[Known Issue] Terrain Rewriting (MD5 Issue)

[N1knukem]

XB1 MD5 Glitch v1.0.10.0

 

Glitch occurred 19th February 2017 shortly after midnight (MST).

 

Survival SP

Navezgame

Adventurer

Never Run

Normal

18 hours

 

Character : Grace

 

Day 14...

 

My base was setup on the roof of the PASS N GAS north west of DIERSVILLE, my mining area was just a little further north up the road. The mine area is untouched, no glitches occurred. However the base is gone! All my supplies, stores, equipment, my minibike was parked out back and was replaced with the broken car and a rickety fence as per day 1.

 

I quit immediately upon discovering the error, reloaded, and you guessed it... the base is still gone.

 

I played for another half hour, trying to re-establish myself, but it is truly disheartening to try to rebuild with no supplies and no food and 6 hours from a blood moon.

 

I truly hope you guys can figure this out, soon.

 

N1knukem

[N1knukem]

Thinking back... It happened before.

 

After reading a few other posts on this forum I decided that my very first game also suffered the MD5 error. Being a newbie I fumbled my way through the game, lots of mistakes, the biggest being my mining efforts. I did a massive open pit concept !!! My base of operations was the Shamway Foods building on the eastern side of the Navezgane Map, and my excavation was north east of the building into the big hill. I opened up a huge hole and strip mined layers and layers down and down. Then I noticed that the grass, cotton plants etc suddenly reappeared floating in the air above where the excavated ground used to be. I didn't realize that this was an issue at the time, and it really didn't affect my game play. But it probably was the MD5 glitch happening, resetting the terrain to Day 1.

 

N1knukem

[N1knukem]

Time Stamp

 

Glitch occurred 19th February 2017 shortly after midnight (MST).

 

I just checked the save game file and it is time stamped ... 9/1/2014, not 2/19/2017

 

Significant?

 

N1knukem

[Clare]

After reading a few other posts on this forum I decided that my very first game also suffered the MD5 error. Being a newbie I fumbled my way through the game, lots of mistakes, the biggest being my mining efforts. I did a massive open pit concept !!! My base of operations was the Shamway Foods building on the eastern side of the Navezgane Map, and my excavation was north east of the building into the big hill. I opened up a huge hole and strip mined layers and layers down and down. Then I noticed that the grass, cotton plants etc suddenly reappeared floating in the air above where the excavated ground used to be. I didn't realize that this was an issue at the time, and it really didn't affect my game play. But it probably was the MD5 glitch happening, resetting the terrain to Day 1.

 

N1knukem

 

Oh wow, that's really interesting that you were able to see that, thank you for the info you've provided!

[N1knukem]

And so it continues... another terrain glitch

 

So once again, I restarted in Navezgane... (same rules, same character as above).

 

I chose to stay away from the buildings in the game, and decided to build my own "shack" and set down the building blocks on the road west of WORKING STIFF TOOLS, just before the bridge. I built a modest little wooden home, fitted it out with the usual. With it being a small footprint to fit within the width of the road so that the terrain would not need to be refreshed with new debris, greenery, trees, cars, etc, it got very crowded in y little hovel.

 

Next to it, I built a mine entrance and proceeded to dig down at an angle until I hit the resources I needed.

 

I hunted, gathered and explored in all the usual places and made it as far as 10am-ish on day 6 before I encountered ANOTHER GLITCH <sigh>.

 

It occurred in the same place as my second game, at the PASS N GAS north of WORKING STIFF TOOLS and the FARM.

 

This time however... it was very different. A "football field" size area was leveled to about a quarter or a half a block below the normal level of the ground / road I was travelling north on. It levelled all the terrain, some of the building, the far north end was still there and I could see the dead guy on the roof at the very north end of the PASS N GAS. The two gas pumps were still there too. However the rest of the building and the yard and some of the clay terrain adjacent to the south were gone. Very gone! I stepped across the threshold onto the "football field" and it froze for a second or so while it processed the error. I managed to jump back into the good terrain and carry on, but of course I was intrigued and attempted to enter again. Again it froze for a second.

