#Balatro crashed and will no longer open

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sick oasis
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I was mid run, got the first error message, and after closing and reopening the game, the second one will appear and I'm not sure what to do. I've tried verifying game files, removing and readding the save, and reinstalling, but nothing has fixed it.

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oh god im sorry i did

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not mean to post this 20 times it just

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wasnt posting

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im so sorry about that

wooden vortex
# sick oasis I was mid run, got the first error message, and after closing and reopening the ...

(Search terms in case I want to find this thread in the future - Thread error, engine/string_packer.lua:50, STR_UNPACK, engine/save_manager.lua:28, meta.jkr, '}' expected)

Hmm, looks like your meta.jkr file got corrupted. That file keeps track of your unlocks/discoveries.

There's a couple of easy and hard fixes, but which one we can use depends on how much progress you already have with your discoveries and unlocks. How far along are you?

sick oasis
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A decent way through
All i was missing in my collection was like
8 Jokers
2 Tags
And the last deck
I believe i had everything else unlocked

wooden vortex
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Unfortunate since that's the more difficult one to fix

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If you can upload your meta.jkr file here I can probably take a look (path to the file)

sick oasis
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sorry that took a bit was just
being dumb struggling to find it XP

wooden vortex
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No worries haha

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Let me see if I can take a look

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Hmm yeah there's definitely some \u0000 corruption going on there. I'll see if just removing them fixes your file

sick oasis
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What does that mean exactly, if you dont mind me asking?
I'm just curious is all

wooden vortex
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Here's a small section of such text ["j_half"]=true,["bl_final_acorn"]=true,["b_painted"\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000ronomer"]=true,[\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000["c_sun"]=true,["j_mail"]=true

sick oasis
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oh

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i see

wooden vortex
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this is the collection I got, does that seem right?

sick oasis
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Seems about right, yea

wooden vortex
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Perfect. Replace your current meta.jkr file with this new one and everything should be fixed (🤞)

sick oasis
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I mightve miscounted on the jokers but everything else seems correct

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Swapped it out, and no error message!

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Also seems I was right about having 8 jokers missing (Top LEFT* on page 9 and middle on page 10 have stickers for stakes but still say I have to discover them) but thats not a huge deal like i said

wooden vortex
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Ah yeah those probably got zeroed out

sick oasis
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Oh well, I'll probably just find and pick them up again at some point, theyre not locked behind requirements so its no issue

wooden vortex
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Here's an updated file if you'd like to discover them right now

sick oasis
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Yea that fixed it, ty! bkthumbsup