severe game issue

PatchFNPainted

PatchFNPainted

Terrarian
so
I tried to get into my terraria game today to do some recordings for my youtube channel.
but when I opened my game up there was NOTHING.
absolutely NOTHING.
my game was COMPLETELY wiped!!!
I've logged 127 hours in this game (due to work and not having alot of time to play)
but I had alot of high level items and armor that I want back not to mention all the effort I put into my base!!!
how do I get back my entire game?
 
Your worlds and players should be saved in Documents/My Games/Terraria. Can you check if you have that folder and, if so, what's in it?
 
I'd try to verify the integrity of your game cache through Steam, to ensure that your Terraria install is installed properly. You can do this by right clicking on Terraria in your Steam game library, clicking "properties" Select the "Local Files" tab and then click "Verify Integrity of Game Files".

If that doesn't work. I'd try uninstalling and reinstalling Terraria.

For your save files, those are handled separately. Try checking the File location on your computer which Kazzymodus posted above. And if your world & character files aren't there. Try double checking your recycle bin, and then move the files back to their proper location in the Documents area linked above.
 
Kazzymodus said:
Your worlds and players should be saved in Documents/My Games/Terraria. Can you check if you have that folder and, if so, what's in it?
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this is whats there
theres nothing in the players folder :(
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Aurora3500 said:
I'd try to verify the integrity of your game cache through Steam, to ensure that your Terraria install is installed properly. You can do this by right clicking on Terraria in your Steam game library, clicking "properties" Select the "Local Files" tab and then click "Verify Integrity of Game Files".

If that doesn't work. I'd try uninstalling and reinstalling Terraria.

For your save files, those are handled separately. Try checking the File location on your computer which Kazzymodus posted above. And if your world & character files aren't there. Try double checking your recycle bin, and then move the files back to their proper location in the Documents area linked above.
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theres nothing in my recycle bin at the moment
 

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When you say your game is gone I assume you mean your player and world files are missing.

Here's some options you can look into:

There are a plethora of reasons files of missing or get corrupted, it could have been a hardware issue, an operating system issue, a user error, a software confliction or some other software issue. Sometimes it's just plain unavoidable. That's why it's highly recommended to keep manual backups of your files after each play session for Terraria. You can copy the World and Characters folders to other location or an external drive. The default location is \Documents\My Games\Terraria.
1. Check the recycling bin: sometimes files or folders will get placed into the recycling bin despite not anything being wrong with them. This is the first place to check.

If this did not solve your problem, or it does not apply to you move to step 2

2. Check the Steam Data Folder: While sometimes the steam cloud can be the very thing to cause the issue, it might also be the very thing that ends up saving you. Navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\STEAM ACCOUNT NUMBER\105600\remote (the steam account number is going to be a collection of random numbers and it will be different for each person. Most likely you will only see one folder so click whichever one shows up.) and see if your files are there.

If this did not solve your problem, or it does not apply to you move to step 3

3. Recover your files from the .bak files: Located in Terraria's default save location which is \Documents\My Games\Terraria you should see a worlds and player folder. Click on whichever folder that applies to you and see if there are any .bak files of your old or missing characters. Simply rename the file extension to .plr if it is a player file or .wld if it is a world file.

If this did not solve your problem, or it does not apply to you move to step 4

4. Revert to a previous version: Sometimes when your character or world gets corrupted the file remains in it's respective default save folder but is simply unusable by the game. You can revert to an earlier version of the file so that you don't lose ALL your progress. Using this method some of your progress will still be lost. First navigate to either \Documents\My Games\Terraria\Worlds or \Documents\My Games\Terraria\Players depending on what kind of file was corrupted. Right click the file and select properties. Now select the "Previous Versions" tab and see if anything is there. If so select the version you wish to revert to, click it, and then click restore.

If this did not solve your problem, or it does not apply to you move to step 5

5. Recreate your character using a Save Editor: In the event all else has failed you can use an inventory editor to help remake your character so that not all your progress is lost. The one that I like to point people to is TerraSVR because it is all web based and pretty simple to use. If you're having trouble figuring out how to use it there's a help button in the top right to help explain it's various features.
 
Grumpy Squid said:
When you say your game is gone I assume you mean your player and world files are missing.

Here's some options you can look into:

There are a plethora of reasons files of missing or get corrupted, it could have been a hardware issue, an operating system issue, a user error, a software confliction or some other software issue. Sometimes it's just plain unavoidable. That's why it's highly recommended to keep manual backups of your files after each play session for Terraria. You can copy the World and Characters folders to other location or an external drive. The default location is \Documents\My Games\Terraria.
1. Check the recycling bin: sometimes files or folders will get placed into the recycling bin despite not anything being wrong with them. This is the first place to check.

