Xbox X -- "continue game" is greyed out and cannot be clicked on to load and play.

[meganoth]

Is there any word from Microsoft since this seems to be an Xbox exclusive issue? As provider of information to developpers and manager of the cloudsave protocol for their platform I believe they share a bit of the responsibility as well.

That may be, but bug fixes from Microsoft would likely take even longer and are not guaranteed to happen at all. Often software developers need to code around bugs in the software of their platform (operating system, graphics drivers, ...) simply because they can not know if a fix ever comes around.

 

[meganoth]

By the way, if anyone gets the game running again (or not) following the steps above, please post it. I am sure others would want to know if deleting their precious saves is actually worth to do.

 

[Mcskelly94]

Hey folks, I see a lot of banter and just want to check up on the status of the bug (not being able to make a new game, not being able to continue a game, the random GUI glitch at the main menu)

If you are, try deleting all your local files and have the game sync with the cloud

If that doesn't work, delete your local files and launch the game in offline mode, if it works, then you know somehow your cloud data became corrupt

I have managed to do this on my Xbox and it’s working (for now) obviously lost all my saves but I can now play again. 

 

[Reignoffire]

Ok tried to run the game offline with deleted saves. 
 

Did not have the text box pop up, but at a certain point after the funpimps screen and when the 7 Days to die screen comes up,  I get the following screens 
 

epic online services login

could not fully initialize Epic Online Services:

Not logged into Epic Online Services or running in Offline mode.

retry.                      Play Offline. 
 

Selecting: retry just refreshes the screen

selecting: Play Offline you get to the next screen below. 

xbox Live  Login

Could not fully initialize Xbox Live:

You need to run the game in online-mode at least once. 

Retry.                                 Play offline

selecting retry: takes you back to the epic on line services login page above with the same choices. 

selecting Play offline is greyed out. 

 

there is no way to exit either of these screens without quitting.  
 

hope this helps

 

[Mcskelly94]

Ok tried to run the game offline with deleted saves. 
 

Did not have the text box pop up, but at a certain point after the funpimps screen and when the 7 Days to die screen comes up,  I get the following screens 
 

epic online services login

could not fully initialize Epic Online Services:

Not logged into Epic Online Services or running in Offline mode.

retry.                      Play Offline. 
 

Selecting: retry just refreshes the screen

selecting: Play Offline you get to the next screen below. 

xbox Live  Login

Could not fully initialize Xbox Live:

You need to run the game in online-mode at least once. 

Retry.                                 Play offline

selecting retry: takes you back to the epic on line services login page above with the same choices. 

selecting Play offline is greyed out. 

 

there is no way to exit either of these screens without quitting.  
 

hope this helps

Once that comes up turn your internet connection back on, at least that what I did

 

[Reignoffire]

After I did the above and plugged back in my network cable I restarted the game. It asked me which set of data I wanted to use. I picked the one without my old saves.  
 

it brought me to a Eula screen and after accepting it I can create a new game. 
 

not sure if I would have selected my  old saves what would have happened. 
 

anyway at least I can play now. 
 

hope this helps. 

 

[Oscar90s]

On Xbox Series X the solution that worked for me was deleting my local save game. Go to 7 Days to Die add-ons and then the saved data section and delete the file that has your username on it. Launch the game, it will automatically download the files from the cloud and that's it. I can now enter my 225 day save game.

 

[scp5000]

On Xbox Series X the solution that worked for me was deleting my local save game. Go to 7 Days to Die add-ons and then the saved data section and delete the file that has your username on it. Launch the game, it will automatically download the files from the cloud and that's it. I can now enter my 225 day save game.

I did that and had no luck. On series x aswell 

 

[Jugginator]

Ok tried to run the game offline with deleted saves. 
 

Did not have the text box pop up, but at a certain point after the funpimps screen and when the 7 Days to die screen comes up,  I get the following screens 
 

epic online services login

could not fully initialize Epic Online Services:

Not logged into Epic Online Services or running in Offline mode.

retry.                      Play Offline. 
 

Selecting: retry just refreshes the screen

selecting: Play Offline you get to the next screen below. 

xbox Live  Login

Could not fully initialize Xbox Live:

You need to run the game in online-mode at least once. 

Retry.                                 Play offline

selecting retry: takes you back to the epic on line services login page above with the same choices. 

selecting Play offline is greyed out. 

 

there is no way to exit either of these screens without quitting.  
 

hope this helps

Yeah this is part of why the last option to delete from everywhere is suggested, somehow the save data part where it records your profile got corrupted too in those cases, thus seeing you as a brand new player. Once you establish a connection once as a new player... or a "new" player in this case, it will configure your EOS profile/link it with your xbox account, then after that you can start offline as it doesn't need to do this. 

With it being corrupted, it'll do it everytime you resync the bad data from the cloud. It's kind of a multiple choice scenario depending on where the player's data got corrupted.

