Scrap Mechanic

Scrap Mechanic

Crashlander: Square One
How to solve Technical issues / get Log information / Backup saves.
Hi. a few ways outlined to get relevant information in order to debug any issues.



Current Mod Version
Most problems are encountered when the player or players aren't running the most recent release of the Mod especially if multiple players are running different mod versions.

Open an in game chat window and type

/modversion

this should be the same number on all computers and ideally the most recent number listed in the "Change Notes" tab of Crashlander.

If it isn't then exit the game, unsubscribe, give it a minute then re-subscribe
No game progress should be lost




Dev console option
You can get a lot of information as your game loads by right clicking "Scrap Mechanic" in the steam library and click "Properties" then in the "General" tab -> "Launch Options" text box type "-dev"
without the quotes. Then start the game.

This gives a live separate window of things happening as the game runs and loads.
Ideal information is copy and pastable usually on the last few lines of the consoles output text
as the error is encountered in game.

Switch to that console window with "Alt + Tab" or use the Windows key.

Highlight the text by click dragging then click the top left icon of the console window and click copy. open notepad paste & save to attach to a message.




Log file option
You can get to the Log file by right clicking "Scrap Mechanic" in the steam library and click "Manage" then click the "Browse Local Files" tab -> open the "Logs" directory & the file at the top should be the most recent especially if you are using the default details view and files are ordered by date.

If you're unsure right click the topmost log file and go to "Properties" to check the
creation time / date.

This file opens with any text editor and would be useful if posted to one of the Devs in discord.




Backing up your save file
One Coming Soon from yours truly but there are many step by step how to videos on YouTube timestamped video of MediocreMiltons is here. Bare in mind, your save file location will be in the "Custom" directory.

https://youtu.be/c1HkNJuEeEo?t=89




Hope this helps.
Any questions can be directed here I'm fairly active in here & the Devs are too.
All the best.
Last edited by electrodoc68; 6 Mar, 2024 @ 8:32am
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The Red Builder  [developer] 6 Mar, 2024 @ 8:28am 
*Switch to that console window with "Alt + Tab" or use the Windows key.
CTRL + tab doesnt do anything (on windows 10 atleast)
electrodoc68 6 Mar, 2024 @ 8:35am 
*Edited cheers. Oh

This file opens with any text editor and would be useful if posted to one of the Devs in discord.

Forgot where the contact details where I remember discord. but what's the @ again.?
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