RimWorld is a simulation game available for Steam. It features a retro look to it, but certainly isn’t anything like most retro simulation games players might be familiar with. It has unique premises and situations for players to deal with along with a load of different things to do as well as explore.
The game itself is quite fun, but the errors related to it certainly aren’t all that fun to deal with. One issue in particular, which is the RimWorld error loading map, is especially annoying because it can cause the game to just crash at random times.
Here’s how anyone encountering such an error can deal with it.
Solutions for RimWorld Error Loading Map
- Try Restarting
The obvious solution which we recommend to all players who have only encountered this error message once is to restart the game. It is more than likely that this was just a one-time thing that occurred for random reasons, meaning that restarting the game should be more than enough to do the trick.
Simply close the game and end all processes related to it once the error message pops up. If necessary, we recommend restarting your computer entirely as well. Once the device has been rebooted, simply launch RimWorld and continue from the most recent save. There likely won’t be any further errors.
- Verify Game Files
If the error is persistent despite the restart, we recommend ensuring there are no issues with the game and its files. To do such a thing, users just need to go into their Steam library and locate RimWorld from within said library.
Go to the game’s settings through the Steam client and there will be an option allowing users to conduct a scan on its files to identify any issues with their integrity. Conduct this scan and Steam will take care of the rest, fixing the issue if game files were to blame.
- Try the Backup Save File
Save files being corrupted is another reason for this problem, and unfortunately there’s nothing that the previously listed Steam scan will be able to do if these specific files are the ones to blame for the error. However, that doesn’t mean that users themselves can’t do something about it.
There are backup save files that store your data as you play, meaning that using these can help users as well. Go to the game’s save folder and locate “rws.old”. Rename the current save and then remove the “.old” bit from the backup save. Now restart the game and it’ll run without this error occurring again.
- Remove Mods
If all else has failed, there’s only one thing left to do and that’s to remove any and all mods you’re using for the game. Alternatively, there’s the option to remove only the newest ones or the specific ones that are causing this error message to appear if players know which ones they are.