Lost ingame profile

[SAARussian]

Twice missing game profilewith in-game statistics. What is the problem and is there a way to return the profile with in-game statistics?

[alexcustos]

The game's profile is stored in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\[YOUR_STEAM_ID]\221680\ folder by default. Those files can be broken when the game is terminated or crashed while writing into them. Needless to say, it's a good idea to backup this directory frequently.

[SAARussian]

Originally posted by alexcustos:

The game's profile is stored in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\[YOUR_STEAM_ID]\221680\ folder by default. Those files can be broken when the game is terminated or crashed while writing into them. Needless to say, it's a good idea to backup this directory frequently.

So this isn't an isolated incident? That is, even if I exit the game via alt+f4 it can break my save? Very fragile save system in this game

[alexcustos]

The game starts with a warning that says it's better to hold breath while it shows on the screen. A broken profile is not a very common issue, but from time to time, people come here to complain about it.

[SAARussian]

Originally posted by alexcustos:

The game starts with a warning that says it's better to hold breath while it shows :2014reel: on the screen. A broken profile is not a very common issue, but from time to time, people come here to complain about it.

Whilte it shows it, I hold breath

[D-GeneraThor]

Originally posted by alexcustos:

The game's profile is stored in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\[YOUR_STEAM_ID]\221680\ folder by default. Those files can be broken when the game is terminated or crashed while writing into them. Needless to say, it's a good idea to backup this directory frequently.

I have experienced the same problem and found it really frustrating to get all the settings back to how they were. The 3rd day after the first lost profile I had the same problem again after a Windows update.
I've always closed it down while patiently waiting during its shutdown. It is already awkward having to Esc through so many menu's before I can select shut down and even confirm 2 times that I really want to shut down.
If it is so sensitive to losing the profiles and settings, shouldn't Rocksmith be able to automatically create a backup before I start the game? Or separate them over different files?

[alexcustos]

@D-GeneraThor By my guess, it happens because of the damaged profile. The game tries to handle it somehow but doesn't do it well. If you don't have a backup taken before it happened for the first time, it better to remove the entire profile and let the game recreate it from scratch.

[D-GeneraThor]

@alexcustos Thanks for the tip, but it didn't work!
The new profile seemed to function 2 times. I made separate backups of the 1st session after deleting the earlier profile-data, after the 2nd time and after the 3rd time. Now I have troubles again, but deleting the last profile and replacing it by any of the earlier backups didn't recover my profile.
Are there more locations than just my 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\[YOUR_STEAM_ID]\221680\' where profile data are stored? Can it be related to the fact that I have 2 RS cables (original Rocksmith and Rocksmith 2014)?
Aren't steam updates affecting my profile?

[alexcustos]

Originally posted by D-GeneraThor:

Are there more locations than just...

The game can sync profile with the Steam Cloud storage. It can be disabled on the game's Settings page -> Updates tab -> Steam Cloud. And there must be an option to remove the stored profile form the Cloud. I can't tell because I never enabled that feature.

[Sinbad]

When i put my backup in the userdata folder, it doesn't do anything for me :(