For the past week or so, spiral Knights has been crashing almost the instant it starts for players using steam. Disabling the steam overlay lets you play, but you can't buy energy while you have overlay disabled. I'm trying to buy the 750 energy pack so I can get a pack of sparks and upgrade my gear, but I play on steam and the overlay issue won't let me buy anything. I already tried updating the video drivers, and it didn't work. Has anyone figured out how to solve this issue?
Does anyone have a solution to the steam crashing issue?
It's not just me, several other players are having the same issue (check the the bug reports and teconical issues forums). I'm not sure what causes the issue, but a fair number of players are trying to deal with it.
Updating the graphics driver worked for me. 'went to download the new driver from intel, installed it, and I'm able to use the steam overlay again. Are you sure you completely updated your graphics driver?
I just tried reinstalling the drivers. They installed correctly, but it still crashes. Would deleting and reinstalling the game possibly work?
This problem has been exclusive to Steam users using older versions of Intel Integrated Graphics Drivers over the last Steam Client Update or so. Since most laptop vendors halt driver updates before Intel halts support it's not uncommon for the driver the vendor offers to be a few months to over a year old despite the release day stamp they might put on the download.
Please try installing drivers directly from Intel's Download Center to get the most up to date version possible. In some cases the original laptop vendor driver may block installation. If this happens there are steps for a work around listed on the Wiki.
I just tried installing drivers from there this morning. Sadly, it didn't fix the issue. I'm pretty sure that the drivers weren't blocked, but I'll try the wifi workaround when I get home anyway. If that doesn't work, what else can I try (aside from waiting for the next steam/spiral knights patch)?
I tried the workaround 3 times. Each time the drivers updated to the latest version correctly, and I verified it by scanning from the Intel website. The game still crashes. Tomorrow I'll try deleting and reinstalling the game, but if that doesn't work, I could use some help. Should I copy down the projecx.log file?
There is a complete work around for buying energy with steam account without having to use overlay.
First: go to spiral knights official website (u should be there by the fact that u read this.)
Second: click log in at the top right corner and then select log in though steam and then log in that way
Third: when you have logged in though steam, select support from top right corner, there from billing support select buy energy. There u can buy energy directly without having to worry about that overlay.
Thanks for the info, bu unfortunately that won't help me right. I only want the $3 pack, but you can't buy that one with a credit card, and I don't have access, interest or ability to use the other methods.
@Helios: Just just tried a delete a reinstall and it still isn't working. I'll post the project.x file shortly.
2013/09/20 10:53:21:320 INFO J$a.b: Logging to 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Spiral Knights\.\projectx.log'.
2013/09/20 10:53:27:473 INFO J$a.b: Steam initialized.
2013/09/20 10:53:31:193 INFO J$a.b: Connecting [host=game.spiralknights.com/184.73.171.119, port=47624]
2013/09/20 10:53:31:193 INFO DefaultControllerEnvironment.getControllers: Loading: net.java.games.input.DirectAndRawInputEnvironmentPlugin
2013/09/20 10:53:31:373 INFO J$a.b: IME created [Thread=17]
2013/09/20 10:53:32:073 INFO J$a.b: Datagram connection established [port=47624]
2013/09/20 10:53:35:573 INFO J$a.b: Moving at request of server [zoneId=83886080, sceneId=2147483647]
2013/09/20 10:53:35:623 INFO J$a.b: Issuing zoned moveTo(5:0, 2147483647, 1).
Just make paypal account dude, saves you a lot of time.
I'll have that be Plan B. I wouldn't use paypal for anything other than this, and I need to get steam fixed anyway. Hopefully Helios or someone will get back to me soon and I can get this issue resolved.
Yesterday Steam pushed a client update with the following line:
Fixed a regression which made some OpenGL games (Rage) crash in some cases activating the in-game overlay
Since Spiral Knights also relies on OpenGL it's likely that the problem you are facing was fixed too. Please try updating your Steam Client to see if this helps.
For some reason, my game is still crashing, even with the client update.
projectx file:2013/09/24 21:25:44:154 INFO J$a.b: Logging to 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Spiral Knights\.\projectx.log'.
2013/09/24 21:25:50:501 INFO J$a.b: Steam initialized.
2013/09/24 21:25:54:088 INFO J$a.b: Connecting [host=game.spiralknights.com/184.73.171.119, port=47624]
2013/09/24 21:25:54:110 INFO DefaultControllerEnvironment.getControllers: Loading: net.java.games.input.DirectAndRawInputEnvironmentPlugin
2013/09/24 21:25:54:266 INFO J$a.b: IME created [Thread=17]
2013/09/24 21:25:54:914 INFO J$a.b: Datagram connection established [port=47624]
2013/09/24 21:25:55:308 INFO J$a.b: Issuing zoned moveTo(5:0, 2147483647, 1).
