I know that there’s an almost same thread and I’ve read that.
I still can’t play the game when “Steam Latest” is enabled while the normal version runs perfectly fine. It’s mind boggling. I’ve deleted everything, including my saved games (lol), and did a fresh install but it (the steam latest version) still won’t start. Both version have practically the same stonehearth.json files.
Does anyone have any idea why it is so?
So, after fiddling with the game I still can’t manage to run the “Develop-3092” build. I’ll just hang on with the Alpha 17 and hope that I would be able to run the official Alpha 18 when it’s released 
Since the recent (latest update alpha 18) i have been unable to load the game. When i restore the game back to alpha 17 the current edition the game loads perfectly. I have deleted the game and reloaded it but that does not help. I do not get any error messages, load screens ect, the game just wont load.
On steam, when you are in the library tab, i will click on “stonehearth” then click on the “play button”. From there nothing happens. This problem only happens when i am in alpha 18 beta, if I “unload” latest game and go back to alpha 17 then everything runs perfectly.
I did go into the properties tab and checked the “verify integrity of the game cache” and it reported no errors. Any suggestions?
at first best you give us the infos from your stonehearth.log in the stonehearthfolder after a start of a18,
but before this the best is that you remove the complete stonehearthfolder (all files) and then download the latest branch - perhaps there are some old files/infos in your settings which compromise it
thx
Hi wiese and folks, I’m not the thread starter but I also have the same problem.
The game doesn’t even register anything on the stonehearth.log every time I try to load alpha 18. I have performed a clean installation but it still doesn’t work.
I have done the same, i deleted the full game including saved games and reinstalled. I have checked the stonehearth.log and it does not change. I assume this is because the game never “runs” from steam. The odd thing is if i go back to alpha 17 the game runs just fine.
i have no probs with steam ^^
and what is in the log after failstart? can you post this here?
I went into the stonehearth folder again and completely deleted everything(all folders). Then i downloaded the game straight to “latest” alpha 18 edition. This has fixed the problem. There most have been some problem when going from alpha 17 to alpha 18. I hope this helps. This is the stonehearth log before being able to update to alpha 18
2016-08-26 17:32:03.114657 | server | 1 | lua.memory | lua shared heap size: 140.926 MB.
2016-08-26 17:32:03.114657 | server | 1 | lua.memory | o: outstanding allocs
2016-08-26 17:32:03.114657 | server | 1 | lua.memory | 40 bytes (o: 378910) : ########################################
2016-08-26 17:32:03.114657 | server | 1 | lua.memory | 96 bytes (o: 359019) : #####################################
2016-08-26 17:32:03.114657 | server | 1 | lua.memory | 64 bytes (o: 356497) : #####################################
2016-08-26 17:32:03.114657 | server | 1 | lua.memory | 160 bytes (o: 54608) : #####
2016-08-26 17:32:03.114657 | server | 1 | lua.memory | … remaining allocs are each < 5% of the count
2016-08-26 17:32:03.854708 | server | 2 | simulation.core | game loop exhausted before any jobs processed!
2016-08-26 17:32:03.918760 | server | 2 | simulation.core | game loop exhausted before any jobs processed!
2016-08-26 17:32:04.448704 | server | 2 | simulation.core | game loop exhausted before any jobs processed!
2016-08-26 17:32:04.608764 | server | 2 | simulation.core | game loop exhausted before any jobs processed!
2016-08-26 17:32:10.238744 | server | 1 | mod stonehearth.player | [] no population for player “critters” in :is_npc()
2016-08-26 17:32:13.320207 | server | 2 | simulation.core | game loop exhausted before any jobs processed!
2016-08-26 17:32:13.388657 | server | 2 | simulation.core | game loop exhausted before any jobs processed!
2016-08-26 17:32:14.379154 | server | 2 | simulation.core | game loop exhausted before any jobs processed!
2016-08-26 17:32:15.836577 | server | 1 | mod stonehearth.player | [] no population for player “critters” in :is_npc()
2016-08-26 17:32:19.976155 | server | 2 | simulation.core | game loop exhausted before any jobs processed!
2016-08-26 17:32:31.478664 | server | 2 | simulation.core | game loop exhausted before any jobs processed!
2016-08-26 17:32:33.268581 | server | 2 | simulation.core | game loop exhausted before any jobs processed!
2016-08-26 17:32:34.241569 | server | 2 | simulation.core | game loop exhausted before any jobs processed!
2016-08-26 17:32:39.869462 | server | 2 | simulation.core | game loop exhausted before any jobs processed!
2016-08-26 17:32:40.707550 | server | 2 | simulation.core | game loop exhausted before any jobs processed!
2016-08-26 17:32:41.418642 | server | 2 | simulation.core | game loop exhausted before any jobs processed!
