The office still gets reset if you get 'fired'

[Sierra]

I quit a level and the game crashed so it counted as failed so my hours of collections got wiped from my office, why even wipe the progress if you get 'fired'? that's pretty mean error or no.

[cannonf0dder]

It makes a lot of sense really. You do a bad job, you loose your stuff.
Just like any game there has to be a "punishment" for not playing correctly.
Rpgs-say the wrong thing and you might miss a great quest or loose out on a skill point
Arpgs-rush too fast and you'll be underleveled and undegeared
FPS-waste ammo and play recklessly and you'll die often.
There needs to be a risk/reward, and loosing your stuff is the risk, keeping it is your reward.

That said...
goto "\Steam\steamapps\common\Viscera\Saves\Backups" and restore one of your Trophydatacollective.sav files, that'll bring back your old items.

[Sierra]

That's a really tough punishment for a game that takes alot of time and is meant for relaxation though.

[cannonf0dder]

I kind of agree yeah, you can loose hours upon hours worth of items, but if you aare taking your time and getting the job done then it shouldn't be too much of a problem.
Like I said there is the backups saves folder that lets you get them back.
I also keep a save at the end of each map, just before punching out. That way if I do loose my office I can reload each save and bring my stuff back, map by map.

[illgib]

I got fired after a workshop map, because nobody mentioned that there was a closed door that open itself after 1 hour with 3/4 of the mess of the whole map.
That's just unfair.
I didn't know the backup thing and i had to replay all the map to regain my rewards.

Suggestion to map makers: do whatever you like, but let us know if there are strange conditions!

[cannonf0dder]

Yeah you gotta be careful with workshop maps. As you said some have secret bits, I did it myself in my morgue map, but I left both a pda clue and bloody hand print to help find it.
Also if a map is set up wrong, it can lead to being fired even if you got 100%.
Those are both very rare though.
Best to keep a backup on hand.

[illgib]

Originally posted by cannonf0dder:

I did it myself in my morgue map, but I left both a pda clue and bloody hand print to help find it.

Think i found it :D

Now i know the hard way to keep backups!

[X gon' give it to ya]

Is it the second you get fired because my sister and I found bob and cannot be arsed to clean the unearthly excavation, also I love the warhammer 40k: boltgun reference

[TheLostMisery]

Originally posted by Scouseleemini1:

Is it the second you get fired because my sister and I found bob and cannot be arsed to clean the unearthly excavation, also I love the warhammer 40k: boltgun reference

Yes, you'll lose all office collectibles instantly the moment you get fired. In the case that happens, you can always use a Backup save in your files (the game automatically creates a new file after each cleanup) and copy that into the Saves folder (you need to remove the timestamps in the name) to override the new save and restore your office.

Also this thread is like 5 years old, why are you posting here?

[DaetherX]

Thank you for letting me know how to restore my office save file!
Also big thanks to the developer for having a new trophy save every time I leave the office after changing anything in there or something.

I did the santa's workshop achievement to leave a bigger mess then log out, and my office seemed good while I was placing all the stolen toys on my shelves the other day. When I finished Athena's wrath just now (probably like 99% clean + stacking all the barrels & boxes + fixing holes) I noticed my office was wiped. I was livid, but hopefull so I searched the forums.

[Artume]

Fun Fact! If you are hovering over the Punchomatic and you hit the options button, you WILL Immediately CLOCK OFF. Congrats on the new Fired! achievement :)
I want to throw up. 161 hours.