Issue Save Won't Load After Steam Update 1.6.14 - SMAPI Error?

[Hollow_Entity]

Hello, I'm looking for some help. I was playing my game normally, then exited to take a break, and when I came back Steam said I needed to update before I could play, so I did. After Steam updated my game to 1.6.14, all of a sudden my save won't load properly. I'll click on load and select my save, it will show it loading, and then it will go back to the interface. I tried to mess around with it and made a new save to see what would happen, and the new save worked fine.

I'm not the best with techy stuff, but I followed some instructions to back up my save and restore it to the last older version, but that changed nothing. I also tried removing all my mods and reinstalling SMAPI, but nothing changed. The SMAPI error mentions an XML issue, but I’m not sure what it means. It showed "[game] DebugOutput: There is an error in XML document (1, 2975772)." I'm going to try and share my SMAPI log parser info here. I really want to fix the issue because I was working hard on the save and don't want to start over. If you can help me, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you!

SMAPI log parser - SMAPI.io

 

[ycxlh]

please try removing this mod—PolyamorySweet Rooms

 

[ycxlh]

Also, since the game has just been updated, many mods are not compatible with the new version of the game, and you need to update other mods.

 

[Hollow_Entity]

Also, since the game has just been updated, many mods are not compatible with the new version of the game, and you need to update other mods.

I tried removing the specific mod but still no change. I also tried removing all of my mods and even with no mods I still have the same issue. I'll go to load the save and it will show its loading then it will pause for a minute where the tab will say the games not responding then it will go back to the interface.

 

[ycxlh]

I tried removing the specific mod but still no change. I also tried removing all of my mods and even with no mods I still have the same issue. I'll go to load the save and it will show its loading then it will pause for a minute where the tab will say the games not responding then it will go back to the interface.

Your save cannot be parsed (may be corrupted), please back up all your saves and follow the steps on the picture to bring the save back to a day ago. Of course, it is possible that your save is not corrupted, but that the mod is incompatible and SMAPI cannot load the mod, so that the mod content in the save cannot be parsed. You can wait for the mod author to update the mod and then try to load your save again. Again, make sure you have made backups before making changes to your saves to avoid losing them.

 

[Hollow_Entity]

Your save cannot be parsed (may be corrupted), please back up all your saves and follow the steps on the picture to bring the save back to a day ago. Of course, it is possible that your save is not corrupted, but that the mod is incompatible and SMAPI cannot load the mod, so that the mod content in the save cannot be parsed. You can wait for the mod author to update the mod and then try to load your save again. Again, make sure you have made backups before making changes to your saves to avoid losing them.

Sorry, like I said in my post I'm not the most techy. I just want to make sure I understand correctly. I already tried to back up to my previous save load but that didn't work/ change anything. If my save is corrupted how could it have happened and is there any way to know for sure?

Also with the possibility of it being a mod issue, I'm a bit confused. When I tried to make a new save including all my mods it worked fine so I don't understand why my old one wouldn't.

Here is what my SMAPI logs look like with the OG and new saves
Original Save W/O mods: https://smapi.io/log/90260b40060d428bb9e45a41184ee40a
New Save W/O Mods: https://smapi.io/log/699fc6eaeb8e404cad22bef927826366
New Save W Mods: https://smapi.io/log/1b95b85e95fe4767a74cb98a7b8690f0

If you could tell me more I would be very grateful.

 

[ycxlh]

Sorry, like I said in my post I'm not the most techy. I just want to make sure I understand correctly. I already tried to back up to my previous save load but that didn't work/ change anything. If my save is corrupted how could it have happened and is there any way to know for sure?

Also with the possibility of it being a mod issue, I'm a bit confused. When I tried to make a new save including all my mods it worked fine so I don't understand why my old one wouldn't.

Here is what my SMAPI logs look like with the OG and new saves
Original Save W/O mods: https://smapi.io/log/90260b40060d428bb9e45a41184ee40a
New Save W/O Mods: https://smapi.io/log/699fc6eaeb8e404cad22bef927826366
New Save W Mods: https://smapi.io/log/1b95b85e95fe4767a74cb98a7b8690f0

If you could tell me more I would be very grateful.

For saves that you can't load, it's possible that your mod isn't loading properly. Because mods add some extra content，they change the save, and you may not be able to load your save when these mods are not loaded. You'll now need to update your mods to make sure your mods are adapted to the new version of the game. You should be able to load your save when all mods that affect the save load properly.