[2020] just got the game and cant load in?

Originally posted by Caramel Digestives: im stuck again on the "socket data generation". nothing seems to be happening haha. it has loaded the water, tress etc and the rest then gets stuck on socket data generation.

As Ming stated, it will take some time. Just because it appears stuck, doesn't mean it's not busy working in the background. Clicking in the window may even prompt Windows to give a message saying the application is not responding. It's still working though, you just need to wait for it.

On a system that meets the Recommended hardware requirements, average map generation is about 20-25 minutes for an 8k sized map. If the system is only just meeting the minimum requirements, it will take about 45 minutes to an hour.

If you like to watch the pot boil, you can press F1 when the game is responsive to open the console and see more information on what it’s doing.