Sprites.MySpritesRenderer.ProcessDrawMessage

2021-01-27 16:30:19.611 - Thread:   1 ->  MyVoxelReplicable.OnLoad - isUserCreated:False isFromPrefab:True contentChanged:False data?: True
2021-01-27 16:30:27.321 - Thread:  22 ->  Exception in render!

Exception: ParallelTasks.TaskException: An exception(s) was thrown while executing a task.
   at ParallelTasks.WorkItem.ThrowExceptionsInternal(Int32 runId)
   at ParallelTasks.Task.WaitOrExecute(Boolean blocking)
   at ParallelTasks.Future`1.GetResult()
   at VRage.Render11.Render.MyOffscreenRenderer.Render()
   at VRageRender.MyRender11.DrawGameScene(IRtvBindable renderTarget, IBorrowedRtvTexture& debugAmbientOcclusion)
   at VRageRender.MyRender11.DrawScene()
   at VRageRender.MyRender11.FullDraw(Boolean draw)
   at VRageRender.MyRender11.Draw(Boolean draw)
   at VRageRender.ExternalApp.MyRenderThread.Draw()
   at VRageRender.ExternalApp.MyRenderThread.RenderFrame(Boolean async)
   at VRageRender.ExternalApp.MyRenderThread.RenderCallback(Boolean async)
Task exception, inner exception 0:
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at VRage.Render11.Sprites.MySpritesRenderer.ProcessDrawMessage(MyRenderMessageBase drawMessage, Boolean touchTextures)
   at VRage.Render11.Sprites.MySpritesRenderer.ProcessDrawSpritesQueue(MySpriteMessageData messages, Boolean touchTextures)
   at VRageRender.MyRender11.DrawSpritesOffscreen(MyRenderContext rc, IRtvBindable texture, MySpriteMessageData messages, Vector2& aspectRatio, Nullable`1 clearColor, IBlendState blendState)
   at VRage.Render11.Render.MyOffscreenRenderer.RenderWork(MyData data, RenderTargetProxy renderTarget)
   at ParallelTasks.FutureWork`1.DoWork(WorkData workData)
   at ParallelTasks.WorkItem.DoWork(Int32 expectedID)

2021-01-27 16:30:27.328 - Thread:   1 ->  MyVoxelReplicable.OnLoad - isUserCreated:False isFromPrefab:True contentChanged:False data?: True
2021-01-27 16:30:27.329 - Thread:   1 ->  MyVoxelReplicable.OnLoad - isUserCreated:False isFromPrefab:True contentChanged:False data?: True
2021-01-27 16:30:27.541 - Thread:   1 ->  GUI Stats: Update 40.8376009444443, Draw 0.954019944444444
2021-01-27 16:30:27.557 - Thread:   1 ->  STATISTICS LEGEND,time,ReceivedPerSecond,SentPerSecond,PeakReceivedPerSecond,PeakSentPerSecond,OverallReceived,OverallSent,CPULoadSmooth,ThreadLoadSmooth,GetOnlinePlayerCount,Ping,GCMemoryUsed,ProcessMemory,PCUBuilt,PCU,GridsCount,RenderCPULoadSmooth,RenderGPULoadSmooth,HardwareCPULoad,HardwareAvailableMemory,FrameTime,LowSimQuality,FrameTimeLimit,FrameTimeCPU,FrameTimeGPU,CPULoadLimit,TrackedMemory,GCMemoryAllocated,PersistedEncounters,EncounterEntities
2021-01-27 16:30:30.005 - Thread:   1 ->  STATISTICS,0,2.034827,0.003991127,2.035089,0.01344299,2.490898,0.05360031,118.7407,1227.421,3,285,4439.641,10842.01,15304,0,2,23.63237,19.60078,0,36018,139.4171,1,16.66667,32.94756,27.32685,100,6997650635,4439.641,0,0
2021-01-27 16:30:30.007 - Thread:   1 ->  MEMORY LEGEND,Srv,Uav,Read,Debug,Index,Audio,SrvUav,Vertex,Buffers,Physics,Planets,Systems,Textures,Indirect,Constant,RwTextures,Dx11Render,MeshBuffers,FileTextures,DepthStencil,TileTextures,Voxels-Native,CustomTextures,HeightmapFaces,Mesh GPU Buffers,BitStreamBuffers,GeneratedTextures,FileArrayTextures,NativeDictionaries,CubemapDataBuffers,HeightDetailTexture,MyDeviceWriteBuffers,ShadowCascadesStatsBuffers,AI_PathFinding,EpicOnlineServices
2021-01-27 16:30:30.007 - Thread:   1 ->  MEMORY VALUES,1,1,0,1,27,959,36,105,185,63,852,6673,3790,0,0,113,3975,2,1905,31,0,59,15,384,4,4,12,1711,758,456,11,5,0,0,0
2021-01-27 16:30:30.098 - Thread:   1 ->  MyVoxelReplicable.OnLoad - isUserCreated:False isFromPrefab:True contentChanged:False data?: True
2021-01-27 16:30:30.612 - Thread:  22 ->  Additional information --
 Aftermath: Main(|FAIL_NotInitialized|Unknown|NotStarted) Deferred(MyOffscreenRenderer.RenderWork@|FAIL_NotInitialized|Unknown|NotStarted )
Statistics: Scene:
  Entities
    Actors: 909
    InstanceBuffers: 6
    GPUEmitters: 0
    Atmospheres: 10
    Clouds: 51
    DebugDrawMesh: 0
    Videos: 0
    Decals: 0
    Billboards: 173