 

I decided it was time to cease and desist, I quit the game and it took a long time for it to spool the save game, so I hit the power button.

 

I restarted my XB1. The save game date was correct, it did not revert to 2014 like the previous two.

 

...

 

I really like this game, I mean I really REALLY like this game, but I can't keep investing time into it just to have it irretrievably crash every time I get established.

 

Here's hoping you guys and gals figure this out VERY soon !

 

N1knukem

[DoucheVader]

Side note: Roland made a good point that adding a manual save also changes the design of the game and changes how it is played - Possibly one of the reasons manual save option was not added to PC. So if this was added in it would likely be removed afterward, which again is digging back into code to undo all that was done.

 

I have taken a hiatus from 7DTD because I have a build with hundreds of hours in to it and I don't want to jeopardize all that work I did. As some one who is careful to back up my data, I am taken back by the dismissal of the suggestion to add manual saves. The building mechanics in 7DTD are a huge draw and if there is an issue that corrupts that data I really think it is the developer's duty to fix that 100%, if the problem can't be fixed 100% find alternate solutions that protect the integrity of your customer's work.

 

I would suggest save files with revisions. Sure in a game like 7DTD that could be used to exploit, but it would respect the time of your audience who create large builds. Many of these people put these creations on YouTube which help to work as soft marketing for this game.

 

If these videos are filled with people complaining that The Fun Pimps / Iron Galaxy don't seem to have any solutions for build resets that would mar the effectiveness of that soft marketing.

 

This feature would be especially for the console players. The PC guys are seasoned to move on to brand new saves with every major update. Also PC players can take their builds, export them and import them into a brand new map as if they were apart of the map the developers gave you (which would be an AWESOME official feature for 7DTD). The console players are already getting a bit short changed with this game to begin with, having builds reset on us while the developers will not explore semi-unorthodox means for people to protect their time is kind of a kick in the teeth.

 

- - - Updated - - -

 

This time however... it was very different. A "football field" size area was leveled to about a quarter or a half a block below the normal level of the ground / road I was travelling north on. It levelled all the terrain, some of the building, the far north end was still there and I could see the dead guy on the roof at the very north end of the PASS N GAS. The two gas pumps were still there too. However the rest of the building and the yard and some of the clay terrain adjacent to the south were gone. Very gone! I stepped across the threshold onto the "football field" and it froze for a second or so while it processed the error. I managed to jump back into the good terrain and carry on, but of course I was intrigued and attempted to enter again. Again it froze for a second.

 

Pics or video?

[Jon Dillinger]

Douche vader if your on the PS4 you can do a manual save simply export your recent save file to a USB drive i do this regularly as i have had the MD5 error on multiple occasions and have since been able to rectify the loss by loading my usb save , i also take a break every two hours of game play to upload the save to my usb to keep it recent

[Jberg]

MD5 error....I know this is a known issue but wanted to give my issue.

 

Hi Clare

 

Platform: Xbox One digital download

World: Navezgane day 136

 

Local Co-op survival

Characters: Hank and Rayah

Difficulty: Warrior

Zombies run: Default

Enemy Aggression: Normal

Daylight Hours: 18

 

Drop on death: Everything

Enemy memory: 60

Enemy spawning: High

Block durability: 100

Loot respawn time: 5

Loot abundance: 100

Air Drops: 168

24 hour cycle: 120

 

First off, I want to say that I absolutely love this game. Did my research before purchasing, and my girlfriend and I became instantly addicted, lol. We both understood there would be glitches and other issues. We have definitely got our money's worth.

 

We had a base set up at the farm just northwest of Diersville. Upgraded the farm house, took down the barn and iron shed. Also removed small garage next to the farm house. Removed all corn crops, built a nice size wall, and built a "horde night" tower just west of the farm house. We experienced our first MD5 (or what it seems) on day 79, and it took out just a small section of wooden spikes just outside of our wall and replaced it with corn crops. So we rebuilt. Then on day 120, it took out a section of said wall plus the spikes on the same side and also replaced half of the garage. We laughed it off and rebuilt, lol.

