Solved Volumetric Exhausts Help

[KittenMan2007]

Help!, I accidently set the Volumetric Exhaust Quality to the Max and now my game crashes all the time when i load back in and i get stuck on this when loading in now this is what it says right before it crashes...

does anyone have a solution on how to fix it in the file explore or stm

p.s loading a new version of the game does nothing

 

[Kiwi Shark]

If you're referring to this setting:



The go to C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\My Games\Kitten Space Agency\settings.toml and set:
"exhaustUpscale" = "Low"

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Edit: Also, this thread belongs over in Technical Support. @Terra Incognita Thread move please?

 

[Terra Incognita]

This thread has been moved to Technical Support.

 

[KittenMan2007]

If you're referring to this setting:

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The go to C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\My Games\Kitten Space Agency\settings.toml and set:
"exhaustUpscale" = "Low"

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Edit: Also, this thread belongs over in Technical Support. @Terra Incognita Thread move please?

nope its the one below it (Maximum Exhaust Instances) witch was set at a very high number like (2147483647) lol but then changed to 0 but it still crashes my game but set it to (2048) it WORKS! Thanks

p.s is this a bug or no?

 

[Kiwi Shark]

Ahh I was close! Glad to have been able to point you in the right direction at least.

As for bugs, it sounds like this one:

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Thread 'Maximum Exhaust Instances == 0 causes crash on Linux'

May 2, 2026

Game Version​

2026.4.18.4206

Operating System​

Linux

What Happened​

In the Graphics Settings interface I clicked in the "Maximum Exhaust Instances" field and it behaves like a slider between 0 and some huge number in steps of billions. With such large steps there's no way to set the slider to the original value of 2048.
Setting it to zero then applying or restarting causes the following crash:

14:53:44 ERROR Unhandled exception System.Exception: Vma Failed to create buffer
   at KSA.KsaVmaAllocator.AllocateBuffer(String& name, VkBufferCreateInfo&...

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May as well thrown your specs and experience in the mix.

Edit: I've marked this thread as Solved!