Islands Resetting

[Magusverborum]

Hi I'm getting a bug(?) I'm playing as the standard kingdom skin and whenever I go to return to a previous island all of my buildings are reset to the point that all the trees have grown back and I have an unlit campfire again. I'm pretty sure I can beat the campaign anyway BUT would love to let the devs know so they can fix it.

[Wicked™]

I have the same problem, i just returned to island 1 after leaving island 3 and it was like a completly new game start. even the griffin was falling from the sky as i was walking by on my own griffin. and the "kingdom" letters with the crumbling crowns were there again. This kinda ruined it for me :(

[Malidictus]

I had a similar issue under slightly different circumstances. I returned to my First Island and it was fine. I died the very night I came back - lost my crown like an idiot. Island 1 never reset. It just decayed. Island 2, however, DID reset. Castle's gone, trees are back and - crucially - gem chests can be opened again. I have an extra 6 gems in my game now.

[Magusverborum]

Update: Still scraping by, but my first time back on island 2 everything was in the 'ruin' state so I really can't tell what makes an island reset or no. :/

[Malidictus]

Originally posted by Magusverborum:

Update: Still scraping by, but my first time back on island 2 everything was in the 'ruin' state so I really can't tell what makes an island reset or no. :/

If it's in the "ruin" state then that's not a reset. The island has simply decayed. Towers will crumble to just foundations and citizens will lose their tools the longer you're away from an island. If the island "resets," no buildings will be present on the island. In my case, the island completely reset - the geography changed. This suggests that the game either lost or couldn't read the island save file, so it generated a new island.

The game doesn't appear to have any sort of safeguard for this happening built in. I lost my second island entirely, but I kept all of the Gems, all of the unlocks and the stone mine, even though I hadn't interacted with any of these. This tells me that "unlock states" and "gems" are saved independently and no attempt is made to match them against island structures.

Customer Support had me send in my save files (they're under %appdata%\..\LocalLow\noio), so I had a brief root around while I was there. I'm seeing a lot of null pointer exceptions in the log files, but it's entirely possible that's by design. I also found out that each island has its own separate save file, so I can track the date of last update of each island. I suspect the game loads them in by hard-coded name convention, which might explain why we only have three save slots, rather than "as many as we want." Can't really tell.

Long story short - contact Customer Support. This is an actual bug.

[Magusverborum]

Originally posted by Malidictus:

Originally posted by Magusverborum:

Update: Still scraping by, but my first time back on island 2 everything was in the 'ruin' state so I really can't tell what makes an island reset or no. :/

If it's in the "ruin" state then that's not a reset. The island has simply decayed. Towers will crumble to just foundations and citizens will lose their tools the longer you're away from an island. If the island "resets," no buildings will be present on the island. In my case, the island completely reset - the geography changed. This suggests that the game either lost or couldn't read the island save file, so it generated a new island.

The game doesn't appear to have any sort of safeguard for this happening built in. I lost my second island entirely, but I kept all of the Gems, all of the unlocks and the stone mine, even though I hadn't interacted with any of these. This tells me that "unlock states" and "gems" are saved independently and no attempt is made to match them against island structures.

Customer Support had me send in my save files (they're under %appdata%\..\LocalLow\noio), so I had a brief root around while I was there. I'm seeing a lot of null pointer exceptions in the log files, but it's entirely possible that's by design. I also found out that each island has its own separate save file, so I can track the date of last update of each island. I suspect the game loads them in by hard-coded name convention, which might explain why we only have three save slots, rather than "as many as we want." Can't really tell.

Long story short - contact Customer Support. This is an actual bug.

Don't worry I've played enough of this game to have beaten it multiple times, I just find it strange that some of the islands I returned to were reset and others were in ruins. I suspect it might have something to do with the more randomised island elements and however the devs have implemented that. I'll send a ticket to customer support to have a chat.

