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Save issue :((

Hi !! sorry its my first post so i dont really know how to do it proprely, try my best !!

I’m having a save issue on Stardew Valley and I can’t figure out what’s causing it.

Setup:
- MacBook Pro 2017
- macOS 13.7.8
- Stardew Valley 1.6.15 (non-Steam/cracked version)
- SMAPI 4.5.2
- mods attached in photo

The game launches perfectly and I can:
- create a new farm,
- play normally for hours,
- save and quit without crashes.

BUT when I reopen the game, the “Load” menu is completely empty, as if no save exists.

Important details:
- My save folder DOES exist. But that's strange. To access my game's mod files, as well as the various executables, I have to right-click on stardewvalley.app, select "Show Package Contents," and then launch StardewmoddingAPI or Stardew Valley, even without mods. No save folder appears here, except for savebackups (via SMAPI). The save file itself is located in users/stardewvalley/saves.
- The save files are complete and readable XML files.
- SaveGameInfo exists.
- _old backups also exist.
- The XML starts correctly with <?xml version="1.0"?> and ends properly with </SaveGame>.
- No red SMAPI errors appear in the console.
- Even after removing almost all mods, the save still doesn’t appear.

I already tried:
- removing incompatible mods,
- launching only with essential frameworks,
- checking permissions,
- restoring _old saves.

Still no save appears in-game.

Any help would be hugely appreciated.

u/Sea-Parsnip1775 — 2 days ago
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does anyone know what mod this farm layout is from?

edit: NVM it turns out the reason i couldnt find it is because i got the mod off kofi, its the everroot cottage mod from lune on kofi

i cant find it anywhere in moddrop, on nexus, etc and i REALLY want it gone. i doesnt show up, cant be disabled, but if i use any kind of farmhouse layout changing mod it automatically turns into this no matter what i do

u/MediumWarmSoup — 2 days ago
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or (||) condition in event preconditions

i'm absolutely new to modding, before starting my current project i've, like, edited seed prices for modded crops that seemed poorly balanced -- i'm familiar with code structure, but i've never created anything by myself.

there's plenty of community resources for beginners, but one thing i haven't been able to find is a way to include OR (||) preconditions for events (to have an event start when one OR the other condition is met. for example, i want to write an event that can be viewed when a certain friendship level is reached with one OR the other character.)

i assume this is possible and i've just failed to find (or overlooked) the explanation, but i'm completely stumped :/

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u/VO1DCOR3Z — 2 days ago
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I'm on android, what does this error message mean on SMAPI? I can't save past Fall 23 Year 1

u/BranchWonderful197 — 2 days ago
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Trying to mod on Mac

I had modded Stardew on a previous Mac a few years ago and had little to no problem using Nexus. I was able to install and run SMAPI, but no other mods will run through it, Content patcher is downloading as a .dll file, which is incompatible with Mac, and I cannot find the fix. Does anyone know how to get around this? Other mods seem to download correctly, but won't run. I assume it's because they are content patcher-dependent.

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u/speedyboygozoom — 3 days ago
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Steam Deck Proton SMAPI install help - cannot change steam launch path to SMAPI

I’ve gotten as far as pasting the full path to my SMAPI file in Stardew’s Game Properties > General > Launch Options. However, it just keeps failing.

This is the alternate executable I’m using. Does anyone see any obvious errors? I’ve been troubleshooting forever and haven’t cracked it.

“/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Stardew Valley/StardewModdingAPl.exe" [space]%command%

Edited to say: I was successful in adding SMAPI as a “non-steam” game and it runs. So I feel fairly comfortable saying my installation of SMAPI is not the issue.

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u/peachdreamfarm — 3 days ago
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I need help with "ERROR game" logs idk which mod is causing it. (log inside)

https://smapi.io/log/c53f4766beb94eb0b3b685cdd9cecdef

need help with the especially 3 of them in the picture.

'KediDili.VanillaPlusProfessions_PlayerHasTalent Current Pastoralism': 'KediDili.VanillaPlusProfessions_PlayerHasTalent' isn't a known query or alias.

