Creative Mode issue? Inventory broken, everything lost, Level reset

[Wettnoodle]

I'll begin with saying I'm playing using the Darkness Falls Mod and this is the first time I've had this issue ever, even though I've been playing with the mod with no issues in normal mode.

So I created a random world and activated creative mode to mess around, build things, etc. Picked out all the gear I wanted, vehicles, things to build with all from the creative menu. Played for multiple hours, everything working fine. Built a cool base, no problems. Then I get done for the day, log out. Come back the next day, log back in and my inventory I had is gone, my tool belt is completely empty, my character is back to level 1 and with half stats, 50 instead of 100 on health and stamina. However, the base I built and anything I stored in boxes is all still there and I can move it into my inventory. So no problem, I can get everything I had back. However, my biggest issue is my inventory (backpack) is broken. So anything I put in my backpack doesn't register as me having it. i.e. - I can put a pistol on my tool belt, and pull it out. I'll have 600 9mm ammo in my backpack and it shows I have 0. I can move that 600 ammo to my tool belt and the gun now shows I have 600 ammo. So my back pack is completely broken. Everything will only loot to my tool belt and I have to move anything in my backpack manually by clicking and dragging only. shift clicking will put items in tool belt and when my tool belt is filled up. It will say my inventory is full even though nothing is in my backpack.

Is this a creative mode issue? As in you're only good to play till your done and then you can't come back? This is the only time I've ever had problems. When I play with friends and don't use creative mode, we come and go freely with no issues like this. I can also say that I've tried this twice now, with persistent profiles on and off. In the settings for the server it's even set to drop nothing on logout. Although with that said, my character is still resetting randomly and my health and stamina also halved.

 

Any insight would be appreciated. I've tried to google my issue and only found one post somewhere that mentioned the same issue a year or two ago, but the only reply it had didn't really provide anything. Even looking through the log shows nothing in red and I tried googling the only line that's in yellow, but that line seems to be in everyone's log regardless of issue.

[meganoth]

Nothing to do with creative mode. Most likely explanation is that your savegame is broken. First try to delete your player data (in the directory Players in the savegame) and if that doesn't help search your logfile for errors (except shader errors)

 

[Jugginator]

Yeah I would look at the log file for sure after reproducing the load that breaks the character, something in your inventory is broken that you add which is causing it. Maybe there's a part of darkness falls that is causing it.

[BFT2020]

Khaine made some changes to the backpack with his mod, you have an item at the start that unlocks the full backpack.  If your save game was messed up, then it probably messed up the backpack portion which is why you are having issues with it.  You might just have to restart a new game at this point.

[Wettnoodle]

@meganoth Thank you. I was able to locate and delete the player files and then rejoin the game as a new player and it seems to be working fine now. Luckily I had unlocked everything during my first play through when things were fine

[Arez]

On 9/29/2023 at 8:16 AM, Jugginator said:

Yeah I would look at the log file for sure after reproducing the load that breaks the character, something in your inventory is broken that you add which is causing it. Maybe there's a part of darkness falls that is causing it.

I think I might have the same problem. 

I was testing out the OCB Leveling Tool, which allows you to make the surrounding terrain go flush with blocks that you put in the ground, and for some reason I wanted to see if the ground would still be flush if I was to remove the mod from my Mods folder. Well, when I logged back in I saw that the terrain remained flush but all my player data got wiped. No matter which save I open, I'm reset. 

 

Is there anything I can do about this?

[Jugginator]

On 1/10/2024 at 2:06 AM, Arez said:

I think I might have the same problem. 

I was testing out the OCB Leveling Tool, which allows you to make the surrounding terrain go flush with blocks that you put in the ground, and for some reason I wanted to see if the ground would still be flush if I was to remove the mod from my Mods folder. Well, when I logged back in I saw that the terrain remained flush but all my player data got wiped. No matter which save I open, I'm reset. 

 

Is there anything I can do about this?

 

As of now, it's very risky to delete a mod that adds an item like that, indeed. Other than adding the mod back, I don't know of any solutions to fix it. If you can get on with the mod on your save, throw away the tool and make sure it's despawned before exiting/removing the mod (good to make sure that NONE of the tools exist in the world before doing that).

[Arez]

1 hour ago, Jugginator said:

If you can get on with the mod on your save, throw away the tool and make sure it's despawned before exiting/removing the mod (good to make sure that NONE of the tools exist in the world before doing that).

I did remove the mod a second time later that night but I never spawned it in so it didn't affect anything. 

Also, putting the mod back didn't restore my player data, and what's odd is that it wiped the player data for an unrelated save. 

Though I did find out last night that not all of my saves were affected. I loaded into a different one and everything was there. Weird.

[Jugginator]

Weird. Yeah player data with this game is pretty massive/relies on everything being exactly what it's needed/expected to be, so weird things can happen.