Other info (was asked about in support email, haven't gotten an answer back yet). Hopefully this will help.
Main knight's name: Battlegrinder
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU
Memory: 8192 MB RAM
Operating system: Windows 7 home premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601)
Version of Java: Version 7 update 40
Any security programs you're running: AVG 2014 free edition
Video card and the amount of memory: Intel(R) HD Graphics, 1696 MB
Post the first 10 lines from your launcher.log
and compare both your java version along side the java that is located within SK install location
2013/09/25 18:53:12:664 INFO r.a: ------------------ VM Info ------------------
2013/09/25 18:53:12:664 INFO r.a: -- OS Name: Windows 7
2013/09/25 18:53:12:664 INFO r.a: -- OS Arch: x86
2013/09/25 18:53:12:664 INFO r.a: -- OS Vers: 6.1
2013/09/25 18:53:12:664 INFO r.a: -- Java Vers: 1.6.0_25
2013/09/25 18:53:12:664 INFO r.a: -- Java Home: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Spiral Knights\java_vm
2013/09/25 18:53:12:664 INFO r.a: -- User Name: ********
2013/09/25 18:53:12:664 INFO r.a: -- User Home: C:\Users\********
2013/09/25 18:53:12:664 INFO r.a: -- Cur dir: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Spiral Knights
2013/09/25 18:53:12:664 INFO r.a: ---------------------------------------------
2013/09/25 18:53:12:695 INFO r.a: Failed to find proxy settings in Windows registry [error=java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: m_key]
2013/09/25 18:53:12:695 INFO r.a: ---------------- Proxy Info -----------------
2013/09/25 18:53:12:695 INFO r.a: -- Proxy Host: null
2013/09/25 18:53:12:695 INFO r.a: -- Proxy Port: null
2013/09/25 18:53:12:695 INFO r.a: ---------------------------------------------
2013/09/25 18:53:12:695 INFO r.a: Skipping [quals=linux, osname=windows 7, osarch=x86, key=resource, value=[linux] native/liblwjgl64.so]
2013/09/25 18:53:12:695 INFO r.a: Skipping [quals=linux, osname=windows 7, osarch=x86, key=resource, value=[linux] native/liblwjgl.so]
2013/09/25 18:53:12:695 INFO r.a: Skipping [quals=linux, osname=windows 7, osarch=x86, key=resource, value=[linux] native/libjinput-linux.so]
2013/09/25 18:53:12:695 INFO r.a: Skipping [quals=linux, osname=windows 7, osarch=x86, key=resource, value=[linux] native/libjinput-linux64.so]
2013/09/25 18:53:12:695 INFO r.a: Skipping [quals=linux, osname=windows 7, osarch=x86, key=resource, value=[linux] native/libopenal64.so]
2013/09/25 18:53:12:695 INFO r.a: Skipping [quals=linux, osname=windows 7, osarch=x86, key=resource, value=[linux] native/libopenal.so]
2013/09/25 18:53:12:695 INFO r.a: Skipping [quals=linux, osname=windows 7, osarch=x86, key=resource, value=[linux] native/libkeybd.so]
2013/09/25 18:53:12:695 INFO r.a: Skipping [quals=linux, osname=windows 7, osarch=x86, key=resource, value=[linux] native/libfroth.so]
2013/09/25 18:53:12:695 INFO r.a: Skipping [quals=mac os x, osname=windows 7, osarch=x86, key=resource, value=[mac os x] native/liblwjgl.jnilib]
2013/09/25 18:53:12:695 INFO r.a: Skipping [quals=mac os x, osname=windows 7, osarch=x86, key=resource, value=[mac os x] native/libjinput-osx.jnilib]
2013/09/25 18:53:12:695 INFO r.a: Skipping [quals=mac os x, osname=windows 7, osarch=x86, key=resource, value=[mac os x] native/openal.dylib]
2013/09/25 18:53:12:695 INFO r.a: Skipping [quals=mac os x, osname=windows 7, osarch=x86, key=resource, value=[mac os x] native/libfroth.jnilib]
2013/09/25 18:53:12:695 INFO r.a: Skipping [quals=linux, osname=windows 7, osarch=x86, key=java_location, value=[linux] /spiral/client/java_linux.jar]
2013/09/25 18:53:12:711 INFO r.a: Able to lock for updates: true
2013/09/25 18:53:12:742 INFO r.a: Verifying application: http://download.threerings.net/spiral/20130924204838/
2013/09/25 18:53:12:742 INFO r.a: Version: 20130924204838
2013/09/25 18:53:12:742 INFO r.a: Class: com.threerings.projectx.client.ProjectXApp
2013/09/25 18:53:12:742 INFO r.a: Dropping status 'm.validating'.