 

Then day 136 hit us. We were getting ready to go on a scavenging hunt, and the game crashed. Respawned and two whole sections of the wall had been replaced with corn crops. The "horde night" tower was half gone and replaced with corn crops. Iron shed had returned, along with the garage. The farm house went back to it's normal state, and everything we had placed in it was gone. All storage boxes, full gun safe (gun safe had originally been there but went back to original state), forges, camp fires, mini bikes etc. We had nothing left. Even our bed rolls were gone. Being that we had nothing on us but med packs, antibiotics, and melee weapons....we knew we would not be able to survive day 140 horde night. Especially since we were getting daily and nightly zombie hordes.

 

So we deleted the world and started over from Day 1. I do have a question...if we build a base from the ground up, not using a building already in the world, is this error less likely to occur?

 

We will rebuild and conquer on. I just wanted to give info if you guys are keeping track.

 

Thanks.

[Jon Dillinger]

hey Jay berg

 

i'm not sure if you have the option to transfer save files to a cloud on the XB1 (im a ps4 player) , but i thought some one mentioned that you can if so i would recommend doing this every so often so if an MD5 hits you again you can revert to an older saver and not lose everything, hope maybe that will help you out good luck on the restart and to answer your question building from scratch may "MAY" reduce the chance but in no ways can i guarantee that, one of the ways i have been avoiding it is after every hour or more of game play i back out and upload my save to an USB in your case i bet you can use the cloud , also cause i have had the MD5 occur on a save and exit crash i always walk away from my home base before i save so if the error is radial around the player it will reset the tree in the woods at worst

[Jberg]

Hey John,

 

I am unsure about the cloud. I will look into this tho! Thanks.

[DoucheVader]

Douche vader if your on the PS4 you can do a manual save simply export your recent save file to a USB drive i do this regularly as i have had the MD5 error on multiple occasions and have since been able to rectify the loss by loading my usb save , i also take a break every two hours of game play to upload the save to my usb to keep it recent

 

Which I do as well as Cloud Saves but the issue is my builds are kind of spread apart, I would have to check everything before I logged off and when you have 9.3km of underground tunnels that is problematic.

[Jon Dillinger]

last night the MD5 struck again this time my base was unaffected but i had cleared some house out around my base since the zombies get stuck in them on horde night and i end up with only a few zombies actually making it to my base , any how the house north of my base magically reappeared

[BobaFerret138]

Can I get a refund?

 

Ok so first of all, I lost an entire base...boom..just vanished. second, I tried to build in and existing structure..boom..my mine and half the building reverted back to original. so with all the time ive put in and lost. I'd really rather not play the game. would love to get a refund and never play a game from this developer again. I don't take peoples money and hand them a pile a crap. fix it before you sell it.

thanks for nothing

[Jon Dillinger]

Ok so first of all, I lost an entire base...boom..just vanished. second, I tried to build in and existing structure..boom..my mine and half the building reverted back to original. so with all the time ive put in and lost. I'd really rather not play the game. would love to get a refund and never play a game from this developer again. I don't take peoples money and hand them a pile a crap. fix it before you sell it.

thanks for nothing

 

hey Bobaferret i understand your upset you lost a base , but being angry , insulting and asking for a refund is a bit immature . you bought the game you obviously enjoyed enough to play it long enough to build a base and enjoyed it enough to be upset when you lost what you built , that being said the error you've encountered has been very elusive mainly due to the fact that a great many people who have experienced it rather than divulging details that would help the team identify and recreate it simply complain and ask for their money back . you have a choice in the way you react , i have had the bug erase my bases 4 times now , yet some how i took it all in stride , sure it can be annoying but in the end you chose whether or not your going to be annoyed by it . to be fair i understand you're upset , but i don't understand your negative behavior , the fact of the matter is you wont get a refund but i can guarantee that this bug will eventually be fixed. you just need to practice some patients and if you really want the bug fixed maybe help the team recreate .

