I reload my game only to appear dead

[Kyle2k10]

I understand that it is an early access game, bugs are to be expected, but the one I report below is intolerable.

First of all, inform that I never save a game in battle or in a place where there is conflict, only when I make sure I'm safe (looking 360 degrees) and there is no enemies nearby.

The issue: on several occasions, I reload a saved game only to die at the hands of some enemy (human or not) spawned out of nowhere that kills me during the loading screen itself. When the loading is complete, I start the session already dead.

Before someone ask, checking the game files did not show any problem.

I've already lost two entire games due to this bug, one on the 10th and the other on the 9th.

This bug occurs often, but almost every time I manage to get around trying several reloading attempts. Eventually I manage to respawn back at my base and with my inventory preserved. But in the two situations mentioned where the bug persisted I ended up losing 2 entire games.

In these 2 cases mentioned, choosing to revive (losing all my hard-earned inventory) did nothing: the map reload was incomplete, just loading the map's terrain, with absolutely nothing to interact with.

The reported problem would not be gamebreaking if the game had a minimally decent save system, where the player could save their progress in more than one slot for backup. Or at least if the game generated an autosave from time to time.

What can I do to solve this issue?

[NativeOne]

Never 'revive' ..
(it generates and auto save that can be glitzy from that point of play)

Quit out totally -go back to desktop and then restart the game ..
(load your last save point)

i always save back up copies of Days to a named folder ..
(just in case)

~any time you have a glitch quit to desktop then reload last save

[Skeleton Society]

One thing I learned playing Mist...literally save before doing anything and never revive. Always reload last save as said above.

[Mnt2BAl1]

And be careful where you save, the baddies will re spawn and if you saved in their area You Die.

[subs7827]

It's best to save either in a safe room or off the ground, by safe I mean a room that didn't have infected in there. I once saved in the generator room at the gas station across from the Motel, when I logged back, in the roaming infected in there ate my brains before everything loaded in.

[Geauxboy]

Sounds like he saved in an area close to bandits.

[slayerofgods]

It sounds like you tried to save your game too close to an enemy location. They will kill you as they load before the player. Once killed you will have to revive someplace. Many people who revive come back in zone 1, terrain only. From there you would need to teleport back to zone zero. then continue the game.

never save within sight of enemy locations, Even if they are all dead, they will respawn on the new load.

[Kyle2k10]

Originally posted by NativeOne:

Never 'revive' ..
(it generates and auto save that can be glitzy from that point of play)

Quit out totally -go back to desktop and then restart the game ..
(load your last save point)

i always save back up copies of Days to a named folder ..
(just in case)

~any time you have a glitch quit to desktop then reload last save

Native, I already done that several times (quit and restart the game) for no avail in that particullary cases.

But I like your backup folder solution. Can you give me more details, please?

[Kyle2k10]

Originally posted by Geauxboy:

Sounds like he saved in an area close to bandits.

Yes, I think I did in (only) one of those 2 games, but I already killed the bandits and the camp was cleared.

[Geauxboy]

Originally posted by Kyle2k10:

Originally posted by Geauxboy:

Sounds like he saved in an area close to bandits.

Yes, I think I did in (only) one of those 2 games, but I already killed the bandits and the camp was cleared.

That doesn't matter. The bandits respawn on every reload of the save. Even the bandit base with the flag.

And just in case you don't know this yet, but saving out in the open when there is no mist does not mean you're safe there too. The game can reload right smack in the middle of a mist.

Until you get more familiar with the quirks of this game, best you save in your base. You could save in other empty buildings, but be sure it's not near a bear spawn point in case the building doesn't load fast enough.

[Kyle2k10]

Originally posted by Geauxboy:

Originally posted by Kyle2k10:

Yes, I think I did in (only) one of those 2 games, but I already killed the bandits and the camp was cleared.

That doesn't matter. The bandits respawn on every reload of the save. Even the bandit base with the flag.

And just in case you don't know this yet, but saving out in the open when there is no mist does not mean you're safe there too. The game can reload right smack in the middle of a mist.

Until you get more familiar with the quirks of this game, best you save in your base. You could save in other empty buildings, but be sure it's not near a bear spawn point in case the building doesn't load fast enough.

You're right and I found out everything you said in the worst way possible, losing entire two games.

That said, this problem needs to be fixed ASAP, improving the save system and creating an autosave when passing through some pre-determined checkpoints.

[Geauxboy]

Originally posted by Kyle2k10:

Originally posted by Geauxboy:

That doesn't matter. The bandits respawn on every reload of the save. Even the bandit base with the flag.

And just in case you don't know this yet, but saving out in the open when there is no mist does not mean you're safe there too. The game can reload right smack in the middle of a mist.

Until you get more familiar with the quirks of this game, best you save in your base. You could save in other empty buildings, but be sure it's not near a bear spawn point in case the building doesn't load fast enough.

You're right and I found out everything you said in the worst way possible, losing entire two games.

That said, this problem needs to be fixed ASAP, improving the save system and creating an autosave when passing through some pre-determined checkpoints.

Auto save used to be in the game, but with the current (and past) state of the game, it was unanimously asked to disable the auto save.

Saving in a drivable vehicle was buggy as all get out (still not advisable). So if the game auto saved, you could lose that whole save if you didn't get out and save again.

Saving in the middle of a bandit base battle was also a big problem (as you have learned).

So many other examples of why auto save was not good for this game, but I guess you get the picture.

[Kyle2k10]

I assume I'm talking to the game's dev itself, am I correct?

Yes, I get the picture and understand, but in order to mitigate the problem I think it is imperative to improve the game save system, to allow the players to save their progress in more than a single slot.

Thanks for your reply.

[slayerofgods]

I think most would be against auto saves.
The game is working as intended. Infected and bandits respawn every game. That becomes the way for more (but limited) supplies to be found.

Always save in a safe location. If you must save outside of your base, try to find a way to get up on something so you are not on the ground. Like the first landing of a tower that has a ladder.

[NativeOne]

search brought this up about how to save your game progress ..

**(just remember you have to unHide your user folder to find it)
**(BUT ABOVE ALL **RE-HIDE** THE USER FOLDER BACK TO HIDDEN**)
THIS IS IMPORTANT**

https://steamcommunity.com/app/914620/discussions/0/1739968490553128240/

[Geauxboy]

I still avoid saving anywhere but on solid ground as there used to be a problem where you would fall to your death before the building would load in.