Deleted files results into starting errors

[Luwis1337]

Just as many here, i also had problems to start stardew valley but since i had mods i deleted the mods from the folder, yet that resulted into that every time i start the game steam tells me files are missing. De-installing the game didnt helped to get the files back. What should i do now? How do i get the files back?
Yes i deleted them from the trash bin already so i cant restore them that way

[sel]

go into your game folder and just delete the whole thing. Then verify your game files.
right click the game in your steam library, click properties, click local files, click verify files.
this should download any missing files.

keep in mind removing mods on a savegame that used those mods will probably break your save, as the game expects certain items to be there, but removing the mods removes the items.

[xAlphaStarOmegax]

Originally posted by Luwis1337:

Just as many here, i also had problems to start stardew valley but since i had mods i deleted the mods from the folder, yet that resulted into that every time i start the game steam tells me files are missing.

You are being told that those files are missing because you removed them and removing mods can break your save file. You will more than likely have to either start a new save file or find and install those mods to be able to play on your existing save file again.

Originally posted by Luwis1337:

De-installing the game didnt helped to get the files back. What should i do now? How do i get the files back? Yes i deleted them from the trash bin already so i cant restore them that way

Uninstalling and reinstalling the game is not going to bring the mod files that you deleted back; that is something that you will have to do yourself.

I would also suggest doing what the person above says; verify the integrity of your games files.

[Luwis1337]

Originally posted by sel:

go into your game folder and just delete the whole thing. Then verify your game files.
right click the game in your steam library, click properties, click local files, click verify files.
this should download any missing files.

keep in mind removing mods on a savegame that used those mods will probably break your save, as the game expects certain items to be there, but removing the mods removes the items.

Im not worried of any savefile breaks simply because the only mods i had were overlay mods which changed the graphic or added features on already existing items, such as auto-stack or NPC detector on the map.
Sadly, that didnt helped me. I still recieve the same error

[Luwis1337]

Originally posted by xAlphaStarOmegax:

Originally posted by Luwis1337:

Just as many here, i also had problems to start stardew valley but since i had mods i deleted the mods from the folder, yet that resulted into that every time i start the game steam tells me files are missing.

You are being told that those files are missing because you removed them and removing mods can break your save file. You will more than likely have to either start a new save file or find and install those mods to be able to play on your existing save file again.

Originally posted by Luwis1337:

De-installing the game didnt helped to get the files back. What should i do now? How do i get the files back? Yes i deleted them from the trash bin already so i cant restore them that way

Uninstalling and reinstalling the game is not going to bring the mod files that you deleted back; that is something that you will have to do yourself.

I would also suggest doing what the person above says; verify the integrity of your games files.

You completly missunderstood the entire message. Its not about the missing mods, its about the game content. I cant start the game because every time i start the game (not the savefile!) i recieve an error message from steam of missing game files which wont be restored on its own. Checking of missing files and re-installing wont bring back the missing files. Not mod files. I know i have to install the mod files seperatly but i am talking about the normal game files.
Before i even deleted anything Stardew Valley just didnt opened up, but after deleting the mods i started to recieve the error message from steam that files are missing

[JVC]

Originally posted by Luwis1337:

Originally posted by xAlphaStarOmegax:

You are being told that those files are missing because you removed them and removing mods can break your save file. You will more than likely have to either start a new save file or find and install those mods to be able to play on your existing save file again.



Uninstalling and reinstalling the game is not going to bring the mod files that you deleted back; that is something that you will have to do yourself.

I would also suggest doing what the person above says; verify the integrity of your games files.

You completly missunderstood the entire message. Its not about the missing mods, its about the game content. I cant start the game because every time i start the game (not the savefile!) i recieve an error message from steam of missing game files which wont be restored on its own. Checking of missing files and re-installing wont bring back the missing files. Not mod files. I know i have to install the mod files seperatly but i am talking about the normal game files.
Before i even deleted anything Stardew Valley just didnt opened up, but after deleting the mods i started to recieve the error message from steam that files are missing

Verifying integrity of game files does indeed check for missing files:
Select the game in your game library -> right click -> properties -> installed files -> verify integrity of game files.

That'll make steam check for missing files and for the integrity of existing files.

And start by checking that steam cloud is enabled.

If you still have trouble, select the game in your game library -> right click -> uninstall and then download the game again.

[xAlphaStarOmegax]

Originally posted by Luwis1337:

You completly missunderstood the entire message. Its not about the missing mods, its about the game content. I cant start the game because every time i start the game (not the savefile!) i recieve an error message from steam of missing game files which wont be restored on its own. Checking of missing files and re-installing wont bring back the missing files. Not mod files. I know i have to install the mod files seperatly but i am talking about the normal game files.
Before i even deleted anything Stardew Valley just didnt opened up, but after deleting the mods i started to recieve the error message from steam that files are missing

This is what you said in your original post:

Originally posted by Luwis1337:

Just as many here, i also had problems to start stardew valley but since i had mods i deleted the mods from the folder, yet that resulted into that every time i start the game steam tells me files are missing. De-installing the game didnt helped to get the files back. What should i do now? How do i get the files back?
Yes i deleted them from the trash bin already so i cant restore them that way

So, naturally, it sounded like a mod issue to me.

You might have a SMAPI issue but I don't know, since it's hard to tell from your post what the full issue really is. Since you had mods at one point, you would have needed to have SMAPI. You might have to either just get rid of SMAPI if you don't wish to mod SDV anymore and then verify the integrity of your game files, or update SMAPI.

I hope you find a resolution to all of this. Good luck. :)

[BirbNotBird]

I suggest you have to do the same advice as Alpha.

