Windows Coop (building) Quest Blank Bug

[HFG]

I'm unsure if this has been reported before.
When I opened a save file yesterday (probably in version 1.6.10, i had just updated the game) I noticed that the "Raising Animals" (Build a Coop) quest is completely blank outside of the triangle marker that should point to the next step.

I am unsure if building a Coop will actually advance the quest, as i have no way to try that currently.
Also, i have no idea if other save files new or old have the same problem.
Other quests seem fine, or at least i could complete a "help wanted" one.
The quest is still bugged while playing in the latest version (v1.6.11, build 24311), where I took the attached screenshots. I will leave a zip file with the savefile in the attachments.

Technical info:
- Game version: 1.6.10 / 1.6.11.
- Save file was created before 1.6.10
- No Error text/files
- In-game Language: English
- Singleplayer

 

[Keiralira]

I have had the same thing happen on my save file. I am unsure if it is the same quest as I have started with the Meadowlands farm that already had a coop and chickens. My quest appears identical to yours and I have not been able to correct it by restarting the game etc. I play on Mac but it looks like the same glitch. I posted a thread about it for Mac recently

 

[Alissanda]

I have the same issue on this quest. It has happened in two save files which were both created before the update released. One individual and one multiplayer.

 

[HFG]

Welp, here is how I (believe I) fixed my saves:
PLEASE BACK UP YOUR FILES BEFORE FOLLOWING THIS ADVICE, so if anything unexpected happens you can get back to the starting point and try again

1. Open your Save files directory. If you don't know how to do it, follow This Guide from the wiki. You should now be in a folder with a lot of directories named in this format: "JonSnow_123456789", where JonSnow is replaced by your farm name. Backup the directories of the games that were corrupted, as a failsafe
2. Open the folder of a bugged save. There should be 4 files, called "JonSnow_123456789", "JonSnow_123456789_old", "SaveGameInfo" and "SaveGameInfo_old". None of them have any extension (eg. ".txt"), so they are pure files. Open any of them with Notepad (right click -> open with -> Notepad) or any editor of your choice (I recommend Notepad++ but it is not required). What follows should be done at least for the 2 files that do NOT end with "_old", but you can do it to all 4 to be sure.
3. You should now have a long "readable" text file open. It is written in XML. Put the cursor to the very start of the file and do ctrl+f to open the find element. Look for "questLog" (makes ure the direction chosen is down), and press "find next". This should highlight the words like this: "<questLog>". Put your cursor between "<questLog>" and "<Quest>". Press enter twice to separate that from the rest of the text before.
4. Either immediately after "<Quest>" or a bit later you should find a tag like this "<_currentObjective>": If it is followed by "Build a Coop." or "</_currentObjective>" you are on the right quest.
5. If there is some other text you are most likely on another active quest, so use ctrl+f looking for "<Quest>" until you find the correct one.
6. When you are on the correct quest, put the cursor in the word "Quest" use ctrl+f and look for "</Quest>" (Notice the /). This should highlight a tag like so: "</Quest>". It is either followed by another "<Quest>" or "</questLog>". Put the cursor right after the highlighted part, that ends with ">" and press enter twice once again.
7. You should now have separated the section of the bugged quests by blank lines. Select the whole line that we have separated and replace it with this one (copy paste):
   
   <Quest xsi:type="HaveBuildingQuest"><_currentObjective>Build a Coop.</_currentObjective><_questDescription>Robin, the local carpenter, lives north of town. In exchange for raw materials and money, she'll construct new buildings on your farm. You'll need her to build a coop or barn so that you can raise animals.</_questDescription><_questTitle>Raising Animals</_questTitle><rewardDescription>-1</rewardDescription><accepted>false</accepted><completed>false</completed><dailyQuest>false</dailyQuest><showNew>false</showNew><canBeCancelled>false</canBeCancelled><destroy>false</destroy><id>7</id><moneyReward>100</moneyReward><questType>8</questType><daysLeft>0</daysLeft><dayQuestAccepted>-1</dayQuestAccepted><nextQuests><int>-1</int></nextQuests><questTitle>Raising Animals</questTitle><buildingType>Coop</buildingType></Quest>
   
   
8. Once you have replaced the text, delete all the blank lines we added (2 before the line, 2 after). Now save the file.
9. (Repeat for all the other files in the directory)
   
   Please note that the file saved should be without extension like the original ones we modified, so if when saved it got an extension you need to delete it (quick tutorial: on any directory press "View" from the toolbar -> tick the "File name Extensions" box that you should find on the right side of the now enlarged toolbar. Now you should see the file extensions, so select the file and delete the point and the letters after it, select ok when prompted that it may cause problems).

EDIT: this worked for 1 out of the 2 bugged save files I had, it didn't work on the other. If i find some other way to fix the file i will update this post

EDIT 2: I managed to fix the other save too, I believe loading the game, playing for a day, sleep to save and then doing the steps above while the game was open was necessary to fix the second save file. Also, modified the description to not let you delete the quest once fixed, so it's undistinguishable from the one the game generates. If nothing comes up, that is all folks, good luck and happy farming