Crash to desktop on map V2 generation (macOS)

[SergZak]

1) Your operating system and operating system version

macOS High Sierra, v10.13.6

2) Version of the game you are playing on (hopefully the latest, but please include the numerical version from the front page)

v3.1.3 (current)

3) Description of what happens

Crash to desktop after generating a V2 map

4) Description of the steps taken that can reproduce the bug

1. Create new captain (any template) (launch)

2. Change map

3. Create new map (select)

4. Check mark "Use V2 Map Generator" (no seed entered manually)

5. Click  "Save Map"

Game will crash to desktop with a crash log

Upon the next game run, a "map" will be shown and saved as being generated (saved as Map 1, Map 2, etc) but selecting it will immediately crash the game as above. These "maps" (since upon selecting any of them will crash to the desktop) need to be deleted from ~/Library/StarTradersFrontiers/ to clear them out. They are otherwise useless and will only crash the game again.

The number of quadrants or density selected upon map creation makes no difference (crash)

Steam online/offline mode makes no difference (crash)

I've tried deleting ALL generated files in ~/Library/StarTradersFrontiers/ but the game behaves in the same manner (crash)

I've totally deleted, then reinstalled the game (crash)

As long as the "Use V2 Map Generator" is selected, the game will crash on map generation.

The initially generated map that crashes is 98k, subsequent maps generated are 1,024 bytes each

The crash is only on V2 map generation. Loading previous save games work fine

If the "Use V2 Map Generator" is NOT selected, the game will generate the map correctly and run normally.

I can easily provide the crash logs as this crash is 100% reproducible. Just let me know where to include or send it.

Reported in the ST:F Steam forum as well

[fallen]

Thanks for the report, we're looking into this.

[SergZak]

Nov 25, 2020 20:33:50 GMT -5 fallen said:

Thanks for the report, we're looking into this.

I generated two different V2 maps on the Windows (10) Steam version, copied those maps to the mac and they work just fine. The problem seems to be with the V2 map generation on macOS.

[fallen]

Fixed in hotfix, now live.

[SergZak]

Thanks a ton for the hotfix...no issues now.

Now both of you guys need to take a much needed break and enjoy your Thanksgiving holiday...You deserve it.

Thank you both and Happy Thanksgiving to you!