[BlueSnow]

hey Bobaferret i understand your upset you lost a base , but being angry , insulting and asking for a refund is a bit immature . you bought the game you obviously enjoyed enough to play it long enough to build a base and enjoyed it enough to be upset when you lost what you built , that being said the error you've encountered has been very elusive mainly due to the fact that a great many people who have experienced it rather than divulging details that would help the team identify and recreate it simply complain and ask for their money back . you have a choice in the way you react , i have had the bug erase my bases 4 times now , yet some how i took it all in stride , sure it can be annoying but in the end you chose whether or not your going to be annoyed by it . to be fair i understand you're upset , but i don't understand your negative behavior , the fact of the matter is you wont get a refund but i can guarantee that this bug will eventually be fixed. you just need to practice some patients and if you really want the bug fixed maybe help the team recreate .

 

He didn't insult anyone, he wasn't immature and that he wants a refund is pretty understandable.

Recreate the bug ? Its not like this is a new bug the have been more than enough information from a dozen players to recreate the bug and tbh, normally it's the developer, publisher whatevers job to find and fix bugs not the consumers.

Moreover because this is a "Complete game". If this was an alpha game then that would be a different story.

 

And no, i'm not negative, nor immature, nor insulting, just stating facts.

And your everyone is a whiner, give information, you're negative and immature nature is annoying as f***.

Rep power 1 ? What a pointless and useless feature.

[Jon Dillinger]

BlueSnow

Claiming they're(TFP) is "taking" peoples money and handing them a "Pile of crap" can be interpreted as an insult , and insulting people can be interpreted as being immature , in fact being upset at the outcome of a game that doesn't affect your life in the grand scheme of things could also be interpreted as immature .

 

There are so many REAL problems in the world that one can be upset about i'm not going to list them all but failing economies , starvation , war and here you are in the comfort of your house able to afford food shelter and to shell out money for a game and you find a reason to complain !? really ya'll could be grateful that your only worries are a bug in a video game life could be a whole lot more difficult .

i'd take a moment and think about all the things you have to be grateful for and compare it to a silly bug in a game and see if its really all that bad . i could only imagine the destitute state of mind some of these "whiners" would have if they where faced with true adversity .

 

So call me annoying all you want , just realize how it reflects on you as a person and realize i will remain unaffected by any of your comments , because i choose not to , choice we have free will and to usurp your free will to be in a good mode because a game failed can be interpreted as weak . i dictate the terms of my own happiness not a game working or not working but me, so if a game is making people so un happy i would recommend Therapy . and those are just the "Facts"

[Clare]

Commenting so I know I've read to here.

 

To those who provided info on the MD5 error, thank you! We really appreciate you helping us narrow down the triggers.

 

Please keep the posts in here civil, I understand this issues are frustrating to a lot of players, but arguing wont help anything. It also means you run the risk of a moderator hitting you with an infraction.

 

If anyone wishes to seak a refund they are entitled to. However you will need to do so from the retailer who sold you the game. We do not have access to player payment details or account info.

[BlueSnow]

BlueSnow

Claiming they're(TFP) is "taking" peoples money and handing them a "Pile of crap" can be interpreted as an insult , and insulting people can be interpreted as being immature , in fact being upset at the outcome of a game that doesn't affect your life in the grand scheme of things could also be interpreted as immature .

 

There are so many REAL problems in the world that one can be upset about i'm not going to list them all but failing economies , starvation , war and here you are in the comfort of your house able to afford food shelter and to shell out money for a game and you find a reason to complain !? really ya'll could be grateful that your only worries are a bug in a video game life could be a whole lot more difficult .

i'd take a moment and think about all the things you have to be grateful for and compare it to a silly bug in a game and see if its really all that bad . i could only imagine the destitute state of mind some of these "whiners" would have if they where faced with true adversity .

