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Twinkle

Twinkle



  2/25/2026

I suddenly am unable to create new worlds in standalone Docking Station. (Steam release) I keep getting a bunch of error messages that the game is unable to load essential things like life events, agents that work fine in my other worlds, and other base game stuff. (I remember snotrocks being one of them) when I finally get through all the messages, the game won't work and is stuck on the title screen with the chichi norn. My current worlds work just fine. I'm assuming there's a problem with one of the agents I've installed since I have a lot of them, but I have no idea which one the errors are connected to. I also have many genetic breeds as well. There was mention of piranhas in one of the errors, being unable to find jaws.16 and the word jaws. ([inst reps 10 {@}new: simp 2 16 3 "jaws" 53 0 1000 att ...) There is a c.16 file called jaws2 in the my images folder.

Here's examples of some of the errors. There were too many to put them all, but I hope someone can figure out what's wrong.

Simple Agent:
Family: 2 Genus: 16 Species: 3
Gallery: jaws.s16 First Image: 0 Image Count: 53
Created in plane: 1000
SharedGallery::DoCreateGallery

The following sprite gallery was not found:
.\Images\jaws.s16

.\Bootstrap\010 Docking Station\piranha.cos
AHE0001: Attempt to access NULL handle [inst reps 10 {@}new: simp 2 16 3 "jaws" 53 0 1000 att ...

.\Bootstrap\010 Docking Station\poisonfrog.cos
AHE0001: Attempt to access NULL handle [inst reps 10 {@}new: simp 2 16 3 "jaws" 53 0 1000 att ...

.\Bootstrap\010 Docking Station\tooltips.cos
AHE0001: Attempt to access NULL handle [inst reps 10 {@}new: simp 2 16 3 "jaws" 53 0 1000 att ...

 
ylukyun
Patient Pirate

ylukyun

Manager



  2/25/2026

What happens if you make a copy of jaws2.s16 and name it jaws.s16?
 
Twinkle

Twinkle



  2/25/2026  1

ylukyun wrote:
What happens if you make a copy of jaws2.s16 and name it jaws.s16?



I did that and now it's saying tendril.s16 is not found. I think it might have to do with the Rainworld room not working, since the errors mention stuff from it. I'll try removing files from it to see if that does anything.

 
Twinkle

Twinkle



  2/25/2026  1

I removed most of the cos files from the Rainworld room in the bootstrap folder and I think everything is back to normal now. The only things that worked from the room were the threat bar and the batflies.
 
Vespidazed

Vespidazed



  2/26/2026

I'm also having something similar as a problem, but I also just have only agents installed? mainly some sprite breeds and a few metarooms. I'm stumped trying to figure this out cause DS worked fine on my old laptop running Windows 10, I'm wondering if the jump from the old laptop to the new Windows 11 one is causing problems with the Steam version.
 
Macoman

Macoman



  2/27/2026

Twinkle wrote:
I suddenly am unable to create new worlds in standalone Docking Station. (Steam release) I keep getting a bunch of error messages that the game is unable to load essential things like life events, agents that work fine in my other worlds, and other base game stuff. (I remember snotrocks being one of them) when I finally get through all the messages, the game won't work and is stuck on the title screen with the chichi norn. My current worlds work just fine. I'm assuming there's a problem with one of the agents I've installed since I have a lot of them, but I have no idea which one the errors are connected to. I also have many genetic breeds as well. There was mention of piranhas in one of the errors, being unable to find jaws.16 and the word jaws. ([inst reps 10 {@}new: simp 2 16 3 "jaws" 53 0 1000 att ...) There is a c.16 file called jaws2 in the my images folder.

Here's examples of some of the errors. There were too many to put them all, but I hope someone can figure out what's wrong.

Simple Agent:
Family: 2 Genus: 16 Species: 3
Gallery: jaws.s16 First Image: 0 Image Count: 53
Created in plane: 1000
SharedGallery::DoCreateGallery

The following sprite gallery was not found:
.\Images\jaws.s16

.\Bootstrap\010 Docking Station\piranha.cos
AHE0001: Attempt to access NULL handle [inst reps 10 {@}new: simp 2 16 3 "jaws" 53 0 1000 att ...

.\Bootstrap\010 Docking Station\poisonfrog.cos
AHE0001: Attempt to access NULL handle [inst reps 10 {@}new: simp 2 16 3 "jaws" 53 0 1000 att ...

.\Bootstrap\010 Docking Station\tooltips.cos
AHE0001: Attempt to access NULL handle [inst reps 10 {@}new: simp 2 16 3 "jaws" 53 0 1000 att ...


This would be a result of my creations. Contrary to popular belief, My objects are for C3, not DS. As such, I didn't add Jaws.c16, as Creatures 3 already had it.

 
Macoman

Macoman



  2/28/2026  1

I would personally uninstall the game, them remove any leftover .cos files in bootstrap\010 Docking station, and then reinstall the game. This will almost certainly make it playable again. My apologies, Twinkle!
 


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