AND

An error occurred in the base update loop: NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at StardewValley.GameLocation.lockedDoorWarp(Point tile, String locationName, Int32 openTime, Int32 closeTime, String npcName, Int32 minFriendship) in D:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\Locations\GameLocation.cs:line 11060

AND

'CAULDRON_CONFIG_VALUE FaerieGarden True': 'CAULDRON_CONFIG_VALUE' isn't a known query or alias.
u/DemirFist — 4 days ago
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Help! Can't load game with SMAPI

Please help me! I'm able to open the vanilla Stardew.exe game, but when I try to run SMAPI, I get the SMAPI screen, but then when the game itself tries to load, I just get a black screen.

In case it makes a difference, I bought Stardew via GOG. Everything was completely fine, and then all of a sudden a couple days ago it just stopped working.

Things I've tried, but did not work:

  • restart my computer
  • removed all the mods except SMAPI
  • uninstall and reinstall SMAPI
  • uninstall and reinstall the game
  • older versions of SMAPI

SMAPI log parser

[10:21:50 INFO SMAPI] SMAPI 4.5.2 with Stardew Valley 1.6.15 build 24354 on Windows 10 (10.0.19045.0)

[10:21:50 INFO SMAPI] Mods go here: C:\Program Files (x86)\GOG Galaxy\Games\Stardew Valley\Mods

[10:21:50 TRACE SMAPI] Log started at 2026-05-16T17:21:50 UTC

[10:21:56 DEBUG SMAPI] Waiting for game to launch...

[10:21:58 TRACE game] Instance_Initialize() finished, elapsed = '00:00:00.6185905'

[10:21:58 TRACE SMAPI] Scanning for malicious files...

[10:21:58 DEBUG SMAPI] Loading mod metadata...

[10:21:58 DEBUG SMAPI] Loading mods...

[10:21:58 TRACE SMAPI] Console Commands (from Mods\ConsoleCommands\ConsoleCommands.dll, ID: SMAPI.ConsoleCommands, assembly version: 4.5.2)...

[10:21:58 TRACE SMAPI] Save Backup (from Mods\SaveBackup\SaveBackup.dll, ID: SMAPI.SaveBackup, assembly version: 4.5.2)...

[10:21:59 TRACE SMAPI] Detected direct console access (System.Console type) in assembly SaveBackup.dll.

[10:21:59 INFO SMAPI] Loaded 2 mods:

[10:21:59 INFO SMAPI] Console Commands 4.5.2 by SMAPI | Adds SMAPI console commands that let you manipulate the game.

[10:21:59 INFO SMAPI] Save Backup 4.5.2 by SMAPI | Automatically backs up all your saves once per day into its folder.

[10:21:59 TRACE SMAPI] Direct console access

[10:21:59 TRACE SMAPI] --------------------------------------------------

[10:21:59 TRACE SMAPI] These mods access the SMAPI console window directly. This is more fragile, and their output may not

[10:21:59 TRACE SMAPI] be logged by SMAPI.

[10:21:59 TRACE SMAPI] - Save Backup

[10:21:59 DEBUG SMAPI] Launching mods...

[10:21:59 DEBUG SMAPI] Mods loaded and ready!

[10:21:59 TRACE Save Backup] Already backed up today.

[10:21:59 TRACE SMAPI] Checking for known software conflicts...

[10:21:59 TRACE SMAPI] None found!

[10:21:59 TRACE SMAPI] Checking for updates...

[10:21:59 TRACE game] setGameMode( 'titleScreenGameMode (0)' )

[10:21:59 TRACE SMAPI] Running on GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti/PCIe/SSE2

[10:21:59 TRACE game] Instance_LoadContent() finished, elapsed = '00:00:01.5771638'

[10:21:59 TRACE SMAPI] SMAPI okay.

[10:21:59 TRACE SMAPI] Checking for updates to 0 mods...

[10:22:00 TRACE SMAPI] All mods up to date.

[10:22:00 INFO SMAPI] Type 'help' for help, or 'help <cmd>' for a command's usage

[10:22:00 TRACE SMAPI] Mod blacklist updated to match the server (updated from bc5a6d00537812af8780de4d8b279243 to c90724aac496a33d5d1c0c4735f943cd). The changes will take effect on the next SMAPI launch.

[10:22:00 TRACE game] Window_ClientSizeChanged(); Window.ClientBounds={X:1920 Y:0 Width:1920 Height:1080}

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u/chargee — 5 days ago
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Modded Stardew Help - Same piece of mail keeps coming back/won't exit my mailbox.

