single player still broken after patch

[Skkratch]

Game is not saving. Lose everything each time you log. Have to restart and re-roll a new toon every time. ffs- srsly?!

[ƸӁƷ ♥Hot Lips♥ ƸӁƷ]

GreatEagle님이 먼저 게시:

ƸӁƷ ♥Hot Lips♥ ƸӁƷ님이 먼저 게시:

This does not work as i tried it and it still wants you to start at the beginning as a new game on single player.

I got my saved file stored away dated april 2021 but when i copy and paste it over it won't start from where i left off it want's me to start at the beginning.

so this suggestion is no good the developers should repair this game for single player mode but they are so slow at doing things.

I don't think this works for any old saved games. I think you need to delete your old saves and start over from the beginning for the game to work.

well this is going to pee a lot of people off from starting fresh sod that life is too short to be messed about with this i REFUSE to take any part in this game if this is how the devs treats it's dedicated players i will be putting in a VERY strong negative review so to warn others to keep well away from this game and not buy it as in my mind to have to start fresh again only means in my mind that the single player is broken as it won't load up saved files.

[Joey]

update 15.07. shipyard is still gone after restart in singleplayer

[Restrodude]

Joey님이 먼저 게시:

update 15.07. shipyard is still gone after restart in singleplayer

Yep just tried.

[Schooter64]

GreatEagle님이 먼저 게시:

ƸӁƷ ♥Hot Lips♥ ƸӁƷ님이 먼저 게시:

This does not work as i tried it and it still wants you to start at the beginning as a new game on single player.

I got my saved file stored away dated april 2021 but when i copy and paste it over it won't start from where i left off it want's me to start at the beginning.

so this suggestion is no good the developers should repair this game for single player mode but they are so slow at doing things.

I don't think this works for any old saved games. I think you need to delete your old saves and start over from the beginning for the game to work.

it does not work with new saves people think they know everything they dont

[PiszkosFred]

There is a little misunderstanding.

First of all, OLD savegame probably generated with the old 11x11 grid layout, of course that will not work with the new map/layout. In this case you must export the old map files from the SGE, then it will work.
I tried personally and worked:

For old save/old map:
- 1. copied back the saved data to the savedatlaslocal
- 2. edited the "lastgridcoord" file and insterted the ?version=1 to the end
- 3. Ran the SGE and exported the old 11x11 servergrid.json (check the file's date if you not sure which is which - the servergrid11x11.json with the date 2021.04.07. what you need)
- 4. exported all the map images (121 piece of small .png) too
- 5. exported the worldmap image too (one big .png).
- (worth to mention, the old save used .png format for the islands' and worldmap's images, so you need to export those as .png (or export as .jpg but convert them with any utility you use)
- 6. start atlas and enjoy.
- (make sure you backup everything at the very beginning!!)

In the SGE there is several map layouts (.json), a very old one (the standard 15x15 map from years before, thats the "OG"), the prepatch version (the "old" label in the picture - i talked about this in this comment) and the actual/current/"live" ("new" label in the picture) https://i.imgur.com/csUAELp.png

[PiszkosFred]

(of course, the old save game solution above will not resolve the problem of the disappearing shipyard, thats a job for the devs)

[ƸӁƷ ♥Hot Lips♥ ƸӁƷ]

PiszkosFred님이 먼저 게시:

(of course, the old save game solution above will not resolve the problem of the disappearing shipyard, thats a job for the devs)

you make it sound all so simple but not everyone is computer minded at data programming with that said if it is that easy why can't the devs release a small patch with this data in it that will convert your saved file and keep your shipyard.

seems they won't or can't which only means they are lazy to do it and save everyone's saved game and there progress within the game which has taken many months for some to build up.

this is the very first game i have ever known to destroy peoples saved games never had this trouble with ark when it was still in early access or any other game in 12 years i been a steam member.

[PiszkosFred]

ƸӁƷ ♥Hot Lips♥ ƸӁƷ님이 먼저 게시:

you make it sound all so simple but not everyone is computer minded at data programming with that said if it is that easy why can't the devs release a small patch with this data in it that will convert your saved file and keep your shipyard.

seems they won't or can't which only means they are lazy to do it and save everyone's saved game and there progress within the game which has taken many months for some to build up.

this is the very first game i have ever known to destroy peoples saved games never had this trouble with ark when it was still in early access or any other game in 12 years i been a steam member.

Youre right, of course. Solving the problems is not our job, we are the players and the costumers, who paid 20ish bucks for this crappy game. But if you like the game and the devs are lazy or slow, you should find any temporary available solutions.

In this season i have no time for official servers, so i played only in single player with friends and family. Of course, as everyone else, i lost my saved char and world too, and even after that, i had the "game not saving" game breaking bug.

I had luck. I know this game is sucks, and from technical aspect its buggy as hell, so i saved often and made tons of backup from my single progress, plus i played a little bit with the Server Grid Editor (SGE) before (made few custom worlds just for fun). This is why i could succesfully restore my old atlas map and my save game. Its not easy, but tbh its not difficult either, only a few clicks and you can continue. And the most important thing: this "export everything from SGE" method is the only way to continue your OLD save game, because the worldmap/grid layout is changed permanently in May.

[everynameisdumb]

GreatEagle님이 먼저 게시:

Blackout님이 먼저 게시:

Nope, broken since years.

