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I reported the same problem 5 days ago, back then the problem disappeared after validating the game files. Today however the problem returned. I tried starting the game multiple times and even tried validating the game two times to no avail. Finally I got the game to run after I rebooted my computer. The error which would pop up is: "Sprite cropping failed. Captured bitmap data for sprite "xxx" was null."

Perhaps as a bit of overkill I saved the log file after each failed attempt, but also saved the log file after the first successful startup, but I wanted to supply you with all the information I could.

Although it seems that the problem solves itself under certain circumstances, I would love to know whether the problem is with my computer or perhaps with the game somehow. Very happy to hear your insights on it.

TheBearKing wrote:Although it seems that the problem solves itself under certain circumstances, I would love to know whether the problem is with my computer or perhaps with the game somehow. Very happy to hear your insights on it.

Thanks for the report. The issue is quite unique to you (we don't have these problems nor have I found any other report about this), so it might something with your computer. I added extra logging around the failing code for 0.15.33, maybe it will help us find out cause of the problem.

Ok, good to know. If the game crashes on me again, I will let you know.

I think I found the cause of the bug. This week my internal hard drive had a fatal crash. This decline has probably been going on the last month as well so it is my guess that the errors at start up, which had to with not being able to access certain files, is very much related to my failing hard drive. So as far as I am concerned the bug has been solved.

If the error does appear again, I will let you know.

Thanks for letting us know. I am glad this mystery was solved