Old savegame ? I did it wrong

[mario85]

Hi, I have done something wrong... I left my main planet and went to a moon without having material to build a rocket to leave the moon. I thought I could start a new adventure on a new moon, but I didn't know that there are no ressources to come home. Are there any options to get to an old savegame file? It saved on the moon...

[jw62157]

Same for me.... Went to the water moon. First thing, build a vegetube 1... Got to have ice and there's no ice here. So I'm sol... Can't build a return rocket without the stuff in my old base which I was hoping I'd be able to get back to for supplies.

[Cougarific]

This is probably why there's a big red WARNING screen before you travel. It's supposed to prevent people from doing this. I'm guessing neither of you read the big red WARNING screen?

[Jenny]

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1284190/discussions/0/508455105153022169/#c508455105153024348

[jw62157]

Originally posted by Cougarific:

This is probably why there's a big red WARNING screen before you travel. It's supposed to prevent people from doing this. I'm guessing neither of you read the big red WARNING screen?

Ok... warning screen was read. BUT... How do we know we're supposed to bring a ton of S**T with us? Does NOT say\warn "Bring EVERYTHING you need to get back"... How do we know? We don't... My thinking was I'd terraform AND be able to shuttle back for supplies, but nope.

[DarkSyde]

Ok... warning screen was read. BUT... How do we know we're supposed to bring a ton of S**T with us? Does NOT say\warn "Bring EVERYTHING you need to get back"... How do we know? We don't... My thinking was I'd terraform AND be able to shuttle back for supplies, but nope.

It literally TELLS you to bring the materials to build a launch platform, a new rocket, and a rover before you can use the new rocket to leave the planet as you will not be able to come back until you build them on the new planet.

To answer your original question, I do not think you can unless there are multiple save files you have made and you delete the one before you left the planet.

[trevorkrause]

Originally posted by mario85:

Hi, I have done something wrong... I left my main planet and went to a moon without having material to build a rocket to leave the moon. I thought I could start a new adventure on a new moon, but I didn't know that there are no ressources to come home. Are there any options to get to an old savegame file? It saved on the moon...

Originally posted by jw62157:

Same for me.... Went to the water moon. First thing, build a vegetube 1... Got to have ice and there's no ice here. So I'm sol... Can't build a return rocket without the stuff in my old base which I was hoping I'd be able to get back to for supplies.

Before you do anything when a update is due is save your save folder to another hdd. Same as every other game i have 10 backup saves for different stages of the game. When the update dropped i had taken my game back to neutrality all ready to go.

[Althrimir]

Originally posted by DarkSyde:

Ok... warning screen was read. BUT... How do we know we're supposed to bring a ton of S**T with us? Does NOT say\warn "Bring EVERYTHING you need to get back"... How do we know? We don't... My thinking was I'd terraform AND be able to shuttle back for supplies, but nope.

It literally TELLS you to bring the materials to build a launch platform, a new rocket, and a rover before you can use the new rocket to leave the planet as you will not be able to come back until you build them on the new planet.

To answer your original question, I do not think you can unless there are multiple save files you have made and you delete the one before you left the planet.

The message that pops up for me in game does not tell me to bring any materials or build this or that... maybe it does in the patch notes here. In game, for me, it just says that I am trying to access interplanetary travel, it's optional and to basically make sure you finished the planet you're on. It definitely does not say fill up your inventory and the rockets with everything you can... I almost left my main planet but backed out because I wanted to read the notes. Good thing i didn't leave.

[prtmh]

Originally posted by trevorkrause:

Originally posted by mario85:

Hi, I have done something wrong... I left my main planet and went to a moon without having material to build a rocket to leave the moon. I thought I could start a new adventure on a new moon, but I didn't know that there are no ressources to come home. Are there any options to get to an old savegame file? It saved on the moon...

Originally posted by jw62157:

Same for me.... Went to the water moon. First thing, build a vegetube 1... Got to have ice and there's no ice here. So I'm sol... Can't build a return rocket without the stuff in my old base which I was hoping I'd be able to get back to for supplies.

Before you do anything when a update is due is save your save folder to another hdd. Same as every other game i have 10 backup saves for different stages of the game. When the update dropped i had taken my game back to neutrality all ready to go.

Yeah, I have a few different saves that I regularly create a splitoff of and keep playing on the split.
And yes, I also backup the save directory any time there's a new large update coming. I even back up the save directory after a long play session.
Habit from the days when pc's weren't as reliable as todays hardware.
Funny that I've never had a crash but thats why you buy life insurance as well I guess. :)

[elentar]

Something I didn't realize is that the trip to the moon is ONE WAY, ONE USE. I thought I just needed to bring materials to build a rocket and then I could travel back and forth, but that is not what it looks like. Rather, you waste the rocket every time you travel. Fortunately, I can do just fine starting a base with what I brought, but it wasn't obvious.