  Actor Components
    MyLightComponent: 82
    MyRenderVoxelActor: 35
    MyInstanceComponent: 580
    MyResourcePrioritizationComponent: 810
    MyRenderableComponent: 206
    MyVoxelCellComponent: 18
    MyRotationAnimator: 41
    MyThrustFlameAnimator: 40
    MyTranslationAnimator: 20


2021-01-27 16:30:30.692 - Thread:   1 ->  MyVoxelReplicable.OnLoad - isUserCreated:False isFromPrefab:True contentChanged:False data?: True
2021-01-27 16:30:30.693 - Thread:   1 ->  MyVoxelReplicable.OnLoad - isUserCreated:False isFromPrefab:True contentChanged:False data?: True
2021-01-27 16:30:30.696 - Thread:   1 ->  GC Memory: 1800.354 / 1800.354 MB
2021-01-27 16:30:32.605 - Thread:  22 ->  Exception occurred: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at VRage.Render11.Sprites.MySpritesRenderer.ProcessDrawMessage(MyRenderMessageBase drawMessage, Boolean touchTextures)
   at VRage.Render11.Sprites.MySpritesRenderer.ProcessDrawSpritesQueue(MySpriteMessageData messages, Boolean touchTextures)
   at VRageRender.MyRender11.DrawSpritesOffscreen(MyRenderContext rc, IRtvBindable texture, MySpriteMessageData messages, Vector2& aspectRatio, Nullable`1 clearColor, IBlendState blendState)
   at VRage.Render11.Render.MyOffscreenRenderer.RenderWork(MyData data, RenderTargetProxy renderTarget)
   at ParallelTasks.FutureWork`1.DoWork(WorkData workData)
   at ParallelTasks.WorkItem.DoWork(Int32 expectedID)
2021-01-27 16:30:32.605 - Thread:  22 ->  Exception Data:
	Exception Info: Holder ID: 81; m_runCount: 81; m_executing: 1; MaximumThreads: 1
	Work Options: MaximumThreads: 1, QueueFIFO: False, DebugName: OffscreenRender, TaskType: GUI
2021-01-27 16:30:32.606 - Thread:  22 ->  Task Exception Stack:
   at ParallelTasks.WorkItem.ThrowExceptionsInternal(Int32 runId)
   at ParallelTasks.Task.WaitOrExecute(Boolean blocking)
   at ParallelTasks.Future`1.GetResult()
   at VRage.Render11.Render.MyOffscreenRenderer.Render()
   at VRageRender.MyRender11.DrawGameScene(IRtvBindable renderTarget, IBorrowedRtvTexture& debugAmbientOcclusion)
   at VRageRender.MyRender11.DrawScene()
   at VRageRender.MyRender11.FullDraw(Boolean draw)
   at VRageRender.MyRender11.Draw(Boolean draw)
   at VRageRender.ExternalApp.MyRenderThread.Draw()
   at VRageRender.ExternalApp.MyRenderThread.RenderFrame(Boolean async)
   at VRageRender.ExternalApp.MyRenderThread.RenderCallback(Boolean async)
   at VRageRender.ExternalApp.MyRenderThread.RenderThreadStart(Object param)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
   at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart(Object obj)
2021-01-27 16:30:32.606 - Thread:  22 ->  Showing message
2021-01-27 16:30:33.311 - Thread:  22 ->  
================================== CRASH INFO ==================================
AppVersion: 01_197_075
GameName: Space Engineers
IsOutOfMemory: False
IsGPU: False
IsNative: False
IsTask: True
IsExperimental: True
ProcessRunTime: 187
PCUCount: 15304
IsHang: False
GCMemory: 2102
GCMemoryAllocated: 2102
HWAvailableMemory: 36399
ProcessPrivateMemory: 11581
AnalyticId: SE
================================== OFNI HSARC ==================================

2021-01-27 16:30:33.312 - Thread:  22 ->  Log Closed

For reference, since this involves my mod...

This is caused when a mod has a sprite (or in my case, a Faction icon) with a missing file.

Then a PB script tries to create an empty MySprite(), which crashes in the render with a NRE.

Hello, Engineers,

thanks for letting us know about this issue that you are experiencing. The issue has been reported into our internal system.

Kind Regards

Keen Software House: QA Department

Dear player,

We have reviewed the issue you reported and confirmed that it was fixed a few updates ago.

I’ll go ahead and mark this thread as closed.

Thank you for taking the time to report it!

Best regards,

Ludmila Danilchenko

Head of Space Engineers QA Department