Originally posted by Faceplant8:

I run a server that others have played on, and I have never heard of this problem. Also, they didn't seem to answer your particular issue, since you're playing alone, from what I gathered, on the server. Also, if it's not saving any progress, that doesn't seem like just a bad connection.

That said, it could be something that I haven't experienced, and maybe someone else has seen it before.

Yeah it was kind of a general response but I assumed they were unable to help me in this case. A little bit drunk rn but intend to try some of the fixes some people have suggested so far; welcome to any other suggestions other people have.