Known issueFixUpdated · 4 replies on Steam

Find the Needle: Game Freezes and Crashes :( (Workarounds)

Short answer

Suggested fix (unconfirmed): Avoid placing that specific pole until an update fixes the issue, or try reloading an older save file before the crash occurred.

The problem

game freezes and crashes after placing a pole :( FIND THE NEEDLE crash report ============================ when 2026-11-06 16:48:51 UTC, last seen alive ended a fault the engine's crash handler caught ran for 39 minutes build V66 Early Access V11 full engine 4.7.2-stable (custom_build) platform Windows 10.0.19045 cpu 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz (16 threads) memory 31.8 GB gpu…

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