Post by KlahTune in Lost my saves?

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If you are playing on PC, deleting the game folder or reinstalling the game usually does not delete your save files, because save data is stored separately from the game installation.

On PC, the save data is typically located here:

C:\Users\(Your Username)\AppData\LocalLow\IncontinentCell\My Dystopian Robot Girlfriend

You can check that folder to see if your save files are still there.
If the files are still present, your progress may still be recoverable.

However, if you deleted this folder, then your save files and installed mods would have been removed as well.

For Android, unfortunately, I do not know the exact save location.
In most cases, if the game is uninstalled from the device, the save data and installed mods are also deleted along with it, and recovery is usually not possible.

Also, could you tell us what mod you tried to install?

Some mods are external mods, such as:

Moaning Mod
AI Chats Mod

These cannot be installed through the in-game mod menu.
They require MelonLoader on PC to work.

If the mod you installed was not an external mod, then it is possible that:

The mod files were installed incorrectly
The mod files are broken
The mod files were modified or corrupted

Any of these issues can cause the game to freeze or get stuck on "Loading localization".

Let us know which mod you tried to install so we can help you troubleshoot the issue.

iyfck20 days ago

Yes I am on PC and I still have this folder and even saved it somewhere just in case. I was trying to install internal mods after installing the moaning mod by stupidly putting them in the mods folder along with the moaning mod instead of using the in game menu I enabled them the correct way right after and tried to load my last save and that's when i noticed all my saves had disappeared

KlahTune20 days ago (2 edits)

The Moaning Mod by @IkariDEV cannot be installed through the in-game mod menu.

It is an external mod, which means it must be installed using MelonLoader, as explained on the mod’s official GitHub page.

Because the mod was installed directly through the in-game mod menu like a normal internal mod, the game is now trying to load it. This is most likely why your game is freezing or getting stuck on the loading screen.

Please carefully read the installation guide here and follow the steps exactly:

https://github.com/IkariDevGIT/MDRGMoanMod

Make sure you install MelonLoader first, then install the mod following the instructions on that page.

If the game is still stuck after fixing the installation, you may need to remove the incorrectly installed files from the Mods folder and try again.

Since the mod was installed incorrectly, the game may still fail to launch properly.

You should first go to this folder:

C:\Users\(Your Username)\AppData\LocalLow\IncontinentCell\My Dystopian Robot Girlfriend

Then delete any files or folders related to mods.

If removing those files does not fix the problem, the last option would be to delete the entire folder.
However, please note that doing this will also delete your save files and installed mods.

iyfck20 days ago (2 edits)

Hi i did that and deleted mod related folders and the game can start and I can start a new game and load it, but all the previous slots where my older save was saved now show as empty (despite the save folder not being empty at all), is there any way to fix that?

KlahTune20 days ago

I believe there's no way to fix that.
Maybe you could try exporting your save, but it shouldn't work anyway, your export save files should still be empty even after you imported them.

iyfck20 days ago

oh well, thanks for the help anyway, i'll make sure to export my saves now to avoid losing them again

KlahTune20 days ago(+1)

bobscrews16 days ago(+1)

I managed to figure out a way around the issue that iyfck was having, as I suffered a similar issue with the Moaning Mod. Uninstalled it and Melon while seeing if I could fix the issue.

After opening the save folder and looking through the saves in Notepad++, all the data was still there in the .mdrgslot(s), but the save.mdrg data was wiped. I then created a copy of the folder to not lose the original data and worked to fix it. I started a new game and sped through the intro, and once able to, created a new save game in slot 1. Exiting to main menu afterwards, I looked into the new M1.mdrgslot data and as expected it was overwritten to empty values expected of a new game, but crucially save.mdrg was now populated with values pointing to the M1 slot. Changing out the data saved in the M1.mdrgslot to the data that I copied from the previous M1.mdrfslot data in Notepad++ and loading the slot again properly loaded all the previous data.

It's a bit of a hassle to do, but it's definitely recoverable. No clue why the game decided to wipe save.mdrg though, might be something to do with the mod or some other thing.

iyfck14 days ago

That's exactly the kind of secret magical trick I was hoping for, good job for finding that it worked!

venompool64113 days ago

pls make a vid tutorial on what you did cuz i fr need my saves back and idk how you did it

KlahTune12 days ago (2 edits)

This is a known base game issue that can occur in rare cases.

It usually happens when the game is closed or interrupted while the loading process is still ongoing.
In that situation, the game may fail to properly load the existing save data and can end up overwriting it with a new empty save, which makes it appear as if your saves are gone.

However, your save files are often still recoverable.

How to recover your save:

Close the game completely

Go to:

C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\IncontinentCell\My Dystopian Robot Girlfriend

Open the Saves folder
Look for a Backup folder inside it
Find a file named something like:
```
save.mdrg.backup 
```
Copy that file into the main Saves folder
Rename it to:
```
save.mdrg 
```
Launch the game again and load your save

If that does not work, you can also try restoring individual slot files (e.g. M1.mdrgslot) by replacing them after creating a new save slot in-game.

Important:

This issue has been fixed in version 0.96, so for the next incoming update, this issue will never happen again.

Also, avoid closing the game while it is still loading to prevent save corruption.

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