 

So call me annoying all you want , just realize how it reflects on you as a person and realize i will remain unaffected by any of your comments , because i choose not to , choice we have free will and to usurp your free will to be in a good mode because a game failed can be interpreted as weak . i dictate the terms of my own happiness not a game working or not working but me, so if a game is making people so un happy i would recommend Therapy . and those are just the "Facts"

 

Talking about how there are bigger problems in the world than a few bugs in some game is kinda out of place and ridiculous on a game forum.

If it's so irrelevant, then why come here and defend a game and responding to every complain ? Don't you have anything better to do ? Like idk, saving said world and solving said problems.

We all know that these are luxury problems.

 

Also you seem to think i complain about the game.

Lemme tell you something, i'm not complaining at all.

If you would look carefully, then you could have found that out yourself but whatever.

I'm only saying that some complains are more than comprehensible, some are to harsh, out of place or insulting but not all.

And if you really think that there's any reasonable explanation for a gamebreaking bug such as the MD5 error that's still not fixed after half a year then you are unreasonable til no end.

You can defend some minor bugs here and there, but not a bug such as this one here.

 

The game is awesome etc. But the low scores all over the Internet are justified and unfortunately every day that passes without a fix for the top 5 gamebreaking bugs that make the game unplayable for a bunch of people, lowers the score even further.

 

Now before you think i'm complaining again, i'm not. For some reason you seem to have problems figuring out stuff like that.

This is just how it is.

I love the game and can more or less live with the bugs without raging around, but most people can't and that's understandable.

 

And don't bring up your glass half full or BF 1 examples again.

If BF 1 had a gamebreaking bug like this for half a year then it would be a disaster for EA and the glass half full is just annoying and conceited as heck.

 

Nway, 4 things.

Work on your read comprehension.

Remember user names.

Be less provoking.

Once thing you noticed quite well, you really are getting on my nerves so lets stop this annoying crap now.

[Jon Dillinger]

blue snow

 

2 things

 

chill

 

out

 

private message if you want to rant about me , i'm sure the forum is sick of us vomiting on it

[Mrsfogy]

Does it matter?

 

This has been—and will continue to be—an ongoing focus of ours. We really appreciate your patience and understanding as we work to improve your experience with 7 Days to Die.[/b]

 

Clare, Does it matter to report this, really? I mean, it's been months and there is no fix for MD5. I feel like this game is not a priority ("ongoing focus"), like you've stated, because it is an older game and I would guess that focus would be spent on newer games that Telltale is trying to appeal to the masses to purchase. 7 days has sold its bulk and it appears that, from a business mindset, it doesn't matter as to why you would spend time, aka money, to fix it now. I would argue if TT actually believes this to be true because TT's reputation is taking a HARD hit because of the bugs and lack of fixing them from this game!

 

Now, with that being said, my husband is a disabled veteran who has a lot of time to play VGs, which also proves to be a therapy of sorts. Although he has all systems, he plays this game via XboxOne. 7 days has been a game that he has thoroughly enjoyed and allowed him the ability to build, organize, design, fight zombies, etc.; things he cannot do IRL. He has spent many many many hours playing this game. Your developers have questions about what happens when or how? He's your guy..he could answer it all.

So, MD5 has affected him on many occasions. You state that a common denominator needs to be found in order to find a fix? Well, here's the common denominators, or lack thereof...

1) There is constant booting with this game. For example, during an eight hour binge playing, he will get booted a minimum of 5 times. There is NEVER a time that getting booted is not an issue.

2) The amount of days does not matter. He has lost everything on day 35, 50, 158, 178, and 221 (and other days).

3) Every time the MD5 happens, it happens after being booted. It has never happened after signing out and back in on his own.

4) On self generated buildings, one wall of that building remains and some items attached to that wall (storage boxes, lights etc) will remain but the other 3 walls and everything in the building is missing. If he stores things in game generated buildings, everything disappears.

