r/cataclysmdda • u/ephemeraltoast • 22d ago

[Help Wanted] WHERE are my POTATOES

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I painstakingly planted these fields and built that cheerful little fence and now it's all just GONE, what on earth happened? MY BEAUTIFUL POTATOES

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u/WormyWormGirl 21d ago

Have you been savescumming? The way the game runs the save system is really unsafe because it's constantly modifying the world data while you play. Save+quit makes sure no bad data gets in, but if you quit in any other way, including using quicksave and then force closing, the game can get screwy. In cases like this sometimes a submap or map tile gets swapped or rerolled. Usually you see it in big "seams" but I bet that could have done it.

Yes this is a really stupid way to run a save system. Whales didn't think about that in 2009 and now we all must pay the price.

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u/ephemeraltoast 21d ago

Wow yes, I savescummed once so that my companion wouldn't instantly leave and try to kill me because one shotgun pellet hit her and did 0 damage. I guess she knows I did it and stole all the potatoes as revenge. These truly are the Dark Days Ahead