Check the file integrity. Be careful of library mods like SpaceCore, etc. since those tends to break the game.

[Luwis1337]

Originally posted by JVC:

Originally posted by Luwis1337:

You completly missunderstood the entire message. Its not about the missing mods, its about the game content. I cant start the game because every time i start the game (not the savefile!) i recieve an error message from steam of missing game files which wont be restored on its own. Checking of missing files and re-installing wont bring back the missing files. Not mod files. I know i have to install the mod files seperatly but i am talking about the normal game files.
Before i even deleted anything Stardew Valley just didnt opened up, but after deleting the mods i started to recieve the error message from steam that files are missing

Verifying integrity of game files does indeed check for missing files:
Select the game in your game library -> right click -> properties -> installed files -> verify integrity of game files.

That'll make steam check for missing files and for the integrity of existing files.

And start by checking that steam cloud is enabled.

If you still have trouble, select the game in your game library -> right click -> uninstall and then download the game again.

I already said that re-installing the game wont work. Verifying integrity of game files says all files are there, yet Steam still tells me files are missing. I already tried to contact steam and ask for advise since steam refuses to open the game because of missing files while everything tells me files are there

[Luwis1337]

Originally posted by xAlphaStarOmegax:

Originally posted by Luwis1337:

You completly missunderstood the entire message. Its not about the missing mods, its about the game content. I cant start the game because every time i start the game (not the savefile!) i recieve an error message from steam of missing game files which wont be restored on its own. Checking of missing files and re-installing wont bring back the missing files. Not mod files. I know i have to install the mod files seperatly but i am talking about the normal game files.
Before i even deleted anything Stardew Valley just didnt opened up, but after deleting the mods i started to recieve the error message from steam that files are missing

This is what you said in your original post:

Originally posted by Luwis1337:

Just as many here, i also had problems to start stardew valley but since i had mods i deleted the mods from the folder, yet that resulted into that every time i start the game steam tells me files are missing. De-installing the game didnt helped to get the files back. What should i do now? How do i get the files back?
Yes i deleted them from the trash bin already so i cant restore them that way

So, naturally, it sounded like a mod issue to me.

You might have a SMAPI issue but I don't know, since it's hard to tell from your post what the full issue really is. Since you had mods at one point, you would have needed to have SMAPI. You might have to either just get rid of SMAPI if you don't wish to mod SDV anymore and then verify the integrity of your game files, or update SMAPI.

I hope you find a resolution to all of this. Good luck. :)

That surly does sound plausible. Normaly when i had installed mods for a game, i just had to extract the mods and the mod loader from the gamefile to have everything back to normal. I will look it up now. I really wish this will help. Thank you.

Edit:
I removed SMAPI and it doesnt change anything. I still recieve the message from steam that files are missing.

[Luwis1337]

I just noticed when i verified integrity game files again it says "all 4159 files were checked". I am not a technoligy guy, but for a huge game like Stardew Valley this sounds way too little, aswell as when i browse local files the only folder that exist there is called "Content" while there are tons of api-ms-win-core files. I think this information could help since im not a tech guy.
Should i try deleting the entire stardew valley folder from steam? I dont know if i break it even more or not if i do that

[xAlphaStarOmegax]

Originally posted by Luwis1337:

That surly does sound plausible. Normaly when i had installed mods for a game, i just had to extract the mods and the mod loader from the gamefile to have everything back to normal. I will look it up now. I really wish this will help. Thank you.

Edit:
I removed SMAPI and it doesnt change anything. I still recieve the message from steam that files are missing.

This issue could also be because you have the launch options configured where you were using mods. Try this: On Steam, right click SDV, and go to "Properties", and see if there is anything written in the "Launch Options," if so, remove it and verify the integrity of the files again.

If none of the above works, you could also right-click on SDV again, go to "Betas," and try another version of SDV.

[Včelí medvídek]

9/10 bet you have modified Launch options due SMAPI you used in the past.

Just remove it compeltely for unmodded game. Verify game files, etc is not needed.

[Luwis1337]

Originally posted by xAlphaStarOmegax:

Originally posted by Luwis1337:

That surly does sound plausible. Normaly when i had installed mods for a game, i just had to extract the mods and the mod loader from the gamefile to have everything back to normal. I will look it up now. I really wish this will help. Thank you.

Edit:
I removed SMAPI and it doesnt change anything. I still recieve the message from steam that files are missing.

This issue could also be because you have the launch options configured where you were using mods. Try this: On Steam, right click SDV, and go to "Properties", and see if there is anything written in the "Launch Options," if so, remove it and verify the integrity of the files again.

If none of the above works, you could also right-click on SDV again, go to "Betas," and try another version of SDV.

Thank Satan this actually worked! I can start Stardew Valley now!
thank you so incredible much!

[kingjames488]

ok, just start over.,.
re-name the whole folder "stardew valley 2" or w.e and try again.
then you can try adding things back in.

edit: you might need to do the same with the folder in "appdata/roaming"

[Maya-Neko]

Originally posted by Luwis1337:

I just noticed when i verified integrity game files again it says "all 4159 files were checked". I am not a technoligy guy, but for a huge game like Stardew Valley this sounds way too little, aswell as when i browse local files the only folder that exist there is called "Content" while there are tons of api-ms-win-core files. I think this information could help since im not a tech guy.

The amount of files doesn't say anything about the game and the vice versa. There are ways to bundle things up, up to a single file or having everything seperately for insanely high amounts of files. Any OS doesn't really care about this at all, as long as it knows where it starts.