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Re-enable Humanoid Alien Races, even if you never use it.

Not Pawnmorpher yet. Just HAR.

Why this works:
* HAR defines base race infrastructure
* Other mods (including VE stuff) assume those defs exist
* Your save still references alien race types somewhere
* Right now those references resolve to null

You don’t need alien pawns.
You just need the definitions to exist so map gen stops returning null.

This is the “load the missing DLL so the program stops crashing” fix.

After enabling HAR:
* Load save
* Do not generate new maps immediately
* Save, quit, reload
* Then try entering a site again

If the insect map gen stops crashing, you’ve confirmed the diagnosis.

===== If you absolutely refuse to load HAR: =====
* Go to VFE Insectoids mod settings
* Disable anything related to: - World map insects - Insect-controlled sites - Insect map generation - Hive surroundings

You’re trying to stop InsectMapGenDef.DoMapGen from ever running.

This keeps the mod loaded (so existing stuff doesn’t explode) but prevents the broken code path.

This works sometimes. Not guaranteed.

===== Inside VFE Insectoids: =====
* Locate hive surroundings / creep / structure ThingDefs
* Temporarily remove or comment them out
* Leave insects and factions intact

This forces SpawnHiveSurroundings to spawn nothing, avoiding the null.

It’s ugly. It’s effective. Backup first.

===== This save has crossed from “recoverable with cleanup” into “recoverable only by restoring dependencies”. =====

Removing Pawnmorpher and HAR mid-save didn’t break things instantly — it delayed the explosion until map generation touched those ghosts.

That explosion just happened.