Corrupted file repair tip

[{SNS}HeroFallenVillain]

So after having the game crash on exit, it seemed to corrupt my save file. When I returned to the game and loaded my file, it crashed immediately upon loading into the world. Repeated attempts resulted in the same, including any adjustments I could think to make (lowering graphics, verifying files, etc etc). Half an hour of research wasted on old save/loading problems, seemingly mostly due to early release issues/ 32 bit systems (I have 64 btw).

I have a save from a little while back but lost some very important progress in my build (a lighthouse design and a stone crane nexus tower). After almost giving up and playing something else... I came across a video of Fetid Bobo on YT, "Save file guide"... He points out that each file save slot has a built in backup save. If a save file becomes corrupted, you can open the save folder and rename the file named "_RESUME_PREV" to "_RESUME_"... also be sure to either delete or rename the original resume file, in case that's not obvious. This will load the save immediately saved before the newest save on the corrupted slot.

Clearly you will lose some progress but in my case it was no where near as much as the second newest slot. I tend to save frequently but often to the same slot. I tend to only alternate slots once a day or so. Hopefully this helps someone. I thought I would post and make this a bit more obvious since I had trouble finding it. Also, a shoutout to Fetid Bobo for saving my game :P

[phoenix_death12]

Ain't he a peach? <3 :3

[{SNS}HeroFallenVillain]

Indeed. Game has great tubers. Very artistic building. Very frustrated at first with it but watching things that they can do and how is crazy lmao. Basically played through most of the game before really building more than a custom cabin. Then after ending it, reloaded and went nutz. Might share some soon... learned some stuff on my own by now.

[Andi]

Someone should pin this. Maybe slightly edited.

[{SNS}HeroFallenVillain]

Originally posted by Andi:

Someone should pin this. Maybe slightly edited.

There's actually some tips and tricks I was debating trying to work into a guide... might do it for the release next month after seeing what they change. Mostly building tips but theres a lot of not so well known stuff and things/guides that are not up-to-date or in one location.

[Andi]

Originally posted by {SNS}HeroFallenVillain:

Originally posted by Andi:

Someone should pin this. Maybe slightly edited.

There's actually some tips and tricks I was debating trying to work into a guide... might do it for the release next month after seeing what they change. Mostly building tips but theres a lot of not so well known stuff and things/guides that are not up-to-date or in one location.

That's actually a great idea! Something one can link to and what's not dated as people keep asking the same things over and over again. 👍🏻

[{SNS}HeroFallenVillain]

Well being as I have mostly built at this point... my knowledge on hard diff is lacking for a guide. 1.0 still gives me time to do a hard survival run and test some more though. Farket has done in insane job on the wiki but I still find answers hard to find. Many of my questions are/were simple things like... how to control the way a door/gate swings or which way the roof logs will run, etc. Plus I think I'm hitting a limit on what I can build on this map lmao

Once you know how to control things and get BPs to stack well, you can do sick things like an extended water basin in stone ;)
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1345904682
I also posted a few more pics of interesting things, including my custom log catcher :P

[phoenix_death12]

Originally posted by {SNS}HeroFallenVillain:

Originally posted by Andi:

Someone should pin this. Maybe slightly edited.

There's actually some tips and tricks I was debating trying to work into a guide... might do it for the release next month after seeing what they change. Mostly building tips but theres a lot of not so well known stuff and things/guides that are not up-to-date or in one location.

you might be surprised what is well known, just not necessarily made into a specific video with it's own title :}

[{SNS}HeroFallenVillain]

Sounds like we differ on what I'm meaning by well known. I'm not sure what gives the impression I expect a separate video on each topic.

I'm not talking about what is well known to experienced players. I'm talking about readily available info... Steam guides, wiki, reddit, etc. I personally don't count YT in that regard quite so much because a video is usually not the best way to research. Not everyone wants to watch an entire video to answer one simple question. They also don't tend to list all the info in the video description so keywords and the title are often the only indicators.

I'm also saying that's only a portion of it. Being an EA game, it's quite expected that much of the info found is outdated. I certainly don't expect anyone nice enough to spend their time writing a guide to be chained to keeping it constantly up to date.

If I do a guide, I will be providing links and credit to any info already shared. Not looking to take credit for anyone else's work. I've dug pretty deep into the game and researching it for myself. The wiki does have a huge amount of content by now Thanx to people like Farket. However there are also things that don't quite fit there.

The primary focus of my guide is building. People have many different styles of building as well as playing in this game. My intent is to make a two part guide. Firstly being an all in one type guide for gameplay and tips (largely sharing links to appropriate places). The second, my focus, is to present many different styles and methods of building things in great detail. Not just a showcase but sort of a building tutorial.

I think the building can be quite frustrating to people and even discouraging. In fact, after beating the game I started in creative. Had absolutely no fun cause I had no idea what I was doing. Then I ended up just messing with things and expirementing. Now I can jump straight in and know exactly how to get things like I want them.

One example that I have yet to see as a tip... I often encase my platforms in stone. If they are on a hill it makes the stone look awful. With a little practice you can easily set a custom foundation to level the second layer. Then blend them (hiding the custom foundation) and you have a slightly odd looking first layer and all the rest are nice and clean. I'm quite sure I wasn't the first to do this... but I've never seen it explained. Just an example.

[phoenix_death12]

Originally posted by {SNS}HeroFallenVillain:

If I do a guide, I will be providing links and credit to any info already shared. Not looking to take credit for anyone else's work.

that's all I care about <3


Also I seem to have accidentally stung you into a really long response, my bad; the videos with specific titles thing was a dig at someone else

[{SNS}HeroFallenVillain]

I wouldn't be doing it for credit anyway. I like building in this game because of the uniqueness. I believe that sharing ideas in something like this only helps everyone have better ideas.I've even considered creating MP maps intended for people to play and destroy lmao

No, troubles. Just got to rambling about my ideas for the guide.

[{SNS}HeroFallenVillain]

Originally posted by ZenekKebab:

OMG thanks

Well that's a necro but glad my post helped. Thank you for the appreciation.