#€40 lost

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pure mesa
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I’m going to be direct: this is extremely frustrating.

I have over 100 hours in the game, a 100% progression, and since the last update, the game gets stuck in an infinite loading screen as soon as Steam Cloud is enabled. Without the cloud, the game launches — which clearly shows the issue is tied to save files.

I’ve tried:

full reinstall
deleting local folders (AppData / R5)
disabling / re-enabling cloud
testing with new saves

Nothing works. And I’m clearly not the only one experiencing this.

I fully understand what Early Access means: bugs, instability, etc. But potentially losing 100 hours of progress due to a save issue is not a “normal bug”. This is critical.

I’m also a streamer, I’ve played the game a lot, recommended it to others, and now I can’t even play it anymore — neither for myself nor for my community.

Honestly, having to dig through system folders or manipulate files like a technician just to try to fix a save is not normal from a player’s perspective.

And €40 nowadays, especially here in France, is not nothing — it’s not money you can just lose without it mattering.

Is a fix planned soon to:

restore or repair corrupted saves?
or at least prevent them from being lost?

Because right now, it really feels like I’ve lost €40 and 100 hours of gameplay.

Thanks in advance for a clear response or any update on this issue.

lone nimbus
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im going threw the same thing

real ether
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Same here

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150h+

daring egret
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I’ve had the same problem since yesterday too. I’ve done all the things and still stuck on loading screen. It makes me incredibly sad that this isn’t being urgently addressed like it was last time. This is an incredible game that I love so much and can’t play now because I’m in limbo. Please Devs address this and tell us a fix is coming soon.

finite cargo
mossy nova
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Guys if you would do more than just pound on your KB and read you would know Steam Cloud can not be used until further notice. This is your responsibility to know this because you bought an Early Access game with the understanding this can and will happen. Many solutions in this Discord so either pound the KB or search for solutions. There are other threads on this with solutions including people saying that Experimental has a fix for this currently.
Lets just stop crying because there are growing pains in a game we were told would have them and HELP. Not hard. https://discord.com/channels/1260209458924224542/1499807110438060163
Good source right there. #1491867519395299508 another great source for solutions.

mossy atlas
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https://playwindrose.com/faq/#faq-saves-restore-client
very sorry htat you have enconutered this situation :(. we are currently testing an update to save system taht should not get conflicts while syncing with cloud.

here's additional FAQ on how to restore your saves, if you played many sessions you should be able to find a working back up (some progress would be lost but you should be able to find a fix, unless you've been using a mod of some sort that was slowly corrupting your save over time... but even in that case you should have a working backup)

pure mesa
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Je pense que j'ai tellement essayer de solution depuis hier, de différente personne, que j'ai plus rien de toute manière. Au revoir 100h de jeux, au revoir les streams promotion, au revoir Windrose et rendez vous dans 6 mois si j'ai le courage !

pure mesa
faint forge
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same here sadly came next day to play and stuck in loading screen forever

pure mesa
# mossy atlas https://playwindrose.com/faq/#faq-saves-restore-client very sorry htat you have ...

Thank you for your response and for your help.

I have tried several of the suggested solutions, but unfortunately the issue is still there. I must admit I’m a bit worried, as with all the attempts (deleting folders, modifying files, etc.), I’m afraid I may have made things worse.

So for now, I would prefer not to touch anything further.

I would like to ask: if I simply wait for a fix, especially regarding the Steam Cloud issue, is there a chance that I could recover my progress through the Steam Cloud, even if my local files are potentially corrupted?

Thank you in advance for your reply.

fickle tree
# pure mesa Thank you for your response and for your help. I have tried several of the sugg...

Do you have your files being backed up to MS One Drive?

Had a similar issue with BF6 and had to delete my BF6 Backups from One Drive and the copy it over from my Main Files and that fixed the issue.

You would need to do as follows:

  • Locate your Local Save Game Files
  • Locate the Backup Save Files in One Drive
  • Disable One Drive & Reboot your PC
  • Go into the One Drive and Delete the Game Back Up Files
  • Copy and Pate Local Save Files into One Drive Manually
  • Turn On One Drive & Reboot PC
  • Launch Game & see if that fixes it
tough sand
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Same, tried all fixes none worked

faint forge
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i just did the most random and simple thing

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and i fixed my progress i lost an hour or 2 but its fine since my progress is there

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i went to my backups and simply copy paste thethings inside the last backup file and pasted it to the other rb file and fixed the issue

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and then i enabled the cloud and its running totally fine

pure mesa
# mossy atlas https://playwindrose.com/faq/#faq-saves-restore-client very sorry htat you have ...

I think I've lost everything, so I started from scratch after deleting R5 and disabling Steam Cloud. Is there no risk anymore? Could you contact me privately to find out if a hardcore player, a real fan of the game, promoting it as best as possible on social media, having played from the very first minute of its release for a 14-hour live stream, and having a private server dated April 14, 2026, is entitled to a small consolation prize? (And to those who disagree with me, I salute you, AHOY!)

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proven slate
# mossy nova Guys if you would do more than just pound on your KB and read you would know Ste...

Respectfully, some of us have already tried every solution in this Discord and more. The issue isn't lack of effort, it's that the bug persists regardless. Not everyone's problem has the same cause or the same fix. And if the solution were as simple as you make it sound, the devs would have already implemented it in a patch.
Also, Early Access is not an excuse for a game being completely broken. There's a difference between normal bugs or crashes that happen from time to time, and a bug that destroys your entire save progress and makes the game completely unplayable. We're players, not testers. We paid for a game, not for the privilege of digging through system folders just to have a chance at playing.
We're talking about a €40 game, not a €10 game or a free one. At that price I expect a minimum level of quality, Early Access or not. A game that a large portion of its playerbase practically cannot play breaks any standard of quality

proven slate
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I would still tell you that you better give other games a chance for now, there is no point in playing a game that at any moment could stop working.

dapper glacier
unborn totem
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Sorry I'm late here's link to video to fix for you