my solo-460 hrs game missing after forced pc shutdown

[13floor]

Dear Klei,

I found a similar topic on this issue here 

and I hoped you could also look into my issue, as it's slightly different  - perhaps there's something you could recommend to restore my main game session, as I've been playing this one world solo for several months now and it'd be such a pity to lose it after all that effort and time. 

I had 3 hosted games synched (saved in cloud), all light modes (no world reset after dying), all played solo. After another forced pc shutdown (that happens regularly, the game/pc just freezes after which I have to shutdown pc manually and start again - and it happened before regularly as well, but never affected my saved DST game or any other games. It happens most probably because of the Windows bugs, as last time I had the same problem for over a year and reinstalling Windows fixed it). The funny thing is that my Klei documents folders are not empty and I didn't lose ALL of my 3 host games I had in the list of my games, only my most recent, 406 hrs one. After that I started DST again twice and my main game didn't appear. Neither online, nor in offline mode. The pc bin is also emty. Can you please take a look at the client.log as below and screenshots of the folders as attached and let me know if there's anything I can do to restore the saved game? 

Would really appreciate your reply! And as much detailed and easy as possible please, as I'm not very educated in terms of uploading saved game files and etc.

 

[00:00:00]: 
System Memory:
    Memory Load: 33%
    Available Physical Memory: 16308m/24495m
    Available Page File: 18149m/28079m
    Available Virtual Memory: 134213455m/134217727m
    Available Extended Virtual Memory: 0m
[00:00:00]: 
Process Memory:
    Peak Working Set Size: 33m
    Working Set Size: 32m
    Quota Peak Page Pool Usage: 255k
    Quota Page Pool Usage: 253k
    Quota Peak Non Paged Pool Usage:18k
    Quota Non Paged Pool Usage: 17k
    Page File Usage: 6m
    Peak Page File Usage: 6m
[00:00:00]: PersistRootStorage is now APP:Klei//DoNotStarveTogether/ 
[00:00:00]: Starting Up
[00:00:00]: Version: 662447
[00:00:00]: Current time: Sun Apr 06 00:26:27 2025

[00:00:00]: Don't Starve Together: 662447 WIN32_STEAM
[00:00:00]: Build Date: 3197
[00:00:00]: Mode: 64-bit
[00:00:00]: Parsing command line
[00:00:00]: Command Line Arguments: 
[00:00:00]: Initializing distribution platform
[00:00:00]: Initializing Minidump handler
[00:00:00]: ....Done
[00:00:01]: Steam AppBuildID: 17931480
[00:00:01]: ....Done
[00:00:01]: PersistUserStorage is now APP:Klei//DoNotStarveTogether/1794601308/ 
[00:00:01]: Fixing DPI
[00:00:01]: ...Done
[00:00:01]: THREAD - started 'GAClient' (10384)
[00:00:01]: CurlRequestManager::ClientThread::Main()
[00:00:01]: ProfileIndex:3.08
[00:00:01]: Mounting file system databundles/klump.zip successful.
[00:00:01]: Mounting file system databundles/shaders.zip successful.
[00:00:01]: Mounting file system databundles/fonts.zip successful.
[00:00:01]: Mounting file system databundles/anim_dynamic.zip successful.
[00:00:01]: Mounting file system databundles/bigportraits.zip successful.
[00:00:01]: Mounting file system databundles/images.zip successful.
[00:00:01]: Mounting file system databundles/scripts.zip successful.
[00:00:01]: THREAD - started 'IC' (15292)
[00:00:01]: Texture Streaming: ENABLED
[00:00:01]: Texture Streaming: DISABLED
[00:00:01]: Threaded Renderer: ENABLED
[00:00:01]: THREAD - started 'SimUpdateThread' (17180)
[00:00:01]: THREAD - started 'RenderThread' (17176)
[00:00:01]: [Connect] PendingConnection::Reset(true)
[00:00:01]: Platform: 1
[00:00:01]: Network tick rate: U=15(2), D=0
[00:00:01]: Authorized application C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Don't Starve Together\bin64\dontstarve_steam_x64.exe is enabled in the firewall.
[00:00:01]: WindowsFirewall - Application already authorized
[00:00:01]: THREAD - started 'StreamInput' (14404)
[00:00:01]: loaded ping_cache
[00:00:01]: Offline user ID: OU_76561199754867036
[00:00:01]: Cached userid loaded:
[00:00:01]: SteamID: 76561199754867036
[00:00:01]: THREAD - started 'AsynTextureLoadthread' (16672)
[00:00:01]: THREAD - started 'AsynTextureLoadthread' (9288)
[00:00:01]: HardwareStats:
  OS                        
    name                      Майкрософт Windows 10 Домашняя
    version                   10.0.19045
    platformSpecific          SP 0.0
    architecture              64-разрядная
  CPU                       
    clockSpeed                2808
    name                      Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8400 CPU @ 2.80GHz
    manufacturer              GenuineIntel
    numCores                  6
    features                  SSE,SSE2,SSE3,SSSE3,SSE41,SSE42,AVX
  RAM                       
    megsOfRam                 24576
  GPU                       
    megsOfRam                 4095
    videoModeDescription      Цвета: 1920 x 1200 x 4294967296
    name                      NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    driverVersion             32.0.15.6081
    driverDate                20240730000000.000000-000
    refreshRate               59

