Website/docs/md/spt-aki/faq.md

FAQ

Launcher related questions

The launcher closes as soon as it opens

• In your client directory, got into EscapeFromTarkov_Data\Managed\
• Copy the following files :
  • 0Harmony.dll
  • Assembly-CSharp.dll
  • Newtonsoft.Json.dll
  • NLog.dll
  • NLog.SPTarkov.Common.dll
  • UnityEngine.dll
  • UnityEngine.CoreModule.dll
  • UnityEngine.ImageConversionModule.dll
  • zlib.net.dll
• Paste them where Launcher.exe is located (root directory of the client).

The launcher reports that no servers are available

Make sure that Server.exe says that the server is running, then press the refresh button in the launcher.

The launcher reports that no connection can be established

Make sure that Server.exe says that the server is running.

Error: "Object reference not set to an instance of an object"

• Start the server (Server.exe).
• Start the client (EscapeFromTarkov.exe).
• Wait about 10 seconds on the game loading screen.
• Close the game (Alt + F4).
• Start Launcher.exe.

If this does not solve your issue, make sure that you've also ran the game from your official Escape From Tarkov installation once before.

Server related questions

Installing mods

Mods should be added the \mods directory, located in the server directory. If, for some reasons, the directory does not exist, create it.

Error: "[ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "data" argument must be of type string or an instance of [...]"

In order to fix this error, you need to either uninstall your current NodeJS version and install NodeJS v12.16.3, or if the error is coming from logger.js then:

• Open core/util/logger.js.
• On line 43, replace fs.writeFileSync(filepath); with fs.writeFileSync(filepath, '');.
• Save the file and re-run server.

Client related questions

Error: "Input string 'number' is not a valid integer."

⚠️ If you want to make any changes in your character profile file, close both the game and the server, none of these should run ⚠️ .

If you encounter this error, you need to:

1. Go into user/profile/yourProfileID/character.json.
2. Search for the number appearing in the error
3. Remove the ".5" of the number
4. Save the file
5. Start the server

Game stuck on the loading screen

Your client version is wrong. Use the lastest files available in the SPT-AKI's guilded server and read the install guide.

Other questions

Getting the lastest version of SPT-AKI

Head over the #tutorials chan, on the SPT-AKI's guilded server.

Playing with friends / multiplayer

In order to play with your friends, you need to buy an Escape From Tarkov copy here.

SPT-AKI will not have multiplayer capabilities. It isn't on our "roadmap" and is not the goal of the project. If you ever find videos of people playing with others, it's not made by the SPT-AKI developers and is not related to it.

Cleaning the temporary EFT directory

To clean this directory:

• Open the windows start menu.
• Type %temp% in the searchbar.
• Open this directory and look for Battlestate Games.
• Delete this directory

You're done.

Using the underbarrel grenade launcher

The underbarrel grenade launcher (GP-34) have issues when reloading that will block your character and prevent you from anything else in a raid.

It's not meant to be useable (at the moment), otherwise it would be available on the official game.

No bots during raids

In order to get bots to spawn, you need to check the Enable PVE checkbox in the raid screen.

Stuck in the right click menu UI

To fix this, you can reduce your mouse right click speed in the windows options.