CrashWatcher
The crash window of CatLib: a small Windows program that waits for the game to close and, if it crashed or froze, shows what happened and keeps a report. Comes with CatLib.
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CatLib Crash Watcher
The crash window of CatLib. You don't need to install it yourself: it comes with CatLib.
When Cat Mail Co. closes by itself or freezes while quitting, a small window tells you what happened in your language
and keeps a report folder with everything a mod author needs to fix it. Send that folder with your bug report.
What it does
- Starts together with the game and waits for it to close. On a normal quit it closes too and leaves nothing behind.
- After a crash it shows a small window: what happened in one line, the details, and buttons to open the report folder or copy the report.
- Keeps the report in BepInEx/CatLib/Crashes: the report, both game logs and a memory dump of the moment of the crash.
Only the last 10 reports are kept, dumps only in the last 3.
- Notices when the game hangs while quitting and says so in the report.
What it doesn't do
- It sends nothing anywhere. The report stays on your computer until you attach it yourself.
- It doesn't change the game. To write a memory dump it follows the game the way a debugger does,
which pauses the game only for the moment of writing.
It is a separate Windows program, CatLib.CrashWatcher.exe, because a program can't report its own crash reliably from the inside.
Source code: tools/CatLib.CrashWatcher,
how it works: Crash reports.
Settings
Settings → Mods → CatLib:
- Crash window: turn the whole thing off.
- Crash dump: keep the window and the report, but without the memory dump.
Found a bug?
Report it on GitHub.
If the crash window itself misbehaved, attach BepInEx/CatLib/Crashes/watcher.log too.
Install & use Install: follow the bundled instructions
- Unzip the archive from playbuff and read the bundled readme / instructions first.
- Most mods rely on the game's mod loader — the usual route is a community mod manager (such as r2modman): pick this game, install, and it handles the loader and dependencies.
- For a manual install, put the mod files into the matching Mod / plugins folder inside the game directory.
- Launch the game to confirm it loaded; mods with listed dependencies need those installed as well.
Install locations vary a lot between mods — the bundled readme is the most reliable guide.