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Hello everyone,

First of all, I have seen previous threads about self-placed trees disappearing, but this is not the same issue.
In my game, ALL trees are gone, it affects both new games and old savestates retroactively. It happens both in campaign and free game:
ALL trees on all islands are invisible (however woodcutters still recognize forests)
Additionally, when placing a woodcutters, visible trees will appear around them, but the rest of the island is barren

I have made a video both on a new campaign and on a world I used to play on prior to the issue
New game: https://www.

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Old save: https://www. ">

I have also uploaded both savestates in here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N76IqRnDFzwQuxLobRzgsXKsSJaETYoJ/view?usp=sharing

In terms of troubleshooting, I experimented with the graphic settings, started new games with different settings, uninstalled and reinstalled the game, but none of these changed anything
One thing to note: I downloaded a savestate and loaded it (first time to do so), and since then, these issues occur, so maybe that is related.
In terms of general info: I play on PC (steam version, pre-ordered), Season Passes 1-3 and my PC is normally easy strong enough to play the game on highest settings for hours upon hours

Hope that a solution is found soon, it's not fun to play on weird empty islands
Kind regards

Edit: At least when I open this thread, it seems to have some issues with the links, so here they are de-embedded them

about 2 years ago - Ubi-Milky - Direct link

Hello @kelaedos thank you for your post and thank you for providing the solution that worked for you.

Thank you to @Bert_Boomgaard for also providing some very relevant troubleshooting too.

When it comes to issues possibly caused by downloading other player's save files, we advise caution as if something goes wrong in your game, there is a limit to what we can advise for any of our games where players might trade save files. Usually uninstalling the game, uninstalling any game data and deleting the save files in question, are what we would advise, as this should return your game to normal after a clean reinstall. We would advise caution when downloading anything game related from unknown sources or websites in case it corrupts your game or launcher.