[00:00:01]: cGame::InitializeOnMainThread
[00:00:01]: WindowManager::Initialize
[00:00:01]: CreateWindow: Requesting 1920,1200 - 5/6/5 - -1/-1/-1 - 0
[00:00:01]: CreateEGLContext: 12 configs found
[00:00:01]:      0: 8/8/8 -  0/ 0/ 0 - 0
[00:00:01]:      1: 8/8/8 -  0/16/ 0 - 0
[00:00:01]:      2: 8/8/8 -  0/24/ 0 - 0
[00:00:01]:      3: 8/8/8 -  0/24/ 8 - 0
[00:00:01]:      4: 5/5/5 -  0/ 0/ 0 - 0
[00:00:01]:      5: 5/5/5 -  0/16/ 0 - 0
[00:00:01]:      6: 5/5/5 -  0/24/ 0 - 0
[00:00:01]:      7: 5/5/5 -  0/24/ 8 - 0
[00:00:01]:      8: 8/8/8 -  8/ 0/ 0 - 0
[00:00:01]:      9: 8/8/8 -  8/16/ 0 - 0
[00:00:01]:     10: 8/8/8 -  8/24/ 0 - 0
[00:00:01]:     11: 8/8/8 -  8/24/ 8 - 0
[00:00:01]: WindowManager::SetFullscreen(0, 1920, 1200, 60)
[00:00:01]: GLInfo
[00:00:01]: ~~~~~~
[00:00:01]: GL_VENDOR: Google Inc.
[00:00:01]: GL_RENDERER: ANGLE (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti)
[00:00:01]: GL_VERSION: OpenGL ES 2.0 (ANGLE 1.0.0.2249)
[00:00:01]: GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 1.00 (ANGLE 1.0.0.2249)
[00:00:01]: OpenGL extensions (19, 19):
[00:00:01]: GL_ANGLE_depth_texture
[00:00:01]: GL_ANGLE_framebuffer_blit
[00:00:01]: GL_ANGLE_framebuffer_multisample
[00:00:01]: GL_ANGLE_instanced_arrays
[00:00:01]: GL_ANGLE_pack_reverse_row_order
[00:00:01]: GL_ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt3
[00:00:01]: GL_ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt5
[00:00:01]: GL_ANGLE_texture_usage
[00:00:01]: GL_ANGLE_translated_shader_source
[00:00:01]: GL_EXT_read_format_bgra
[00:00:01]: GL_EXT_robustness
[00:00:01]: GL_EXT_texture_compression_dxt1
[00:00:01]: GL_EXT_texture_format_BGRA8888
[00:00:01]: GL_EXT_texture_storage
[00:00:01]: GL_OES_get_program_binary
[00:00:01]: GL_OES_packed_depth_stencil
[00:00:01]: GL_OES_rgb8_rgba8
[00:00:01]: GL_OES_standard_derivatives
[00:00:01]: GL_OES_texture_npot
[00:00:01]: GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE = 16384
[00:00:01]: GL_MAX_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS = 16
[00:00:01]: GL_MAX_RENDERBUFFER_SIZE = 16384
[00:00:01]: GL_MAX_VIEWPORT_DIMS = 16384, 16384
[00:00:01]: GL_MAX_VARYING_VECTORS = 10
[00:00:01]: GL_MAX_VERTEX_ATTRIBS = 16
[00:00:01]: GL_MAX_VERTEX_UNIFORM_VECTORS = 254
[00:00:01]: GL_MAX_VERTEX_TEXTURE_IMAGE_UNITS = 4
[00:00:01]: GL_MAX_FRAGMENT_UNIFORM_VECTORS = 221
[00:00:01]: THREAD - started 'WindowsInputManager' (13904)
[00:00:01]: 4 compressed texture formats
[00:00:01]: texture format 0x83f0
[00:00:01]: texture format 0x83f1
[00:00:01]: texture format 0x83f2
[00:00:01]: texture format 0x83f3
[00:00:02]: Renderer initialize: Okay
[00:00:02]: AnimManager initialize: Okay
[00:00:02]: Buffers initialize: Okay
[00:00:02]: cDontStarveGame::DoGameSpecificInitialize()
[00:00:02]: GameSpecific initialize: Okay
[00:00:02]: cGame::StartPlaying
[00:00:02]: AppVersion::GetArchitecture() x64
[00:00:02]: LOADING LUA
[00:00:02]: DoLuaFile scripts/main.lua
[00:00:02]: DoLuaFile loading buffer scripts/main.lua
[00:00:03]:   taskgrouplist:    default    Together    
[00:00:03]:   taskgrouplist:    classic    Classic    
[00:00:03]:   taskgrouplist:    cave_default    Underground    
[00:00:03]:   taskgrouplist:    lavaarena_taskset    The Forge    
[00:00:03]:   taskgrouplist:    quagmire_taskset    The Gorge    
[00:00:03]: Running main.lua
    
