All villagers portraits are gone

[EmmaMethyst]

I really need your help please ! I was playing on SVE with +- 70 mods and the Seasonal Cute Characters mod without any issue, but then I installed the Farmer Portraits mod and added a custom portrait for my farmer. It worked once but then it disappeared AND now all of my villagers portraits are gone !! It takes away a lot of the immersion :(
I of course didn't know about backup then so I didn't make one ... I tried uninstall the farmer portraits mod, then the seasonal cute characters mod ... Nothing changes except the sprites seasonal clothing.
Can anyone help me get the villagers portraits back ? I don't care about my farmer portrait, I just want to see the villagers again.

My smapi log : https://smapi.io/log/72fddf04e09340278b42efaf93cd30a9

Thank you so much !

[Amberbaum]

EmmaMethyst a écrit :

I really need your help please ! I was playing on SVE with +- 70 mods and the Seasonal Cute Characters mod without any issue, but then I installed the Farmer Portraits mod and added a custom portrait for my farmer. It worked once but then it disappeared AND now all of my villagers portraits are gone !! It takes away a lot of the immersion :(
I of course didn't know about backup then so I didn't make one ... I tried uninstall the farmer portraits mod, then the seasonal cute characters mod ... Nothing changes except the sprites seasonal clothing.
Can anyone help me get the villagers portraits back ? I don't care about my farmer portrait, I just want to see the villagers again.

My smapi log : https://smapi.io/log/72fddf04e09340278b42efaf93cd30a9

Thank you so much !

Your log doesn't really show anything that could be the cause. Have you tried it with a new save just to see if it isn't backed into your current save? If the new save still has issues with it then it's definitely something with your mod loadout. Maybe during the unpacking process of the farmer portrait mod some files ended up in the wrong folder. Or you made some changes to some mod config files when you installed the mod.

Test your current mod loadout with a new char. If that doesn't work, do it again but without that vintage interface mod. Also make sure to revert changes made to config files for the setup of the farmer portrait mod.

[EmmaMethyst]

Amberbaum a écrit :

EmmaMethyst a écrit :

I really need your help please ! I was playing on SVE with +- 70 mods and the Seasonal Cute Characters mod without any issue, but then I installed the Farmer Portraits mod and added a custom portrait for my farmer. It worked once but then it disappeared AND now all of my villagers portraits are gone !! It takes away a lot of the immersion :(
I of course didn't know about backup then so I didn't make one ... I tried uninstall the farmer portraits mod, then the seasonal cute characters mod ... Nothing changes except the sprites seasonal clothing.
Can anyone help me get the villagers portraits back ? I don't care about my farmer portrait, I just want to see the villagers again.

My smapi log : https://smapi.io/log/72fddf04e09340278b42efaf93cd30a9

Thank you so much !

Your log doesn't really show anything that could be the cause. Have you tried it with a new save just to see if it isn't backed into your current save? If the new save still has issues with it then it's definitely something with your mod loadout. Maybe during the unpacking process of the farmer portrait mod some files ended up in the wrong folder. Or you made some changes to some mod config files when you installed the mod.

Test your current mod loadout with a new char. If that doesn't work, do it again but without that vintage interface mod. Also make sure to revert changes made to config files for the setup of the farmer portrait mod.

Thank you very much for replying.
I made a new test farm and there are still no portraits, even after removing the vintage interface. I had hope it could have been this mod because I added it around that time but still nothing.
I deleted all of the farmer portrait files (I had indeed edited the config file to enable the use of the custom portrait), but because it works with Content Patcher I guess it changed the original game content, right ? Is there any place in the files I could search to see if I could put it back to place ?
I'm sorry, I am very new to modding

[Amberbaum]

EmmaMethyst a écrit :

I deleted all of the farmer portrait files (I had indeed edited the config file to enable the use of the custom portrait), but because it works with Content Patcher I guess it changed the original game content, right ? Is there any place in the files I could search to see if I could put it back to place ?
I'm sorry, I am very new to modding

Ah, I guess I'll tell what SMAPI does. SMAPI is a mod "injector". It injects the mod files and loads assest or other files periodically alongside. That means the game files are left untouched, but the mod loading process has to be done everytime (it's the console you see during every play session). Content patcher only handles how "SV assets" are applied to the game. So no, SMAPI mods will never touch the game files... buuuuut something still may have happened to your vanilla files.

