I downloaded the game. Run it. Start the game go through the intro. It crashes on the first save. So i try again. This time making sure to SKIP the intro. still crashes on first save. So I figure something must be wrong, and I have to run it as admin. So I do that. first with intro. It crashes on first save, then without. Still crashes on first save. so now i turn to here for help.

What OS are you running it on and what are your system specs? Did you have the older version installed before ?

I went from V1.03 to V1.04 no issues at all, did not even remove my old save file.

Windows 7 latest Service Pack (64 bit) as for the system itself Lenovo H420, CPU IPP G620 2.6, RAM is 6 gigs. Graphics card Is an internal one. that Can play Civ 5 in direct x 10, and is capable of direct X 11, even though it has low Vram (256) megs.

edit 3: And yes I bought it today

Are you playing the game on 720,1080p or 4K resolution? Do you use an antivirus program?
Often some of them you need to add a exception for specific games otherwise it could cause the game to crash since the anti-virus program would stop the game from running.

Do you have at least .Netframework 4.5 installed?

edit : also do you have a 3rd party firewall program that might block access without you manually adding an exception rule? Spec wise your setup is more than good enough to run the game.

Sounds like a file access permission problem, whatever it is.

Maybe check your %AppData% directory to see if there's a StardewValley folder in there, and if there is, post what files are inside. That's where your saves and error logs are supposed to go.

Oh sorry, it's a special Windows folder where a lot of games store their user data. Quickest way to get there is typing %AppData% into the start menu.

appdate is a hidden folder that should be at the same place as your "my documents" or "my videos" folders. You can have it appear by asking windows to display hidden folders.
stardew save files are in the "roaming" subfolder

And no, I have no fucking idea why so many games put their saves and config files in a hidden folder. Took me days to find it when I wanted to transfer my saves for another game.

this is what it says after finding the Shrine of the silver money and putting it together. Message: The type initializer for 'StardewValley.SaveGame' threw an exception.
InnerException: System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly '0 bytes loaded from System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.
File name: '0 bytes loaded from System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' ---> System.BadImageFormatException: Bad IL format.
at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.nLoadImage(Byte[] rawAssembly, Byte[] rawSymbolStore, Evidence evidence, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean fIntrospection, SecurityContextSource securityContextSource)
at System.Reflection.Assembly.Load(Byte[] rawAssembly, Byte[] rawSymbolStore, Evidence securityEvidence)
at Microsoft.CSharp.CSharpCodeGenerator.FromFileBatch(CompilerParameters options, String[] fileNames)
at Microsoft.CSharp.CSharpCodeGenerator.FromSourceBatch(CompilerParameters options, String[] sources)
at Microsoft.CSharp.CSharpCodeGenerator.System.CodeDom.Compiler.ICodeCompiler.CompileAssemblyFromSourceBatch(Comp ilerParameters options, String[] sources)
at System.CodeDom.Compiler.CodeDomProvider.CompileAssemblyFromSource(CompilerParameters options, String[] sources)
at System.Xml.Serialization.Compiler.Compile(Assembly parent, String ns, XmlSerializerCompilerParameters xmlParameters, Evidence evidence)
at System.Xml.Serialization.TempAssembly.GenerateAssembly(XmlMapping[] xmlMappings, Type[] types, String defaultNamespace, Evidence evidence, XmlSerializerCompilerParameters parameters, Assembly assembly, Hashtable assemblies)
at System.Xml.Serialization.TempAssembly..ctor(XmlMapping[] xmlMappings, Type[] types, String defaultNamespace, String location, Evidence evidence)
at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.GenerateTempAssembly(XmlMapping xmlMapping, Type type, String defaultNamespace, String location, Evidence evidence)
at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer..ctor(Type type, XmlAttributeOverrides overrides, Type[] extraTypes, XmlRootAttribute root, String defaultNamespace, String location, Evidence evidence)
at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer..ctor(Type type, Type[] extraTypes)
at StardewValley.SaveGame..cctor()

All the error logs are like that. Thats the most recent one.

i guess you have to wait till the next patch or something
but the dev is very dedicated ... iam pretty sure with the error log up he'll identify the bug quick :)

maybe you should give him a shout via the bug tracker
there is a section where you can copy / paste your error log too

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1jr93uTjGJWeNmyTY6jfNdb-L1w7Gz4i-aUk-EfRmR6M/viewform

hopefully it can be fixed before Im forced to Refund this game. Id like to play it

An update. ivve been about on the steam forums and this seems to becoming a very common bug. So This is offically a bug that needs bashed

As of update 1.05 The game still crashes on first save. Sent another bug report. If this isnt fixed ill be forced to refund the game

Try turning off your antivirus software.

My anti-virus has always been set-up to not interfere. for extra flavor i turned off firewall. The problem still exists. not just for me here but for a number of people, including individuals on steam as well