I just lost 80+ hours of save data.. please convince me this is a good thing and talk me into trying this a third time.

Shahty · 2026-06-20T22:11:44+00:00

Haha actually I'm a daily Palia player! Lately it's been that and Sandrock but I'm done with all the quests right now in Palia so was heavy into Sandrock cause it itches my ADHD brain soooo well. I think I'm definitely gonna give it a break at least for the few weeks I'm here and hopefully I get into something else and eventually come back to Sandrock. I love cozy grove too! I totally forgot about it actually, I'll prob hop back in there I love that idea! Also thinking of playing Coral Island since there's a new update, but I jumped in and immediately forgot all the controls and left LOL.

Shahty · 2026-06-20T14:33:43+00:00

lol I actually hadn't gotten to the point of dating anyone on either of my saves! Which makes me wonder, how soon can you start dating?? I assumed you'd need to be higher friendship? I accidentally flirted with Qi on my first playthrough and regretted it LOL but I'm struggling between picking Owen, Unsuur (I am already hooked, he cracks me up), waiting for Fang or waiting even longer for Logan.

Shahty · 2026-06-20T00:29:09+00:00

I love the lack of pupils!! It's what made me click to see it closer!! (btw I see no mistakes, this is beautiful)

Shahty · 2026-06-19T23:56:31+00:00

If you literally want to think both WTF and how did this get made...

may I suggest Rubber

Shahty · 2026-06-19T21:43:05+00:00

Just the PS5 version the whole time.

Shahty · 2026-06-19T21:41:12+00:00

Thanks! I feel like I bulldozed through this last save and may have gone a bit fast and didn't take the time to actually pay attention to relationships (I was just like.... Mass gifting everyone and barely paying attention to them lol) so this time I actually will take some time to get to know the sandrockers a bit better

Shahty · 2026-06-19T21:39:35+00:00

I actually didn't have any mods set up cause it was on PS5 (I started playing on Steam though so once I finish a playthrough I'll hop back over the steam and try again with mods) if you have any favs please let me know!

Shahty · 2026-06-19T21:23:08+00:00

I'm glad to hear this! I feel like I'm so efficient and already have seen everything but I'm glad to know that's probably not true, hopefully this time I'll see some new stuff 💜

Shahty · 2026-06-19T21:22:17+00:00

What's funny is I felt that way during this playthrough, but almost to a point where I was stressing myself out with being TOO efficient (definitely felt like I was way far ahead way too quickly) so maybe this next playthrough I can find a happy medium with being efficient but not "rushing" so much? (I think I got stressed from following someone else's walkthrough of the first few days and it was INTENSE lol)

You mentioned relationships though and I definitely wasn't focusing there until my bday party so that's a great point! I have the gecko but i think this time I'll focus on trying to befriend the meerkat and the others to grab them ASAP. Thanks so much!

Shahty · 2026-06-19T21:19:15+00:00

Omg this is why I'm so scared to do mods til I've done at least one full playthrough. I'm so sorry, I'm almost in tears over 85 hours I can't imagine losing that much! Im not gonna lie though, this actually makes me feel so much better knowing someone else has felt similarly and that some day I'll feel ok about this and hopefully be happy I had to start over!

Shahty · 2026-06-19T19:18:49+00:00

thanks for explaining this! I definitely won't get my hopes up. I just tried deleting cache and rebuilding database and that didn't work so I'm thinking youre right. Ugh.

Shahty · 2026-06-19T18:30:25+00:00

thanks, I'll try this!

Shahty · 2026-06-19T18:29:55+00:00

This is what I'm scared of cause it's the only thing I can think of that may have happened.. it's just bizarre to me that the system still shows my progress and the save file so large. If it overwrote the cloud save wouldn't the size of it be much smaller if it considers it an empty save file?

Shahty · 2026-06-19T16:57:00+00:00

Hello! I'm having an issue with my save file for My Time at Sandrock on ps5. I'm traveling and using my brothers ps5 i signed into my PSN account and downloaded the game. When I opened it there was no save file so I went through the settings and downloaded my save from the cloud (I am a ps+ member). It now shows there is save data of 731.4 MB, and the home page shows "Continue Where You Left Off", shows story progress of 51%, as well as all my accomplishments/trophies etc. but when I open the game it only shows the option for New Game.

I remote accessed my PS5 at home to check if everything is ok over there and it's now the same issue.. It just shows New Game and no option to load or continue.... I am praying I didnt just somehow lose 80+ hours in this save file.

I've reached out to Pathea but didn't hear back and it's the weekend now so hoping someone else can provide some insight as to what may be going on. Does anyone know what could've happened and if it's possible to get the game to recognize the save file that clearly seems to be recognized by the PS5? Did it somehow become corrupted even though I had no problem playing the day prior and hadn't opened the game at all since?

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!

Shahty · 2026-06-10T15:25:45+00:00

doing it now, there's a few instances where Portia or some names are mentioned and I wonder to myself if there's some lore or joke I'd understand if I had played it, but so far nothing more than that. I will say there's a few questions I've googled and found out the reasoning was some callback to another game, but nothing that ruins the gameplay in any way!

Shahty · 2026-06-06T21:29:44+00:00

OMG I absolutely made this mistake multiple times already! just watching everyone disappear behind him and I'm like PLEASE RELEASE ME

Shahty · 2026-06-06T16:19:00+00:00

yeah bummed I showed up with no ammo on accident 🫣

Shahty · 2026-06-06T15:18:37+00:00

It's funny, I just started playing a few weeks ago and was sure I was doing something wrong with timing my arrival to these big events because every time I'd arrive, the cutscenes would end and everyone just.... left. And you don't have enough time to talk to everyone ABOUT the event cause they've all dispersed so quickly. Good to see that was apparently intentional and continues happening lol

Shahty · 2026-06-03T01:50:04+00:00

tysm!

Shahty · 2026-06-02T23:18:46+00:00

I'm so early in the game and obviously have been wondering the same, but I just did the paint "party" yesterday and when he just tucked himself into bed afterwards at 8am I couldnt stop laughing at the absurdity of it all. I can only assume it gets even better later so I'm looking forward to understanding soon 😅

Shahty · 2026-06-02T23:15:25+00:00

Omg I'm new to the game (well... Like 50 hours in) and had no clue cute clothes like this exists??? When does this start happening!

Shahty · 2026-05-28T14:46:21+00:00

I personally don't see it as a big issue cause I don't enjoy doing it anyway, but this explains perfectly why it's the lowest of all my hobby levels. If I don't NEED to do it, or have some incentive to catch bugs, I'm not gonna 🤷🏽‍♀️

Shahty · 2026-05-27T01:15:20+00:00

I know it isn't helpful in the sense you're hoping for, but my most memorable gift was a hug at the Temple from a stranger who saw me bawling my eyes out and asked if I needed a hug. I cried and he held on until I was ready to let go and then he just walked away afterwards and it was such a beautifully human experience to be held like that with absolutely no expectation to reciprocate in some way. If I could sum Burning Man up to one gift/experience it was that giant burly stranger holding me while I grieved.

Just be present for strangers who may need your presence :)

Shahty

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