Try verify your game files via steam and please report back. I'm going to sleep now, but I will look back into this thread tomorrow.

How to verify game files:

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/0C48-FCBD-DA71-93EB

[EmmaMethyst]

Amberbaum a écrit :

EmmaMethyst a écrit :

I deleted all of the farmer portrait files (I had indeed edited the config file to enable the use of the custom portrait), but because it works with Content Patcher I guess it changed the original game content, right ? Is there any place in the files I could search to see if I could put it back to place ?
I'm sorry, I am very new to modding

Ah, I guess I'll tell what SMAPI does. SMAPI is a mod "injector". It injects the mod files and loads assest or other files periodically alongside. That means the game files are left untouched, but the mod loading process has to be done everytime (it's the console you see during every play session). Content patcher only handles how "SV assets" are applied to the game. So no, SMAPI mods will never touch the game files... buuuuut something still may have happened to your vanilla files.

Try verify your game files via steam and please report back. I'm going to sleep now, but I will look back into this thread tomorrow.

How to verify game files:

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/0C48-FCBD-DA71-93EB

Okay that makes sense, thank you !
I already verifyed the files via steam but there is no problem reported :/

[Amberbaum]

EmmaMethyst a écrit :

Amberbaum a écrit :

Ah, I guess I'll tell what SMAPI does. SMAPI is a mod "injector". It injects the mod files and loads assest or other files periodically alongside. That means the game files are left untouched, but the mod loading process has to be done everytime (it's the console you see during every play session). Content patcher only handles how "SV assets" are applied to the game. So no, SMAPI mods will never touch the game files... buuuuut something still may have happened to your vanilla files.

Try verify your game files via steam and please report back. I'm going to sleep now, but I will look back into this thread tomorrow.

How to verify game files:

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/0C48-FCBD-DA71-93EB

Okay that makes sense, thank you !
I already verifyed the files via steam but there is no problem reported :/

Hm... Could you go into your mods folder that houses all your mods, then simply search for "Abigail". If no files pop up in your search result that look like an image file then that means there aren't any accidental residue files in somewhere. If it does then navigate to the loaction and check if other NPC portraits ended up there. Delete them.

If that doesn't help then make a backup copy of the whole "Mods" folder and put it somewhere else. Delete the whole Stardew Valley folder. Then let Steam redownload it. Install Smapi again, Open the game via smapi. Make another test char and see if the townies have portraits. Close the game if they do. Put your Mods from your backup folder back in where they belong. Then test it again.

Sorry if this sucks so much. I ahven't encountered anyone having this problem. But we need to find out what is the cause. Not playing with townies portraits is just no fun.

[EmmaMethyst]

Amberbaum a écrit :

EmmaMethyst a écrit :

Okay that makes sense, thank you !
I already verifyed the files via steam but there is no problem reported :/

Hm... Could you go into your mods folder that houses all your mods, then simply search for "Abigail". If no files pop up in your search result that look like an image file then that means there aren't any accidental residue files in somewhere. If it does then navigate to the loaction and check if other NPC portraits ended up there. Delete them.

If that doesn't help then make a backup copy of the whole "Mods" folder and put it somewhere else. Delete the whole Stardew Valley folder. Then let Steam redownload it. Install Smapi again, Open the game via smapi. Make another test char and see if the townies have portraits. Close the game if they do. Put your Mods from your backup folder back in where they belong. Then test it again.

Sorry if this sucks so much. I ahven't encountered anyone having this problem. But we need to find out what is the cause. Not playing with townies portraits is just no fun.

So I searched for Abigail in the mods folder and I found two subfolders from the Seasonal Cute Characters mod :
-Portrait images (fall, spring, summer, winter aindoor and winter outdoor)
-Sprites images (same names + "abigail nose")

Should I delete the seasonal outfits mod to check if there are still png images when searching "abigail", and if there is, should I delete them ?

