1.7.6 - Freeze on first turn after loading a save in Dreadfell (8), no Lua error
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2026 6:07 pm
Character: Feral, level 20 Higher Bulwark, Steam version, ToME 1.7.6 / te4 1.7.6, Windows.
Symptom:
The character loads fine, the level is drawn, my character is visible, and then the game locks up completely. No error popup, no Lua error, no crash. Windows reports "not responding" and I have to kill the process. Other characters load and play normally, and new characters work fine. Only this one save is affected. It was working the day before.
What the log shows (with --flush-stdout enabled, so the log is not truncated):
[Actor:move] 3742 Feral move from 30 17 to 29 16
[Discord] updating state: "Dreadfell (8)" / "Lvl 20 Higher Bulwark" / default / bulwark
That is the end of the log. So the save loads completely, the zone is entered, the player is placed, and then the freeze happens on the first turn. Note the character takes one step from 30,17 to 29,16 that I did not order, then it hangs. There is no Lua error anywhere in the file.
The in-game last_log.txt from the session before the freeze shows nothing unusual: I killed a Luminous horror and a Skeleton master archer, picked up a yew magestaff and dwarven-steel mail armour, combat ended after 55 turns, and the game saved. Two saves completed normally. The third save started and the log ends mid-write.
What I have already ruled out:
1. Online profile. Logged out and loaded offline. Log confirms "Online profile disabled (switching to offline profile)". Same freeze.
2. Addons. Unsubscribed from Combat Turn Separators, Better Item Description, Showing Items Tier in Inventory and Escorts Enhanced, confirmed gone from the addon binding list in the log. Same freeze. Then also removed Possessor Bonus Class and Items Vault, leaving only the three DLCs. Same freeze.
3. Save corruption. The savefile validity check passes on every load: "[SAVEFILE] checked validity of type game => all fine".
4. Waiting it out. Left it several minutes, no recovery.
Remaining addons at the time of the freeze: Ashes of Urh'Rok 1.7.4, Forbidden Cults 1.7.4, Embers of Rage 1.7.4. Nothing else.
It looks like an infinite loop during the first turn resolution on that floor rather than a load failure.
I have the flushed te4_log.txt, the last_log.txt and the full save folder and can attach or upload them, just tell me what is most useful.
EDIT : I plaved the file on my DRIVE : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing
Symptom:
The character loads fine, the level is drawn, my character is visible, and then the game locks up completely. No error popup, no Lua error, no crash. Windows reports "not responding" and I have to kill the process. Other characters load and play normally, and new characters work fine. Only this one save is affected. It was working the day before.
What the log shows (with --flush-stdout enabled, so the log is not truncated):
[Actor:move] 3742 Feral move from 30 17 to 29 16
[Discord] updating state: "Dreadfell (8)" / "Lvl 20 Higher Bulwark" / default / bulwark
That is the end of the log. So the save loads completely, the zone is entered, the player is placed, and then the freeze happens on the first turn. Note the character takes one step from 30,17 to 29,16 that I did not order, then it hangs. There is no Lua error anywhere in the file.
The in-game last_log.txt from the session before the freeze shows nothing unusual: I killed a Luminous horror and a Skeleton master archer, picked up a yew magestaff and dwarven-steel mail armour, combat ended after 55 turns, and the game saved. Two saves completed normally. The third save started and the log ends mid-write.
What I have already ruled out:
1. Online profile. Logged out and loaded offline. Log confirms "Online profile disabled (switching to offline profile)". Same freeze.
2. Addons. Unsubscribed from Combat Turn Separators, Better Item Description, Showing Items Tier in Inventory and Escorts Enhanced, confirmed gone from the addon binding list in the log. Same freeze. Then also removed Possessor Bonus Class and Items Vault, leaving only the three DLCs. Same freeze.
3. Save corruption. The savefile validity check passes on every load: "[SAVEFILE] checked validity of type game => all fine".
4. Waiting it out. Left it several minutes, no recovery.
Remaining addons at the time of the freeze: Ashes of Urh'Rok 1.7.4, Forbidden Cults 1.7.4, Embers of Rage 1.7.4. Nothing else.
It looks like an infinite loop during the first turn resolution on that floor rather than a load failure.
I have the flushed te4_log.txt, the last_log.txt and the full save folder and can attach or upload them, just tell me what is most useful.
EDIT : I plaved the file on my DRIVE : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing