[RESOLVED] I think I broke my game

[elizaza]

Hi everybody!

I'm a little panicking right now. I'm at Spring of the 3rd year and I tried to download two new mods : Hogwarts and East Scarp with all the mods required for them to run that I didn't already have. After downloading them in my mods, when I went to sleep after a day, the daily savings didn't appear. When I went to check on SMAPI, there's an endless message that keep posting and posting. I can't read it because it's always adding the same RED message over and over. I tried deleting everything I downloaded, I deleted the mods that weren't compatible with Hogwarts and East Scarp even if I'd deleted them AND I deleted the backup files of today the 15th of April. I tried everything I could think of, but the savings still don't charge when I go to bed and the red messages still appear.

I'm out of options and I fear I'll have to redo everything from A to Z, and that I will lose my game of 3 years done. Please help me!! I'll try all your suggestions, I don't know what to do!

Thanks from all my heart!
Elizaza

 

[Kirana]

If you are playing with Steam, try going into those save files and copying over the last save data into your Roaming. Make sure you make a copy on your desktop to keep it safe just in case this fails. Be advised that Steam saves are older than SMAPI or local data so you might lose a couple days progress but that's better than the entire file

 

[Kirana]

Directions on how to do that with screenshots:

1. Go into your Steam account, right click SDV, manage, Browse local files. It will pull up File Browser with the address Steam > steamapps > common > Stardew Valley on the C drive.
2. In the Stardew Valley folder, find save-backups folder with the most recent date, open the WinRar zipped file, select the save file by Farm name, and copy over the files "Farm name, Farm name_old, SaveGameInfo, SaveGameInfo_old" into AppData > Roaming > StardewValley > saves > Farm Name. You can access roaming by pressing the Windows button + R, "%appdata%\StardewValley\saves", Enter.
3. It will replace files of the same name so pro-tip; Create a desktop folder to make copies of the AppData folder files AND the Steam folder files.
Another pro-tip; In AppData, any file with the Farm Name and a string of numbers will be edited when you save, so add an underscore + version save or something so the game does not rewrite that file. For example, the _old file won't be rewritten, but is a backup for the original FarmName_123456789 file.

 

[elizaza]

Hi !

Thank you for yout thorough response! I managed to go the the step « copy farm name, farm name old, savegameinfo, savegameinfo old », but after that, I dont know where to find « App data ». Even with your last screenshot, there's no files named « saves » in my Stardew Valley folder. I don't know how to do the step « App data » before « Roaming ».

Would you please help me with this step?

Thank you again for your precious time!
Elizaza

 

[elizaza]

Ok I think I got it, but it still doesn't work. I took a screenshots of what I did and of the message I talked about in my thread. Maybe I did something wrong I don't know. I'm hoping you can help find the problem with me, if it's not too much of an inconvenience for you of course!

 

[elizaza]

Hello again! I found the problem! With the screenshot I took, I managed to find out that I didn't delete the fish I had in my fishpond that doesn't exist anymore in my mods. I thank you for the time you took. I know now how to do my own backups, thanks to you!!! :D

 

[Kirana]

Glad it worked!!

 

[chxc]

Glad it worked!!

I'd love if you could have a look at my post, please and thank you!