Here is a screenshot of my search : https://imgur.com/a/qyaPU0t

And for the second solution you are proposing, would the action of deleting the Stardew Valley folder make me lose my save ? I'm not very familiar with Steam as I mostly play on swtich and PS5.

Anyway thank you so much for being so invested in my problem ! I am marrying Sophia soon and it would suck to do it without seeing her face :')

[NBOX21]

EmmaMethyst a écrit :

And for the second solution you are proposing, would the action of deleting the Stardew Valley folder make me lose my save ? I'm not very familiar with Steam as I mostly play on swtich and PS5.

Saves are stored in the following directory:
C:\Users\<username>\%AppData%\Roaming\Stardew Valley\Saves
If you're really worried about your save data, you can copy the entire folder and paste it somewhere else on your computer as a backup. Your save data is stored in a completely different location from your game installation, so deleting the game folder or uninstalling should not delete your saves.

Also, the AppData folder is hidden by default, so you will need to make sure the Show Hidden Items option is checked.

[Amberbaum]

EmmaMethyst a écrit :

So I searched for Abigail in the mods folder and I found two subfolders from the Seasonal Cute Characters mod :
-Portrait images (fall, spring, summer, winter aindoor and winter outdoor)
-Sprites images (same names + "abigail nose")

Should I delete the seasonal outfits mod to check if there are still png images when searching "abigail", and if there is, should I delete them ?

Yes, please. You can still unpack the seasonal outfit after your search again.

EmmaMethyst a écrit :

And for the second solution you are proposing, would the action of deleting the Stardew Valley folder make me lose my save ? I'm not very familiar with Steam as I mostly play on swtich and PS5.

Anyway thank you so much for being so invested in my problem ! I am marrying Sophia soon and it would suck to do it without seeing her face :')

No problem.
99,9% of modern games (2007+) save their user option file and their save files in a different location precisely to avoid this problem if something needs to be reinstalled. Some games even use Steam's internal file system for games so those files are seperate too. SVD's files are saved under appdata. The folder is normally hidden so that a user who isn't particular PC savvy may not delete it, because they don't know what it is. You can make it visible via windows options so that it will be easier finding all your files of your games or you use the search field to naviagte to appdata.

https://www.lifewire.com/find-and-use-the-appdata-folder-in-windows-4771752

So no, deleting your game folder is super save. Please delete your game folder manually after you did a backup of Mods. Let Steam verify your game files. It will notice all the files being missing then it will download them. Install Smapi, make a test character to see if townies have their protrait. Copy back your mods from your backup in the mod folder. Then see what it does to your portraits. Report your findings so that we can continue working on this error. Also... no pressure from me. You do this when you have time. I get notified if someone posts in this Steam discussion.

Sidenote:

If you ever run into similar troubles or want to make a copy of your saves to transfer it somewhere else, yadda yadda then the SVE wiki is excellent for helping you. People who help with the wiki are very dedicatet and often modders who know the ins and out of the game.

https://www.stardewvalleywiki.com/Saves


A really small portion of indie games save their files in their game folders. Most of these developers use an easy to use engines and haven't instructed their game project to save somewhere else.

[EmmaMethyst]

NBOX21 a écrit :

EmmaMethyst a écrit :

And for the second solution you are proposing, would the action of deleting the Stardew Valley folder make me lose my save ? I'm not very familiar with Steam as I mostly play on swtich and PS5.

Saves are stored in the following directory:
C:\Users\<username>\%AppData%\Roaming\Stardew Valley\Saves
If you're really worried about your save data, you can copy the entire folder and paste it somewhere else on your computer as a backup. Your save data is stored in a completely different location from your game installation, so deleting the game folder or uninstalling should not delete your saves.

Also, the AppData folder is hidden by default, so you will need to make sure the Show Hidden Items option is checked.

Alright thank you !