[Iggnuz]

Hey there! We would really appreciate if you could report this bug to the Raw Fury support desk! Please describe in detail what's happening, and provide screenshots/video and a copy of your save file if possible. https://rawfury.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/1

That would be really helpful for when we investigate this bug!

[Magusverborum]

Originally posted by Iggnuz:

Hey there! We would really appreciate if you could report this bug to the Raw Fury support desk! Please describe in detail what's happening, and provide screenshots/video and a copy of your save file if possible. https://rawfury.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/1

That would be really helpful for when we investigate this bug!

Can do Iggnuz, thanks for the response and good luck bug hunting!

[PantZman]

I was just about to clear the last portal/cave on my 2 last islands.... I went to one of them and it had reset... But ofcourse the difficulty from the amount of days had NOT and there is no chance to get propper defences up until the lemming train arrives.
This is the 2nd time it has happend since the update. And ofcourse it happens just as I am about to finish the game.

[loganjamesalex]

I got this same bug in co-op caused us to lose :( I travelled back to island one from island two to get the griffin and things were normal, but when we travelled from island one back to island two everything was reset, none of our buildings or walls or people were still there as if it was a new island. Then we respawned instantly on island one and it was reset completely as well no buildings or walls or people from our previous life.

Additional notes: after respawning on island one everything we had purchased with gems was still purchased despite the island resetting. When we got to island two it was in the post-reset state we had died at the first time with our 3-4 walls and the people we left behind like normal. However all the gem chests respawned giving me five gems that I had already spent and I was completely unable to purchase the hermit, the hollow gems/coins simply did not appear above the hut as if it was already gone.

we are on the medieval setting

[Cedryll]

Can confirm, same happened to me a couple of times now.

[Mojo]

same happened here and when i was on island 4 my commanders got killed by winter boar and i couldnt summon them again which i just needed attack one more to unlock whole island so i came back to island 3 and i saw whole island 3 is gone and i really spent much time on it even that i just play after work so i wanted to know it will be fixed?i need wait?becuase i really love this game but with this annoying bugs i really feel like im doing the same things over and over

[Darkstar]

Originally posted by Wicked™:

I have the same problem, i just returned to island 1 after leaving island 3 and it was like a completly new game start. even the griffin was falling from the sky as i was walking by on my own griffin. and the "kingdom" letters with the crumbling crowns were there again. This kinda ruined it for me :(

Same, died on three and one was completely reset when i respawned, including the logo. Only difference is that i was playing it on my Switch at the time, so worth noting that it's affecting multiple platforms I guess.

[SilfenPaths]

I had the same problem. Was on island 5. Travelled to island 1. Everything had reset - trees grown back, no trace of buildings whatsoever (not even stumps). It was exactly as if never visited the island before. I checked on the map and my unlocks were still showing.

I tried reloading my previous save from the dock at island 5. Travelled to island 1. This time it was also reset but the geography was different - the camp was in a different location in relation to the boat etc.

[Malidictus]

Originally posted by SilfenPaths:

I tried reloading my previous save from the dock at island 5. Travelled to island 1. This time it was also reset but the geography was different - the camp was in a different location in relation to the boat etc.

I'll bet you this was the case the first time Island 1 "reset" on you. The islands don't return to a previous state in my experience. It directly rerolls. As far as I can tell, the game fails to load your old island save file for some reason, concludes it doesn't exist and rolls a new save file, instead.

It's also important to note that upgrades and gems don't reference the island they were sourced from. They're saved directly into the save slot. If you have a Hermit or Mount or Statue unlocked, you have it unlocked for the save slot. If the island where you picked up the gems resets, you get extra gems because the game has no means of tracking which gems you got from what island..

The island reset bug is annoying, but it can also give you a LOT of extra gems for the above reason.

[Slava Ukraini]

Same here, whenever I travel back to Island 1, everything is reset and gone and starting like a completely new game. Even the first letters KINGDOM are back.