Save file is gone.

[iiKelly]

Hey guys, I was wondering if someone could please help me. I loaded Stardew Valley not too long ago, went to "load", and it says "no saved games found". I should add that I haven't done any modding whatsoever, and haven't touched the files at all. Also my save file is still located in %AppData% > Roaming > StardewValley. So it's there somewhere, just not linked to the game directly, if you get what I mean. If anyone could please help me I'd highly appreciate it. Thank you.

( Also I have tried deleting my files without "_old" on the end and removing "_old" from the other files remaining as a person kindly suggested, but that did not work. )

[screaming irl]

I am having this problem as well. Last time I played was on the computer I am using right now, about a day ago, and now all my save files are gone. I need a fix or I will have to start from literally nothing...

[iiKelly]

Hi there Talon, I was able to sort out my problem so I will tell you how I did it! Go to these files:

C: > Users > YourUser (your account name on your computer) > AppData > Roaming > Stardew Valley > Saves > yourcharactername_numbers

Here you should see four files.
- yourcharactername_numbers
- yourcharactername_numbers_old
- SaveGameInfo
- SaveGameInfo_old.

Okay so before you do anything back up your files. Copy and paste them all to your documents or somewhere you can find them just in case this doesn't work, although it should.

First thing you want to do is open yourcharactername_numbers in notepad. There should be a ton of coding in there, and if so, your save file isn't corrupted thankfully. It's just the loading screen that's the issue.

If you only have one save file on Stardew Valley, you need to create a new character. Make one randomly, you won't be using this file for long. Once the new file has been created, exit the game. If you go back to AppData > Roaming > Stardew Valley > Saves. You should now see two save files. You have to copy the SaveGameInfo file from your new character, and delete the old SaveGameInfo file from your old character. Replace the SaveGameInfo file with the new file. Do NOT delete "savegameinfo_old", leave those files alone.

Launch Stardew Valley. When you press load you should see two files that look exactly the same. (Two "duplicates" of you new character file.) This is normal! Load the first file, and you will be playing on your save file. You want to play a whole day ingame and go to sleep in order to save the game. Exit the game, relaunch to go to the main menu, and then click load. You should see your save file has been restored on the menu. If you can access your save file again then you can delete the new save file you have created before as its not needed anymore.

If you have any concerns / questions, please ask me! I'd be happy to help, but I hope this method works.

[Lando]

I finished up a day and all was going fine. Suddenely, my computer says "Sardew Valley has stopped working" AS IT WAS SAVING. I tried everything you listed above but I could only get up to the "AppData" part. there was no "Roaming" file. Please, can you help me?

[Lando]

Please help asap

[iiKelly]

Originally posted by Dando_The_Tree:

I finished up a day and all was going fine. Suddenely, my computer says "Sardew Valley has stopped working" AS IT WAS SAVING. I tried everything you listed above but I could only get up to the "AppData" part. there was no "Roaming" file. Please, can you help me?

Can you please answer a few questions for me? I'll try my best to help you but I just need to know a few things first. ^^
First of all, if you access AppData there should be a file called "Roaming". Can you please tell me which files show when you go into AppData? Also can you please tell me each stage you went into in order to reach the AppData file in the first place?
Also when your computer said "Stardew Valley has stopped working", did it just freeze and close? Did it crash? Can you still access your save file even if you go onto Load on the Main Menu?

[Lando]

It froze and closed out the game, and when I access the Load menu, ir reads "no save files found". I actually don't have a folder called AppData. I went to C:, then users, YourUser, then it took me to screen full of folders, none called AppData. There WAS one called Roaming, but it was empty. Thanks for your efforts. I really apreciate all this

[screaming irl]

Originally posted by Dando_The_Tree:

It froze and closed out the game, and when I access the Load menu, ir reads "no save files found". I actually don't have a folder called AppData. I went to C:, then users, YourUser, then it took me to screen full of folders, none called AppData. There WAS one called Roaming, but it was empty. Thanks for your efforts. I really apreciate all this

Press the windows key + R, then type %appdata% - that's where you will find roaming.

After searching for solutions online for a while, I ended up finding my saves in appdata like you said (nothing was corrupted thankfully) but the game wasn't detecting them. Ended up moving my steam folder into a different drive, and now it recognizes my saves again. Very strange. I will definitely be backing up my saves often from now on as a precaution.

[Lando]

Okay Talon, I was able to find (in roaming) a folder called "Stardew Valley Saves" I found 4 files. what exactly do I do to extract my save and load it up again? Thanks so much.