[00:00:03]: loaded modindex    
[00:00:03]: ModIndex: Beginning normal load sequence.
    
[00:00:03]: Event data unavailable: lavaarena_event_server/lavaarena_achievement_quest_defs
[00:00:06]: LOADING LUA SUCCESS
[00:00:06]: PlayerDeaths loaded morgue    6843    
[00:00:06]: PlayerHistory loaded player_history (v2) len:1347    
[00:00:06]: ServerPreferences loaded server_preferences    2    
[00:00:06]: ConsoleScreenSettings loaded consolescreen    944    
[00:00:06]: bloom_enabled    true    
[00:00:06]: EnableShadeRenderer:     true    
[00:00:06]: loaded shardsaveindex    
[00:00:06]: OnFilesLoaded()    
[00:00:06]: OnUpdatePurchaseStateComplete    
[00:00:06]: Klump load on boot started.    
[00:00:06]: Klump files loaded:     0    
[00:00:08]:     Load FE    
[00:00:09]:     Load FE: done    
[00:00:09]: THREAD - started 'FilesExistAsyncThread' (14168)
[00:00:09]: FilesExistAsyncThread started (26603 files)...
[00:00:09]: OnLoadPermissionList: APP:Klei//DoNotStarveTogether/1794601308/client_save/blocklist.txt (Failure)
[00:00:09]: OnLoadPermissionList: APP:Klei//DoNotStarveTogether/1794601308/client_save/adminlist.txt (Failure)
[00:00:09]: OnLoadUserIdList: APP:Klei//DoNotStarveTogether/1794601308/client_save/whitelist.txt (Failure)
[00:00:09]: [MOTD] Downloading info from    https://motd.klei.com/motd.json/?game=dst&platform=STEAM&locale=RU&lang=russian&version=662447    
[00:00:09]: Check for write access: TRUE
[00:00:09]: Check for read access: TRUE
[00:00:09]: Available disk space for save files: 474673 MB
[00:00:09]: ModIndex: Load sequence finished successfully.    
[00:00:09]: Reset() returning
[00:00:09]: Do AutoLogin    
[00:00:09]: [Steam] Auth Session Ticket requested...
[00:00:09]: [Steam] Got Auth Session Ticket
[00:00:09]: [MOTD] Done Loading.    
[00:00:10]: Cancelling Get All Items flow. Current progress at 0
[00:00:10]: [Workshop] ItemQuery got this many results: 4, matching: 4
[00:00:10]: [Workshop] ModQuery got 4 results
[00:00:10]: [Workshop] ModQuery queued to download IDs: 3428325740 3383078008 3363895522 2795130977
[00:00:10]: [Workshop] ItemQuery finished all queries, moving to download phase
[00:00:10]: [Workshop] ItemQuery finished downloading everything
[00:00:11]: ... FilesExistAsyncThread complete
[00:00:19]: Getting top mod details...
[00:00:19]: Frontend-Unloading mod 'all'.    
[00:00:19]: GOT top mod details...50
[00:00:19]: [Workshop] ItemQuery got this many results: 4, matching: 4
[00:00:19]: [Workshop] ModQuery got 4 results
[00:00:19]: [Workshop] ModQuery queued to download IDs: 3428325740 3383078008 3363895522 2795130977
[00:00:19]: [Workshop] ItemQuery finished all queries, moving to download phase
[00:00:19]: [Workshop] ItemQuery finished downloading everything
[00:00:19]: [Workshop] ItemQuery got this many results: 4, matching: 4
[00:00:19]: [Workshop] ModQuery got 4 results
[00:00:19]: [Workshop] ModQuery queued to download IDs: 3428325740 3383078008 3363895522 2795130977
[00:00:19]: [Workshop] ItemQuery finished all queries, moving to download phase
[00:00:19]: [Workshop] ItemQuery finished downloading everything
[00:00:21]: Frontend-Unloading mod 'all'.    
[00:00:24]: [Workshop] ItemQuery got this many results: 4, matching: 4
[00:00:24]: [Workshop] ModQuery got 4 results
[00:00:24]: [Workshop] ModQuery queued to download IDs: 3428325740 3383078008 3363895522 2795130977
[00:00:24]: [Workshop] ItemQuery finished all queries, moving to download phase
[00:00:24]: [Workshop] ItemQuery finished downloading everything
[00:00:37]: [Workshop] CancelDownloads for all pending downloads
[00:00:37]: Collecting garbage...
[00:00:37]: lua_gc took 0.06 seconds
[00:00:37]: ~ShardLuaProxy()
[00:00:37]: ~cEventLeaderboardProxy()
[00:00:37]: ~ItemServerLuaProxy()
[00:00:37]: ~InventoryLuaProxy()
[00:00:37]: ~NetworkLuaProxy()
[00:00:37]: ~SimLuaProxy()
[00:00:37]: [Workshop] CancelDownloads for all pending downloads
[00:00:37]: lua_close took 0.07 seconds
[00:00:37]: [Workshop] CancelDownloads for all pending downloads
[00:00:37]: [Steam] Auth ticket cancelled
[00:00:37]: CurlRequestManager::ClientThread::Main() complete
[00:00:37]: HttpClient2 discarded 0 callbacks.
[00:00:37]: Shutting down
 