[Schalimah]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3484649911

[akarnokd]

If you don't have a backup, you'll have to edit your save or use the Command Console mod to teleport back to your planet.

Save editing

Find your save file in %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\MijuGames\Planet Crafter and open it in a text editor.

Find the lines that look like these:

{"id":2,"name":"david","inventoryId":167,"equipmentId":168,"playerPosition":"780.0164,29.58,621.1559","playerRotation":"0,0.8358544,0,0.5489514","playerGaugeOxygen":99.39199829101563,"playerGaugeThirst":99.95840454101563,"playerGaugeHealth":99.98080444335938,"host":false,"planetId":"Prime"}|
{"id":0,"name":"Convict-1","inventoryId":35,"equipmentId":36,"playerPosition":"860.6624,24.93473,706.1796","playerRotation":"0,0.7364945,0,0.6764435","playerGaugeOxygen":369.6960144042969,"playerGaugeThirst":99.97920227050781,"playerGaugeHealth":99.99040222167969,"host":true,"planetId":"Prime"} 

See the "planetId" at the end of each line, put there "Prime" or "Humble", whichever was your original planet.

Load your save and be prepared to spam F4 in case you end up too high or below the map.

Command Console mod

Install the mod framework: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1284190/discussions/0/3806152724354705146/

Then install the mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/planetcrafter/mods/42?tab=files

While ingame, press Enter, then type

/tpp Prime

or

/tpp Humble

Be prepared to spam F4 in case you end up too high or below the map.

[trevorkrause]

Originally posted by mario85:

Hi, I have done something wrong... I left my main planet and went to a moon without having material to build a rocket to leave the moon. I thought I could start a new adventure on a new moon, but I didn't know that there are no ressources to come home. Are there any options to get to an old savegame file? It saved on the moon...

Originally posted by jw62157:

Same for me.... Went to the water moon. First thing, build a vegetube 1... Got to have ice and there's no ice here. So I'm sol... Can't build a return rocket without the stuff in my old base which I was hoping I'd be able to get back to for supplies.

Originally posted by Cougarific:

This is probably why there's a big red WARNING screen before you travel. It's supposed to prevent people from doing this. I'm guessing neither of you read the big red WARNING screen?

Originally posted by Schalimah:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3484649911

Lol.

[dyonisth]

Originally posted by elentar:

Something I didn't realize is that the trip to the moon is ONE WAY, ONE USE. I thought I just needed to bring materials to build a rocket and then I could travel back and forth, but that is not what it looks like. Rather, you waste the rocket every time you travel. Fortunately, I can do just fine starting a base with what I brought, but it wasn't obvious.

I discovered this too. I find not logical that the transfer rocket is a one way ticket and the shuttle not.

[mario85]

Originally posted by akarnokd:

If you don't have a backup, you'll have to edit your save or use the Command Console mod to teleport back to your planet.

Save editing

Find your save file in %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\MijuGames\Planet Crafter and open it in a text editor.

Find the lines that look like these:

{"id":2,"name":"david","inventoryId":167,"equipmentId":168,"playerPosition":"780.0164,29.58,621.1559","playerRotation":"0,0.8358544,0,0.5489514","playerGaugeOxygen":99.39199829101563,"playerGaugeThirst":99.95840454101563,"playerGaugeHealth":99.98080444335938,"host":false,"planetId":"Prime"}|
{"id":0,"name":"Convict-1","inventoryId":35,"equipmentId":36,"playerPosition":"860.6624,24.93473,706.1796","playerRotation":"0,0.7364945,0,0.6764435","playerGaugeOxygen":369.6960144042969,"playerGaugeThirst":99.97920227050781,"playerGaugeHealth":99.99040222167969,"host":true,"planetId":"Prime"} 

See the "planetId" at the end of each line, put there "Prime" or "Humble", whichever was your original planet.

Load your save and be prepared to spam F4 in case you end up too high or below the map.

Command Console mod

Install the mod framework: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1284190/discussions/0/3806152724354705146/

Then install the mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/planetcrafter/mods/42?tab=files

While ingame, press Enter, then type

/tpp Prime

or

/tpp Humble

Be prepared to spam F4 in case you end up too high or below the map.

Thank you so much!! This worked for me!

[jw62157]

Originally posted by elentar:

Something I didn't realize is that the trip to the moon is ONE WAY, ONE USE. I thought I just needed to bring materials to build a rocket and then I could travel back and forth, but that is not what it looks like. Rather, you waste the rocket every time you travel. Fortunately, I can do just fine starting a base with what I brought, but it wasn't obvious.

Unless you forget to bring a ton of food or at least seeds for food....... Kinda strange i can find super alloy rod and NO food seeds. So it looks like I'm just gonna die....