrawNormal
[08:19:40 TRACE Extra Map Layers] switching equals to startswith for layer id
[08:19:40 DEBUG SMAPI] Mods loaded and ready!
[08:19:40 TRACE SMAPI] Checking for known software conflicts...
[08:19:40 TRACE SMAPI] None found!
[08:19:40 TRACE SMAPI] Checking for updates...
[08:19:40 TRACE SMAPI] SMAPI okay.
[08:19:40 TRACE SMAPI] Checking for updates to 2 mods...
[08:19:41 TRACE SMAPI] Got update-check errors for some mods:
Extra Map Layers: The CurseForge mod with ID '868841' has no valid versions.
[08:19:41 ALERT SMAPI] You can update 1 mod:
[08:19:41 ALERT SMAPI] Extra Map Layers 0.3.10: https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/9633 (you have 0.3.7)
[08:19:41 TRACE game] setGameMode( 'titleScreenGameMode (0)' )
[08:19:41 TRACE SMAPI] Running on GPU: Intel(R) HD Graphics Gen11
[08:19:41 TRACE game] Steam logged on: True
[08:19:41 TRACE game] Initializing GalaxySDK
[08:19:42 TRACE game] Requesting Steam app ticket
[08:19:42 TRACE SMAPI] Detecting common issues...
[08:19:42 INFO SMAPI] Type 'help' for help, or 'help <cmd>' for a command's usage
[08:19:42 TRACE Extra Map Layers] device type StardewModdingAPI.Framework.Rendering.SDisplayDevice
[08:19:43 TRACE game] Signing into GalaxySDK
[08:19:43 TRACE game] Window_ClientSizeChanged(); Window.ClientBounds={X:0 Y:0 Width:3840 Height:2160}
[08:19:43 TRACE game] Galaxy auth success
[08:19:43 TRACE game] Galaxy signed in
[08:19:43 TRACE game] Galaxy logged on
[08:19:47 TRACE Save Backup] Backed up to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Stardew Valley\save-backups\2023-09-28 - SMAPI 3.18.5 with Stardew Valley 1.5.6.zip.
[08:19:47 TRACE Save Backup] Deleting 2023-09-16 - SMAPI 3.18.5 with Stardew Valley 1.5.6.zip...
[08:20:16 TRACE game] Disconnected: ClosedGame
[08:20:16 TRACE SMAPI] Disposing...
[08:20:16 TRACE SMAPI] Disposing the content coordinator. Content managers will no longer be usable after this point.
Thanks for reading!
Edit: found this forum and tried the solves but still having issues.
did the settings in steam thing, opened the command console in game and tried to press the controller button but nothing happened- the game knew it was connected though because when the controller connection timed out the button became grey.
The long form instructions I didn’t do because it seemed too advanced and also I don’t have a Mac, I’m working on a pc. I really can’t be trusted to mess with complicated code stuff I was barely able to figure out mods in the first place.
if anyone knows what I need to do please tell me, getting really sick of my favorite stress reliever becoming a new source of stress 🫠
Btw the controller brand I’m using is gamesir but windows seems to recognize it as an Xbox controller. Not sure if buying a more expensive controller would solve the problem but I’m pretty strapped for cash at the moment so I’m hoping to avoid that method if possible.
Thank you.
Been having technical issues in general since a couple weeks ago when I updated a ton of mods and my game stopped working properly. I downgraded all the mods I could by one update to be safe and, most crucially, downgraded Smapi, which seemed to solve the problem. In the interest of troubleshooting I've reverted back to the most recent version for my Smapi log, which doesn't seem to have had an impact on the error I'm experiencing.
It’s been working fine for weeks and then suddenly out of nowhere the game stopped responding to the controller. At first it was responding, but the screen wasn’t responding as I tried to adjust from windowed to fullscreen after idling for a while, then suddenly the game stopped responding to the controller altogether.
Obviously I’ve tried restarting the game and the computer multiple times. Strangely, even when I started a new mod profile in vortex and loaded the game with every mod disabled (although for some reason it still seemed to try to load a few) I continued to have the same issue. The weird thing is that I hadn’t tweaked anything in weeks when the controller suddenly stopped responding, so I have no idea how to even troubleshoot this.
I realize this is a strange issue and it doesn’t seem like it should be related to modding, but because this is the only game that was affected and windows device manager says the controller is working it seems like it must be related to Smapi somehow. Any advice would be welcome, I’m really hoping to get past this grueling technical difficulty phase of enjoying my favorite game.
Smapi log from the most basic profile with (supposedly) no mods:
SMAPI log parser - SMAPI.io
Oddly there was some stuff in the Smapi log that didn't seem to show up in the log parser about difficulties with console commands, which seems relevant here. Thus I've decided to post the whole thing here because it seems the only bit that might be relevant: I quit at the loading screen so it's not crazy long.