[Lando]

(btw, awesome profile pic)

[screaming irl]

Originally posted by iiKelly:

First thing you want to do is open yourcharactername_numbers in notepad. There should be a ton of coding in there, and if so, your save file isn't corrupted thankfully. It's just the loading screen that's the issue.

If you only have one save file on Stardew Valley, you need to create a new character. Make one randomly, you won't be using this file for long. Once the new file has been created, exit the game. If you go back to AppData > Roaming > Stardew Valley > Saves. You should now see two save files. You have to copy the SaveGameInfo file from your new character, and delete the old SaveGameInfo file from your old character. Replace the SaveGameInfo file with the new file. Do NOT delete "savegameinfo_old", leave those files alone.

Launch Stardew Valley. When you press load you should see two files that look exactly the same. (Two "duplicates" of you new character file.) This is normal! Load the first file, and you will be playing on your save file. You want to play a whole day ingame and go to sleep in order to save the game. Exit the game, relaunch to go to the main menu, and then click load. You should see your save file has been restored on the menu. If you can access your save file again then you can delete the new save file you have created before as its not needed anymore.

Originally posted by Dando_The_Tree:

Okay Talon, I was able to find (in roaming) a folder called "Stardew Valley Saves" I found 4 files. what exactly do I do to extract my save and load it up again? Thanks so much.

See the quoted message above (: Back up ALL files before you move or delete ANYTHING, just in case something gets messed up.

[Lando]

Originally posted by Talon:

Originally posted by iiKelly:

First thing you want to do is open yourcharactername_numbers in notepad. There should be a ton of coding in there, and if so, your save file isn't corrupted thankfully. It's just the loading screen that's the issue.

If you only have one save file on Stardew Valley, you need to create a new character. Make one randomly, you won't be using this file for long. Once the new file has been created, exit the game. If you go back to AppData > Roaming > Stardew Valley > Saves. You should now see two save files. You have to copy the SaveGameInfo file from your new character, and delete the old SaveGameInfo file from your old character. Replace the SaveGameInfo file with the new file. Do NOT delete "savegameinfo_old", leave those files alone.

Launch Stardew Valley. When you press load you should see two files that look exactly the same. (Two "duplicates" of you new character file.) This is normal! Load the first file, and you will be playing on your save file. You want to play a whole day ingame and go to sleep in order to save the game. Exit the game, relaunch to go to the main menu, and then click load. You should see your save file has been restored on the menu. If you can access your save file again then you can delete the new save file you have created before as its not needed anymore.

Originally posted by Dando_The_Tree:

Okay Talon, I was able to find (in roaming) a folder called "Stardew Valley Saves" I found 4 files. what exactly do I do to extract my save and load it up again? Thanks so much.

See the quoted message above (: Back up ALL files before you move or delete ANYTHING, just in case something gets messed up.

Sorry for the trouble, but can you explain a little more about what you mean by "copy the SaveGameInfo file from your new character, and delete the old SaveGameInfo file from your old character"? That's be great, thanks.

[iiKelly]

Originally posted by Dando_The_Tree:

Originally posted by Talon:

See the quoted message above (: Back up ALL files before you move or delete ANYTHING, just in case something gets messed up.

Sorry for the trouble, but can you explain a little more about what you mean by "copy the SaveGameInfo file from your new character, and delete the old SaveGameInfo file from your old character"? That's be great, thanks.

Sorry I couldn't get back sooner, thanks Talon for helping in my place in the mean time!

So when you go to AppData > Roaming > Stardew Valley > Saves you will two folders after you have created your new character. One of these files is your old save file, whereas one is the file of your new character. If you click the folder for the character you have just created, you should see a file called "SaveGameInfo". Copy this file. Then go back to your main save file which you are trying to fix. Delete the file "SaveGameInfo" in this folder. Here you would click "paste" in order to place the new SaveGameInfo file into your main save file folder. I hope this helps! But if not I can find a way to maybe upload a screenshot of what I mean.

[Lando]

I'VE GOT THE TWO SAVE FILES! I PLAYED A DAY. Nothing changed. my file wasn't restored. Is there something I'm missing? Almost there. Just a bit more and then I won't need to bother you anymore. Won't that be great?

[screaming irl]

Did you do exactly what they said? Copy SaveGameInfo from your new file into the one that you need to restore (after deleting the SaveGameInfo from the folder). Load up the game and there should be two of the same file (one with more time played of course)

[Lando]

Yep, been there, done that. I've got my files all arranged correctly, but something seems t obe holding the file back from reseting