Corrupted save

[DLM]

Be warned that EA forces you to use cloud saving and there is no way to disable it.

I just lost 6 hours of my time as I am unable to load my save.

[Netarangi]

I had this warning message this morning and shat myself. Launched game and it still synced my save however.

Just checking yours definitely doesn't have continue game once launched??

[Basil Bonehead]

yeah, I think the same thing happened to me

[Mataniel]

Same happened to me. Managed to get it back tho. All I did was that I applied the same solution to Fallen Orders same problem:

go type in the windows search bar *C:\Users\*USERNAME\Saved Games\Respawn\JediSurvivor\

replace"USERNAME" with your username on your computer, you're going to then see it have 2 saves, your backup and your save game. Put your save game into a folder on your desktop but keep your backup and your gameusersettings in there. Then load the game up, when you hit continue it'll say your save was corrupted, hit okay then it'll use your backup save.

That should fix it for you.

[Steffen]

Same here and i cant fix it with the Fallen Order solution... Saved Games\Respawn\JediSurvivor\ is empty ... god i hate EA

[DLM]

The issue is that at some point EA copies automatically the cloud saves back to your computer (easily demonstrated by emptying your local save directory, launch the game and bam, the files are back).

Both the backup and "normal" files had the same timestamp so they are clearly the same (I copied the whole directory before emptying it in order to keep them) and the backup file is also corrupted. I placed back my original files, disconnected my internet so that the game doesn't try to reach the cloud server and my local save is definitely busted.

2 things wrong :

- Having a unique save slot is the worst idea that is most likely inherited from console gaming. A game like Dead Space also has save points tied to locations in the game but it stills offers several slots so that you can swap between them and if your last save file is corrupted you can still go back to a precedent save.

- EA app enforces cloud saving and there is NO option to disable it.

I am a big boy, I know how to handle my saves, let me handle them the way I want, not the way YOU want.

[Knappen]

Originally posted by Mataniel:

Same happened to me. Managed to get it back tho. All I did was that I applied the same solution to Fallen Orders same problem:

go type in the windows search bar *C:\Users\*USERNAME\Saved Games\Respawn\JediSurvivor\

replace"USERNAME" with your username on your computer, you're going to then see it have 2 saves, your backup and your save game. Put your save game into a folder on your desktop but keep your backup and your gameusersettings in there. Then load the game up, when you hit continue it'll say your save was corrupted, hit okay then it'll use your backup save.

That should fix it for you.

That didn't work for me sadly :S

[Neopredator]

Im on the same boat, i think its due to EA Play cloud saving.

[Shinigami]

Same, 9 hours lost. Why the hell did the devs think it is acceptable not to have proper back up saves? As in making a separate save every now and then. At least at the beginning of a mission or such.

[electrino]

Originally posted by Shinigami:

Same, 9 hours lost. Why the hell did the devs think it is acceptable not to have proper back up saves? As in making a separate save every now and then. At least at the beginning of a mission or such.

Same, but lost 10 hours. This is the first game where something like this happened to me, and I've been a pc gamer for 20 years now. Ridiculous.

[$cottThoma$]

I can't believe I fell for this trap. "Disregard all the steam reviews I said" "Nah, it can't be all games" 10 hours lost. Donezo.

[Mykl Gawlron]

Just lost 15 hours of game play... for crying out loud.

[Superchargedk20]

Doesn't it give you the synch error? It tells you to wait 5 mins. I just listened to it and waited and didn't lose my 26 hour save

[Afrtemon]

Lost 30 hours,♥♥♥♥'n love this game ,and all developers who thought it was good ♥♥♥♥'n idea to use one save file and usless backup

[LeaFett42]

As soon as the game launches and the compiling screen is done, I get a "failed to save game" error and no save folder is even created. Playing straight from the EA app, tried all the fixes except this one because there are no saved game files to move anywhere.
Is anyone else getting this error?

[Texhnolyzing...]

Because of this post, I will now diligently backup my 20+ hour save and keep doing it after each session. Kind of crazy that this would have a bug, must have to do with crashing while saving, since the crashes can happen during cutscenes which are also when autosaves happen!