I have been playing the beta the last two weeks or so with no issues with the match engine whatsoever. Today, before loading up my save, I attempted to install a set of real-world badges and kits from 'sortitoutsi'. No sooner had I done so and begun to play matches again I noticed issues. The match engine would freeze at random points in the game. It would occasionally continue after a few seconds as normal. Sometimes, it would recover to a panning shot from outside the stadium: I could see from the text commentary that the game was continuing, but had to wait for the camera to pass around and 'through' the stadium, before finally settling in position on the desired match camera aspect.
The more I played, the worse the issue got, to the point that it will now consistently freeze and not continue. The application stops responding, but there is no crash, no error code, no continuing. The only apparent continuation of the game comes in the form of the crowd noises, which continue as normal, as if reacting to events happening in-game.
Once this issue became unplayable, I did, of course, uninstall all of the badge and kit files I had previously installed. This did not rectify the issue. It made it intermittent again for a while, but now I am back to a constant freezing. I have altered my graphics settings to the lowest possible, still the issue persists. I have uninstalled via Steam and reinstalled, the issue persisted. I have uninstalled via Steam, backed up my save files and then deleted all local data pertaining to FM23, before restarting the laptop and then reinstalling. The issue persists and the game is now entirely unplayable, which is as heartbreaking as it is infuriating.
I have verified the integrity of the game files through Steam, before and after installing, before and after the issue occurs and I am forced to 'Force Quit' the application. I have deleted 'Cache' and 'Preferences' files in the same manner - before and after installing, before and after loading.
Any help with this would be hugely appreciated, as I will be extremely disappointed to lose access to the game before it has even been released!
To repeat the bug:
Load the save file,
Proceed to game,
Begin match,
On first or second highlight, game will freeze
Frozen game may restart after a few seconds
On subsequent highlights, game will freeze again
Game will not continue beyond frozen frame, forcing manual 'force quit' of application.
I have uploaded the save file to SICloud, or whatever it is called. It is under the name 'Connor Wray - Unemployed (v02).fm'
Please advise, I am incredibly disappointed.
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