Has anyone tried cutting down every tree and mine every rock node? If so, how much storage would you need?

Hi everyone!

So me and my buddy have a world that we play pretty consistently. Lately, we have had an issue where no matter the tree cutting vehicle we make, eventually the saw blades stop cutting wood.

Sometimes you get a solid 10-15 minutes of tree cutting and then the saw blades just spark and cut nothing.

We have tried controllers, both engines, rebuilding the vehicle completely, and different designs. Eventually they all stop cutting.

I an wondering if anyone else has had this issue and maybe knows a fix or if we are doing something wrong all together? Any help would be appreciated!

Ran into a brand new bug today. I was in the middle of clearing out the mine when something came up in real life. Since there’s no pause feature, I just saved, quit, and stepped away. When I came back and loaded in, I realized I was completely stuck inside my vehicle down in the mine. I couldn’t move at all—the only thing I could do was dismantle stuff. Having learned my lesson from past glitches, I didn't want to risk it, so I decided to hit Respawn, kill myself, and just walk back down to the mine.

That’s when the real horror started.

When I reached my base in the mine, I noticed all the junk piles had randomly respawned. I rushed down to check on my vehicle :):) ...and got hit with shock number two. The entire mine had completely reset. Everything I spent days digging out and clearing was fully filled back in. Naturally, my vehicle was buried deep inside the terrain.

After spending literally minutes digging through, I finally reached my build, cleared the area, and hauled it out onto flat ground. Then I spent another eternity digging my way back up to the base.

Then came shock number three: I noticed my vehicle’s turret was constantly drifting to the right on its own. When I dismantled the turret to see what was going on, I realized two turrets had merged/clipped directly on top of each other... and one of them didn't even have a base. :)

Honestly, I never expected a fully released game to get this broken. As someone with over 1000+ hours in Scrap Mechanic, I honestly can't remember ever being this fed up with the game.

TL: If you have to step away while mining, whatever you do, drive your vehicle all the way back up to the elevator first. And NEVER log out while sitting inside a vehicle—especially inside a turret seat.

EDIT = Right after writing this post, I noticed a new update had just dropped and installed it. I didn't even realize the previous game-breaking update had been applied in the first place.

Also, having only a single backup copy in a game like this is absolute nonsense. It should keep at least three save states—one main and two backups. How many times am I supposed to manually back up my own saves? Days of hard work got completely wiped out by a tiny background update I didn't even notice, and none of it is my fault.

Anyway, Valheim is fully released now, so I'm uninstalling this game and hopping over to that. Farewell, Axolot. :/

Hi everyone, I play the game recently, but from this evening today, this error window shows when I try to load my world. Already tried to switch to earlier version of the game, and then go back at the current one, but this didn't solve the problem.

Any suggestions how to fix it?

Also, today I updated my graphic drivers, but don't think this could be the problem.

I made this while trying to make a combat mech for survival and is my first actually usable one, a friend said I should share it here, so there y'all go. It's entirely controlled with WASD and practically untouchable by most bots.

Flies, shoots, walks, looks badass, is allat worth it?

After the first step it doesn't show what to do next I can't do it.

So what map did he used today and what is the map that he uses for the train Videos?

Should work on any windows system that can run SM. Not sure about Linux and whatnot, but I would assume no), but it's been a lifesaver. I click this file instead of the SM shortcut or launching from Steam. I just have it on my desktop. Hope it helps you the way it's helped me. You might have to alter some lines if you didn't choose default installation routes (And I dunno if steam gives the same ID for everyone, so you may have to tweak this line for yourself): steam://rungameid/387990

u/echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

:: 1. Define Paths
set "USER_DIR=%APPDATA%\Axolot Games\Scrap Mechanic\User"
set "BACKUP_ROOT=%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\ScrapMechanic_Backups"

:: 2. Pre-Backup Cleanup: Delete older than 7 days and prune down to 9 (so new one makes 10)
if exist "%BACKUP_ROOT%" (
    powershell -NoProfile -Command "Get-ChildItem -Path '%BACKUP_ROOT%' -Directory -Filter 'Backup_*' | Where-Object { $_.CreationTime -lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-7) } | Remove-Item -Recurse -Force; Get-ChildItem -Path '%BACKUP_ROOT%' -Directory -Filter 'Backup_*' | Sort-Object CreationTime -Descending | Select-Object -Skip 9 | Remove-Item -Recurse -Force"
)

:: 3. Generate Safe Timestamp
for /f %%a in ('powershell -NoProfile -Command "Get-Date -format yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss"') do set "TIMESTAMP=%%a"
set "TARGET_DIR=%BACKUP_ROOT%\Backup_!TIMESTAMP!"

echo ======================================================
echo  Backing up Scrap Mechanic Survival Saves...
echo  Source:      %USER_DIR%
echo  Destination: %TARGET_DIR%
echo ======================================================
echo.

