Whenever I craft in my world the game hangs/freezes. Then when I try to log back in to the world with that character it doesn’t let me (loading screen crashes)
I have tried another character (brand new) and they can log in to the server.
Please help
#Crafting in my world crashes the game
median radish
median radish
@atomic granite
atomic granite
can you share logs with me please?
and also this is an offline world, right?
you are not playign on a server?
median radish
here is my latest log file from the R5 subfolder named LOGS
@atomic granite
to confirm this is an offline world, i have also tested my character on another offline world and i can log in no problem, i also created a new character and logged into the world i'm having trouble with and i can log in, however if i craft anything the game freezes and kicks me out
note - after the latest patch i now have two rock_DB folder (latest says V2)
not sure if you require the file from my world folder named "log" but this is it
median radish
@atomic granite no rush just when you can help would be appreciated
median radish
Can you assist @atomic granite
ivory harbor
Hi @median radish
Can you archive the Save folder located at AppData\Local\R5\Saved and send it here? It will help us understand why this is happening.
median radish
By archive you mean make it a zip file and send it?
@atomic granite
@ivory harbor
ivory harbor
Yes
median radish
it exceeds 500mb to send in discord ites telling me so ive removed the backup and logs foler (i'll split and send in 500mb zips after this.
thats thesaved folder except logs and back of save profile folder
logs folder
ivory harbor
These folders are the important ones for us. Maybe you could share full archive via Google Drive or something similar?
median radish
backup folder
median radish
These folders are the important ones for us. Maybe you could share full archive ...
thats the R5 saved folder you requested.
the world my character is being kicked from is the below
Starts DF
I have about 250 hours of world building in that folder and I’d really like to get playing in there again, as I’m currently playing now in a different world to keep levelling my character
median radish
Starts DF
I could try but if you download each zip file and remove the contents you wil have my whole R5/saved folder
It’s really just this world I want checked and fixed all being well as I’ve been building a city in there. The problem is that whenever craft the game freezes and I have no choice but to control alt delete and close the game.
Side note - I have created a fresh characters and can enter but they all have the same problem I place a built object and game freezes
To confirm on other worlds (solo mode) I can build with my character a play the game no problem it’s only this world (folder starting DF) that’s the problem
ivory harbor
Okay, let me check the files and see if it sheds light on the problem.
median radish
Thank you so much I really appreciate your time in this
ivory harbor
Can you give me steps to reproduce this locally? Like, which character, which world, and what to craft?
median radish
Any character you will find will not be able to craft, try a new character which is what I thought is the best test but sadly you will have no joy. The world folder find the one starting DF as the folder name as per my photo above
Craft anything I tried a table as it has no animation (e.g a bonfire has flames and that takes more to process)
The minute you go to place the “table” the game will freeze and you will have no option but to control alt delete the game
I would like to also add this problem only occurred after the patch a few days ago, when I patched the game the migration went fine and no files were corrupt which steam advised whilst booting the game during the cloud sync
ivory harbor
Thanks for reporting the issue — we were able to reproduce it locally. This is something new for us: the binary structure of the database is corrupted, which leads to infinite loading and endless log spam. That’s also why the log files grow to ridiculous sizes.
We’ll investigate, but it’ll be difficult. Just to be sure we don’t waste effort: can you confirm that no mods or RAM-editing tools (like CheatEngine) were used? Accurate info will help us solve this much faster.
ivory harbor
We managed to load your save data 20260425_154851. This is the state of the map in this save. Also, we can place new crafting stations, make some bandages, etc. Everything works fine.
median radish
I really hope a bug fix can be done and the world can be patched in the future as I’m currently on hold with building
ivory harbor
The save from 20260504_092755 is already corrupted. Could you check the 76561198728077947_Backups folder and find the exact timestamp right before the issue first appeared?
median radish
That’s my world, the island with all the created marks (bottom left corner second island in) is where my city had been built and where I first noticed the issue
Steam updated the folder so I don’t have anything prior to that unfortunately I’ve tried all the back ups and nothing works
ivory harbor
median radish
If you have it working perhaps you can send me the file and I can try?
The issue occurred on the 4th of May
Literally right before the patch or as it went live
I personally think the item I crafted when it glitched corrupted the world, when I went to the world the table wasn’t there so possible the location it was sitting on got corrupted and now anytime I try to craft it crashes the game
When it crashed I did do a backup of the R5/saved folder, these are dated 4th May
Those files are on my desktop
Would you like me to send you them?
ivory harbor
I personally think the item I crafted when it glitched corrupted the world, when...
