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Resolved Character files not loading a character

Discussion in 'Starbound Support' started by Purian, Aug 1, 2016.

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  1. Purian

    Purian Space Hobo

    So I opened my Starbound after playing it the previous day to be greeted by four blank character slots. Panicking over my 50+ hour save and assuming I'd accidentally deleted, I looked through the files to find that my character save was still there... I think. The files highlighted in blue are what I assume are my character. The un-circled file was a test to see if I had found the right folder. As of now, the poor new guy is the only person in my characters list when I load the game. Is there any way to restore my character? After so much time, I'd be devastated to lose him. Screenshot_1.png
     
  2. Iris Blanche

    Iris Blanche Pudding Paradox Forum Moderator

    Please attach a copy of your starbound.log

    ~ Iris ~
     
  3. Purian

    Purian Space Hobo

    There are five of them. None of which are uploadable in their current state, and I don't want to tamper with them unless necessary. Screenshot_2.png
     
  4. Iris Blanche

    Iris Blanche Pudding Paradox Forum Moderator

    It's the file named "starbound" (file extensions are hidden on your machine) The .log.1-5 are backups of older logs but i need the actual one (the one without shown extension in your case :) )

    ~ Iris ~
     
  5. Purian

    Purian Space Hobo

    Alright, that makes sense.
     

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  6. Iris Blanche

    Iris Blanche Pudding Paradox Forum Moderator

    Could you provide the player file as well? (it is possible that you have to put it into a zip-file)

    ~ Iris ~
     
  7. Kulsius

    Kulsius Scruffy Nerf-Herder

    I'd say, copy whole folder (for backup), delete PLAYER file (you see that by type, i guess) and rename BAK1 to PLAYER filetype. In case anything goes wrong, you still have backup.

    edit: Nevermind me, Iris is here xD
     
  8. Purian

    Purian Space Hobo

    Here's the entire player folder. The test character I created is the one beginning with "a", all the other files are belonging to my original, inaccessible character.
     

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  9. Almaghast

    Almaghast Space Hobo

    I'm in the same situation as of 30 minutes ago
     
  10. Iris Blanche

    Iris Blanche Pudding Paradox Forum Moderator

    @Purian
    it seems that there were items in your hotbar which you threw in the trash slot resulting in storing them wrong in the player file. I attached a fixed version of your player file.

    @Almaghast
    Provide me your starbound.log and playerfile :)

    ~ Iris ~
     

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  11. Kulsius

    Kulsius Scruffy Nerf-Herder

    Soo... It should be noted NOT to trash away items from hotbar? This sound like serious gamebreaking bug to me :(
     
  12. Iris Blanche

    Iris Blanche Pudding Paradox Forum Moderator

    I can only assume that this was the cause because i removed the lines from the player file and then the character showed up.

    ~ Iris ~
     
  13. Kulsius

    Kulsius Scruffy Nerf-Herder

    You doing that with notepad or there is some sort of special app? :saywhat:
     
  14. Iris Blanche

    Iris Blanche Pudding Paradox Forum Moderator

    I used the dump_versioned_json to convert the player file into a json file. Then i edited it with notepad++ (with json plugin for syntax validation). After i finished editing i used make_versioned_json to convert the json file back to the player file. ^-^
    Both tools (dump and make) are located in the win32 folder. Linux and osx folders have them as well.

    ~ Iris ~
     
  15. Purian

    Purian Space Hobo

    Iris, you're a goddamn saint. My character is 100% back and working.
     
  16. Almaghast

    Almaghast Space Hobo

    That is the original player file, i tried something you suggested to someone else about fixing the meta data and it worked for me. My logs here if it helps you pin down a bug, otherwise I'm all set. Thanks for having our back, Iris!
     

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  17. Iris Blanche

    Iris Blanche Pudding Paradox Forum Moderator

    Your log seems fine. According to your playerfile you encountered the same bug like purian did. I attached a fixed version just in case ^^

    ~ Iris ~
     

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  18. Almaghast

    Almaghast Space Hobo

    Thanks!
     
  19. Maikik

    Maikik Void-Bound Voyager

    How did you fix the files? I think I'm having the same issue.
     
  20. Iris Blanche

    Iris Blanche Pudding Paradox Forum Moderator

    If you don't know how json works and/or don't know the syntax it's probably not a good idea to touch the file and better attach it so i can fix it.
    If you know what you're doing then search for "location" until you are in the hotbar part. There you may find { "trash" } or something like this. Replace it with null.

    ~ Iris ~
     
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