Everything got wiped in Starbound
So I was just going to start up Starbound, wanting to check out the update that took it out of early access. I click on singleplayer, but NOTHING is there. Not one character. I look in the files and everything is still there but nothing in-game. How can I transfer it back? Did this happen to anyone else?
Best Answer
Part of the change to the 1.0 version included a wipe of older character and world save data.
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Just copy your Starbound folder ( it can be found in "C: -> Program Files x86 -> Steam -> SteamApps -> common ) and place it somewhere else.Where is Starbound save data?
Starbound saves your progress in two different folders; players and universe. Both of these are located in your main Starbound folder (in linux32 or in linux64 if you use Linux version). The players folder stores your character, your inventory and your ship.How do you wipe Starbound?
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Answer 2
During Beta Phase and especially with the official 1.0 release, different characters and world wipe have been done. this is because of changes in world/character generation which made unusable the old data format.
So even if you still own those saves, they would be unusable.
If you start a new character, there should be no issue from 1.0 release. In theory they should not make wipes in the game anymore. You can then use any sort of method (manual cloud syncing) to keep your game saves safe and even sync across computers
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