Character & Save Data Missing

[skiingsean]

Went to fire up the game today and noticed it was compiling shaders again. Then it took me to the first-time configuration wizard, ok, that's odd. No characters exist, nothing to load, and I do & did have "cloud backup" turned on in steam.

Anyone else having this issue? Anything I can do to try and recover my saved data, or did I just waste 50hrs of my life?

[★REM★]

Do you physically have the files in documents/mygames/Oblivion Remastered/Saved?
Or the folder is missing?

[skiingsean]

Originally posted by ★REM★:

Do you physically have the files in documents/mygames/Oblivion Remastered/Saved?
Or the folder is missing?

So I have games installed to a second drive, and I haven't been using Steam much - I'm just learning the ins/outs of where bits are, etc. On D:\ I have:

D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Oblivion Remastered\

There is no folder underneath there labelled "Saved"

Would you be able to tell me a naming schema of what I should be looking for and I can search both drives to see if I come up with anything in another location?

[skiingsean]

Originally posted by ★REM★:

Do you physically have the files in documents/mygames/Oblivion Remastered/Saved?
Or the folder is missing?

Actually, I think I'm a bit of a nit. Simple Google and I realized I could download files directly from the Steam Cloud - https://store.steampowered.com/account/remotestorageapp/?appid=2623190 -- I see files/data in there.

Weird that the game doesn't synchronise between the two automatically?

[Basarab Laiota]

Originally posted by skiingsean:

Originally posted by ★REM★:

Do you physically have the files in documents/mygames/Oblivion Remastered/Saved?
Or the folder is missing?

Actually, I think I'm a bit of a nit. Simple Google and I realized I could download files directly from the Steam Cloud - https://store.steampowered.com/account/remotestorageapp/?appid=2623190 -- I see files/data in there.

Weird that the game doesn't synchronise between the two automatically?

apparently cloud saves don't work for this game

[skiingsean]

well, that actually didn't help me much. I found my local saved games, here:

C:\Users\Seán\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\Oblivion Remastered\Saved

And there is data in there, including \Saved\SavedGames

So, back to square one and googling I go

[skiingsean]

Originally posted by Basarab Laiota:

Originally posted by skiingsean:

Actually, I think I'm a bit of a nit. Simple Google and I realized I could download files directly from the Steam Cloud - https://store.steampowered.com/account/remotestorageapp/?appid=2623190 -- I see files/data in there.

Weird that the game doesn't synchronise between the two automatically?

apparently cloud saves don't work for this game

Ahh, good to know!

[skiingsean]

Originally posted by Basarab Laiota:

Originally posted by skiingsean:

Actually, I think I'm a bit of a nit. Simple Google and I realized I could download files directly from the Steam Cloud - https://store.steampowered.com/account/remotestorageapp/?appid=2623190 -- I see files/data in there.

Weird that the game doesn't synchronise between the two automatically?

apparently cloud saves don't work for this game

I think I stumbled on the active thread you were thinking about. I can confirm that there are different sets of game data in these two locations:

C:\Users\Seán\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\Oblivion Remastered\Saved\SaveGames

vs

C:\Users\Seán\Documents\My Games\Oblivion Remastered\Saved\SaveGames

This is exactly my problem.

[Basarab Laiota]

Originally posted by skiingsean:

Originally posted by Basarab Laiota:

apparently cloud saves don't work for this game

I think I stumbled on the active thread you were thinking about. I can confirm that there are different sets of game data in these two locations:

C:\Users\Seán\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\Oblivion Remastered\Saved\SaveGames

vs

C:\Users\Seán\Documents\My Games\Oblivion Remastered\Saved\SaveGames

This is exactly my problem.

weird! i'm tech-illiterate, so i hope i don't run into this problem..
good luck fixing it

[JKDos]

Originally posted by Basarab Laiota:

weird! i'm tech-illiterate, so i hope i don't run into this problem.. :cowbessie:
good luck fixing it

I do computer IT/Programming for a living, and figuring out how to remove OneDrive and the OneDrive folder from my computers was a headache. I feel bad for others who want it removed.

[Ps_TresTres]

Yeah, I thought the "Cloud Saves" on the store page meant you could use it on multiple devices like the Steam Deck and desktop PC.

[skiingsean]

If this happens to anyone and youblcannot figure it out, ping me, and next time I am on, I will post screenshots and a walkthrough. Had to do so for a friend the other day so it's already ready to go in my WhatApp. I just don't know what the forum will let me post and I'm on my mobile at the moment.

[★REM★]

Be aware it's not true that cloud saves don't work for this game.
It happen for some people, no clue why, but as for myself and al the 4 friends that play the game, we have no issues with our cloud saves.