Game does not shut down properly from Steam

papski

papski
Like the title states, the game client hangs on exit, and shows just a black screen. I'm running this from Steam. This is new behavior as of this last update.

Other things to consider: I'm running the in Linux (Ubuntu 24.04) and Proton (GE-Proton10-34).
 
Oftentimes when that happens, if you wait for long enough it will eventually close. However, sometimes it takes extremely long or might be actually completely hung.

This is also most probably a side-effect of overwhelmed servers.

Killing it from task manager is likely to be safe, but don't quote me on that.
 
I created a shortcut on my desktop named "Kill ED" because of this (it's on a second monitor). Double-clicking it kills the process. I don't have to use it much, but it works when I need it.

I can provide instructions for creating it after work, if requested.
 
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yea thats beenaround since ody launch
if you stay in ship per session it dont happen when you have been out on foot also it can
if you notice its taking too long tsk m quit it 🤷‍♂️
thats cntr alt delete for those of you who haven't a shortcut
or cntr alt esc for linux
 
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i guess the cause is the hard coded uness gameplay screen grab it sends back to you before closing(it doesnt even display long enough to get a good look)
as a peer to peer network is inherently unreliable, sometimes that send back game play screen grab and final closing code data packet fails to return to your waiting machine
in order for the closing program routine to then continue and exit the game so it ends up forever waiting like a failed amazon delivery for a framed picture that wont arrive 🤷‍♂️
 
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If one of the "broadcast" messages (e.g. "the galaxy will be going down in X minutes for an update") appears during your playing session, the game will always fail to exit properly and have to be force-closed. This has been an issue for literally years. People have probably been a lot more likely to experience this over the past week due to the amount of hotfixes they've recently done.
 
I am on a PC and this has happened the last three days in a row and once last week, all after Operations dropped.

Until last week has not happened in over four months, probably close to six.
 
Slightly off topic, yesterday while jumping only 35ly, from entering to exit took 14 minutes of real time. I was in the process of doing what used to be called the three finger salute. Meaning hitting Cont, alt and delete. When I finally made it.
 
having loads of probs just now,mission board just spinning,then. reverting back, realy long drop in time,black sreen on log out.had them before but not, all in one go,updated my nvidia drivers yesterday.but they havnt given me any problems before,annoying anyway.
 
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