Hi!

So I have an issue and I found this Post which describes it, but there seems to be no solution?

I have one piece of mail that keeps popping up in my mailbox. Every time i "read" the mail, and click away from it, the mailbox still says there's mail. And there is this piece of mail again. I can't see any other mail than this at all.

* This is my smapi log: https://smapi.io/log/c1d43741880c42179a21928c1ee0fbb3

I tried the solution in the post i mentioned at the bottom of the log, but I realised it was specific to the mail the other person had issues with, and I don't know what the name is for the mail I have issues with.

EDIT: I tried to delte the Caroline_introduction mail in my save game file, but now the stuck mail is an introduction from Jodi about queen of the sauce...

EDIT2: I downloaded Mailbox Menu Continued to see if there were other mails I was missing because of this bug. And it won't let me open mails via the mod, and it's only showing me "???" mails. But via the mailbox, I'm now back to the Caroline mail being on repeat. I've added an image of the mod-screen.

* This is my newest SMAPI log: https://smapi.io/log/161dfa4bb124448a89def53b430c6f41

Caroline mail

Mailbox Menu Continued

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u/Stimemia124 — 6 days ago
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My tool recolor mod made all items larger and offset in game inventory

Hey, I wanted to try my hand at modding and decided to start with something small - a recolor! Simplicity itself!

Unfortunately, I've ran into a problem: ALL items, not just the items I've chosen to recolor (iridium tools), now appear slightly larger and (probably because of this) offset in the game inventory, as the first image shows.

I used Content Patcher to replace the tilesheet, StardewXnbHack to get an editable tilesheet and paint.net to color.

Does anyone know what the problem could be? My best guess is that I'm messing the size of the image up whenever I save with paint.net, but changing the save settings has not yielded any useful results.

Also, completely unrelated question: Where in the content folder is the tilesheet that contains hat textures? I can't find it for the life of me :(

Thanks!

u/the-other-queen — 7 days ago
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Any mods that won't work in multiplayer?

Most of the mods I want to add are simple like friends forever, NPC map locations, and chests anywhere. I'm assuming these will work on multiplayer because they only affect me, but what about mods like the skull cavern elevator or beach minecart?

Edit: This is if I have the mods but other players don't

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u/Artistic-Ganache-805 — 9 days ago
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Making mods compatible with Android

I have made a few mods now and have had a few people ask for Android compatibility. I don’t have anyway of testing so I was wondering what’s involved with making mods Android compatible?

I know Android needs CP 2.8.1 and looking at the release notes it doesn’t seem like anything huge changed between then and 2.9.1 which is the Format I’m using. Is it as simple as changing the format to 2.8.1 in the mods content.json? I know there must be more to it than that right?

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u/WhiteT982 — 8 days ago
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Android Tablet

i have smapi on my android phone but it's too small to play on. i was thinking about buying a tablet. is it possible to play on a tablet instead now? I've had issue in the past trying to download smapi on a tablet and the game wouldn't start. if anyone have any recommendations like is there a version i should use of smapi that would work on a tablet?

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u/Square_Arugula7954 — 8 days ago
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For some reason the polyamorysweet mod isn't working or showing up in config only the polyamorysweet bed, kiss, wedding. There is no errors showing on the loading screen. I'm on android, smapi latest version.

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u/Vast-Rabbit-1095 — 10 days ago
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Does anybody know from what mod this item is or how can i get it?

So I'm trying to befriend everybody on my modded playthrough I'm at the start and it's lunna bday the only thing I might be able to get now is this item, but idk from what mod it is or how can I get it, its raining thats why I thought I could get it, if anyone can help I'll really be grateful

u/Competitive_Week1262 — 12 days ago
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Has anyone else had problems adding smapi

I finally got a new computer a MacBook and you can guarantee Ive already added Stardew on my second day of having it but ita not allowing me to add smapi so I can mod it finally. It keeps saying could have malware and its blocking the download. Frustrated and Im new to macbook so its a whole new learning process. Anyone have this problem and have suggestions? Id greatly greatly appreciate. I was hoping to relax on motherday and enjoy a little gaming.

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u/Nicmasu — 12 days ago