Startup Issue with Project Zomboid - instance crashes when running b42

Technical Support
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System Information

Field Value
Operating System Linux - Debian GNU/Linux 13 on x86_64
Product AMP ‘Phobos’ v2.6.4.2 (Mainline)
Virtualization Docker
Application Project Zomboid
Module GenericModule
Running in Container Yes
Current State Failed

Problem Description

Issue

I created a fresh instance for build 42, updated it to the beta without starting to avoid conflicts with b41, and it keeps failing to start while causing the panel to crash/freeze as well. I tried validating the install and creating new instances multiple times but the same issue kept happening.

EDIT:

For future reference the issue was the instance using so much ram (more than it is allocated) it caused amp to crash which has never happened to me before with zomboid. The fix was limiting it to half the system memory.

Reproduction Steps

  • create new instance
  • update to build 42 without starting
  • start instance
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what method are you using to update to unstable (b42)?

edit, per another post, it is a setting in the config:

Search “branch” in the instance search box to find the beta branch settings and set it to “unstable”, then update

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Yeah i did that. Ill update the original post but for future reference the issue was the instance using so much ram (more than it is allocated) it caused amp to crash which has never happened to me before with zomboid. The fix was limiting it to half the system memory.