hyperionnebulae:

fantasticbeastsandhowtokeepthem:

So this is totally unrelated to animals, but I’m anxious & desperate enough to try asking. Anyone who follow me good with computers, Steam, and figuring out game crashing? My Stardew Valley has been crashing on me for several weeks now, after I play 2-3 days, randomly during the day. Sometimes in the morning, sometimes night, sometimes right before saving, I can’t figure out any kind of pattern other than usually after I play through 2-3 days. My roommate tried verifying game files, that didn’t help. I backed up my game files and I’m considering uninstalling & reinstalling, but I’m super paranoid I’ll still lose my game & that it won’t even help…. Any suggestions? Should I try uninstalling? I just want my calming farm game back….. :c

@somewhere-in-the-dungeon @summoner-starlight

Hi! I know this response is a tad late, but I’m going to try and help you!

1) Good job jumping right into verifying the game files. That’s a great first step that usually solves problems. Since it didn’t work for you, I’ll suggest something else but I’m glad you started there.

2) I’m going to suggest a complete reinstall; but don’t worry! I have had to do this recently for my own reasons.

First, make yourself a backup. Steam has a backup tool under the Steam menu. Click Steam in the upper left corner and select backup and restore games to backup your Stardew Valley files somewhere safe. If you’re like me, and you’re still worried, you can make another copy by finding the folder Steam installed the game in, copying it, and pasting it somewhere safe.

Then, uninstall your game.

At this point, you actually should have 3 copies as Stardew Valley has cloud storage too! I found this out with my most recent wipe/reinstall. If for any reason the could saves don’t work, you have your two backups you can use.

Reinstall your game using the Steam restore function. If you begin play and encounter the same errors, uninstall and do a clean install (using the install button on steam) instead. If you have lost data (IE the cloud saves stopped working) you can restore your data with the copy you made earlier.

If you are still having problems, please let me know. I am not an expert, but I might have a few more tricks to help you