It could be a particular save that got hosed, or it could be multiple, or it could be all of them, it could be non/some/all and your profile.

 

[Oscar90s]

On Xbox Series X the solution that worked for me was deleting my local save game. Go to 7 Days to Die add-ons and then the saved data section and delete the file that has your username on it. Launch the game, it will automatically download the files from the cloud and that's it. I can now enter my 225 day save game.

I think the issue is more complex. The first time I was able to play (after doing the above procedure). I started the saved game a second time and got an infinite loading screen. I deleted local data again and the game downloaded the files from the cloud. I started the game and got stuck on the loading screen. The first time I was able to enter I noticed that the loading of the data and blocks was fast. In the rest of the attempts, the loading of the game (before the Are you ready to start the game? button) was slower. When I wait at the "Loading environment" part, the autosave is still activated. The game time keeps running in the background.

 

[Jugginator]

I think the issue is more complex. The first time I was able to play (after doing the above procedure). I started the saved game a second time and got an infinite loading screen. I deleted local data again and the game downloaded the files from the cloud. I started the game and got stuck on the loading screen. The first time I was able to enter I noticed that the loading of the data and blocks was fast. In the rest of the attempts, the loading of the game (before the Are you ready to start the game? button) was slower. When I wait at the "Loading environment" part, the autosave is still activated. The game time keeps running in the background.

The games loading slower will be a result of the hotfix. The second part you were talking about, did you eventually load into that game or did it just hang? If so, your cloud saves are corrupt too.

I wish xbox didn't automatically update cloud saves and left it as a manual option... but it is what it is.

 

[HammerDano]

The games loading slower will be a result of the hotfix. The second part you were talking about, did you eventually load into that game or did it just hang? If so, your cloud saves are corrupt too.

I wish xbox didn't automatically update cloud saves and left it as a manual option... but it is what it is.

Is there any chance that dedicated servers will be available before 2.0? 

 

[Jugginator]

Is there any chance that dedicated servers will be available before 2.0? 

Can't say for sure. Nothing is impossible but it's unlikely. Crossplay between all 3 systems is one thing, allowing crossplay with dedicated servers with pc players is a very rare thing I don't think any games have ever done, so there's a looooot of red tape to go through

 

[Dead Smarty]

Crossplay between all 3 systems is one thing, allowing crossplay with dedicated servers with pc players is a very rare thing I don't think any games have ever done, so there's a looooot of red tape to go through

Warthunder does it, ASA tries to just to name a few.
To be fair this game is not ready for it by a long shot unless m&k has same issues (wich I mentioned in the H2O thread) as controlers. A change of toolbelt managent is the minimum requirement before consoles can play against PC.

 

[Jugginator]

Warthunder does it, ASA tries to just to name a few.
To be fair this game is not ready for it by a long shot unless m&k has same issues (wich I mentioned in the H2O thread) as controlers. A change of toolbelt managent is the minimum requirement before consoles can play against PC.

No they don't support dedicated servers with crossplay on Warthunder, just looked it up. And we're way different than Warthunder anyway

 

[Dead Smarty]

No they don't support dedicated servers with crossplay on Warthunder, just looked it up. And we're way different than Warthunder anyway

If they support it or not, my last game this week was a mixed bag Xbox/PS/PC.
Had same on Hell Let Loose but lately the public servers seem divided between console or PC. Private servers can do their own settings and last time I checked they could do full crossplay.
But yeah, this is a bit closer to ASA than to Warthunder. Just imagine... Dogfighting with vultures in hordenight!

 

[KIWI KID 49]

There is so much random additional unrelated whinging going on in this thread. All I want to know is, is there anything still being worked towards to fix us getting back our previous games.

Or is it simply @%$#ed and the only option is to try prior mentioned fixes that potentially lose the save data but enable creating new worlds (not really interested in starting all over again). Happy to continue to wait to get back my save world of thats possible at all?

 

[Anti 190]

There is so much random additional unrelated whinging going on in this thread. All I want to know is, is there anything still being worked towards to fix us getting back our previous games.

Or is it simply @%$#ed and the only option is to try prior mentioned fixes that potentially lose the save data but enable creating new worlds (not really interested in starting all over again). Happy to continue to wait to get back my save world of thats possible at all?

Go to manage game and add ons, data, delete from everywhere and then you can play. But no we are not getting our worlds back. The fun pimps don't care bro, they really don't.

 

[bdubyah]

The fun pimps don't care bro, they really don't.

They fixed the issue, didn't they? As Jugginator said, it was a rare bug that they even struggled to repro. They fixed it, but there wasn't a way to fix the corrupted saves. You complained you couldn't play the game due to the bug, they fixed it so you can play, yet you still complain. I'd bet even if they had a way to restore the old saves you'd just find something else to fuss about.

 

[arg Blazinelmo]

I can't even play the game! My game literally is messed up. I hit new game I don't even get the box with all the options to choose. The box goes away and I only see the title screen. Can't continue,can't join, can't anything.