If this did not solve your problem, or it does not apply to you move to step 2

2. Check the Steam Data Folder: While sometimes the steam cloud can be the very thing to cause the issue, it might also be the very thing that ends up saving you. Navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\STEAM ACCOUNT NUMBER\105600\remote (the steam account number is going to be a collection of random numbers and it will be different for each person. Most likely you will only see one folder so click whichever one shows up.) and see if your files are there.

If this did not solve your problem, or it does not apply to you move to step 3

3. Recover your files from the .bak files: Located in Terraria's default save location which is \Documents\My Games\Terraria you should see a worlds and player folder. Click on whichever folder that applies to you and see if there are any .bak files of your old or missing characters. Simply rename the file extension to .plr if it is a player file or .wld if it is a world file.

If this did not solve your problem, or it does not apply to you move to step 4

4. Revert to a previous version: Sometimes when your character or world gets corrupted the file remains in it's respective default save folder but is simply unusable by the game. You can revert to an earlier version of the file so that you don't lose ALL your progress. Using this method some of your progress will still be lost. First navigate to either \Documents\My Games\Terraria\Worlds or \Documents\My Games\Terraria\Players depending on what kind of file was corrupted. Right click the file and select properties. Now select the "Previous Versions" tab and see if anything is there. If so select the version you wish to revert to, click it, and then click restore.

If this did not solve your problem, or it does not apply to you move to step 5

5. Recreate your character using a Save Editor: In the event all else has failed you can use an inventory editor to help remake your character so that not all your progress is lost. The one that I like to point people to is TerraSVR because it is all web based and pretty simple to use. If you're having trouble figuring out how to use it there's a help button in the top right to help explain it's various features.
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is there a way to recover all of the files in my recycling bin?
because idk why but every month it empties without me doing anything to it
where is program files at???
I checked in the Program (x86) folder and posted the picture here below
also included in the pictures below is the terraria folder (theres nothing in the player folder)
I play terraria through steam on PC so idk how to revert to a previous version
I'll try out the editor and see how that works
 

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There's some third party software that claims to be able to recover deleted data but the success rate is too low and as far as I know they are all paid services so I wouldn't be comfortable recommending it.

Recycling bins don't usually empty themselves. Most likely, a security or cleanup software service is doing it for you. If you go to where you uninstall a program and screenshot everything listed there I can tell you which software is most likely doing it.

If you're files aren't in any of the locations previously discussed you may be out of luck. Use the save editor to at least get your character and items back but you may need to recreate a new world.
 
Grumpy Squid said:
There's some third party software that claims to be able to recover deleted data but the success rate is too low and as far as I know they are all paid services so I wouldn't be comfortable recommending it.

Recycling bins don't usually empty themselves. Most likely, a security or cleanup software service is doing it for you. If you go to where you uninstall a program and screenshot everything listed there I can tell you which software is most likely doing it.

If you're files aren't in any of the locations previously discussed you may be out of luck. Use the save editor to at least get your character and items back but you may need to recreate a new world.
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they're not there ;~;
idk where else they would be
or why they would've been wiped in the first place
posting below the programs on this laptop
please note that this is also a VERY old and VERY shetty laptop as well
 

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Norton Internet Security came up as a possible candidate for automatically emptying the recycling bin. I'm not familiar with Norton Internet Security's options so I'm not sure how you would go about disabling it.
 
You're best protection in all honesty going forward is this: After each play session copy the entire Terraria folder in \Documents\My Games to a flash drive or folder in your desktop named backups. Then rename the folder to the days date.

Then even if you're files get corrupted you have plenty options for backups.
 
Disabling anti virus, or making an exception rule for your game is the only way to go about this, otherwise, Worlds/Characters don't just disappear on their own.
 
Grumpy Squid said:
You're best protection in all honesty going forward is this: After each play session copy the entire Terraria folder in \Documents\My Games to a flash drive or folder in your desktop named backups. Then rename the folder to the days date.

Then even if you're files get corrupted you have plenty options for backups.
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thats easier said than done, I don't have and can't really afford a flash drive.

Marcus101RR said:
Disabling anti virus, or making an exception rule for your game is the only way to go about this, otherwise, Worlds/Characters don't just disappear on their own.
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not sure what you mean by exception rule???
and its disappeared on me at least 2 times since I've had the game
 
PatchFNPainted said:
thats easier said than done, I don't have and can't really afford a flash drive.
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Then do this, create a folder on your desktop, name it backups. After each play session copy the entire Terraria folder in \Documents\My Games to your backups folder. Rename it the folder as the days date of your play session.
 
Grumpy Squid said:
Then do this, create a folder on your desktop, name it backups. After each play session copy the entire Terraria folder in \Documents\My Games to your backups folder. Rename it the folder as the days date of your play session.
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how do I edit the save file???
still haven't figured that out
it keeps asking me to open files and brings up the thing to do it and I have no idea what I'm doing
 
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