DIAGNOSTIC INDEX

Troubleshooting

Start with what you can see, then open the shortest relevant check.

Choose the visible symptom

Official Sandustry promotional screenshot showing tall vertical material routes while the build-mode controls are visible.

OFFICIAL PROMOTIONAL SCREENSHOT

Filter

R does not switch the Filter

Filter Wall Mode

Shaker flow diagram showing Wet Sand entering above, Gold falling below, Residue leaving across the top, and contamination trapped inside.

Shaker

Wet Sand piles above the Shaker

Shaker Clogging

Shaker flow diagram showing Wet Sand entering above, Gold falling below, Residue leaving across the top, and contamination trapped inside.

Shaker

Gold does not leave below

Shaker Clogging

Troubleshooting diagram following liquid from a source through a Pump and continuous Pipe network to a clear Liquid Vent output.

Pump

Pump does not take Water

Pump, Pipe & Vent

Troubleshooting diagram following liquid from a source through a Pump and continuous Pipe network to a clear Liquid Vent output.

Pipe

Pipe looks connected but nothing moves

Pump, Pipe & Vent

Troubleshooting diagram following liquid from a source through a Pump and continuous Pipe network to a clear Liquid Vent output.

Liquid Vent

Liquid Vent stops outputting

Pump, Pipe & Vent

Official Sandustry promotional screenshot showing the player near a heated underground material deposit.

OFFICIAL PROMOTIONAL SCREENSHOT

Kinetic Press

Material piles on top of the Press

Kinetic Press Fixes

Official Sandustry promotional screenshot showing the player near a heated underground material deposit.

OFFICIAL PROMOTIONAL SCREENSHOT

Kinetic Press

The Press runs but output is blocked

Kinetic Press Fixes

Official Sandustry promotional screenshot showing tall vertical material routes while the build-mode controls are visible.

OFFICIAL PROMOTIONAL SCREENSHOT

Filter

Filter routes material the wrong way

Filter Wall Mode

Official Sandustry promotional screenshot showing an explorer near a large underground structure.

OFFICIAL PROMOTIONAL SCREENSHOT

Research

Research does not progress

Tier 5 requirements diagram showing the Florinol condensed goal and Find the Anomaly goal joining at the Tier 5 check.

Research

Tier 5 does not unlock

Tier 5 Unlock Fixes

Crash and low FPS diagnostic illustration routing launch crashes, NVIDIA background FPS, fullscreen stutter, and input problems to reversible checks.

Game

Game crashes, stutters, or runs at low FPS

Crash and Low FPS

Sweeper Drone diagnostic illustration comparing a blocked drop-off, a clear drop-off, and pickup particles frozen by design.

Sweeper Drones

Drones wait at the drop-off or pickup particles freeze

Sweeper Drones Stuck