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Stormlord Jul 22, 2019 @ 10:54am
corrupt save file. failed to load
having an issue with my save file, it save file is corrupt.
how can i fix this issue??
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Originally posted by Sir Duckyweather:
While I don't know the absolute best solution, here is what I would do in your situation.

  1. Go to C:\Users\{Your Name Here}\Documents\My Games\EDF5\SAVE_DATA\{Long String of Numbers} on your computer. The exact filepath may vary based on your operating system and other factors.
  2. Copy the folder "saveslot00" (plus others if you have multiple saved profiles that are corrupted) and place it somewhere else like your desktop or wherever. It doesn't matter, just as long as it's not in the same place. This is only for your own precautions to make a backup of your current save file. Yeah you said it's corrupted but whatever, always make backups when altering files. You can delete it later if it's no longer needed.
  3. Open the "BACKUP" folder and find the "saveslot00_####etc." folder with the most recent timestamp, then open that folder.
  4. Copy the contents of the folder you just opened. There should be something like 5 files in there.
  5. Go back to the location on Step 1.
  6. Open the "saveslot00" folder here and paste the files, replacing the ones there.
  7. Start up the game and see if it works correctly now.
  8. Did it work? If so, congratulations! If not, go back to Step 3 and find the folder with the second most recent timestamp and repeat the process of the steps that follow until you get one that works.
Hope that helps in some way. Good luck!
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Sir Duckyweather Jul 22, 2019 @ 11:32am 
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While I don't know the absolute best solution, here is what I would do in your situation.

  1. Go to C:\Users\{Your Name Here}\Documents\My Games\EDF5\SAVE_DATA\{Long String of Numbers} on your computer. The exact filepath may vary based on your operating system and other factors.
  2. Copy the folder "saveslot00" (plus others if you have multiple saved profiles that are corrupted) and place it somewhere else like your desktop or wherever. It doesn't matter, just as long as it's not in the same place. This is only for your own precautions to make a backup of your current save file. Yeah you said it's corrupted but whatever, always make backups when altering files. You can delete it later if it's no longer needed.
  3. Open the "BACKUP" folder and find the "saveslot00_####etc." folder with the most recent timestamp, then open that folder.
  4. Copy the contents of the folder you just opened. There should be something like 5 files in there.
  5. Go back to the location on Step 1.
  6. Open the "saveslot00" folder here and paste the files, replacing the ones there.
  7. Start up the game and see if it works correctly now.
  8. Did it work? If so, congratulations! If not, go back to Step 3 and find the folder with the second most recent timestamp and repeat the process of the steps that follow until you get one that works.
Hope that helps in some way. Good luck!
Last edited by Sir Duckyweather; Jul 22, 2019 @ 11:34am
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Nailfoot Jul 22, 2019 @ 1:48pm 
Did you attempt to load a save file that you copied from someone else's steam ID? If so, this game wont allow that.

Steam IDs are hashed into each save file in someway.
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D.e.v.i.OS Jul 22, 2019 @ 8:56pm 
stop cheating
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Stormlord Jul 22, 2019 @ 10:52pm 
got it to work! thank you. had to back up a previous save
#4
Sir Duckyweather Jul 22, 2019 @ 11:45pm 
Alright, cool, glad you got it working!
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Scythe967 Aug 23, 2019 @ 2:09am 
Nailfoot and DEVI, no, this is not some attempt to cheat nor to use someone else's save, happened to me just now that it just said that my save file was corrupted, out of the blue too. So please do not immediately assume the wrongdoing of another based on no evidence, as doing so does not help nor solve the problem.

Sir Ducky, thank you very much for the fix, nice to know the game backs up the saves.
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Nailfoot Aug 23, 2019 @ 7:17am 
Originally posted by Scythe967:
Nailfoot and DEVI, ...So please do not immediately assume the wrongdoing of another based on no evidence, as doing so does not help nor solve the problem.

...

Using someone else's save file is not always "cheating". The same thing happened to me with this game. My son played the game on my account to see if he would like it. He did, and when we purchased it for his account we naturally tried to keep his progress by moving the save.

It doesn't work.

And, cheating in the game isn't really an issue either, unless you use it on the multiplayer side.
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takudsj Sep 24, 2020 @ 7:51am 
I can repair my save data.
Thank you!!
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