Applies to: Windows and Linux
Topic: Linux and crashes
Many strange problems come from a game folder that is incomplete or has a damaged file. Mods and settings can't fix those.
Signs
•Azimuth complains about Microsoft.Xbox.GameChat.dll when you add the game, or the game has no cover picture in Azimuth.
•The game crashes or freezes every time you drive into one part of the map, while traffic keeps moving.
•Houses, props or roads are missing, or you fall through the world in one place.
•Storm Island is greyed out.
•Menu pictures never load.
•Errors about missing fonts or other files right after installing a mod.
Missing files in the game folder
Microsoft.Xbox.GameChat.dll and the logo pictures (Logo.png, SmallLogo.png, SplashScreen.png, StoreLogo.png, WideLogo.png) belong in the game's Mount folder. If they are missing, your copy of the game was not extracted completely. Extract it again from your own game package.
Crashes in one area of the map
The map is split into big files, Mount\media\tracks\anthem\GeoChunk<number>.minizip. If one of them is damaged, the game crashes when you reach that area. Moving to an SSD or changing settings won't help.
1. Replace the damaged GeoChunk file from a good copy of your own game package. Make sure it goes into media\tracks\anthem: there are smaller files with the same name in other folders.
2. Remove the game in Azimuth and add it again.
"File name too long" while extracting
Some archive tools can't extract the deepest paths of the game or Storm Island. The files they skip are simply missing afterwards. Extract to a short path such as C:\Games\FH2 with 7-Zip.
Missing Azimuth files (Linux and Steam Deck)
An error about a missing font (for example Montserrat) means Azimuth itself is incomplete. Azimuth ships its own fonts in data\bin\fonts. Don't install fonts by hand: download Azimuth again and install it fresh, keeping your data\titles (saves).
Still stuck?
Send the usual logs and say where on the map it happens.