My save is just gone.

[Popse]

i logged in today, and my save is just gone, idk what i did but it is not there anymore

[Piperbird]

Originally posted by Dimforest:

Bugs and glitches are one thing. Not having some features like Cloud Saves or even Steam Achievements is another thing. Usual 'early access quirks' are yet another thing. But losing your save is a pretty big deal - especially for a game like this.

Every early access game I've ever played has made it clear that with updates, you can possibly (or probably) lose your save files. Sometimes changes are made that are so large or different, your save file is no longer compatible. The trade off for getting a game cheap and early is that it isn't a finished game.

Too many people expect the world out of early access games.

[Borgessa]

All the above being said, early access and all, i'd be so upset if i lost my progress.. Sorry to the OP :(

[GrandTickler]

Originally posted by Xukuth:

Originally posted by Popse:

for me at least the biggest thing that i could see causing the issue is playing this game on linux, i dont use mods or multiplayer quite yet so i can rule them out for sure. I think that a good fail safe would be to have the cloud saves, but we do not have them quite yet. :(

Yeah cloud save is important, I'm sure the dev will get around to it like they did the pause feature. Hopefully he uses some of the cash the game makes (not sure how many copies sold) To get himself a small staff. This game could go really far with a larger team then one working on it.

cloud save is usually the main reason people lose their save files lol, so i have that off at all times

im not sure how people's save files are magically dissapearing right now. but im sure it only happens to those who are unaware where its being stored in the first place so they dont back it up

[Humble God]

Windows save files are stored.

C:\Users\%user%\AppData\LocalLow\James Bendon

If a user logs into the computer with a new username somehow maybe they click the game which is installed for all users but it cannot reference their save file on another user profile?

I guess make sure you are logging into the computer as the same person (I'm sure 99% of people are doing this)

If they are logging in as the same person then check that area because there is a save file called Slot0, Slot1 etc.

If somehow they are deleted/missing I would be concerned. I also backup my save once a day and back it up before I do open world in case grifters break my island I can restore it to how it was.

[Carpii]

I only started playing yesterday, using the latest hotfix release.

Today my save games are gone (not even present on filesystem). So it does appear to be a bug, rather than an update which rendered them incompatible

Think I'll wait until Cloud saves are implemented. Can't really be bothered to start again from scratch when they might get deleted again

[abenlen]

Originally posted by Humble God:

Windows save files are stored.

C:\Users\%user%\AppData\LocalLow\James Bendon

If a user logs into the computer with a new username somehow maybe they click the game which is installed for all users but it cannot reference their save file on another user profile?

I guess make sure you are logging into the computer as the same person (I'm sure 99% of people are doing this)

If they are logging in as the same person then check that area because there is a save file called Slot0, Slot1 etc.

So just to be clear because I'm a old woman and I'm not exactly up to date on this stuff, if I make a backup of the Slot0 file and rename it, then that is my save?

[Holyvision]

Originally posted by abenlen:

Originally posted by Humble God:

Windows save files are stored.

C:\Users\%user%\AppData\LocalLow\James Bendon

If a user logs into the computer with a new username somehow maybe they click the game which is installed for all users but it cannot reference their save file on another user profile?

I guess make sure you are logging into the computer as the same person (I'm sure 99% of people are doing this)

If they are logging in as the same person then check that area because there is a save file called Slot0, Slot1 etc.

So just to be clear because I'm a old woman and I'm not exactly up to date on this stuff, if I make a backup of the Slot0 file and rename it, then that is my save?

Just copy and paste your save to your desktop or somewhere else you know where and what it is. You only need to rename it if you are keeping your backup copy in the same folder as your in-use save (can’t have two files same name).

So if you need to restore a backup you would just copy and paste your backup file back into your save file location and overwrite what’s there with the backup, and the backup will become the new current save. If you are leaving it in same folder and renaming it, you would just rename it back to whatever the save is you want to replace and delete the old one.

[GrandTickler]

Originally posted by Holyvision:

Originally posted by abenlen:

So just to be clear because I'm a old woman and I'm not exactly up to date on this stuff, if I make a backup of the Slot0 file and rename it, then that is my save?

Just copy and paste your save to your desktop or somewhere else you know where and what it is. You only need to rename it if you are keeping your backup copy in the same folder as your in-use save (can’t have two files same name).

So if you need to restore a backup you would just copy and paste your backup file back into your save file location and overwrite what’s there with the backup, and the backup will become the new current save. If you are leaving it in same folder and renaming it, you would just rename it back to whatever the save is you want to replace and delete the old one.

i wonder if people's windows file writing permission is getting triggered randomly, or maybe a antivirus, cause this isnt the first game where people's save files randomly dissapear. very strange

anyway if u have winzip or winrar its very easy to make a backup, i use winrar and once a day i just right click the slot0 folder>add to archive>done

[Kuthuwu]

Originally posted by GrandTickler:

Originally posted by Holyvision:

Just copy and paste your save to your desktop or somewhere else you know where and what it is. You only need to rename it if you are keeping your backup copy in the same folder as your in-use save (can’t have two files same name).

So if you need to restore a backup you would just copy and paste your backup file back into your save file location and overwrite what’s there with the backup, and the backup will become the new current save. If you are leaving it in same folder and renaming it, you would just rename it back to whatever the save is you want to replace and delete the old one.

i wonder if people's windows file writing permission is getting triggered randomly, or maybe a antivirus, cause this isnt the first game where people's save files randomly dissapear. very strange

anyway if u have winzip or winrar its very easy to make a backup, i use winrar and once a day i just right click the slot0 folder>add to archive>done

Honestly, most commonly when I see a save bug in a game it's usually due to people using special characters in their name. It somehow interferes with code and sends a delete command or make it unable to read due to how the directory is found in the code. Not saying that is the issue here. But it is by far the most common way I've seen save files get messed with due to a bug.