OP: How To Restore Most Recent Working World Save After Crash (official help/FAQ/pinned post)
(in case that might be neccessary)

Originally posted by umop-apisdn:

searching for "valheim ragnar" lead me to this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/valheim/comments/n7xaly/game_malfunction/

One of the commenters said the "Better Archery" mod was the source of the problem, and removing it solved the issue.

I've been using BetterArchery for >1,5 years and never had that error (or any other that wasn't quickly resolved with updating mods)

Originally posted by LostLogicUnit:

People should say if they are runnings mods or not, when ever asking for help.

Quite a few players don't even know they're running mods (sometimes even when they're staring right at a BepInEx error).
see eg. https://steamcommunity.com/app/892970/discussions/1/6620894968772950278/#c6620894968773200831

Originally posted by L1m3r:

Quite a few players don't even know they're running mods (sometimes even when they're staring right at a BepInEx error).
see eg. https://steamcommunity.com/app/892970/discussions/1/6620894968772950278/#c6620894968773200831

See also: https://steamcommunity.com/app/892970/discussions/1/3825284575365193611/#c3825284575364562351

Brief (slightly paraphrased in the interest of brevity) summary, for those who do not wish to click links, even to other discussions in these forums:

OP: Game doesn't run.
I see "[Message: BepInEx] Preloader finished" as the last thing in the console before it dies.

Vast majority of responses: BepInEx is mod.

OP: I'm not playing mods, just plain simple game. Can't even launch it.

Vast majority of responses: BepInEx is mod.

Forum Moderator: To uninstall mods, uninstall game, delete folder, reinstall game.

/thread

Originally posted by umop-apisdn:

See also: https://steamcommunity.com/app/892970/discussions/1/3825284575365193611/#c3825284575364562351

Ah, yes - that was the legendary one I was referring to.
We talked about that previously but I never participated in that thread so didn't have a link (or the means to find it quickly).

When ever the game malfunction and asking a question ALWAYS mention if it modded or not. It seems to be the problem most the time.

Originally posted by WhiteDwarf:

It is a mod problem.. there was no hacking.. lol

Its always a mod problem...
People should say if they are runnings mods or not, when ever asking for help.
I could have told OP right away that been naked is normal when mods break.

Originally posted by LostLogicUnit:

Originally posted by WhiteDwarf:

It is a mod problem.. there was no hacking.. lol

Its always a mod problem...
People should say if they are runnings mods or not, when ever asking for help.
I could have told OP right away that been naked is normal when mods break.

It is a mod problem.. there was no hacking.. lol

searching for "valheim ragnar" lead me to this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/valheim/comments/n7xaly/game_malfunction/

One of the commenters said the "Better Archery" mod was the source of the problem, and removing it solved the issue.

Back when there was a big issue with cloud saves, some people had this same error with "Ragnar" appearing (but unplayable) and their other characters being naked. I don't know how it was resolved, unfortunately, or if it was anything to do with the cloud save issue.

hmm. I will try removing all mods etc. Not sure what to do about the cloud issue. But I will look into that. Any lead I can get. I appreciate any input. Ty Jaglet & Sarteck

Do you mean in game or in the character select screen? If it's the second one are you using cloud saves between your PC and another one?

If it's the character select screen, then someone has probably been using your computer. Got any annoying brothers in the house?

im calling cap everything is controlled locally. also dont use cloud saving...

it is my character screen - I'm the only one here, so not possible for anyone to access my computer. I can also make a new world but cannot access it. So weird. Idk what to do. Thanks for the tip regarding the cloud saves.

Are you running any mods? Does it actually ask you for a password?? Just shooting in the dark here as I am no expert but try verifying files if that doesnt help maybe try saving your save files to another location then uninstall and try to reinstall?? Just shooting in the dark but maybe that would work.