Multiplayer crashes on load, Failed to load job file jobs.txt

[Pruefi]

Situation:
Joining a Prison Architect online game on Version 1.01 (PC, Steam), r3197 B:0

Problem:
"Loading Game" aborts to "Joining the game failed"-message just before completion.

Message:
I have hosted the savegame's earlier versions repeatedly over the last days. We've so long played together extremly well and without any big problems. Today we both were not able to join the savegame. It kicked us out right before the loading bar gets to its end. In the debug file it seems like the jobs.txt causes the problem: ERROR : Failed to load job file 'data/jobs.txt'. The game did not use any mods (it's impossible to use mods in online games). My partner did also disable his mods for a test, but it didn't help. I also send over the savegame to join on his session, but the problem was the same. My Partner plays on a Linux machine and I play on a Windows system.

Maybe somebody can help us to regain control over our nice prison?
I've attached the debug.txt file. Don't hesitate to ask for further information if needed.

EDIT#1: Attached ziped savegame.

Thanks,
Pruefi.

This image is just for gaining attention...

 

[AndrewT]

In the debug file it seems like the jobs.txt causes the problem: ERROR : Failed to load job file 'data/jobs.txt'.

I'll have to leave the MP issue to the developers, but FYI that error is cosmetic - everyone gets it all the time.

You'll see another error earlier about data/staffnames.txt , also cosmetic it seems.

 

[Pruefi]

Well, if the problems/errors are cosmetic, what else may be the cause for such a bug? We had had a similar but slightly different problem earlier with another save. There one of us tried to use the individual zones. After applying such a zone to a area in the prison, the game crashed. This would be an extra bug report.

In the above savegame this was not the case. Is there any kind of cache, that we could empty and retry?

 

[AndrewT]

The game's files are all in these folders:

- Steam/SteamApps/common/PA
- C:/users/<UserName>/AppData/Local/Introversion/Prison Architect/

I'm not aware of any game caches as such though, no. Can you two start and play a new test prison okay?

 

[Pruefi]

Hey @AndrewT,

we can start a new prison together without issues. Our problem is just, that after a certain time spent in one prison, the savegame seems to corrupt, so that we can not join each other again. The time after which it happens is not always the same. Once it happened after like one hour and in the uploaded save it was after like 14 hours.

Edit#1: We did test starting a new game. And after saving and reloading we could both join eachother’s game.

Greetings,
Pruefi

 

[AndrewT]

@Fifnaril are you okay to run with this bugged MP save, or did you want me to log it?

 

[Pruefi]

Hello @Fifnaril and @AndrewT,

short push... Is this problem still work in progress?
I would like to ask for a short update on the status of this problem, please.

 

[AndrewT]

You are still getting this under 1.04 I assume? If you have a problem save from that version can you attach it here please?