Which table are you referring to? Could you specify the exact item?
median radish
The first table from the selection one sec I’m in game in another offline world I’ll check
ivory harbor
I manage to load saved dated 20260503_082231 (2026.05.03 - 08:22:31 UTC)
median radish
median radish
I have tried other items from the building selection screen and they al crazy
Yes that’s my world
median radish
Thanks I spent so many hours creating those buildings
Honestly I’m at like 300 hours so far and love this game, it is sole destroying knowing I can’t play that world at the moment
ivory harbor
The tables seem fine too
median radish
Oh wow how are you building in there? Should I log in and try or have you done something to fix?
wintry salmon
Jesus,.. this man out here architect-ing entire cities 🤣
median radish
Currently building minimal on the tortuga base now 😂
wintry salmon
"Remodeling in progress, pardon our dust"
median radish
Jesus,.. this man out here architect-ing entire cities 🤣
Haha yes I am very detailed, take a walk up to the top the city was going to me massive and hopefully will be if I can get this fixed
wintry salmon
Haha yes I am very detailed, take a walk up to the top the city was going to me ...
Best of luck!
median radish
Thanks
median radish
I manage to load saved dated 20260503_082231 (2026.05.03 - 08:22:31 UTC)
How do I load this to try, I’d be happy to roll back if it means I keep my city
ivory harbor
Oh wow how are you building in there? Should I log in and try or have you done s...
I restored the game state from one of the backups in the 76561198728077947_Backups.zip you sent earlier.
- I disabled cloud saves for Windrose.
- Deleted everything from AppData\Local\R5\Saved\SaveProfiles\steam_user_id\ (RocksDB, RocksDB_v2, RocksDB_v2_Backups).
- Then created an empty RocksDB folder and moved everything from 20260503_082231 into it.
You can probably find more recent backups in 76561198728077947_Backups.zip that will work too.
Do you need a detailed step-by-step guide, or is this enough?
median radish
Yes please that would be amazing!!
ivory harbor
Just so you know — if you do this, you will lose any progress you've made since then
median radish
I’ll exit the game now and do this with you step by step
On the world or my character?
ivory harbor
Both
median radish
Oh..
I thought I’d keep the character if I fixed the world, I’ve levelled up quite a lot since this issue. Is there no way to keep the character progress?
ivory harbor
Well, that would be more steps and more room for error.
median radish
It’s worth trying though right? I’ve spent a good 12+ hours levelling and focusing on the character whilst this world issue happened as you can imagine. I want to keep playing the game in some way but yes I really enjoy building cities. To have the world fixed only would be ideal and worth trying first
What if you send me the world folder now it’s fixed?
ivory harbor
Is this is the actual state of the save before error happens?
median radish
If you can build in the world I’d say yes. The last thing I built was the apothecary house
Actually I see it in the distance of the photo you sent of my world
Well it appears it has no roof but yes most of it is there 😂
Which backup did you try, I’m keen to try copy the world folder whilst steam sync is off and load in to build something.
ivory harbor
I used backups from 76561198728077947_Backups
Okay, let's try this:
- Download this file
- Save it so the full path looks like: AppData\Local\R5\Saved\SaveProfiles\steam_id\RocksDB_v2_Backups\Worlds\DF514239B1BA4D71909B482EC9024464\DF514239B1BA4D71909B482EC9024464_0.10.0_Latest.zip
- Launch the game and try to load into the world
median radish
Should I save my current folder before trying this?
ivory harbor
Just replace file named _Latest, it's already broken on your PC right now
median radish
I downloaded the zip file to desktop and I open the zip file it has this
Sorry I’m not very good at this kind of things so bare with me
median radish
So open my r5/saved/saveprofiles/ then the folder named 7656_backups
median radish
Then take the file you just sent me and replace it with this?
I have steam cloud sync off btw, so I’ve gone in and deleted the file named with latest and put in your file you sent me. Should I put steam in offline mode or keep it online and just keep the cloud sync off?
ivory harbor
Keep cloud sync off for now
median radish
Ok
So try boot up the game? I didn’t know the game will go and pick the latest world file in backups and use that folder to load the world
Oh wow I’m in and the building I was working on is half complete
I also have all my items from levelling up the last two days and I’m level 14 (was 13 previously in this world)
Let me try and craft something
It works!!!
So now I should exit the game and go into steam and turn cloud sync back on or?
shadow arch
This is giving me hope to upload my logs and see if they can help me.
median radish
This is giving me hope to upload my logs and see if they can help me.
I can’t believe I’m back on my bugged world and crafted something
Also keeping my character which has been progressing in another world is just the cherry on top!!
@ivory harbor now it’s working should I exit the game and turn on the cloud sync in steam?
ivory harbor
So now I should exit the game and go into steam and turn cloud sync back on or?
Yep, in case of conflict - choose local saves
median radish
Ok if it gives me the option 😂 done this before once and it didn’t let me pick
Im being a noob here, but I click this?
Scared to press the retry sync incase it automatically chooses cloud instead of local, I hope it gives me the option to pick?
It didn’t give me the option (I’ve seen the window before where you can choose)
Loading in now
It worked even from cloud sync thankfully!
Thank you so much for saving my world and user experience on this, without your help @ivory harbor I would not have my city back and be up and running again. Your a absolute legend and I tip my hat to your efforts