Sorry but your wrong. I played the single player game before the last 2 patches and had no issues other than a few very minor bugs and I really enjoyed it a lot so as far as I can see it has not been broken for years.

Apparently you were playing the wrong game then, or fixed it yourself. I can count on 1 hand how many people say it works. You just showing up like no you're wrong and so is the other 5,000 people is just hilarious and sad at the same time. Troll somewhere else.

[gerald2]

everynameisdumb님이 먼저 게시:

GreatEagle님이 먼저 게시:

Sorry but your wrong. I played the single player game before the last 2 patches and had no issues other than a few very minor bugs and I really enjoyed it a lot so as far as I can see it has not been broken for years.

Apparently you were playing the wrong game then, or fixed it yourself. I can count on 1 hand how many people say it works. You just showing up like no you're wrong and so is the other 5,000 people is just hilarious and sad at the same time. Troll somewhere else.

tbh it worked fine for me ,but it was kinda 3-4 months ago,i reinstalled and tried it now and its unplayable bugged ♥♥♥♥.

[Scourn]

ƸӁƷ ♥Hot Lips♥ ƸӁƷ님이 먼저 게시:

PiszkosFred님이 먼저 게시:

(of course, the old save game solution above will not resolve the problem of the disappearing shipyard, thats a job for the devs)

you make it sound all so simple but not everyone is computer minded at data programming with that said if it is that easy why can't the devs release a small patch with this data in it that will convert your saved file and keep your shipyard.

seems they won't or can't which only means they are lazy to do it and save everyone's saved game and there progress within the game which has taken many months for some to build up.

this is the very first game i have ever known to destroy peoples saved games never had this trouble with ark when it was still in early access or any other game in 12 years i been a steam member.

Wildcard runs both games do not let the name Grapeshot fool you. Same building in washington, same studio and same owners. The reason you see this happening is because of priorities. Atlas is a failed product compared to Ark. It sold far less copies and probably dried up financially long ago hence why there was ZERO updates on atlas for almost a year then some new "team" all of a sudden is working on it. Ark is a cash cow product and has been said so by the owners of wildcard many times over. Wildcard is all hands on deck working on Ark 2 and their spinoff cartoon. Dollie used to be the community manager for Atlas shes now running live ops for Ark and Ark 2. This game has a skeleton crew of a couple of low paid , low grade developers (probably interns) working on atlas hence why its a trainwreck and not updated. Hell these idiots cannot even communicate properly in their discord or forums.

[The Giving One]

ƸӁƷ ♥Hot Lips♥ ƸӁƷ님이 먼저 게시:

you make it sound all so simple but not everyone is computer minded at data programming with that said if it is that easy why can't the devs release a small patch with this data in it that will convert your saved file and keep your shipyard.

I suggested this earlier, but the thread is longer so it might be getting missed, but you can use Snapping Shipyards from the Workshop, place the shipyard, assemble the planks only on your ship that you will build, then release it, and then pick back up the shipyard and keep it in your inventory. No more worries with disappearing shipyards with ships being built in them.

That's the great thing about that mod.......you can pick the shipyard up anytime you want.

No, it's not perfect, and has the limitation of having to release the ship early, but it's just a work around that we can do until they (hopefully) fix these bugs.

[PiszkosFred]

The Giving One님이 먼저 게시:

I suggested this earlier, but the thread is longer so it might be getting missed, but you can use Snapping Shipyards from the Workshop, place the shipyard, assemble the planks only on your ship that you will build, then release it, and then pick back up the shipyard and keep it in your inventory. No more worries with disappearing shipyards with ships being built in them.

That's the great thing about that mod.......you can pick the shipyard up anytime you want.

No, it's not perfect, and has the limitation of having to release the ship early, but it's just a work around that we can do until they (hopefully) fix these bugs.

I tried that mod earlier and indeed, worked like a charm. BUT, worth to mention, after you put down a nice 100+ quality shipyard (no matter what "color" or "stat"), when you pick it up, you will have a only a standard with 100% quality, not the previous one. So yes, you can save that shipyard and reuse later, but you will lose the shipyard's extra quality. IMHO be careful, save the best plans/shipyard until the fix, use only the standard or low quality (100-120%) instead.

[The Giving One]

PiszkosFred님이 먼저 게시:

I tried that mod earlier and indeed, worked like a charm. BUT, worth to mention, after you put down a nice 100+ quality shipyard (no matter what "color" or "stat"), when you pick it up, you will have a only a standard with 100% quality, not the previous one. So yes, you can save that shipyard and reuse later, but you will lose the shipyard's extra quality. IMHO be careful, save the best plans/shipyard until the fix, use only the standard or low quality (100-120%) instead.

Thank you for adding that, as that is important to take note of, and thanks for helping out in this thread and others here. I appreciate that very much.

EDIT.........

Oh, almost forgot to add, that far as I know, the mod has not been updated for the newest advanced shipyard to build the ramming ship. It covers ships up to Galleon, unless the mod author has updated it by now. Just a heads up.

[GreatEagle]

Schooter64님이 먼저 게시:

GreatEagle님이 먼저 게시:

I don't think this works for any old saved games. I think you need to delete your old saves and start over from the beginning for the game to work.

it does not work with new saves people think they know everything they dont

I am currently playing now and my game saves every time I log off. When I log on the next day I start right where I logged off.