Save deleted?

[chasicles]

I was at chapter 6 then my save file was just gone. Happened 3 times now.

[FelpsJiraya]

Maybe it's 'cause in the game there is a time to complete, u have seven days or the bomb will explode the city with u, so you have to complete the game before this

[chasicles]

Originally posted by FelpsJiraya:

Maybe it's 'cause in the game there is a time to complete, u have seven days or the bomb will explode the city with u, so you have to complete the game before this

I had alot of time yet it still happened :|

[sWX]

Likely the save wipe glitch. Did you happen to do any of the DLC? That seems to be the cause.

[chasicles]

Originally posted by sWX:

Likely the save wipe glitch. Did you happen to do any of the DLC? That seems to be the cause.

Havent done those in ages. Last time i did a dlc was when i was first playing. now its just happening.

[sWX]

Hmm well it's a little strange that it took so long -- and I'm not saying it for sure is the case for you -- but I believe most people who ran into the save-wipe all had done at least some DLC. Maybe it just took awhile to hit?

Anyway if you look through the Discussions you can find some posts detailing how to prevent this from happening, I believe.

[chasicles]

Originally posted by sWX:

Hmm well it's a little strange that it took so long -- and I'm not saying it for sure is the case for you -- but I believe most people who ran into the save-wipe all had done at least some DLC. Maybe it just took awhile to hit?

Anyway if you look through the Discussions you can find some posts detailing how to prevent this from happening, I believe.

Ok thx bud

[sWX]

No problem. If you can't find the thread, then at least back up your saves periodically from now on. Better to lose some progress than all progress!

[STOPchris]

This game is the biggest piece of trash that I have played in a very long time. Capcom scammed people with this one. Shame.

[sWX]

Originally posted by STOPchris:

This game is the biggest piece of trash that I have played in a very long time. Capcom scammed people with this one. Shame.

If it's any consolation, the team who made it got canned.

[STOPchris]

Originally posted by sWX:

Originally posted by STOPchris:

This game is the biggest piece of trash that I have played in a very long time. Capcom scammed people with this one. Shame.

If it's any consolation, the team who made it got canned.

As they should have.

[Shivers]

So because I played dlc after the campaign to avoid finding things out too early, my 36 hour playthrough got deleted? I see. How do I back up my saves so that I can avoid this issue in future?

[sWX]

Originally posted by Albrecht White:

So because I played dlc after the campaign to avoid finding things out too early, my 36 hour playthrough got deleted? I see. How do I back up my saves so that I can avoid this issue in future?

If you're asking if it WILL happen, I'm not sure. It happened to me and many others, but I don't know if it's a guarantee. You'll know it's happened if the main menu suddenly lists Nick's level back at 1, as if you'd never started the game.

As for backing up your files, find wherever you have Steam save your games, and just copy Dead Rising 3's saves to a different location on your computer (they'll look something like "D3S.MainNormalLevel", "D3S.ProfileLastSave", etc). If one day you find your level reset, take the most recent backups you made and copy them back into the original location to roll your game progress back to how it was in your backup.

Keep in mind, backing up doesn't AVOID the bug, it just mitigates the damage. Losing a little progress is better than a full save wipe, after all. You can look around and see if others may have found any way to prevent the issue altogether, but regardless, backing up your saves is still a good idea.

[Shivers]

Ah I see, thank you. I was asking because it was deleted from level 43, I was really close to getting a load of the collection achievements so I was quite upset, I was going to just get over the loss and restart, I just needed to know how I could do that whilst having backups of them at least so I don't restart after every dlc

[sWX]

No doubt, I was definitely confused and not happy when I saw Nick's level 1 status on my screen one day. I know your pain.

[loveaya]

My campaign save data has been completely erased after staring the DLC. What a trash!