Expeditions won't work now

[Cruzin907]

I have completed in order up to Utopia. I then started Singularity and my windows 10 crashed in game and rebooted my PC. (Not part of this discussion, but crash KIA my Bluetooth as well). I finally had to reformat my PC to factory and reinstall everything. Now, Singularity won't work, so I tried Voyagers & Omega and the expedition terminal just says new expo coming soon...

Running RAZER Blade w/win 10
NMS.exe blocked on firewall, Steam is in offline mode
For the final attempt, I turned off my internet as well.

Please assist. Thanks
Carrie

[cwmonkey]

Just in case there was some coincidental update, I tried Singularity on Windows 10 with firewall blocking, worked fine.

Considering it is giving the "coming soon" message I would say the most likely issue is it installed to a different place and you are either saving the file to the wrong location, OR you are blocking the wrong NMS.exe. Double check the install location and see if you have any duplicate files, etc.

[Cruzin907]

I think my settings are correct. Sending screenshots to be sure...

NMS Settings.pdf

[cwmonkey]

The problem is if you have installed NMS to two different locations and are using the wrong one, I won't be able to tell with just those screenshots.

One way you can tell is to delete the SEASON_DATA_CACHE.JSON then open NMS online and see if the SEASON_DATA_CACHE.JSON gets created for the previous expedition.

Also, it looks like you're using Steam, so you should be able to confirm the install location through the Steam interface. You can also use Steam's offline mode instead of the firewall blocking to see if it's a firewall issue rather than a nms install location issue.

[NewOxygen91]

I think my settings are correct. Sending screenshots to be sure...

NMS Settings.pdf

Hey it looks like you're changing the expedition inside a Windows backup (Windows.old folder) which likely isn't where the game is getting any data from. You should have a Hello Games folder in appdata outside of the backup, I'd recommend finding the season cache by typing %appdata% into the address bar in your file explorer so you know you've got the right one.

[AstarealLux]

Hello,

I am also experiencing this issue.

I replaced the SEASON_DATA_CACHE.JSON in the correct folder (verified by using "One way you can tell is to delete the SEASON_DATA_CACHE.JSON then open NMS online and see if the SEASON_DATA_CACHE.JSON gets created for the previous expedition.")

Then activated my firewall rule to block NMS.

Then launched the game, but the expedition isn't available. I then tried using steam offline mode and got the same result.

The expedition terminal shows the ending screen for the current expedition.

[cwmonkey]

@AstarealLux Make sure you remove any items from the terminal and if it allows you to return to the expedition to claim any unclaimed rewards, do that.

If it is showing you the current expedition end screen then you may be doing something else incorrectly.

For example Steam may not be going offline due to having another game open.

[cwmonkey]

Assuming the issues are resolved, feel free to re-open with more details if not.