Ragnarok Single Player wipes Island Single Player

[ballpoint202]

So, I tried Ragnarok single player a few days ago, starting a new character for the map. Today I went back to my single player game on the Island, and my character there was gone, replaced by the level 6 character I had on Ragnarok. The two maps have separate game saves, but share a single player arkprofile file. Ragnarok Guy overwrites The Island Guy.

That sucks. Lost my level 83 character and all my tames and my base.

[J_Snipe]

Postat inițial de BeerSauce:

Same thing happened to me. Can anyone actually provide an explanation as to why this happens? I understand you can just fix it with console commands but it is a pain in the ass.

Postat inițial de ballpoint202:

So, I tried Ragnarok single player a few days ago, starting a new character for the map. Today I went back to my single player game on the Island, and my character there was gone, replaced by the level 6 character I had on Ragnarok. The two maps have separate game saves, but share a single player arkprofile file. Ragnarok Guy overwrites The Island Guy.

That sucks. Lost my level 83 character and all my tames and my base.

The issue is that it was brought in from a mod to an official DLC. Mod maps go into the same folder as the island map. Official DLC's Scorched Earth and the Center have their own folders and character save paths. Read this: https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/forums/topic/200203-ragnarok-save-folder-for-single-player-shared-with-island-data/

[Sloth]

Had something like this happen to me a few months ago when the map was a mod.

My singleplayer island character could play on my singleplayer ragnarok. all i had to do was spawn randomly but i kept my character and level. however switching back to the island and making a new character there and switching back to ragnarok, my old character became an unconcious npc where i left it and my new character from the island was seen as an enemy by old dinosaurs that were protecting this other unconcious character. i discovered this by going into spectator mode to take pictures of ragnarok and seeing the name.

Not sure if it can still happen like this or not, but thought i'd share.

[ballpoint202]

Postat inițial de g00b3rb0y:

The reason is the Island and Ragnarok share a save, whereas SE has its own save.

They share a character save only. All your stuff and tames remain on the Island if you begin a new character on Ragnarok, but the character that owned them is gone.

[ballpoint202]

Postat inițial de nowtarfu:

Postat inițial de BeerSauce:

Same thing happened to me. Can anyone actually provide an explanation as to why this happens? I understand you can just fix it with console commands but it is a pain in the ass.

Postat inițial de ballpoint202:

So, I tried Ragnarok single player a few days ago, starting a new character for the map. Today I went back to my single player game on the Island, and my character there was gone, replaced by the level 6 character I had on Ragnarok. The two maps have separate game saves, but share a single player arkprofile file. Ragnarok Guy overwrites The Island Guy.

That sucks. Lost my level 83 character and all my tames and my base.

The issue is that it was brought in from a mod to an official DLC. Mod maps go into the same folder as the island map. Official DLC's Scorched Earth and the Center have their own folders and character save paths. Read this: https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/forums/topic/200203-ragnarok-save-folder-for-single-player-shared-with-island-data/

The Center was also a mod that became official DLC. The real difference is they goofed when they made Ragnarok a DLC by not fully separating it from the Island. They did it right with The Center.

[󠀡󠀡]

Postat inițial de Deadman:

That goes for any map in singleplayer, you only have 1 character profile. If you want different ones you'd have to backup the copy over the ones you want to use.

Wrong, The Center and SE have their own folders and character profiles, but for some reason the Island and Ragnarok share a folder.

[margalus]

Postat inițial de nowtarfu:

Postat inițial de BeerSauce:

Same thing happened to me. Can anyone actually provide an explanation as to why this happens? I understand you can just fix it with console commands but it is a pain in the ass.

Postat inițial de ballpoint202:

So, I tried Ragnarok single player a few days ago, starting a new character for the map. Today I went back to my single player game on the Island, and my character there was gone, replaced by the level 6 character I had on Ragnarok. The two maps have separate game saves, but share a single player arkprofile file. Ragnarok Guy overwrites The Island Guy.

That sucks. Lost my level 83 character and all my tames and my base.

