PC Possible work around/ solution to MD5 error

[CowboyKillr]

So I know this game has been around for years I just started playing it 5 months ago 1 save and all solo on my xbox series X . I spent god knows how many hours creating a tunnel /bunker system from the center of the map to all 4 corners . Mini horde bases on all the bridges on the map . A giant castle in the north . Hundreds of thousands of resources , coins , weapons ,parts , forges , work tables , cement mixers 90% OF EVERYTHINGGGGGGG I BUILT VANISHED along with all my chests with all of my loot . Not a single one survived  and i wasted months of my time and over 100 in game days . I only learned about this crash problem after it happened to me i tried following a video of deleting a save and clearing cache but everything is still gone .. you are telling me I wasted all this time and energy for nothing?? There is absolutely no way to get my stuff back?. If that's the case don't bother sending me anything about updates or new games . I'll never trust this company again to buy anything new 

 

[BFT2020]

So I know this game has been around for years I just started playing it 5 months ago 1 save and all solo on my xbox series X . I spent god knows how many hours creating a tunnel /bunker system from the center of the map to all 4 corners . Mini horde bases on all the bridges on the map . A giant castle in the north . Hundreds of thousands of resources , coins , weapons ,parts , forges , work tables , cement mixers 90% OF EVERYTHINGGGGGGG I BUILT VANISHED along with all my chests with all of my loot . Not a single one survived  and i wasted months of my time and over 100 in game days . I only learned about this crash problem after it happened to me i tried following a video of deleting a save and clearing cache but everything is still gone .. you are telling me I wasted all this time and energy for nothing?? There is absolutely no way to get my stuff back?. If that's the case don't bother sending me anything about updates or new games . I'll never trust this company again to buy anything new 

You do realize that it wasn't The Fun Pimps that made the console version, but TellTale Games?

 

[Lax]

I still play on Xbox to this day. The solution of deleting your local saved game and restoring the "cloud" version does work. I've used it repeatedly for a while now. It doesn't always work, but I would say it works about 95% of the time.

In my experience, the game crashes and resets your progress after playing for long periods of time. The larger your save game file gets in size, the more likely the game will crash and reset. The Xbox console doesn't appear to be powerful enough to handle the game.

When I start a new game, I can play for about 4-5 hours straight with no issues. Once the save game file starts to get larger, the game starts to crash and the time I can play before it crashes again becomes less and less. If I start a new game and my saved game file is about 1MB in size, then once the size gets to say 25 - 30 MB, the game will start to struggle to load areas and graphical glitches are more apparent before it crashes. Once the save game file gets to be about 40 - 50MB, I can only play for about an hour or hour and a half before it crashes.

So because I enjoy the game so much, I start a new game and play for about 4 hours straight, quit the game, delete the reserved space and restart the game again. I don't even have to delete the local save game file (I only have to delete the local game file if I play too long and the game actually crashes). Once the save game file gets larger, I play for about 2 hours, quit, delete the reserved space and restart the game and I'm good for another 2 hours. Once the game file size gets to about 40 - 50MB, I usually play for about an hour and a half, quit, delete the reserved space and restart the game. I've been playing like this for at least the last 2-3 years with no issues while waiting for the new game to be released. Hope this helps.

 

[Jugginator]

I still play on Xbox to this day. The solution of deleting your local saved game and restoring the "cloud" version does work. I've used it repeatedly for a while now. It doesn't always work, but I would say it works about 95% of the time.

In my experience, the game crashes and resets your progress after playing for long periods of time. The larger your save game file gets in size, the more likely the game will crash and reset. The Xbox console doesn't appear to be powerful enough to handle the game.

When I start a new game, I can play for about 4-5 hours straight with no issues. Once the save game file starts to get larger, the game starts to crash and the time I can play before it crashes again becomes less and less. If I start a new game and my saved game file is about 1MB in size, then once the size gets to say 25 - 30 MB, the game will start to struggle to load areas and graphical glitches are more apparent before it crashes. Once the save game file gets to be about 40 - 50MB, I can only play for about an hour or hour and a half before it crashes.

So because I enjoy the game so much, I start a new game and play for about 4 hours straight, quit the game, delete the reserved space and restart the game again. I don't even have to delete the local save game file (I only have to delete the local game file if I play too long and the game actually crashes). Once the save game file gets larger, I play for about 2 hours, quit, delete the reserved space and restart the game and I'm good for another 2 hours. Once the game file size gets to about 40 - 50MB, I usually play for about an hour and a half, quit, delete the reserved space and restart the game. I've been playing like this for at least the last 2-3 years with no issues while waiting for the new game to be released. Hope this helps.

Hey Lax, glad you're still enjoying the console version! Thanks for sharing this, that was awesome of you. Thankfully, this should be non-existent in the new console releases, hope you get to enjoy that version too

 

[Lax]

Hey Lax, glad you're still enjoying the console version! Thanks for sharing this, that was awesome of you. Thankfully, this should be non-existent in the new console releases, hope you get to enjoy that version too

Jugginator, thanks, I appreciate that. I have at least three games I consider my "go to games", games I always seem to come back to and play over and over again: Subnautica, Green Hell and 7 Days to Die. 

7 Days to Die really is a very unique game that I really enjoy. Especially the building aspect of the game. I like the fact that I can explore an open world with  a completely destructible  environment from the trees to the rocks, the ground, the buildings all the way down to the bedrock! I never get tired of experimenting with new builds each time I play. Throw in the looting, farming/planting crops and the constant sense of dread because of the Zombies and I'm hooked.

I seem to find new creative ways to build new bases each time I play. I rarely ever use any of the preexisting POI's as a base. I love just building from scratch and finding new ways to defend it. I'm really looking forward to playing the new version of the game. Particularly new features console players never got to experience like electricity. I also like the fact that The Fun Pimps are looking to provide console players with some kind of a discount to the price of the game because of the poor handling by Tell Tale Games. So in the meantime I just keep coming back to the original version. Thanks again!