Lost progress (again) edit files

[Booze_Rooster]

Long story short and due to a few unfortunate circumstances I have lost my progress in this game several times. Both on PS4 and PC. Each time I tenaciously beat the game back to where I was, then surpass that point. Now that my friend wants to co-op, I find after having the 0 mb/s download bug and reinstalling Steam my PC progress has wiped.

I followed a few videos on editing rank/experience and money. However when I get through to documents/my games/snowrunner/base/storage/76561198814612801 and open my individually numbered file it shows the file is empty. Where do I go from here? I'd just like to put myself back at rank 14 where I was and give myself a small bump in cash to simulate where I was, buy back a few of the trucks I rely on and think of it as an opportunity to do more missions with a buddy online.

Thanks for any and all help!

[barthess]

Use your favorite search tool to find "CompleteSave.cfg" file. It's the first save slot.

[TRUCK]

I don't comprehend how people can keep losing save progress. Over 2,000 hours in the game and have never once lost save data.

The easiest way to accomplish what you want is to start a NG+ and start yourself where you left off.

[Booze_Rooster]

Originally posted by Snow Lord:

I don't comprehend how people can keep losing save progress. Over 2,000 hours in the game and have never once lost save data.

The easiest way to accomplish what you want is to start a NG+ and start yourself where you left off.

It's easy. You get a PS4 stolen

Then move to PC and make progress, then run into an issue where Steam won't download anything and sits at 0 mb/s forever and try to delete and reinstall steam. Every other game is fine. Snowrunner progress gone.

[Booze_Rooster]

is there a list of the xml names for every truck? I can only stab wildy in the dark for so long. I tried looking for a trucks list in the game files but cannot seem to locate it.

[Rragar]

Originally posted by Booze_Rooster:

Originally posted by Snow Lord:

I don't comprehend how people can keep losing save progress. Over 2,000 hours in the game and have never once lost save data.

The easiest way to accomplish what you want is to start a NG+ and start yourself where you left off.

It's easy. You get a PS4 stolen

Then move to PC and make progress, then run into an issue where Steam won't download anything and sits at 0 mb/s forever and try to delete and reinstall steam. Every other game is fine. Snowrunner progress gone.

This does not address your issue directly, but the way you described the Steam bit, it sounds like there was a pending cloud upload for Snowrunner and it didn't get through because of what could presumably be a connection issue?

My point is, have you checked your internet connection? If that was the cause, it could give you headaches again.

[Booze_Rooster]

Originally posted by Rragar:

Originally posted by Booze_Rooster:

It's easy. You get a PS4 stolen

Then move to PC and make progress, then run into an issue where Steam won't download anything and sits at 0 mb/s forever and try to delete and reinstall steam. Every other game is fine. Snowrunner progress gone.

This does not address your issue directly, but the way you described the Steam bit, it sounds like there was a pending cloud upload for Snowrunner and it didn't get through because of what could presumably be a connection issue?

My point is, have you checked your internet connection? If that was the cause, it could give you headaches again.

There's more to it than that. My AIO cooler has been chronically undersized since I got the computer 13 months ago. It finally died last month. Processor cooked. Tried the local repair shop. They gave the the runaround. Fired the parts cannon. Pure incompetence. Finally picked it up, bought a full size case and swapped the guts over myself, mounted the larger cooler and went to go download a new game on steam. Somewhere along the line, Steam bugged out. Internet was fine. Everything worked including non Steam games. Steam itself was just not cooperating and acted like it didn't have a connection. Changing the area to Bulgaria and back fixed it, but I had already deleted and reinstalled Steam. I won't be making that mistake again.

[Booze_Rooster]

The issue I'm having now is getting the altered xml save file to "save" back into where it comes from in the game. When I save it after editing, loading the game back in won't provide a "Continue" option, as if the Continuesave.cfg file is missing entirely.

Also, does anybody know where to find a list of how the trucks are listed in the xml files, or a way to access a list of ingame trucks? I have the map list and can clean up the missions and upgrades I've completely completed/collected in Michigan and Alaska.

[TRUCK]

I don't know if there are any lists, but I've been through those save files and they are a PITA. Most things aren't consistent in there. If you're getting issues with loading the game there are syntax errors in the save file. You're likely going to end up messing something up that will work fine for a bit, but then get bugged out down the road and you'll lose progress again.

By the time you go through all this hassle, it would honestly be easier and safer for you to just start a new game using NG+ as I suggested earlier.

You also can't just "complete" all the quests. Some quests effect the state of the map and those settings are reflected in the "sts" files which you can't edit because they are serialized. You're going to end up with a mismatch between the save file and the "sts" files and the game is going to end up corrupted. Randomly marking things completed isn't going to update the map state for the quests that make modifications to it.

And this time, make regular backups of your saves so you can't lose them again.

[gcekia]

If I am reading this right you want to alter the amount of your in game money. I think the location for that file is:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\%YOUR_STEAM_ID%\1465360\remote
CompleteSave.cfg,..1,...2,...3
It's been a long time since I've done that though, and I might be misremembering.
As far as a list of trucks:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\SnowRunner\preload\paks\client
Open initial.pak
Go to media>classes>trucks-this will show you the vanilla trucks .xml. The DLC trucks are listed in their respective DLC numbers i.e., media>dlc>dlc#>classes>trucks.
As far as ranking up your save file, I would make a backup in case changing numbers breaks it.

[Booze_Rooster]

Originally posted by gcekia:

If I am reading this right you want to alter the amount of your in game money. I think the location for that file is:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\%YOUR_STEAM_ID%\1465360\remote
CompleteSave.cfg,..1,...2,...3
It's been a long time since I've done that though, and I might be misremembering.
As far as a list of trucks:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\SnowRunner\preload\paks\client
Open initial.pak
Go to media>classes>trucks-this will show you the vanilla trucks .xml. The DLC trucks are listed in their respective DLC numbers i.e., media>dlc>dlc#>classes>trucks.
As far as ranking up your save file, I would make a backup in case changing numbers breaks it.

Very helpful and good to know. I was unaware of "NG+" and it's a safer route. Only need to hunt a few upgrades down and sell a few map trailers to get "back" to where I was.