Hello, I am seeking help debugging Avorion. I am not a programmer or particularly tech-savvy, so please help guide me in the simplest terms to get this problem fixed.
Almost 3 years ago, I reported in the Steam Discussions for Avorion Bug Reports that the game had stopped opening any world, old or new. This is still the case. The old reports are here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/445220/discussions/1/1458455461476223254/
I tried to play the game again after a 2-year hiatus... only to find I still cannot get past the loading screen. Worse, nothing I do can get me past that barrier. While it's an okay menu with some interesting ships in the background, I would really like to be able to see more than just this menu.
The loading screen simply lasts forever, and never loads anything. I have tried waiting for more than 3 hours, and it never gets any further than that screen. Sometimes... about once in 5 attempts, a little dialog box pops up underneath the game, saying AvorionServer.exe has crashed... but closing it does nothing to the game. Most of the time, this never appears, and there is no feedback of any kind that something is wrong... other than the loading screen never ending. The only way of getting out of the infinite loading screen is to kill the game from the Windows Task Manager.
I tried to follow your guides for the logs, but it's too confusing & I couldn't find them. I tried to use the game's bug reporter, but couldn't find the logs it required. I don't know what else to do. I am tired of waiting forever for this to be fixed, so I am reaching out again.
PLEASE help. Tell me what you need from me, and walk me through how to find it.
I am at the end of my own limited knowledge, but I really would like to resolve this and once again start enjoying your game.