Server doesn't boot after Hotfix

[PANKEKE]

Hello, my dedicated server doesn’t boot after the Hotfix update:

[2024.11.05-01.45.29:091][ 0]LogPackageName: SearchForPackageOnDisk took 121.369s, but failed to resolve None.
[2024.11.05-01.45.29:091][ 0]LogPackageName:Warning: String asset reference “None” could not be resolved.
[2024.11.05-01.45.29:093][ 0]LogPackageName:Warning: String asset reference “None” is in short form, which is unsupported and – even if valid – resolving it will be really slow.
[2024.11.05-01.45.29:093][ 0]LogPackageName:Warning: Please consider resaving package in order to speed-up loading.

Modlist:
ModControlPanel.pak
Dudes_Creative_Constructions.pak
Dudes_Delightful_Decorations_Deux.pak
Shanis-Stuff.pak
Beyond_Decor.pak
Beyond_Decor_II.pak
Beyond_Cities.pak
RavencrestCouriers.pak
matswapper.pak
SvS3.pak
SvS2.pak
SvS_Extended.pak
EvilSA.pak
Grim_Wonderbody_reupload.pak
LadysOfEvil.pak
NorthernTimber.pak
Runares.pak
HighmanesArsenal.pak
Beyond_Forge.pak
ExilesExtreme.pak
Underworld.pak
ForgottenDepths.pak
immersivearmor.pak
GrimProductions.pak
Agonys-Attic.pak
Akihabara_design.pak
Deadlands_Armory.pak
EvilsCabinet.pak
H_Necro.pak
ipcm.pak
RRA.pak
WAUS.pak
ExiledAesthetics.pak
JCACC.pak
JCF.pak
LoD_Cosmetics.pak
TeyahsBoutique.pak
LoD_MetalAndFlesh.pak
Cookie_Skinnery.pak
Attic-Hair.pak
BarbarianBarber.pak
femaleNewFaces.pak
maleNewFaces.pak
TestingRaceMod.pak
Devious_Desires.pak
VTMod.pak
ModAdmin.pak
RoleplayRedux.pak
TotImmersiveHud.pak
TotWalk.pak
TotAdmin.pak
TotChat.pak
No_Building_Placement_Restrictions.pak
TotCustom.pak
MyFirstMod.pak

[NitroOxid]

I have a same problem.

[2024.11.05-01.49.54:678][  0]LogPackageName:Warning: String asset reference "None" is in short form, which is unsupported and -- even if valid -- resolving it will be really slow.
[2024.11.05-01.49.54:679][  0]LogPackageName:Warning: Please consider resaving package in order to speed-up loading.
[2024.11.05-01.50.31:328][  0]LogPackageName: SearchForPackageOnDisk took  36.649s, but failed to resolve None.
[2024.11.05-01.50.31:328][  0]LogPackageName:Warning: String asset reference "None" could not be resolved.
[2024.11.05-01.50.31:331][  0]LogPackageName:Warning: String asset reference "None" is in short form, which is unsupported and -- even if valid -- resolving it will be really slow.
[2024.11.05-01.50.31:332][  0]LogPackageName:Warning: Please consider resaving package in order to speed-up loading.
[2024.11.05-01.51.07:870][  0]LogPackageName: SearchForPackageOnDisk took  36.538s, but failed to resolve None.
[2024.11.05-01.51.07:870][  0]LogPackageName:Warning: String asset reference "None" could not be resolved.
[2024.11.05-01.51.07:874][  0]LogPackageName:Warning: String asset reference "None" is in short form, which is unsupported and -- even if valid -- resolving it will be really slow.
[2024.11.05-01.51.07:874][  0]LogPackageName:Warning: Please consider resaving package in order to speed-up loading.
[2024.11.05-01.51.45:274][  0]LogPackageName: SearchForPackageOnDisk took  37.400s, but failed to resolve None.
[2024.11.05-01.51.45:274][  0]LogPackageName:Warning: String asset reference "None" could not be resolved.
[2024.11.05-01.51.45:276][  0]LogPackageName:Warning: String asset reference "None" is in short form, which is unsupported and -- even if valid -- resolving it will be really slow.
[2024.11.05-01.51.45:276][  0]LogPackageName:Warning: Please consider resaving package in order to speed-up loading.

[KorgFoehammer]

These logs are insane on test client

A clean install in a test PC with basically only steam and Conan Exiles is getting an insane number of errors on the SOS (Smart Object System). To each action it does, there are around 5 error messages indicating that something is “invalid” in the logs, or there isnt an entry in a table for it. Test clients are test clients, and therefore you cant expect they will run smoothly, but if there is something to be expecting is that the same way the “worse launch ever” in Conan Exiles history was fo…

It must be the winter. You how things are going on those corners of the World.

[Violentcia]

Our server would not restart as well. The DL of the hot fix on steam took much longer than the update on G-portal. The hot fix may not be applying to servers correctly.