[gaymime]

if it possibly helps steam decided to set all my games to cloud save and i have had to reset each of them back to local. do you think that might do anything?

[13floor]

2 hours ago, gaymime said:

if it possibly helps steam decided to set all my games to cloud save and i have had to reset each of them back to local. do you think that might do anything?

yes, the steam DST page says the game is saved in cloud, but I changed my DST settings to local save. I don't understand this: if I have my cloud/local saves on my pc,  how to manually download the saved data into the game (either cloud or local)?

I read several guides about how to copy local files, like this one below, but I've got 2 questions. 1. Can I upload my cloud save to the game? If yes, how? In my Docs/ Klei directory I've got a folder named 'CloudSaves' and a file called 'steam_autocloud.vdf.'

2. The guide below refers to folders named 'Cluster', I've got 3 folders too, I assume that the last world, which disappeared, refers to Cluster_3 folder, as it was created the last, but for some reason the size of this folder (50 Mb) is not as big as Cluster 2 (30 Mb), which makes no sense, because my 2 previous worlds are like 1-2 days of gameplay and my main world is 406 hrs of play, thus shouldn't the size of this folder be huge? I also don't understand why these Cluster folders date back to 2024 and not the current date (shouldn't there be files dated today?). There is another folder called 'ClientSave' and it dates today. Why does the guide below refer to Cluster folders and not 'ClientSave'? To my opinion, it makes more sense to somehow use 'ClientSave' and 'CloudSave' data to restore the game, no? But I don't know how. Other guides I found on the web are way too complicated for me

• Assuming your world wasn't deleted you should go to the directory
  C:\Users\YOURNAME\Documents\Klei\DoNotStarveTogether
  You should find 5 Cluster files each corresponding to the worlds you can host in game.
• Assuming your world was the first one on the list you will want to move the Cluster_1 file and paste it into your desktop.
• Once you have done that open DST and create another world with your desired world settings. (If your previous world had caves turn that on as well)
• Close DST
• Go back to C:\Users\YOURNAME\Documents\Klei\DoNotStarveTogether
  There should be new Cluster_1 file now.
• Go into the Cluster file that you placed into your desktop and copy the Master and Caves file that you should find inside.
• Paste the previously mentioned Master and Caves files directly into the new Cluster_1 file that DST made when you generated a new world.
• Open up the world in DST and see if it worked.