5) The time of day (IRL or in the game) has nothing to do with it.

6) MD5 has happened regardless of update, day, time, location, biome, state of server connection, random gen or default map, activity being performed (riding bike, looting, forging, sitting in a building, etc.)

7) Doesn’t matter if in creative, private, public, or multiplayer

8) Doesn’t matter if the minibike is a part of the game or not.

9) Settings do not matter. Has the same issues when playing default Scavenger as when playing Adventurer with5 day respawn and 200% loot (only setting change)

10) Doesn’t matter where fortress is located on map, above ground, under ground nor does it matter what it is made of.

If there are more things you need to know, please contact me.

The same issues persist now as when he first got the game. Four months ago he didn’t do anything but play the game on default/easy settings. The first time was default map in desert biome, Southern house by hazard border. He reinforced house with wood and got booted. Signed in and everything gone.

After having MD5 happen over 10 times, this last time he was on day 223, Adventure mode, 5 day respawn, 200% loot, in Northern biome south of snow region. Fortress was a steel cage above ground and concrete bunker below. This last time he lost his minibike twice before MD5 happened. Upon signing in, everything he had done was gone except one steel cage wall with lights on the corners.

Finally, the other issue he has always had is that he cannot play multiplayer very long before the other player gets to a point of not being able to do anything. He’s never been able to play with another for longer than five days. Anyone joining his game are trapped in a non-terrain generated area. Prior to that happening, they are unable to loot or even open a box.

Like I said, if it matters, you can contacted with questions. What happens will TELLTALE a lot about Telltale.

[Ryan parks]

Same problem

 

I had the same problem, I was on day 20 just finished 4 layer cobblestone walls round my base and just made the mini bike and it crashes I load it back up, everything gone. Very annoying knowing that this could happen at any point so what's the point in starting again.

[BlueSnow]

Clare, Does it matter to report this, really? I mean, it's been months and there is no fix for MD5. I feel like this game is not a priority ("ongoing focus"), like you've stated, because it is an older game and I would guess that focus would be spent on newer games that Telltale is trying to appeal to the masses to purchase. 7 days has sold its bulk and it appears that, from a business mindset, it doesn't matter as to why you would spend time, aka money, to fix it now. I would argue if TT actually believes this to be true because TT's reputation is taking a HARD hit because of the bugs and lack of fixing them from this game!

 

Now, with that being said, my husband is a disabled veteran who has a lot of time to play VGs, which also proves to be a therapy of sorts. Although he has all systems, he plays this game via XboxOne. 7 days has been a game that he has thoroughly enjoyed and allowed him the ability to build, organize, design, fight zombies, etc.; things he cannot do IRL. He has spent many many many hours playing this game. Your developers have questions about what happens when or how? He's your guy..he could answer it all.

So, MD5 has affected him on many occasions. You state that a common denominator needs to be found in order to find a fix? Well, here's the common denominators, or lack thereof...

1) There is constant booting with this game. For example, during an eight hour binge playing, he will get booted a minimum of 5 times. There is NEVER a time that getting booted is not an issue.

2) The amount of days does not matter. He has lost everything on day 35, 50, 158, 178, and 221 (and other days).

3) Every time the MD5 happens, it happens after being booted. It has never happened after signing out and back in on his own.

4) On self generated buildings, one wall of that building remains and some items attached to that wall (storage boxes, lights etc) will remain but the other 3 walls and everything in the building is missing. If he stores things in game generated buildings, everything disappears.

5) The time of day (IRL or in the game) has nothing to do with it.

6) MD5 has happened regardless of update, day, time, location, biome, state of server connection, random gen or default map, activity being performed (riding bike, looting, forging, sitting in a building, etc.)

7) Doesn’t matter if in creative, private, public, or multiplayer

8) Doesn’t matter if the minibike is a part of the game or not.

