Has anybody else been experiencing constant crashes lately? I'm currently unable to identify why it keeps happening, but the game will just close itself at random moments, and it makes the game nigh unplayable.
I have not once had this issue before the patch.
Regular crashes after the most recent update.
Wed, 05/21/2025 - 17:07
Wed, 05/21/2025 - 19:38
#2
I already play in windowed
I already play in windowed most of the time to cut down on lag, since this is a lower-end laptop.
Mon, 05/26/2025 - 08:18
#3
Same
Hey! I am also having issues with the game after the most recent update. Getting into Haven is a nightmare. My game freezes around 86%. I've not had issues with SK before like this in the last 5+ years, so I'm a little worried ):
Tue, 05/27/2025 - 15:35
#4
@Krissychu
Unfortunately, the Town Square is currently inaccessible until they can figure out what happened with the update. All you can do right now (if you're still stuck trying to load the game in the Town Square) is log in, quickly press "M" to open the Mission menu, enter any random mission, and then open the lower-right pop-up tab to go to your Guild Hall, and then exit to the Garrison. At least then, you will be able to safely load your game and return to that spot after completing missions, rather than see your game crash again & again. :/
Thu, 08/14/2025 - 01:31
#5
Having this issue as well. I
Having this issue as well. I hadn't played in a few months, and back then it was still working just fine. I must've taken the break just before the update. But since returning, the game constantly crashes all the time. The town and even the guilds seem to be pretty much inaccessible for me. Even playing missions, it'll randomly crash and sometimes cost a life, so it's probably nearly impossible to play any big bosses for me. :/ It's a shame. Despite how long it's been around, I had only just discovered this game at the start of this year, but I really like it. It's probably my new favorite online game. Attempts to fix the issue haven't worked for me. The windowed mode the game forces me into upon restarting doesn't make any difference, nor verifying the files through steam. It'd be strange to think that an older game is THIS taxing on a computer system after one little update.
I really hope they fix it....
Thu, 10/02/2025 - 14:09
#6
Random interface crashes and load in screen freezes
For me the game randomly loses the interface after you take damage in game, afterwards hiding the UI permanently and locking fps to about 15 fps.
Also in some cases the screen freezes after a loading screen which doesn't let the game respond anymore.
I hope devs read this thread since these issues are 100% new. I played this game a few months ago without crashes.
Sun, 10/12/2025 - 10:14
#7
my game worked for years, but
my game worked for years, but now crashes every time i try to play, i have deleted the game because of this, which is sad because it was one of my favorite games, if GH would fix these crashes then i would redownload the game
Sat, 10/18/2025 - 14:46
#8
My game also worked for years
I can only play one level and before the next one loads the game crashes. It's been a while since I've played so I couldn't tell you exactly when it started happening to me, but at the beginning of last year I was playing pretty consistently for hours at a time and it never crashed.
I'm using an Ryzen 5500 and an RX 7600, I can't seem to paste the entire projectx.log but the error starts like this:
2025/10/18 17:20:23:252 WARNING J$a.b: Error invoking method. [class=class com.threerings.tudey.a.l, method=public com.threerings.opengl.scene.h$a com.threerings.opengl.scene.h.getFromTransientPool(com.threerings.config.ConfigReference), args=([name=particle/emoticons/fx_command_burst.dat, arguments={Bubble - Color=Attack, Variant=[name=particle/emoticons/fx_attack.dat, arguments={}]}])]
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor22.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
...
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:169)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:161)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:122)
Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError
...
Thu, 11/06/2025 - 01:12
#9
Tried to play again after years but getting hit by this
Experiencing the same issue and dont know why or how its happening, since cant even enter haven while doing so. Any clue why it is not working at all?
Fri, 11/07/2025 - 01:23
#10
This is happening to me and
This is happening to me and I'm so bummed about it. I just read they removed daily energy which brought me back after 10 years. The energy system completely killed the game/lead to its massive downfall. Lost a ton of friends because of it. Anyways, this game was my complete childhood, played it everyday for like 8 years. So I was excited to get back into it, just to not even be able to load into Haven...
Thu, 11/13/2025 - 11:48
#11
Any sign at all they're going to fix it?
It's been a few months now where a number of people just can't play it
Mon, 11/17/2025 - 13:23
#12
Potential Fix
Like many others, I've had the constant crash issue ever since the update back in May of this year. Loading into Haven Town Square? Consistent crashes on the load screen, usually around 70-80%. Other parts of Haven loaded fine. Trying to run levels was usually a coin toss if it would work or likewise crash while loading.
I decided to check back on the notes of the update that began this, and one thing immediately stood out: "Increase the amount of memory the game tries to use."
Spiral Knights, by default, still runs 32-bit Java. This morning, I looked a few things up and found a super simple guide to upgrade that to 64-bit.
Lo and behold, immediately after doing this, for the first time in half a year, I was able to enter Haven Town Square.
I can't guarantee this will work for everybody, but it at the very least seems to have completely fixed it for myself, and I dearly hope others might try it and likewise find success.
My game client randomly resets from full screen to "Windowed Mode" if I have to shut it down & restart it several times in the span of a few minutes. Strangely enough, the game is running just fine right now in Windowed, so I would suggest changing your settings & trying to run the game with a Windowed resolution.