[08:19:32 INFO SMAPI] SMAPI 3.18.5 with Stardew Valley 1.5.6 (build 22018) on Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
[08:19:32 INFO SMAPI] Mods go here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Stardew Valley\Mods
[08:19:32 TRACE SMAPI] Log started at 2023-09-28T15:19:32 UTC
[08:19:37 DEBUG SMAPI] Waiting for game to launch...
[08:19:37 TRACE game] NoFpsCap: This feature is not available
[08:19:38 DEBUG SMAPI] Loading mod metadata...
[08:19:38 DEBUG SMAPI] Loading mods...
[08:19:38 TRACE SMAPI] Console Commands (from Mods\ConsoleCommands\ConsoleCommands.dll)...
[08:19:39 TRACE SMAPI] Failed loading PDB for 'ConsoleCommands.dll'. Technical details:
Mono.Cecil.Cil.SymbolsNotMatchingException: Symbols were found but are not matching the assembly
at Mono.Cecil.ModuleDefinition.ReadSymbols(ISymbolReader reader, Boolean throwIfSymbolsAreNotMaching)
at Mono.Cecil.ModuleReader.ReadSymbols(ModuleDefinition module, ReaderParameters parameters)
at Mono.Cecil.ModuleReader.CreateModule(Image image, ReaderParameters parameters)
at StardewModdingAPI.Framework.ModLoading.AssemblyLoader.GetReferencedLocalAssemblies(FileInfo file, HashSet`1 visitedAssemblyNames, IAssemblyResolver assemblyResolver)+MoveNext() in E:\source\_Stardew\SMAPI\src\SMAPI\Framework\ModLoading\AssemblyLoader.cs:line 293
[08:19:39 TRACE SMAPI] Error Handler (from Mods\ErrorHandler\ErrorHandler.dll)...
[08:19:39 TRACE SMAPI] Failed loading PDB for 'ErrorHandler.dll'. Technical details:
Mono.Cecil.Cil.SymbolsNotMatchingException: Symbols were found but are not matching the assembly
at Mono.Cecil.ModuleDefinition.ReadSymbols(ISymbolReader reader, Boolean throwIfSymbolsAreNotMaching)
at Mono.Cecil.ModuleReader.ReadSymbols(ModuleDefinition module, ReaderParameters parameters)
at Mono.Cecil.ModuleReader.CreateModule(Image image, ReaderParameters parameters)
at StardewModdingAPI.Framework.ModLoading.AssemblyLoader.GetReferencedLocalAssemblies(FileInfo file, HashSet`1 visitedAssemblyNames, IAssemblyResolver assemblyResolver)+MoveNext() in E:\source\_Stardew\SMAPI\src\SMAPI\Framework\ModLoading\AssemblyLoader.cs:line 293
[08:19:39 TRACE SMAPI] Detected game patcher in assembly ErrorHandler.dll.
[08:19:39 TRACE SMAPI] Extra Map Layers (from Mods\ExtraMapLayers\ExtraMapLayers.dll)...
[08:19:39 TRACE SMAPI] Detected game patcher in assembly ExtraMapLayers.dll.
[08:19:39 TRACE SMAPI] Save Backup (from Mods\SaveBackup\SaveBackup.dll)...
[08:19:39 TRACE SMAPI] Failed loading PDB for 'SaveBackup.dll'. Technical details:
Mono.Cecil.Cil.SymbolsNotMatchingException: Symbols were found but are not matching the assembly
at Mono.Cecil.ModuleDefinition.ReadSymbols(ISymbolReader reader, Boolean throwIfSymbolsAreNotMaching)
at Mono.Cecil.ModuleReader.ReadSymbols(ModuleDefinition module, ReaderParameters parameters)
at Mono.Cecil.ModuleReader.CreateModule(Image image, ReaderParameters parameters)
at StardewModdingAPI.Framework.ModLoading.AssemblyLoader.GetReferencedLocalAssemblies(FileInfo file, HashSet`1 visitedAssemblyNames, IAssemblyResolver assemblyResolver)+MoveNext() in E:\source\_Stardew\SMAPI\src\SMAPI\Framework\ModLoading\AssemblyLoader.cs:line 293
[08:19:39 TRACE SMAPI] Pride In The Valley (from Mods\[CP] Pride In The Valley) [content pack]...
[08:19:39 TRACE SMAPI] Failed: it requires mods which aren't installed (Content Patcher: https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/1915).
[08:19:39 INFO SMAPI] Loaded 4 mods:
[08:19:39 INFO SMAPI] Console Commands 3.18.5 by SMAPI | Adds SMAPI console commands that let you manipulate the game.