9) Settings do not matter. Has the same issues when playing default Scavenger as when playing Adventurer with5 day respawn and 200% loot (only setting change)

10) Doesn’t matter where fortress is located on map, above ground, under ground nor does it matter what it is made of.

If there are more things you need to know, please contact me.

The same issues persist now as when he first got the game. Four months ago he didn’t do anything but play the game on default/easy settings. The first time was default map in desert biome, Southern house by hazard border. He reinforced house with wood and got booted. Signed in and everything gone.

After having MD5 happen over 10 times, this last time he was on day 223, Adventure mode, 5 day respawn, 200% loot, in Northern biome south of snow region. Fortress was a steel cage above ground and concrete bunker below. This last time he lost his minibike twice before MD5 happened. Upon signing in, everything he had done was gone except one steel cage wall with lights on the corners.

Finally, the other issue he has always had is that he cannot play multiplayer very long before the other player gets to a point of not being able to do anything. He’s never been able to play with another for longer than five days. Anyone joining his game are trapped in a non-terrain generated area. Prior to that happening, they are unable to loot or even open a box.

Like I said, if it matters, you can contacted with questions. What happens will TELLTALE a lot about Telltale.

 

Best post ever.

Totally agree with you.

And 2 days later still no response ?

SMH.

 

@Jon Dillinger

All's cool.

As i said, i'm not planning on continuing this discussion either.

[Clare]

Clare, Does it matter to report this, really? I mean, it's been months and there is no fix for MD5. I feel like this game is not a priority ("ongoing focus"), like you've stated, because it is an older game and I would guess that focus would be spent on newer games that Telltale is trying to appeal to the masses to purchase. 7 days has sold its bulk and it appears that, from a business mindset, it doesn't matter as to why you would spend time, aka money, to fix it now. I would argue if TT actually believes this to be true because TT's reputation is taking a HARD hit because of the bugs and lack of fixing them from this game!

 

Now, with that being said, my husband is a disabled veteran who has a lot of time to play VGs, which also proves to be a therapy of sorts. Although he has all systems, he plays this game via XboxOne. 7 days has been a game that he has thoroughly enjoyed and allowed him the ability to build, organize, design, fight zombies, etc.; things he cannot do IRL. He has spent many many many hours playing this game. Your developers have questions about what happens when or how? He's your guy..he could answer it all.

So, MD5 has affected him on many occasions. You state that a common denominator needs to be found in order to find a fix? Well, here's the common denominators, or lack thereof...

1) There is constant booting with this game. For example, during an eight hour binge playing, he will get booted a minimum of 5 times. There is NEVER a time that getting booted is not an issue.

2) The amount of days does not matter. He has lost everything on day 35, 50, 158, 178, and 221 (and other days).

3) Every time the MD5 happens, it happens after being booted. It has never happened after signing out and back in on his own.

4) On self generated buildings, one wall of that building remains and some items attached to that wall (storage boxes, lights etc) will remain but the other 3 walls and everything in the building is missing. If he stores things in game generated buildings, everything disappears.

5) The time of day (IRL or in the game) has nothing to do with it.

6) MD5 has happened regardless of update, day, time, location, biome, state of server connection, random gen or default map, activity being performed (riding bike, looting, forging, sitting in a building, etc.)

7) Doesn’t matter if in creative, private, public, or multiplayer

8) Doesn’t matter if the minibike is a part of the game or not.

9) Settings do not matter. Has the same issues when playing default Scavenger as when playing Adventurer with5 day respawn and 200% loot (only setting change)

10) Doesn’t matter where fortress is located on map, above ground, under ground nor does it matter what it is made of.

If there are more things you need to know, please contact me.

The same issues persist now as when he first got the game. Four months ago he didn’t do anything but play the game on default/easy settings. The first time was default map in desert biome, Southern house by hazard border. He reinforced house with wood and got booted. Signed in and everything gone.

