Stuck loading 1.2 on Windows 7

[ToInfinityAndBeyond]

I am stuck at the "Loading Asset Bundle Definitions"

Running the application from Steam I have Verified the integrity of the Game Cache and no problems were found. I have uninstalled and reinstalled. There are no mods installed.

I have tried launching the 32bit and 64bit applications and both hang at approximately the same part of the loading bar.

This is all odd because last weekend the application started just fine, but this weekend the issue started. There have been no hardware or software changes on the computer.

Any help is appreciated.

EDIT: The game did finally load, but the load time was extremely long, about 20 minutes. Normal load time used to be much less. Any ideas why the load time would have increased so much?

Edited October 29, 2016 by ToInfinityAndBeyond

[sal_vager]

Hi @ToInfinityAndBeyond, if you are using logmein/hamachi or similar software that creates virtual network adapters, you will find that KSP takes much longer to load, this is a known issue with the Unity3D game engine.

If you are not using such software please see the thread here.

We'll need more information to figure out what's going on.

[ToInfinityAndBeyond]

Neither of those programs is installed or used on this computer.

KSP version 1.2.0.1586 (WindowsPlayer x64)

Screenshot of where the program hung the longest. The entire loading process was very slow.

Description of problem above. You can see the time it took to load in the KSP.log file text time stamps. Other programs load normally, from Steam or from their executables.

KSP.log file:

http://pastebin.com/14XJ0MxY

DxDiag.txt file:

http://pastebin.com/stuz64gZ

[sal_vager]

Well. the only thing known to cause this on Windows is having extra network adapters, the Unity3D engine will try to locate the game assets on those adapters and takes time before it gives up and tries the next one.

Your pastes are private so I can't see them, but what I need is to see what other software you are running.

[ToInfinityAndBeyond]

Sorry about that. I have changed the pastes to unlisted.

[sal_vager]

15 hours ago, ToInfinityAndBeyond said:

Sorry about that. I have changed the pastes to unlisted.

Thanks, but unfortunately they don't reveal an issue, which would be the case when hamachi is used.

Please try disabling any unnecessary software, and if the issue persists please post screenshots of the taskmanager processes, I might recognise something that can cause this.

[ToInfinityAndBeyond]

Thanks for the help so far.

 

Disabled and/or uninstalled as many programs as I could. Disabled a few programs from the startup group using msconfig.

These are the now the only tasks currently running. Still having the same problem. 

[sal_vager]

What's PCmeterV0.3 do?

Some software that monitors memory, clock speed etc, can make KSP really unstable.

[ToInfinityAndBeyond]

Just a small windows desktop gadget (site page here: http://addgadgets.com/pc_meter/). Pretty much as you would expect.

Disabled it and problem/load times are the same.

Edited November 5, 2016 by ToInfinityAndBeyond

[sal_vager]

Okay, can you please open your device manager and look for your network connections, you may have one with a yellow /!\ symbol, see here for how to open the device manager.

[ToInfinityAndBeyond]

[sal_vager]

Sorry I don't know what's wrong.

Edit:

Wait, there's one thing it could be, is KSP installed on a networked drive? If it is then please try moving it to a non-networked drive.

[Rexutu]

Solution: Right-click on the KSP .exe and select "Run as administrator". Windows 7 doesn't like loading the KSP files from the Program Files folder for some reason.

[sal_vager]

20 minutes ago, Rexutu said:

Solution: Right-click on the KSP .exe and select "Run as administrator". Windows 7 doesn't like loading the KSP files from the Program Files folder for some reason.

That'd be because KSP needs write access, which it wouldn't have if the player unzipped KSP to Program Files, though it usually causes other problems than this.

However, the install in this case is via Steam, which adds the correct registry entries to Windows to allow KSP to write to Program Files, this is in the KSP.log

[LOG 11:55:45.322] AssemblyLoader: Loading assembly at E:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Kerbal Space Program\GameData\Squad\Plugins\KSPSteamCtrlr.dll

It's still worth a try at this point though.

[ToInfinityAndBeyond]

On 11/10/2016 at 0:50 PM, Rexutu said:

Solution: Right-click on the KSP .exe and select "Run as administrator". Windows 7 doesn't like loading the KSP files from the Program Files folder for some reason.

 

I have tried this before the original post. Issue is still occurring. Seems like everyone is stumped on this one.