So this means I'm never touching this game again?

[Yung Ducky]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2751814350

Hours of time spent in a world gone in a second. You'd really think there'd be a handle on something like this well before a game ever gets published, oh well.

[Dirak2012]

Does it means that you won't touch the game again? How would we know? That's up to you to decide.
Files get corrupted sometimes.

[Coops]

delete the cache folder and try loading again.

[Yung Ducky]

That wasn't a question for you Iol. Its a definitive answer I'm definitely not going to if there's no way to recover my time spent in this game. Never played any games as of yet that have had random unpreventable save file corruption, so hey its all new to me

[Philtre]

Originally posted by Yung Ducky:

Never played any games as of yet that have had random unpreventable save file corruption

All games that have save files have random unpreventable save file corruption. Any file on your computer can become corrupted. That's why backups are a thing. Subnautica doesn't have a particular problem with save file corruption, but it's not immune to it, because nothing is. Back up your computer on a regular basis.

[vinyblaster]

Maybe try updating your build. You seem to be on the experimental branch, but on a Dec 2021 build. Quite "old" for a branch that sees daily releases.

Edit: Nevermind, I forgot about the super tiny update that went out last December on the stable branch.

[Yung Ducky]

Nope, like I said n-e-v-e-r had this issue before. First time I've ever had a save file "corrupted" for 0 reason; this game. Also this is a widespread issue for this game if you took the time to search it up, but its yet to be fixed. 'Till it is, not going to waste time playing just to have it vanish again. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Yung Ducky]

Originally posted by vinyblaster:

Maybe try updating your build. You seem to be on the experimental branch, but on a Dec 2021 build. Quite "old" for a branch that sees daily releases.

I didnt even know there was an experimental, I went and checked tho and I wasnt opted in for the experimental version. Am I missing something?

[Yung Ducky]

Originally posted by Coops:

delete the cache folder and try loading again.

Cells cache in the savegame?

[dreamrider]

Not to dispute your personal experience of computer games in general...

... But there are many fans, even just considering the regulars on this forum, who have literally thousands, or even over ten thousand hours in Subnautica, who have never had a corrupted save file "for no reason".

There are a number of us who have had a corrupted save file (I am a case in point - I've had one, in a couple thousand hours play), but generally for an outside reason. And I am in this forum essentially every day - it is NOT a constant or common problem, though it is occasionally reported. Often on those occasions, attempting to run the game on a system that is only marginally adequate to the task seems to be part of the issue.

In general, in 50+ years of computer gaming, I have seen a number corrupt save files. I have to agree with the previous poster who said they can occur in almost any game ... including games known to be rock solid stable ... on rare occasions.

[Phaota]

I'm one of those fans/official playtesters for the game and I'm still using the same save I've had for several years now. So, it was some that went wrong on your computer, not the game itself.

[bongerman85]

PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PURGING THE CELL CACHE FOLDER!!! all you need to do is purge that particular file, its just a world cell. deleting it will restore it to its original status, pdas resources fish etc.

[bongerman85]

Originally posted by Yung Ducky:

Originally posted by Coops:

delete the cache folder and try loading again.

Cells cache in the savegame?

yes in the affected save file, there will be a folder in the save folder call cells cache, open that folder and you can either delete that cell of the map, or you can delete all of the cells. this will restore said cells to their original state when they were first spawned, with pdas, resources, fish, and fragments being restored.

the only items that will be lost are any and all floating lockers and their contents and any resources not in a storage or an inventory. EVERYTHING ELSE WILL BE SAFE!!! THE AURORA WILL REMAIN IN ITS CURRENT STATE. all you are doing by purging the cell cache files is deleting the changes that you have made to them, additional or less fish, collected resources, fragments etc.

if you only delete the single file that is causing your issue, then it will only reset that cell on the map, and leave everything else as it currently is.

deleting cell caches use to be practically required after several hours of play because the game was bloating the cell cache files with terrain changes. so it is a very safe procedure to undertake, if you are suffering serious frame rate drops, clearing the cell caches can help the performance of your save file.

NOTE: Previously collected PDAs will respawn in the deleted cells, however when collected nothing will happen. ALL DOORS WILL BE RESET TO THEIR ORIGINAL STATE AT LOAD. as well as laser cut surfaces.

[Voodoojedizin]

519.9 hours never had a corrupted file, and never had a crash.
And why don't you answer the question that was raised, why are you using such an old build?
And this is not a widespread issue with this game I don't know where you got your information.
There must be a reason it was corrupted, were you using Mod's.

[RequiemsRose]

You might be able to recover it by deleting and forcing the cell cache to reload, but I'm not sure this corruption is "for no reason". On your screenshot, top right, you do seem to be on an experimental build but an old one, even though you dont appear to be opted in currently by your post. Im not sure how or why, maybe you opted in sometime in the past and then opted back out so you stopped updating the experimental build at that point. The base game is actually rather stable and save corruption is not incredibly common. The same can not be said about the experimental branch, that's why its experimental and makes it very clear it is constantly changing and may be prone to more issues if you choose to risk playing experimental.

Not saying this to blame you or anything, it just seems you'd like to know the actual cause of the corruption to avoid any further issues and I suspect that old experimental build you seem to be on might be the actual cause. Luckily it's one that seems relatively easy to correct as well.

[grzegorz77]

@Yung Ducky:
416 hours on one sav, no problems.

If you actually use the beta version you have no right to complain, after all, it's a beta.
And it can not be installed unintentionally.

As far as I'm concerned, you have my full support, never play this game again. You can also choose not to play any game. Probably none of them are resistant to user errors.

edit:
I couldn't open the image before.
All in all, I do not know if this is a beta or not, I was misled by the comment above.
Please take note of this fact as you read this foolish statement of mine.