Common Problems
This page lists problems you can meet in RustEdit and what to do about them. The messages in bold are the exact text RustEdit shows. Most messages appear in the Notifications panel.
RustEdit does not start
| Message or problem | What it means | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Insufficient Permissions: The program does not have sufficient permissions to write files! | RustEdit cannot write to its own folder. It needs to, for its settings and logs. | Move the RustEdit folder to a place you own, such as a folder in your Documents, or run RustEdit as administrator. |
| The Rust Assets dialog: RustEdit uses the assets of your Rust game directly | RustEdit does not know where Rust is, or cannot find Rust's files at the saved place. | Click Select Rust Install Directory and pick the Rust folder, the one that has the Bundles folder in it. See Installation. |
| The selected directory is not a valid Rust client install directory | The folder you picked has no Bundles\Bundles file in it. | Pick the Rust game folder itself, not a folder above or inside it. |
| An Error! dialog during loading, with Couldn't load root AssetBundle, Couldn't load AssetBundle or Failed to load asset scene | RustEdit could not read Rust's content files. | Make sure Rust is fully installed and updated. In Steam, verify the integrity of Rust's game files. Then start RustEdit again. |
The Error! dialog only has a Quit button, because RustEdit cannot go on without Rust's content.
warning
If Steam updates Rust while RustEdit is open, Rust's files change under RustEdit and it can stop working or close. Save your work and restart RustEdit after a Rust update.
Maps do not open or save
| Message or problem | What it means | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| [World] Failed to load scene: and a file path | The file is damaged, or it is not a file RustEdit can read. RustEdit opens an empty map instead. | Check that you picked a .scene, .map or .asset file. Try a backup or an autosave of the map. |
| The Password Required dialog: This file has encrypted data and requires a password to open... | The map was saved with a map password. | Type the password and click Submit. Cancel keeps the map that is open now. |
| You forgot a map password | If you turned Dump Passwords on before you saved, the password is in Configuration/passwords.txt. It is off unless you turn it on. See Settings > Password. | |
| Map passwords need RustEdit Plus. This scene will be saved without its password. Save anyway? | The scene has a password, but your license has no RustEdit Plus. | Click Confirm to save without the password, or Cancel to stop. Sign in with RustEdit Plus to keep the password. |
| Could not add the password to the password file: and a reason | RustEdit saved the map, but could not write passwords.txt. | Check that RustEdit can write to its Configuration folder. |
| The selected map is already loaded | You opened the file that is open now. | To go back to the saved file, use . |
| You can not reload the map until it has been saved | The map has never been saved, so there is nothing to reload. | Save it first. |
| The file is no longer there and was taken off the recent list: and a path | The file in was moved or deleted. | Open it from its new place with . |
| Save and Export is grayed out | A monument is open. Export only works while the map is shown. | Go back to the map, then export. See Export a map. |
| Map Size shows a warning above 6000 | The server needs the RustEdit 2 server extension to run maps bigger than 6000. | Use a smaller size, or put the extension on your server. See The map on a server. |
| [Autosave] The copy of the map was not saved: and a reason | Auto save could not write its copy. Your map and its own file are not changed. | Check that RustEdit can write to the Autosave Folder. Auto save tries again at the next interval. |
The map on a server
| Problem | What it means | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| IO entities, building blocks, APCs, the cargo ship, loot profiles or other RustEdit features do not work on the server | For prefabs, Rust itself only places them and gives each one its category. RustEdit's own data in the map needs the RustEdit 2 server extension. | Put the RustEdit 2 server extension on the server. |
| The server does not run a map larger than 6000 | Maps larger than 6000 need the RustEdit 2 server extension. | Put the RustEdit 2 server extension on the server, or make the map smaller. |
The extension is Oxide.Ext.RustEdit.dll, an Oxide extension. See the extension's GitHub page for how to install it. See The RustEdit 2 server extension for what it does.