After having MD5 happen over 10 times, this last time he was on day 223, Adventure mode, 5 day respawn, 200% loot, in Northern biome south of snow region. Fortress was a steel cage above ground and concrete bunker below. This last time he lost his minibike twice before MD5 happened. Upon signing in, everything he had done was gone except one steel cage wall with lights on the corners.

Finally, the other issue he has always had is that he cannot play multiplayer very long before the other player gets to a point of not being able to do anything. He’s never been able to play with another for longer than five days. Anyone joining his game are trapped in a non-terrain generated area. Prior to that happening, they are unable to loot or even open a box.

Like I said, if it matters, you can contacted with questions. What happens will TELLTALE a lot about Telltale.

 

Hi MrsFogy,

 

Thank you for providing the details of what you have noticed about the MD5 errors, I will pass this info onto the team and I greatly appreciate you taking the time to write them out. If the team have any further questions about the saves you have, I shall be in touch via PM so the message doesn't get missed.

 

I understand this issue is frustrating to a lot of players, the whole team does. There have been multiple fixes for the MD5 errors already, and we are continuing to work towards fixing the rest of the triggers. To answer your question yes, reporting it does matter, while the team are working on fixes and investigating other causes we're still looking at all the info players provide because it may highlight something that we might not have seen before. This is indeed a priority, both TTG and IGS are working hard to make this game the best i can be. I understand when bugs take a long time to fix, it can seem like it is not. But there is a team working on this game every day and they are not divided up among other games either. In terms of game development, this is not an old game. We want to make the game the best it can be. TFP also want to add as much as possible from the PC version. From my end I see no evidence of this game not being a focus for the team working on it.

 

With regards to the not being able to interact with items in a game, that sounds like a desync issue with the host but I would need to know more information about the setup of the game and the internet settings to know more. In case you haven't seen it, you can see the recommended settings here: https://7daystodie.com/forums/showthread.php?48737-Known-Issue-Multiplayer-Disconnection

 

Clare

[POUND YOU SILLY]

MD5 possible help

 

I had many game crashes and freezes, but never had a terrain reset until a game crash on day 136 or 137. So what changed?

 

Why did the other crashes and freezes not reset the terrain? Shortly before my terrain reset, my friend made a mini-bike and I never used it. I believe it had something to do with the mini-bike or the next thing.

 

Also I destroyed a mountain and made the terrain completely flat where I started building my base. The concrete block I was standing on, also happened to be where the original mountain was. Literally the concrete block and the mountain slope were the same spot. I was standing where both places met and when it crashed and restarted I came back to find 3 or 4 specific spots of terrain resetting.

 

It reset specifically where I was when it crashed. It also targeted my bunker and took half of my chests, but not the whole bunker. It also targeted a random area that I had flattened that had nothing new or added by me (it was just flat from me and reset to day 1)

 

Shortly before the crash I made many iron bars and stored them in my chests.

 

All that being said I made it to day 136 or 137 with many crashes and freezes, but it wasn't until that time that it reset my terrain to day 1. That damn cursed mini-bike or the iron bars must have been the cause of the MD5 error for me.

 

If this happens again I'm going to lose my F****** mind. Especially since I'm spending many real life days dedicated to this game.

[Noona]

I bought the game this weekend and played it for like 20 hours with my boyfriend... we got a little safe house and had already collected tons of stuff. I didnt mind the bugs like lagging and so on because the gathering and survival together is so much fun.

After we logged off tho,our whole house is gone. We logged out while being in the house and as we did before, but this time we spawned at night on an empty field. This destroys the game completely. Why gather stuff and build a base, if it can be gone any second.i'm sorry for the people putting a lot more hours in than me. I dont mind bugs, but deleting your whole game without being able to restore it is a different story...

 

We play on Ps4, private online game. Boyfriend joined the game. Adventure mode, 18 hours days..,we didnt do anything else than the other times we logged off, just this time everything was gone...we lived in a house we found in the woods. We didnt change too mych on the house yet, because we didnt plan to stay there forever. We build storage, forge, strong walls and doors and had spikes around the house. It was day 14, 11pm.