[Yaminah]

Same here, with the same errors as well as everything taking 10 times as long…
Left the Server to boot overnight… 5 hours later it did…
Even booting with no mods loaded causes a significant increase in load times. Spend most of yesterday removing a mod, rebooting… remove mod… rebooting to see If I could identify the culprit, Nope… did not work…

Not sure I have the heart to carry on

[Cardinal]

it’s the Game DB where the issue is, or something FC changed in the update.

It’s not a pure Mod issue since without anything old, same mods, the server boots in 10 min on a test server.

I get this in my error log.

[2024.11.05-08.30.03:141][ 0]LogStreaming:Error: Couldn’t find file for package /Game/Mods/Boot_Camp_Of_Pain/Cust_BP/CrossOfPain/BP_PL_XofPain requested by async loading code. NameToLoad: /Game/Mods/Boot_Camp_Of_Pain/Cust_BP/CrossOfPain/BP_PL_XofPain
[2024.11.05-08.30.03:141][ 0]LogStreaming:Error: Found 0 dependent packages…

that Mod ain’t there anymore, still the game looking for it.

I know someone that used a backup DB that worked, but that sadly is like wipe the server

[Darquinn]

I posted this somewhere else but I’ll post it here too.

I was looking again at the logs and saw entries again, like these:

[2024.11.05-09.00.12:575][ 0]LogStreaming:Error: Couldn’t find file for package /Game/Mods/SerenaBadlands/BP_PL_Officersjournal requested by async loading code. NameToLoad: /Game/Mods/SerenaBadlands/BP_PL_Officersjournal
[2024.11.05-09.00.12:575][ 0]LogStreaming:Error: Found 0 dependent packages…
[2024.11.05-09.00.12:575][ 0]LogPackageName:Warning: String asset reference “None” is in short form, which is unsupported and – even if valid – resolving it will be really slow.
[2024.11.05-09.00.12:575][ 0]LogPackageName:Warning: Please consider resaving package in order to speed-up loading.
[2024.11.05-09.00.33:252][ 0]LogPackageName: SearchForPackageOnDisk took 20.676s, but failed to resolve None.

[2024.11.05-08.59.24:157][ 0]LogStreaming:Error: Couldn’t find file for package /Game/Mods/Ideapoet_EditAppearance/IdeaPoet_EdAp_SlidersManager requested by async loading code. NameToLoad: /Game/Mods/Ideapoet_EditAppearance/IdeaPoet_EdAp_SlidersManager
[2024.11.05-08.59.24:157][ 0]LogStreaming:Error: Found 0 dependent packages…
[2024.11.05-08.59.24:157][ 0]LogPackageName:Warning: String asset reference “None” is in short form, which is unsupported and – even if valid – resolving it will be really slow.
[2024.11.05-08.59.24:157][ 0]LogPackageName:Warning: Please consider resaving package in order to speed-up loading.
[2024.11.05-08.59.45:670][ 0]LogPackageName: SearchForPackageOnDisk took 21.512s, but failed to resolve None.

[2024.11.05-09.01.12:873][ 0]LogStreaming:Error: Couldn’t find file for package /Game/Mods/Immersion/Placeables/BP_PL_Wood_Basin requested by async loading code. NameToLoad: /Game/Mods/Immersion/Placeables/BP_PL_Wood_Basin
[2024.11.05-09.01.12:873][ 0]LogStreaming:Error: Found 0 dependent packages…
[2024.11.05-09.01.12:873][ 0]LogPackageName:Warning: String asset reference “None” is in short form, which is unsupported and – even if valid – resolving it will be really slow.
[2024.11.05-09.01.12:873][ 0]LogPackageName:Warning: Please consider resaving package in order to speed-up loading.
[2024.11.05-09.01.33:879][ 0]LogPackageName: SearchForPackageOnDisk took 21.007s, but failed to resolve None.

These are all mods that I had but no longer have. So I dug down into steamapps > workshop > content > 440900 on the dedicated server folder, program files folder and the program files folder on the laptop that connects to the server desktop via LAN and saw that in each instance there were old mod folders. I compared them to the specific line by line modlist items that I have and removed the old ones.

All folders now are identical but upon reboot I still see those errors listed above. So I’m really confused.

I’ll do the same thing on my wife’s comp to see if it has anything old on it.

I’m not sure if this is related but I am learning that when a mod is no longer subscribed to, doesn’t remove it completely.

[Cardinal]

IF the server at any given point in time have had mods on it.

You will have this issue, I’ve proven that in another thread here.

The mod list is clean, but that server software have had mods in the past.

Even when booting a clean server with no mods in the list the None issue is still there, and atm it’s 35 min and counting to start.

With nada, zero, none, blank mod list…

[Darquinn]

I sincerely hope they can fix this issue. I don’t even want to think about needing to do a server restart from scratch. That is a scary proposition. I can’t imagine having to start this all again. There are thousands of hours in here and reproducing the builds that we have, getting all of the characters back would be horrible to have to go through.

