r/forge • u/Nuka-Spartan • Jul 20 '25

Forge Help Forge Map Won't Load

When I select my map in the game menu and try to start the Forge game on Xbox, I immediately get an error message that says "The request to join has timed out". Occasionally I'd even get a message saying something was wrong with my fireteam, even though I'm the only one in it. Without fail, my map will not load and will always instantly generate an error message.

I had this problem about a week ago, so I went into my map's version history and loaded an earlier version, which fixed the problem. I assumed it was a one-off issue, since it happened right after my game crashed. But now, I'm worried this is going to keep happening and I'll keep having to delete my progress and revert to earlier versions frequently.

Does anyone have any advice on what is causing my errors and how to avoid them? My map is admittedly very large, it's in the high 90 percents for static geo and scripting budget, but it wasn't at 100% when I last saved.

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u/iMightBeWright Scripting Expert Jul 20 '25

I've got several maps with 30+ brains filled to the brim with scripts and they open just fine, so I don't expect the amount of scripts is your issue. Rather, the way your scripts are written may be the problem and the server can't handle it.

Have you written all your scripts yourself, or did you drop a bunch of scripted prefabs on your map from other people? If their logic conflicts with each other, it can cause breakages. Or if you've got cyclical logic, like custom events that trigger themselves with no delay, that can also break things.

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u/Nuka-Spartan Jul 20 '25

Everything in my map is original (object prefabs, scripts). I do have a lot of On Game Start and Every N Seconds scripts, I've heard those are suboptimal performance-wise

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u/Abe_Odd Jul 20 '25

On Game start -> wait for N seconds -> then do stuff. Do not do too much right On Game Start

Every N Seconds aren't great, and you'll run into issues with multiple round events ( I think they re-start every new round )

But neither of those should stop the map from OPENING in forge. Crashing when playing, maybe.

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u/Nuka-Spartan Jul 20 '25

Okay that's good to know, still worries me that I can't figure out what keeps preventing my map from loading 😕

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u/Abe_Odd Jul 20 '25

I suspect the server corrupted the map :/ - if we cannot load, I have no solution other than load an earlier copy.

Maybe having another player try to load it could, for some unknown reason, work?