Post by Emmet Sirotta in Game freezes on startup screen

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Sorry for the delay, ya know I had this happen once and then it just inexplicably never happened again lol

I have a few ideas though,

If you had savedata before this update, navigate to [USER]/Appdata/Local(or Roaming, can't remember)/afpd(or Electron, can't remember that either lol) and delete settingsData.json
Make sure all controllers are plugged in and that Steam is closed before the game launches (Sometimes the Steam gamepad control mapping interferes with non-Steam apps)
You'll want to use either a Mayflash adapter or an Xinput gamepad, other devices should work but are untested. The only devices I'm 90% sure will cause issues are Switch controllers and the official GameCube adapter, even with drivers installed. If using Mayflash, switch to Wii U mode and back to PC mode before the game launches, sometimes it will just function as Wii U mode if your computer boots with it plugged in.

Hopefully something there fixes it, if not lmk what controller ur running and I might be able to debug it

Deleting that file didn't work, or closing Steam. I don't have a Mayflash adapter either.
It worked in the last version just fine though. Not sure why I didn't mention that in the OP.

I'm using the "HORI Nintendo Switch Battle Pad Gamecube Style Controller".

Emmet Sirotta2 years ago

Thanks for trying! It's pretty strange that that controller worked in the previous build. I have an 8bitdo I can boot into switch mode and try to replicate tomorrow. You may be able to add afpd to your steam library for switch controller support, but I'm not 100% on that.

Emmet Sirotta2 years ago

So turns out that controller functions as XInput when connected to a PC, so this issue effects Xbox controllers as well. Oops!

Found the issue and I'll have a fix up shortly.

placeboeffect2 years ago (4 edits)

I just tried it and the issue's still happening the exact same even after deleting everything including the files in AppData and reinstalling.
Edit: Tried my Logitech F310 in both modes and neither D or Xinput mode worked either.
Edit edit: Tried it with my Xbox controller too and same thing. Cleared the settings file after every attempt. Went back to the last version and that doesn't work either now so it might just be something on my end.

Emmet Sirotta2 years ago (1 edit)

Tested with Mayflash, Raphnet N64 adapter (DInput), and Xbox and can no longer replicate. I'll try and get a buddy to test to see if there's something about my environment that's causing it to work just for me. Not sure what could be causing it if it's on your end. Thanks for your patience with this 🙏

Edit: buddy could not replicate it either 🫤

placeboeffect2 years ago(+1)

All good, I never have an issue with controllers like this. It was surprising to me how even the older version doesn't work now.
Thanks for working on a fix earlier though, I'm sure that still helped others.

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