[Yaminah]

I don’t think many would have the heart to start again like that, let alone build the additional quests, encounters, raids, NPC, dialogue and writing ++more again Esp not in a 7 year old game…

[Cardinal]

yeah.

I tested the “new” one that does work, if you wipe all and add back the mod’s.

But as one last thing I added back the old live DB too it, took 3 min and then the None issue came up so that’s not working.

And as you pointed out, starting over ain’t an option for most of us.

But I had to give it a try and rule that out too just to make sure.

[Cardinal]

Yeah, even if you have admin and can “cheat” it all back it still hours and hours to get it even remotely back.

So yeah that’s a non starter.

[Darquinn]

It would be pretty devastating. I mean, not to be hyperbolic or anything, but in the context of playing Conan Exiles and loving the game so much despite its issues and having built up such a form go-to entertainment source, it would definitely be pretty devastating. We like the game so much we purchased a whole set up for it. Two towers and a laptop over the years of our play.

Sure, we would search for and find another game or something but we have a LOT invested in CE. If it comes to that, we (and I am sure many long time players) would have a choice to make for sure. Either that or conceive of some cataclysm in our world that resulted in this need to start again. She proposed that last night as a thought.

Fix this Funcom.

[Yaminah]

I feel very much the same. IF… IF i had to I would set the server up to boot overnight on a set day. give people until a mod updated to take screens and preserve the memories, and then just… with a sad heart leave. Never to buy or recommend a funcom product again…

[Cardinal]

I won’t start over again that’s for sure.

As for the person that claim it works for him.

I’m now testing on a 3rd computer and see if that will make a difference, can’t see it will but why the heck not.

[nhincainay]

@NitroOxid

PackageName:Warning: Please consider resaving package in order to speed-up loading.
[2024.11.05-01.51.45:274][  0]LogPackageName: SearchForPackageOnDisk took  37.400s, but failed to resolve None.
[2024.11.05-01.51.45:274][  0]LogPackageName:Warning: String asset reference "None" could not be resolved.
[2024.11.05-01.51.45:276][  0]LogPackageName:Warning: String asset reference "None" is in short form, which is unsupported and -- even if valid -- resolving it will be really slow.

So do I

[2024.11.05-01.53.28:070][ 0]LogPackageName:Warning: String asset reference “None” is in short form, which is unsupported and – even if valid – resolving it will be really slow.
[2024.11.05-01.53.28:071][ 0]LogPackageName:Warning: Please consider resaving package in order to speed-up loading.
[2024.11.05-01.55.14:322][ 0]LogPackageName: SearchForPackageOnDisk took 106.249s, but failed to resolve None.
[2024.11.05-01.55.14:322][ 0]LogPackageName:Warning: String asset reference “None” could not be resolved.
[2024.11.05-01.55.14:509][ 0]LogPackageName:Warning: String asset reference “None” is in short form, which is unsupported and – even if valid – resolving it will be really slow.
[2024.11.05-01.55.14:509][ 0]LogPackageName:Warning: Please consider resaving package in order to speed-up loading.
[2024.11.05-01.57.00:922][ 0]LogPackageName: SearchForPackageOnDisk took 106.411s, but failed to resolve None.
[2024.11.05-01.57.00:922][ 0]LogPackageName:Warning: String asset reference “None” could not be resolved.
[2024.11.05-01.57.00:924][ 0]LogPackageName:Warning: String asset reference “None” is in short form, which is unsupported and – even if valid – resolving it will be really slow.
[2024.11.05-01.57.00:924][ 0]LogPackageName:Warning: Please consider resaving package in order to speed-up loading

We should wait new hot fix ?

[Yaminah]

If you want to keep your current database, and all the effort people put into what it contains it seems waiting for a fix is the only option atm

[nhincainay]

I was playing this save file 5 years. A lot of content in this. So i dont want to wipe all. Hope they fix it soon

[heaven13]

Can those that are having issues confirm a few things:

• What type of server (rented or dedicated)?
• Does your server use mods?
• If yes to the above, have you removed mods in the past?

From all accounts I have seen, this is somewhat related to mods. The mods themselves are not the problem but if you have used mods and then removed them, the game is now looking for references that no longer exist. People with newer dbs or those with old ones where the mod list has never had a mod removed seem to be okay.

If you fall into this category, it might be worth attempting a wipe script to remove assets from the db for the removed mods.

[Darquinn]

@heaven13

• What type of server (rented or dedicated)?
• Does your server use mods?
• If yes to the above, have you removed mods in the past?

1. Dedicated Private Server v 1.7.9
2. We have 14 mods
3. We have removed mods in the past and it is searching for assets from those mods

We’ll wait and hope for a fix. Unfortunately, we don’t know how to perform a wipe script to remove previously removed assets from the game db file.

Let’s hope we hear something soon about this problem.