Start With the Message on Your Screen
If Melvor Idle 2 stays on Please Wait after Cloud Connection lost, try restarting the game client; this is a player-reported workaround. For Error Initializing Steam, the developer recommends restarting or updating Steam and verifying the game files; back up your character before any local-file troubleshooting.
The developer's Known Issues & Fixes thread covers Steam initialization errors and cloud-login problems in the demo. The developers also reported that demo patches had addressed loading-screen issues and resolution scaling. Match your next action to the message you actually see, and check for an available demo update before moving into file troubleshooting.
Make a Local Save Backup Before Changing Files
If you can reach character selection, use the game's save export before touching local files. The developers describe a backup route through the gear icon beside your character. Keep the exported text somewhere you can find again, separate from the files you are troubleshooting.
- Click the gear icon on the character select screen to access that character's save controls.
- Choose Copy save string to clipboard to copy the save text for your local backup.
- Save the copied string in a text file on your computer so you retain a separate local copy.
Melvor Cloud provides automatic cloud saving, and the developers also recommend keeping a local copy. Make that copy before local-file troubleshooting even if you normally use cloud saving. If the loading problem prevents access to the backup controls, leave the data folder intact and seek help before changing its contents.
Work Through Error Initializing Steam
- Restart Steam as the developer's initial troubleshooting action for Error Initializing Steam.
- Update Steam if an update is available, following the developer's guidance for the initialization error.
- Verify the demo's game files through Steam to complete the documented startup checks.
Try opening the game again after these checks and note whether the message changes. Keep the original wording as well as any new error for your bug report. If the same initialization error remains, ask for help before moving on to unrelated file changes.
Handle Please Wait After a Lost Cloud Connection
A player reported Cloud Connection lost followed by a Please wait reconnection message that did not resolve without restarting the client. If your messages follow that sequence, try a client restart before considering the login-session reset. Treat this as a player-reported workaround, and record whether it helps your installation.
Use the Login-Session Reset for Cloud-Login Errors
For the documented cloud-login problem, the developer identifies jwt.dat as a login-session file that can be reset. The instructions concern login state, rather than deleting character saves or save directories. Use this route only when it matches your cloud-login symptom, after making the local backup above.
- Windows: the developer places jwt.dat in %APPDATA%\Games By Malcs\Melvor Idle 2\data.
- macOS: the developer places jwt.dat in ~/Library/Application Support/Games By Malcs/Melvor Idle 2/data.
- Linux: the developer places jwt.dat in ~/.local/share/Games By Malcs/Melvor Idle 2/data.
- Close the game client before following the local-file reset instructions.
- Follow the developer's Known Issues & Fixes instructions to reset only jwt.dat, targeting the documented login-session problem.
- Reopen the game to check whether the cloud-login problem clears, keeping your backup and character data intact.
Distinguish Offline Replay From a Persistent Hang
When loading a save after time away, the game replays missed ticks in order, and that replay cannot be cancelled. Once it finishes, Welcome Back shows the progress summary, which you close with Confirm. Allow that processing to finish before treating the delay as a persistent loading problem.
Report a Persistent Problem Before Deleting Data
If the documented fixes do not match your symptom or the problem continues, report the exact error and platform through Steam Discussions or the official Discord. The Discord has a dedicated section for the sequel, including bug-report forums. Keep your character data in place while asking for help with the next action.
- Copy the exact message and describe whether it appears during startup, cloud connection or character loading.
- Include your platform and the installed game version exactly as displayed, identifying the demo where applicable.
- Describe the actions leading to the problem and what you expected to happen afterward.
- Attach a screenshot of the stuck screen and any error or console output you already have.
- List the troubleshooting actions you tried and whether each changed the message or loading behavior.