First if you have other DCs up and running, why are you restoring this one? Personally I’d make a fresh DC and replicate that from the existing DCs. Any restore of a DC just adds extra layers of headache I’d avoid

I’ve had to start so many games over again because I’ve either forgotten all the mechanics, or have no clue what the story is anymore

I think I’ve restarted it a bunch of times after various patches and just never followed through and finished. I’m going to give it ago again and try not to get distracted