2013/09/25 18:53:12:758 INFO r.a: Unable to read version file: .\version.txt (The system cannot find the file specified)
2013/09/25 18:53:13:304 INFO r.a: Dropping status 'm.validating'.
2013/09/25 18:53:13:319 INFO r.a: Resources verified.
2013/09/25 18:53:13:319 INFO r.a: Dropping status 'm.launching'.
2013/09/25 18:53:13:319 INFO r.a: Didn't find any custom environment variables, not setting any.
2013/09/25 18:53:13:319 INFO r.a: Running .\java_vm\bin\java.exe
-classpath
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Spiral Knights\.\code\config.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Spiral Knights\.\code\projectx-config.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Spiral Knights\.\code\projectx-pcode.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Spiral Knights\.\code\lwjgl.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Spiral Knights\.\code\lwjgl_util.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Spiral Knights\.\code\jinput.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Spiral Knights\.\code\jutils.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Spiral Knights\.\code\jshortcut.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Spiral Knights\.\code\commons-beanutils.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Spiral Knights\.\code\commons-digester.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Spiral Knights\.\code\commons-logging.jar
-Dcom.threerings.getdown=true
-Xmx256M
-XX:+AggressiveOpts
-XX:SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB=10
-Djava.library.path=C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Spiral Knights\./native
-Dorg.lwjgl.util.NoChecks=true
-Dsun.java2d.d3d=false
-Dappdir=C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Spiral Knights\.
-Dresource_dir=C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Spiral Knights\./rsrc
-Xmx512M
com.threerings.projectx.client.ProjectXApp
I don't know what you mean when you talk about comparing java. What am I supposed to be looking for? The folder says it was last modified a few days ago (the same day I updated java to try and fix the problem).
it's running SK using java 6, not java 7, because that's what it's distributed with, follow the instructions to the last post in this thread
http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/89998
I had to do this just to get the game to show up, because it would try to launch, then crash.
you may have a different problem, but this will surely fix it
ok, thanks. I'll give that a shot and see if it works.
Nope, didn't work. The game still runs, but Steam is still causing it to crash if I try to run it will the overlay activated.
I'm having the same problem with the steam overlay. It works when I turn it off, but I want to be able to buy energy and chat with my friends on steam. I'm going to update my driver and report back if it works.
SK doesn't work for me whether I have overlay off or on.
I now believe the only reason this game doesn't work for me is that I'm running vista on a gateway...
I'm having the same problem, although in a weird way.
If I use the desktop shortcut, it crashes right away. If I go into my Steam library it loads up to where I select which Knight to play as then freezes, so I have to open the task manager and stop the application.
It only started doing this after the game updated since I hadn't played in only about a month, so it might be a recent patch that's causing it. I will try uninstalling and reinstalling again to see if it helps.
Edit: Nope, still crashes upon starting up.
I have trouble since a month or so, and with the last update it got even worse.
Like described by others:
- I log in via steam
- I start the game
- I choose a knight
- I receive a black screen instead of the preperation room
The game is somewhat crashed, since I am still able to access the menu via Esc. In the past I could select "Return to Haven" and it worked. I ended up in haven and was able to play normal. But with the last update even this is broken. The game enters the loading screen with the turning gear but doesn´t load anymore.
I think it is NOT a coinsidence that this occured after updates.
I just did the following again(despite I already did a few times):
- update graphic driver (no update because latest version)
- updated steam (no update because latest version)
- reinstalled the game and have it repached several time.
Really annoying thing. Sice I´m missing my opportunity for a Kat Cowl...
Great, no reply and also no inprovement on the issue...
April... SINCE APRIL. I haven't been able to play Spiral Knights. I have done everything that everyone has been telling me to do to fix this issue. But they all didn't work at all. It's all the same results. IT DOESN'T WORK.
They keep saying that you can still purchase things on the website. BUT WHERE? I don't see any store on the Spiral Knights webpage. Its not there!
Why is this doing it and why hasn't this been fixed? This is unfair and bullshit. Someone do something and FIX IT.
This hasn't been a problem for me (steam user), and none of my steam-using guildies have mentioned it either. Maybe it's just you?