Windows save game not loading

[nqvilune]

hello! I just made this account because I am honestly at the end of my rope :( I've been playing Stardew on mobile (IOS IPad) for around 3 months now, give or take. I recently got my first PC, so I wanted to transfer my data over. I was able to figure out how to transfer the save files successfully, however; whenever I try to load my save game on my PC, it shows a black loading screen for about 10 seconds, then kicks me back to the start menu. I have googled and attempted multiple possible solutions, but none have worked. At this point, I've spent roughly 4-5 hours alone trying to fix this as I've put a lot of effort into my farm and it's my first.

I have no mods, but I did download SMAPI so I could be ready to mod my farm (and to be clear, I had tried to load my farm before downloading the software and this was still occurring. I was originally going to give up and simply make a new farm, but as I was making my new farmer, I couldn't bring myself to). The text that comes up on the SMAPI is: "[game] DebugOutput: There is an error in XML document (1, 40)."

I tried deleting and retransferring files, troubleshooting, moving files around/renaming them, restarting my device, turning off Steam cloud, etc. The game loads perfectly fine on my IPad, but there seems to be an issue with the files on the PC that I cannot fix or even pinpoint what exactly the problem is.

I use Windows 11, I have version 1.6.15, and here is my save file. I've never attached a file on a forum or anything like this before so I hope this is right and people can see it. Please let me know if anything else is needed and thank you so, so, so much to anyone willing to help me.

 

[mewsubi]

hello! I just made this account because I am honestly at the end of my rope :( I've been playing Stardew on mobile (IOS IPad) for around 3 months now, give or take. I recently got my first PC, so I wanted to transfer my data over. I was able to figure out how to transfer the save files successfully, however; whenever I try to load my save game on my PC, it shows a black loading screen for about 10 seconds, then kicks me back to the start menu. I have googled and attempted multiple possible solutions, but none have worked. At this point, I've spent roughly 4-5 hours alone trying to fix this as I've put a lot of effort into my farm and it's my first.

I have no mods, but I did download SMAPI so I could be ready to mod my farm (and to be clear, I had tried to load my farm before downloading the software and this was still occurring. I was originally going to give up and simply make a new farm, but as I was making my new farmer, I couldn't bring myself to). The text that comes up on the SMAPI is: "[game] DebugOutput: There is an error in XML document (1, 40)."

I tried deleting and retransferring files, troubleshooting, moving files around/renaming them, restarting my device, turning off Steam cloud, etc. The game loads perfectly fine on my IPad, but there seems to be an issue with the files on the PC that I cannot fix or even pinpoint what exactly the problem is.

I use Windows 11, I have version 1.6.15, and here is my save file. I've never attached a file on a forum or anything like this before so I hope this is right and people can see it. Please let me know if anything else is needed and thank you so, so, so much to anyone willing to help me.

Hi! You've only uploaded the SaveGameInfo file, but we also need whatever file is named after your farm as well (e.g. FarmName_123456789).

Once you upload it, reply or tag me with @ here so I see the response, and I'll take a look when I can.

 

[nqvilune]

Hi! You've only uploaded the SaveGameInfo file, but we also need whatever file is named after your farm as well (e.g. FarmName_123456789).

Once you upload it, reply or tag me with @ here so I see the response, and I'll take a look when I can.

so sorry for replying over a month late. life has been crazy, and I haven't even had time to play. I appreciate you taking the time to answer and offer help! I didn't notice that I only uploaded the save game in my stress :/ I had multiple versions of the same file on my computer, transferred over from my iPad. I must've deleted it before posting and forgot it would be necessary or something of the sort. I've finally had the time to reply and retransfer my farm file. here you go! thank you so much, and take as much time as you need. I just hope this is right lol.

 

[mewsubi]

so sorry for replying over a month late. life has been crazy, and I haven't even had time to play. I appreciate you taking the time to answer and offer help! I didn't notice that I only uploaded the save game in my stress :/ I had multiple versions of the same file on my computer, transferred over from my iPad. I must've deleted it before posting and forgot it would be necessary or something of the sort. I've finally had the time to reply and retransfer my farm file. here you go! thank you so much, and take as much time as you need. I just hope this is right lol.

Hey! No worries at all, and the save you uploaded is everything we need.

The only thing is, I think it loads fine?

Does this look right? I just added both files into a folder called Moonlight_396343181 in the Stardew saves directory, like so:

And it seemed to load fine on the current 1.6.15 version on Steam.

 

[nqvilune]

Hey! No worries at all, and the save you uploaded is everything we need.

The only thing is, I think it loads fine?
View attachment 30231

Does this look right? I just added both files into a folder called Moonlight_396343181 in the Stardew saves directory, like so:
View attachment 30232

And it seemed to load fine on the current 1.6.15 version on Steam.

oh my god?? I was shocked to see this because, as I said in my original post, it absolutely would not load no matter what I did. just a black screen for a few seconds before booting me back to the main menu. I tried for hours to do different things with the same result. I messed around in my files after seeing this, as even after redownloading them for this thread, at first it wouldn't show on Stardew at all (got it fixed, just needed to rename the file with the underscore and numbers as I had changed it before uploading it here) and as you said - it loads fine now along with all the mods I set up for the new farm I started while waiting for a reply here. I am seriously at a loss because I didn't do or mess with anything different than I did initially.. but I'm really excited to play again now. I wouldn't have messed with my old file at all if I hadn't gotten a reply due to the previous stress it caused, so, although nothing had to be done, thank you so much, as I wouldn't have known it was somehow fine now without this. It's gonna take me a second to get over my confusion, but I'm just happy to finally have my save transferred.