[08:19:39 INFO SMAPI] Error Handler 3.18.5 by SMAPI | Handles some common vanilla errors to log more useful info or avoid breaking the game.
[08:19:39 INFO SMAPI] Extra Map Layers 0.3.7 by aedenthorn | Draws additional layers from map files.
[08:19:39 INFO SMAPI] Save Backup 3.18.5 by SMAPI | Automatically backs up all your saves once per day into its folder.
[08:19:39 INFO SMAPI] Found 2 mods with warnings:
[08:19:39 ERROR SMAPI] Skipped mods
[08:19:39 ERROR SMAPI] --------------------------------------------------
[08:19:39 ERROR SMAPI] These mods could not be added to your game.
[08:19:39 ERROR SMAPI] - Pride In The Valley 1.0.2 because it requires mods which aren't installed (Content Patcher: https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/1915).
[08:19:39 INFO SMAPI] Patched game code
[08:19:39 INFO SMAPI] --------------------------------------------------
[08:19:39 INFO SMAPI] These mods directly change the game code. They're more likely to cause errors or bugs in-game; if
[08:19:39 INFO SMAPI] your game has issues, try removing these first. Otherwise you can ignore this warning.
[08:19:39 INFO SMAPI] - Extra Map Layers
[08:19:39 DEBUG SMAPI] Launching mods...
[08:19:39 TRACE Extra Map Layers] Transpiling Layer_DrawNormal
[08:19:40 TRACE Extra Map Layers] switching equals to startswith for layer id
[08:19:40 DEBUG SMAPI] Mods loaded and ready!
[08:19:40 TRACE SMAPI] Checking for known software conflicts...
[08:19:40 TRACE SMAPI] None found!
[08:19:40 TRACE SMAPI] Checking for updates...
[08:19:40 TRACE SMAPI] SMAPI okay.
[08:19:40 TRACE SMAPI] Checking for updates to 2 mods...
[08:19:41 TRACE SMAPI] Got update-check errors for some mods:
Extra Map Layers: The CurseForge mod with ID '868841' has no valid versions.
[08:19:41 ALERT SMAPI] You can update 1 mod:
[08:19:41 ALERT SMAPI] Extra Map Layers 0.3.10: https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley/mods/9633 (you have 0.3.7)
[08:19:41 TRACE game] setGameMode( 'titleScreenGameMode (0)' )
[08:19:41 TRACE SMAPI] Running on GPU: Intel(R) HD Graphics Gen11
[08:19:41 TRACE game] Steam logged on: True
[08:19:41 TRACE game] Initializing GalaxySDK
[08:19:42 TRACE game] Requesting Steam app ticket
[08:19:42 TRACE SMAPI] Detecting common issues...
[08:19:42 INFO SMAPI] Type 'help' for help, or 'help <cmd>' for a command's usage
[08:19:42 TRACE Extra Map Layers] device type StardewModdingAPI.Framework.Rendering.SDisplayDevice
[08:19:43 TRACE game] Signing into GalaxySDK
[08:19:43 TRACE game] Window_ClientSizeChanged(); Window.ClientBounds={X:0 Y:0 Width:3840 Height:2160}
[08:19:43 TRACE game] Galaxy auth success
[08:19:43 TRACE game] Galaxy signed in
[08:19:43 TRACE game] Galaxy logged on
[08:19:47 TRACE Save Backup] Backed up to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Stardew Valley\save-backups\2023-09-28 - SMAPI 3.18.5 with Stardew Valley 1.5.6.zip.
[08:19:47 TRACE Save Backup] Deleting 2023-09-16 - SMAPI 3.18.5 with Stardew Valley 1.5.6.zip...
[08:20:16 TRACE game] Disconnected: ClosedGame
[08:20:16 TRACE SMAPI] Disposing...
[08:20:16 TRACE SMAPI] Disposing the content coordinator. Content managers will no longer be usable after this point.
Thanks for reading!
Edit: found this forum and tried the solves but still having issues.
did the settings in steam thing, opened the command console in game and tried to press the controller button but nothing happened- the game knew it was connected though because when the controller connection timed out the button became grey.
The long form instructions I didn’t do because it seemed too advanced and also I don’t have a Mac, I’m working on a pc. I really can’t be trusted to mess with complicated code stuff I was barely able to figure out mods in the first place.
if anyone knows what I need to do please tell me, getting really sick of my favorite stress reliever becoming a new source of stress 🫠
Btw the controller brand I’m using is gamesir but windows seems to recognize it as an Xbox controller. Not sure if buying a more expensive controller would solve the problem but I’m pretty strapped for cash at the moment so I’m hoping to avoid that method if possible.
Thank you.
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