License and sign-in
| Message or problem | What it means | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| This feature requires RustEdit Plus or This feature requires RustEdit Pro | You clicked a locked feature. | See Free, Plus and Pro. If you have the tier, open and sign in, or click Refresh. |
| No RustEdit license on this computer yet. | You have not signed in on this computer. | Open and click Sign In With RustHQ. |
| Your RustEdit license has ended. Press Refresh after you renew it on RustHQ. | The subscription ended. | Renew it on RustHQ, then click Refresh in . |
| The RustEdit license on this computer cannot be used. Press Refresh to get a new one. | The license file was changed or comes from another computer, or the computer's clock was set back. | Check your computer's date and time, then click Refresh. |
| [RustHQ] The RustEdit license could not be read: and a reason | You signed in, but RustEdit could not get the license. | Click Refresh in . |
| RustEdit could not wait for the browser on this computer. A firewall or security program may block it. | Sign-in needs RustEdit to receive the answer from your browser on this computer. | Allow RustEdit in your firewall or security program, then sign in again. |
| Sign-in took too long. Try again. or The sign-in did not finish. Try again. | The browser sign-in did not reach RustEdit. | Click Sign In With RustHQ again. Finish the sign-in in the browser tab that opens. |
| Sign-in was cancelled on the website. | You cancelled the sign-in in the browser. | Sign in again if you meant to. |
| RustHQ ended this sign-in. Sign in again. or You are signed out of RustHQ. Sign in again. | Your sign-in is no longer valid, for example because you removed it on the website. | Sign in again. |
| Could not reach RustHQ. Check your internet connection and try again. | RustEdit is offline or RustHQ cannot be reached. | Check your connection. Features you have a license for keep working offline. |
| RustHQ is closed for maintenance. Try again later. | The website is down for work. | Try again later. |
See Account and sign-in for more about the account.
Interface problems
| Problem | What to do |
|---|---|
| The interface is too small or too large | Open , pick Interface, and change Scale. Turn Match Desktop Scaling on to follow Windows. See Settings. |
| A panel is gone | Open it from or the tool bar. |
| The panels are in a mess | Open and load Default. See Layouts. |
| A detached window is off screen | Restart RustEdit. It moves windows onto a monitor when it opens them. |
| Restart RustEdit to apply the change to and a setting name | The setting you changed works after a restart. Restart RustEdit. |
| A shortcut does nothing | Click outside any text field first. Most scene shortcuts only work with the mouse over the scene view, and not while you hold the right mouse button. See Keyboard shortcuts. |
| The colors are hard to read | Pick another scheme in . See Color schemes. |
Tools
| Message | What it means | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Syncing graphics data from GPU, please hold! | The terrain is still being updated from your last change. | Wait a moment, then use the tool again. |
| You must set a starting point to create a bridge | The Bridge tool needs a start point. | Hold Shift and click the start point first. See Height tools. |
| Hold Shift and click to set the point to clone from first | The Clone tool needs a place to copy from. | Hold Shift and click the place to copy from first. See Clone and stamp. |
| You can only clone transform values when 1 object is selected | Ctrl+Alt+Mouse Right copies one object's transform onto one selected object. | Select only one object. |
| Parts of a placed monument come from its file. Unpack the monument to change them | You tried to copy or delete a part of a placed monument. | Unpack it first. See Linked monuments. |
The scene view is slow
- Pick a smaller render resolution in the scene view header. See The scene view.
- Lower the graphics settings: Global Quality, Grass Quality, Volume Clouds and the effects. See Graphics settings.
- Keep Occlusion Culling on, and the LOD Distance Multiplier at
1. - Hide what you do not need with the view buttons in the scene view header, such as placeholders and IO wires.
Find the log file
RustEdit writes every message to a log file as well as to Notifications:
Logs/log.txtin RustEdit's folder has the messages of this run.Logs/log_backup.txthas the messages of the run before. Look here after a crash.
In Notifications, click a message to see all of it, with the details under the list.
When you report a problem, send log.txt (or log_backup.txt after a crash) and say what you did just before it happened.
To report a problem or get help, post in the RustEdit forum on RustHQ, or ask on the Discord server.