My Missions and collectibles was reset, it was like when i played it the first time.
You need to restart the game after making a new save, to reset all progress otherwise you’ll hop back into the same session and it’ll kinda bug out.
It works! When I started over and discovered the first house didn’t have a plunda I thought I had lost everything. When I made it to the church and checked the plunda there it all was. Whoo hoo!
I was about to finally start back in but decided to wait for the next update first. I’ve heard it said a few times that it’s best to start a new game after an update for it to work properly.
They really should consider adding an option to start a new game from the game menu. It would solve a couple of different problems.
It would make it easier to start over. It would be a lot simpler than having to rename or delete files on PC. I’m not even sure how console players do this.
Multiple characters sharing the same world and missions isnt a bad thing but some of us would rather use different characters for multiplayer or solo and having to exit game and play with the files to swap is annoying.
I’m not saying a separate game for each character, keep them how they are. just let us have more than one save file.
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Presumably its possible to uninstall, delete all save files and reinstall for a fresh start? Or are your saves online on Steam? Any way you could delete those to begin over?
I would love to start the story over on Xbox but I do not want to delete my current character or all the things I played so hard for…
SPP
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I play on Steam with my kids. We are going through the game together. We have not played in a while, and have not really been pursuing the goals, more just hunting and gathering.
We would like to do a total hard reset on the whole game. Wipe our date entirely. I have followed the “go offline, delete local date, start new game, go back online, select local files” deal.
The problem is the plunderbox is still chock full, and other things are done, like beacons. How do you do a total start-from-new game?
How are you with Steam cloud sync? Odds are that’s putting something back.
I overwrite the cloud data with the local data that has been deleted. It wipes most things out, but not the plunderbox, and some other random things.
I’m sure those bits of data are stored in the save file along with everything else. Disabling steam sync isn’t the same as going offline, and usually when someone faces your issue it’s the cloud sync that’s interfering. If you haven’t already, disable the sync, wipe the saves, start up and get a game going, then try letting sync catch up.
If that won’t do it you might consider an exorcism.
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Can’t one just rename the save file? Doesn’t that do it? If you cut your wifi and pressed the Steam button: “start in offline mode”, you’d be back to the start, wouldn’t you?
Edited Response: It is easier than I thought.
This seems to be working now, but it did not before. Here is what to do:
- In Steam select “Go Offline”.
- Delete all the files in C:\Users{your computer name}\Documents\Avalanche Studios\GenerationZero
- Delete all the files in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata
- Start a new game then exit it.
- In Steam select “Go Online”.
- Start the game. You will get a choice to overwrite the cloud files with the local files. Select that.
- Play your brand new game as usual.
This did not always work, but it seems to be now. Tried is a couple times and it worked reliably.
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FYI on the last post. We did this on three computers (exact same procedure) and it only worked on two of them. One still had a full plunderbox.
I just got the game a few days ago. The day the Jan update came out.
With new games, especially stealth games, I like to play for about ten to fifteen minutes to get familiar with the controls and with environmental factors like, if swimming is possible, is there fall damage, etc. Then I’ll start a new game. I thought creating a new character meant a new game, but no.
I’ve looked on the web and in the forum. What I’ve determined from the info I’ve found, to start a new game, you have to uninstall the game itself and reinstall?
Is this the only option? And will this put it back like just out of the box…all locations not found, all loot boxes filled again?
I’ve tried going offline, then deleting the save file for my profile. Xbox won’t let me start the game offline. Says it needs internet connection to start. When I started back up, my character was still there, I’m assuming from the cloud save.
If I delete my save file and the cloud save would that work? Put everything back at the beginning?
Thanks for the help!
You can only reset your progress if you delete all your characters and restart the game. Items in the Plundra will be saved, but everything else will reset.
Thank you, that worked!
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Is there a game + for when you finish the story? A replay of the story with your character? I mean once you finished the story & DLC that can’t be it. Can it?
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If there is then how please
Currently, there’s no New Game+. The main story is not the end of the game, you can roam the island(s) freely and explore, level etc.
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