The issue is that it was brought in from a mod to an official DLC. Mod maps go into the same folder as the island map. Official DLC's Scorched Earth and the Center have their own folders and character save paths. Read this: https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/forums/topic/200203-ragnarok-save-folder-for-single-player-shared-with-island-data/

The Center is an official mod exactly like Ragnarok. Why Ragnarok is like this but the Center isn't is the puzzler.

[θάνατος]

Postat inițial de ballpoint202:

So, I tried Ragnarok single player a few days ago, starting a new character for the map. Today I went back to my single player game on the Island, and my character there was gone, replaced by the level 6 character I had on Ragnarok. The two maps have separate game saves, but share a single player arkprofile file. Ragnarok Guy overwrites The Island Guy.

That sucks. Lost my level 83 character and all my tames and my base.

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ thank you so much for the info will save me a headache.

[ballpoint202]

Postat inițial de Pycco:

Postat inițial de ballpoint202:

So, I tried Ragnarok single player a few days ago, starting a new character for the map. Today I went back to my single player game on the Island, and my character there was gone, replaced by the level 6 character I had on Ragnarok. The two maps have separate game saves, but share a single player arkprofile file. Ragnarok Guy overwrites The Island Guy.

That sucks. Lost my level 83 character and all my tames and my base.

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ thank you so much for the info will save me a headache.

Then my work here is done. ;)

[=Sarsante=]

Well in most games if you start a new campaign you lose progress of the current one unless it has multiple save slots sherlock

[J_Snipe]

Postat inițial de ballpoint202:

Postat inițial de nowtarfu:

The issue is that it was brought in from a mod to an official DLC. Mod maps go into the same folder as the island map. Official DLC's Scorched Earth and the Center have their own folders and character save paths. Read this: https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/forums/topic/200203-ragnarok-save-folder-for-single-player-shared-with-island-data/

The Center was also a mod that became official DLC. The real difference is they goofed when they made Ragnarok a DLC by not fully separating it from the Island. They did it right with The Center.

Yes, that was pointed out with stating that SE and the Center having their own folders and character save paths.

[ballpoint202]

Postat inițial de nowtarfu:

Postat inițial de ballpoint202:

The Center was also a mod that became official DLC. The real difference is they goofed when they made Ragnarok a DLC by not fully separating it from the Island. They did it right with The Center.

Yes, that was pointed out with stating that SE and the Center having their own folders and character save paths.

I was pointing out that the issue is not that it was a mod -- the Center was also a mod and it was implemented as a DLC properly.

[=Sarsante=]

Postat inițial de Hekete:

or make a none dedicated server. dont see why people are playing in single player to begine with

Yeah, Im running a dedicated since Ive bought the game

[EzRyder]

the problem isnt going from map to map here guys. The problem is you 'created a new character'
You could have just spawned in just like TheIsland map and had you same character, if you wanted to 'start fresh' YOU should have simply made a backup of your current save game files.
I mean, if you had created a new character in TheIsland map would you be posting here because it erased your old game?

so your statement "Ragnarok Single Player wipes Island Single Player" is basically wrong, it actually doesnt do that YOU did

[BombsOnyaMoms]

Postat inițial de AirCaptain:

the problem isnt going from map to map here guys. The problem is you 'created a new character'
You could have just spawned in just like TheIsland map and had you same character, if you wanted to 'start fresh' YOU should have simply made a backup of your current save game files.
I mean, if you had created a new character in TheIsland map would you be posting here because it erased your old game?

so your statement "Ragnarok Single Player wipes Island Single Player" is basically wrong, it actually doesnt do that YOU did

Actually, it does. Starting a new character on the center or SE doesn't wipe your island character, just Ragnarok. It's a glitch, not the users fault.

[ballpoint202]

Postat inițial de AirCaptain:

the problem isnt going from map to map here guys. The problem is you 'created a new character'
You could have just spawned in just like TheIsland map and had you same character, if you wanted to 'start fresh' YOU should have simply made a backup of your current save game files.
I mean, if you had created a new character in TheIsland map would you be posting here because it erased your old game?

so your statement "Ragnarok Single Player wipes Island Single Player" is basically wrong, it actually doesnt do that YOU did

Uh, well, if it makes you feel better to think of it that way, okay. As long as folks understand that Ragnarok and the Island share a single player character, in contrast to the other two DLC maps which have their own character files, I don't care.