waypoint error issue

[EngineerBean]

can you assist with what is causing this problem with loading player waypoints please.

2015-01-09 07:44:05.805 - Thread: 11 -> Log Started 2015-01-09 07:44:05.805 - Thread: 11 -> Timezone (local - UTC): 11h 2015-01-09 07:44:05.806 - Thread: 11 -> App Version: 0.2.4.5 2015-01-09 07:44:05.806 - Thread: 11 -> MyAPIGateway Initialized 2015-01-09 07:44:05.827 - Thread: 11 -> Initializing plugin at C:\ProgramData\SpaceEngineersDedicated\Daily-Backups\Mods\Essentials\Essentials.dll - f767bda5-0a8c-4813-85fd-a5a2341778e8' 2015-01-09 07:44:06.414 - Thread: 11 -> Stopping all ships 2015-01-09 07:44:08.733 - Thread: 11 -> 1 ships have been stopped 2015-01-09 07:44:08.747 - Thread: 11 -> Plugin 'Dedicated Server Essentials' initialized. (Version: 1.0.2.1208 ID: f767bda5-0a8c-4813-85fd-a5a2341778e8) 2015-01-09 07:45:15.070 - Thread: 31 -> New User: 76561198096039031 2015-01-09 07:45:15.070 - Thread: 31 -> Greeting Added => 76561198096039031 (New user: False) 2015-01-09 07:49:17.602 - Thread: 29 -> Player in game, creating waypoints 2015-01-09 07:49:17.654 - Thread: 29 -> Waypoint Load Error: System.InvalidOperationException: There is an error in XML document (4652, 18). ---> System.Xml.XmlException: Unexpected end of file has occurred. The following elements are not closed: WaypointItem, WaypointItems, Waypoints. Line 4652, position 18. at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String arg) at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElementContent() at System.Xml.XmlReader.ReadEndElement() at Microsoft.Xml.Serialization.GeneratedAssembly.XmlSerializationReaderWaypoints.Read2_Vector3D(Boolean checkType) at Microsoft.Xml.Serialization.GeneratedAssembly.XmlSerializationReaderWaypoints.Read4_WaypointItem(Boolean isNullable, Boolean checkType) at Microsoft.Xml.Serialization.GeneratedAssembly.XmlSerializationReaderWaypoints.Read5_Waypoints(Boolean isNullable, Boolean checkType) at Microsoft.Xml.Serialization.GeneratedAssembly.XmlSerializationReaderWaypoints.Read6_Waypoints() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Deserialize(XmlReader xmlReader, String encodingStyle, XmlDeserializationEvents events) at EssentialsPlugin.Utility.Waypoints.Load() 2015-01-09 07:49:17.655 - Thread: 29 -> Handler Problems: 5000 - System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at EssentialsPlugin.ProcessHandler.ProcessWaypoints.Handle() at EssentialsPlugin.Essentials.<>cDisplayClass2.b0() 2015-01-09 07:51:36.525 - Thread: 8 -> Asynchronous Save Setup Started: 319.0183ms

[Tyrsis]

It looks like your XML was corrupted, maybe a crash during the save? You'll need to either delete the XML or try to fix it by hand by closing the tags.

[EngineerBean]

thanks for the help, i found the problem in the waypoints.xml, wasn't closed off with 2 lines at end..