[EmmaMethyst]

Amberbaum a écrit :

EmmaMethyst a écrit :

So I searched for Abigail in the mods folder and I found two subfolders from the Seasonal Cute Characters mod :
-Portrait images (fall, spring, summer, winter aindoor and winter outdoor)
-Sprites images (same names + "abigail nose")

Should I delete the seasonal outfits mod to check if there are still png images when searching "abigail", and if there is, should I delete them ?

Yes, please. You can still unpack the seasonal outfit after your search again.

EmmaMethyst a écrit :

And for the second solution you are proposing, would the action of deleting the Stardew Valley folder make me lose my save ? I'm not very familiar with Steam as I mostly play on swtich and PS5.

Anyway thank you so much for being so invested in my problem ! I am marrying Sophia soon and it would suck to do it without seeing her face :')

No problem.:lunar2019piginablanket:
99,9% of modern games (2007+) save their user option file and their save files in a different location precisely to avoid this problem if something needs to be reinstalled. Some games even use Steam's internal file system for games so those files are seperate too. SVD's files are saved under appdata. The folder is normally hidden so that a user who isn't particular PC savvy may not delete it, because they don't know what it is. You can make it visible via windows options so that it will be easier finding all your files of your games or you use the search field to naviagte to appdata.

https://www.lifewire.com/find-and-use-the-appdata-folder-in-windows-4771752

So no, deleting your game folder is super save. Please delete your game folder manually after you did a backup of Mods. Let Steam verify your game files. It will notice all the files being missing then it will download them. Install Smapi, make a test character to see if townies have their protrait. Copy back your mods from your backup in the mod folder. Then see what it does to your portraits. Report your findings so that we can continue working on this error. Also... no pressure from me. You do this when you have time. I get notified if someone posts in this Steam discussion.

Sidenote:

If you ever run into similar troubles or want to make a copy of your saves to transfer it somewhere else, yadda yadda then the SVE wiki is excellent for helping you. People who help with the wiki are very dedicatet and often modders who know the ins and out of the game.

https://www.stardewvalleywiki.com/Saves


A really small portion of indie games save their files in their game folders. Most of these developers use an easy to use engines and haven't instructed their game project to save somewhere else.

So I deleted the seasonal outfits mod and the only thing remaining in my "abigail" search is this json file :

https://imgur.com/a/MkAluuz

I guess it's from Stardew Valley Expanded, I shouldn't delete it right ?

No other png file so we're good. I'm going to backup my mod file and delete the SV file as you said and keep you updated !

[EmmaMethyst]

Also I've got a "save-backups" folder in my Stardew Valley folder, it should be useful to keep a copy of it right ?

[EmmaMethyst]

So I deleted the Stardew Valley folder, re-installed it, re-installed SMAPI, made a new vanilla test save and still... No portraits ! As if they never existed ! I'm turning crazy hahahaha

[EmmaMethyst]

OH MY GOD GUYS I'M SUCH AN IDIOT !!!
In my despair I searched online if there existed and option to desactivate the portraits... thinking maybe I might have changed it by mistake... Well I actually did !!! It's like in the first easiest accessible options of the game and I didn't even know it existed !!! All I had to do is tick that case again and the portraits came back...

I really thank you both for wasting your time on my idiot problem which wasn't really one...

[PichuYang]

EmmaMethyst a écrit :

It's like in the first easiest accessible options of the game and I didn't even know it existed !!! All I had to do is tick that case again and the portraits came back.

Do you mean the Options button at the bottom left on Main Menu? It was added by GMCM mod to help you manage majority of the mods, so you do not have to edit the text file on every mods.

[EmmaMethyst]

PichuYang a écrit :

EmmaMethyst a écrit :

It's like in the first easiest accessible options of the game and I didn't even know it existed !!! All I had to do is tick that case again and the portraits came back.

Do you mean the Options button at the bottom left on Main Menu? It was added by GMCM mod to help you manage majority of the mods, so you do not have to edit the text file on every mods.

Yes, this one ! Damn that's why I didn't know it existed in years playing stardew valley... Makes me feel a little bit less of a dumb ass, thank you !