2016-08-26 17:32:42.248600 | server | 2 | simulation.core | game loop exhausted before any jobs processed!
2016-08-26 17:32:45.792031 | server | 2 | simulation.core | game loop exhausted before any jobs processed!
2016-08-26 17:32:46.306642 | server | 2 | simulation.core | game loop exhausted before any jobs processed!
2016-08-26 17:32:49.577613 | server | 2 | simulation.core | game loop exhausted before any jobs processed!
2016-08-26 17:32:49.696528 | client | 0 | renderer.effects_list [(3526860 Sel the Flange stonehearth:monster_tuning:goblins:worker) effect:261 sound] | Unexpected destruction of the sound buffer
2016-08-26 17:32:49.877048 | client | 0 | renderer.effects_list [(3526860 Sel the Flange stonehearth:monster_tuning:goblins:worker) effect:265 sound] | Unexpected destruction of the sound buffer
2016-08-26 17:32:50.496155 | client | 0 | renderer.effects_list [(3802386 Giant Entling stonehearth:monster_tuning:forest:giant_entling) effect:14 sound] | Unexpected destruction of the sound buffer
2016-08-26 17:32:51.289540 | client | 0 | renderer.effects_list [(3803067 Entling stonehearth:monster_tuning:forest:easy_entling) effect:15 sound] | Unexpected destruction of the sound buffer
2016-08-26 17:32:53.256535 | client | 0 | renderer.effects_list [(3802882 Entling stonehearth:monster_tuning:forest:easy_entling) effect:22 sound] | Unexpected destruction of the sound buffer
2016-08-26 17:32:55.211520 | server | 2 | simulation.core | game loop exhausted before any jobs processed!
2016-08-26 17:32:56.427998 | server | 2 | simulation.core | game loop exhausted before any jobs processed!
2016-08-26 17:32:57.192449 | server | 2 | simulation.core | game loop exhausted before any jobs processed!
2016-08-26 17:33:02.694460 | client | 0 | client.core | starting save.
2016-08-26 17:33:02.707473 | client | 0 | client.core | saved.
2016-08-26 17:33:02.729495 | server | 0 | simulation.core | Starting save.
2016-08-26 17:33:04.305006 | server | 0 | simulation.core | Saved.
2016-08-26 17:33:04.306025 | server | 1 | lua.memory | lua shared heap size: 130.036 MB.
2016-08-26 17:33:04.306025 | server | 1 | lua.memory | o: outstanding allocs
2016-08-26 17:33:04.306525 | server | 1 | lua.memory | 64 bytes (o: 346473) : ########################################
2016-08-26 17:33:04.306525 | server | 1 | lua.memory | 40 bytes (o: 298804) : ##################################
2016-08-26 17:33:04.306525 | server | 1 | lua.memory | 96 bytes (o: 265989) : ##############################
2016-08-26 17:33:04.306525 | server | 1 | lua.memory | 160 bytes (o: 66910) : #######
2016-08-26 17:33:04.306525 | server | 1 | lua.memory | 320 bytes (o: 54200) : ######
2016-08-26 17:33:04.306525 | server | 1 | lua.memory | … remaining allocs are each < 5% of the count
2016-08-26 17:33:04.308527 | client | 1 | client.core | clearing save deferred pointers
Sadly this method (re-installing with steam latest enabled) still doesn’t work for me. Of course I had deleted everything.
As for my stonehearth.log file, it’s not created as the game can’t even load.
Did you go into the main folder and delete everything? I think their may be some files that linger in another folder, i went into the steam folder and searched stonehearth and deleted everything. Then i pulled up steam, went to profile/beta and clicked latest version. Then i downloaded stonehearth and had no further problems. I hope this helps!
Yup, I deleted the Stonehearth game folder under the Steam Library.
ok next try 
go manually to the stonehearthfolder and start it there - sometimes there are issues with steam when updating xD
Duh, apparently I need to run the 64bit version (I suppose) under the x64 folder, then it works flawlessly! No wonder all this time I can’t run the game because it always tried to open another file/.exe.
Thanks for your help! BTW, your avatar reminds me of someone from rpgcodex 
nope i dont know this side - my avatar is just Guybrush Threepwood from the best Adventuregame serie in the world - MONKEY ISLAND
But, @HitTheDeck, you should be able to change which one is run in the game settings, or if you can’t, in the user_settings.json (“force_32_bit” : false, )
How do you set it so that the game loads the 64bit version?
Either in game settings, make sure that under the System tab, “Force 32 bit” is unchecked and then restart:
Or directly in your user_settings.json, make sure is set to false and then start the game:
If you have this setup, but it crashes when running the game, and it doesn’t crash if you run the exe inside the x64 folder, tell us. I believe Yang said once that you should not need to run the exe inside the x64 folder.
Both methods don’t work it seems. Fortunately I can just load up the 64bit .exe.
