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
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:
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.
16 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.
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.