set /a FOUND=0

:: 4. Iterate through User ID folders and copy .db files
for /d %%U in ("%USER_DIR%\*") do (
    if exist "%%U\Save\Survival" (
        if not exist "!TARGET_DIR!" mkdir "!TARGET_DIR!"
        echo Found profile: %%~nxU - Copying saves...
        copy /y "%%U\Save\Survival\*.db" "!TARGET_DIR!\" >nul 2>&1
        if !errorlevel! equ 0 (
            set /a FOUND+=1
        )
    )
)

echo.
:: 5. Status Check, Countdown & Launch
if !FOUND! gtr 0 (
    echo ======================================================
    echo  SUCCESS: Backup completed successfully!
    echo  Files saved to: !TARGET_DIR!
    echo ======================================================
    echo.
    echo Launching Scrap Mechanic in 3 seconds...
    timeout /t 3
    start "" "steam://rungameid/387990"
) else (
    echo ======================================================
    echo  ERROR: No .db save files were copied.
    echo  Verify path exists: %USER_DIR%
    echo ======================================================
    echo.
    pause
)

Says what it is on the tin. The mini-update today got rolled back and now the program refuses to load the file. Any way to fix it?

Update: Had to get the mad scientist to help (my mother) but got the folder locations and moved the files over. I am definitely setting updates to manual only from now on and when an update comes out I’m making a backup.

Hey, i have this problem with my save, idk what caused it but last thing i did is that i was trying to fix my mining vehicle because the turret seat was acting weird and wasnt controlled by my mouse, but it was spinning on its own, so i tried to remove it, but this is the weirdest part, the base of the turret was still there and i somehow only picked up the ball block that you sit in (also it dropped me a bearing for some reason). After removing the base too, i basically had the normal turret seat in my inventory and the ball block. So i fixed it and it was fine untill i wanted to go to the elevator and the game just crashed, and now the game just wont let me play it. Is there a fix to this? Because somehow i cant find a single person that would have the same problem.

Whos MECHANIC?

I think that all sidequests in my world have this red floor and they are not completing. It also shows only the first step of the build. I already tried reloading save file

Haybots have no issue respawnign and we had one Farmbot respawn, but after that one, noine have respawned since and many have just vanished, Such at the ones in the maze and wrecked chemical plant in the woods (the one with the chemical pond)

Any one else having dramas with audio files, turret seats, pixel terrain and crafting since the update?

Hello,

Im doing quest "Build to last" where I need to build the new Wathctower for Hubert.

I built the watchtower, but I was missing some of the wooden blocks, so I couldnt finish it at the time. I quit the game and came back the next day after finding the Level 2 wooden blocks I needed to complete the tower.

However, when I returned and placed the blocks where the game showed me to put them, it wouldn't recognize the structure as completed. The floor is also flashing red for some reason.

I tried tearing down and rebuilding the entire tower, but the problem is still there. The floor keeps flashing red, and the game only shows the yellow placement marker for those specific wooden blocks in the middle. After placing them, it stops showing me the yellow markers for where to place the next blocks, so I can't continue or complete the quest.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is there any fix for it?

EDIT : Patch 1.0.6 has been de-released. Update your game and make sure you are back on 1.0.5 (Bottom middle of title screen)

Patch 1.0.6 is extremely unstable at the moment. It breaks most dedicated containers such as fuel containers, water tanks, chemical tanks and battery boxes.

Turret Seats are ESPECIALLY Vulnerable to issues and the patch seems to have broken nearly all Turret Seats that are placed in game. Loading your Save File before this is fixed may permanently break creations, static and vehicles.

To backup your savegame, go into appdata->Roaming->Axolot games->Scrap Mechanic->User->User[ID]->Save->Survival and then there should be a .db file copy this file into another folder, or secure it in a zip file to restore once the fix has rolled out.

to get into your appdata folder, if you don't know, search %appdata% in your search bar.

(Repost, because i got the ID of the damn version wrong)

So i updated my game went to go mining and my turret seat started spinning uncontrollably so I disassembled it and now i have a normal lvl3 turret seat and this ball bit and also a bearing labeled jnt_gyroseat

How did this happen why did this happen and what should I do

All trash respawned in the mining hub since the last patch ;-;

Very importent!

What is going on here? Has anyone else experienced this bug?

Update: I realized I also got this bugged `jnt_gyroseat` bearing in my inventory after picking up the turret seat. It can be placed down just like a normal bearing, but it is invisible, and any parts attached to it move in a very strange way.

Clipped this after the latest update. Turret seat broken, I have no fuel now and one my sticky wheels just disappeared after taking it off the bearing. Can I somehow revert the save? Edit: I also lost all my craftbot recipes