

According to the patch notes, the "steam cloud sync" functionality added to the game was buggy upon release.
#Valheim patch notes mods
Our solution was to remove the mods and then restore the progress of the worlds once a customer approves playing on a non-modded server in the meantime. Modded servers cannot be updated to the latest game version as the mods are not yet compatible with the latest version.We exerted all efforts in restoring the world progress following Iron Gate Studio's advice from its official Valheim Discord channel to remove broken files from "/worlds_local" and move the files from the "/worlds" folder to "/worlds_local." Limitations Our engineering team had saved backup files of both the "/worlds" and "/worlds_folder" and sent them over to the customers for them to upload and verify. “Local files will now be stored in “worlds_local” and “characters_local” under AppData and no longer be synced to cloud to avoid sync conflicts and dataloss when using multiple accounts on the same machine, and when using dedicated servers.” Resolution Why the folder infrastructure was updatedīased on Patch notes 0.209.8, a steam cloud save bug causes players to "lose progress if they were playing on multiple accounts on the same PC." To fix this, the worlds_local folder was generated, which contained a newly spawned world.
#Valheim patch notes update
Thus, in attempting to fix the world-loading issue from Patch 0.209.8, the most recent update failed to load the players' worlds from the "/worlds" directory. the "/worlds" folder is still present and intact with the actual world progress.a newly generated "/worlds_local" folder from which the worlds were being read, thus making it appear as if the worlds were "reset".Upon further investigation, our engineering team found: Updating Valheim version to 0.209.10 wipes out progress and causes the world to reset. The Hostari team mobilized all departments to come up with a resolution. Our engineering team received 80-90 tickets reporting this issue in the next few days following the update. On June 20, 2022, Patches 0.209.8 and 0.209.9 were released by Iron Gate Studio, causing some updated servers to lose world progress. This post was last updated on Jby Pauline De Polonia, Engineering Manager at Hostari. Why the folder infrastructure was updated.
