Saved games gone SOLVED

[Nutsaur]

Thanks to Cheshirm!

My saved games were in
\steam\userdata\YourSteamID\292030\ac\WinMyDocuments\The Witcher 3\gamesaves\

I copy pasted them into

Documents/Witcher 3/gamesaves

Anybody reading this solution or just commenting?

[ntbaker]

Witcher 3 save games all gone - how to restore?

Full 100% completion on regular game, started NG+ and then left game for many months awaiting the DLC. Now reinstalled via Steam but no savegames (including my NG+ ones) even though should be cloud synced. All of my achieves saved but no savegames. How do I get my saves restored?

[markdb92]

thats why you use windows backup and/or other brand backup software. If steam didnt restore it then you didnt have any on the cloud.

[ntbaker]

cloud was enabled with 600h + of gameplay.... your comment was beyond useless, if you don't have any useful info about restoring cloud data then perhaps refrain from commenting, particularly since there WAS saves on the cloud yet it didn't restore it.

[xsys]

Your Witcher 3 save games should be in a folder called "The Witcher 3" in your My Documents folder. Did you reinstall Windows, or are you on another pc? I think markdb92 was just trying to say you should learn to backup manually because Steam cloud saving is obviously not perfect.

[ntbaker]

Since last played on another PC. Ya, thats great I should back it up since Steam is unreliable.... doesn't help the current issue however.

[xsys]

Originally posted by ntbaker:

.... doesn't help the current issue however.

Well, it identifies where your current save file are. Do you not have access to the last pc you played on?

[KoalafiedKiller]

OP, perhaps don't get an attitude with people trying to help you.

Are you sure that you currently have cloud enabled for Witcher 3? It may be possible it somehow got disabled for the game so it won't sync them. Check the game properties and see if cloud is enabled.

If it is enabled but still no luck, try to disable it, launch the game, exit, enable cloud saves again and see if it starts to sync.

[ntbaker]

This is a new PC build, the old one is gone. There is no local backup to be had... period. Cloud is enable and I have attempted to disable and re-enable without effect. By the looks of the comments it seems this is a common issue with Steam cloud and apparently im better off just getting a save from someone or start from scratch. What is the point of cloud saves if they are so utterly unreliable.

[ntbaker]

For the record I have an attitude with people who offer nothing constructive to the original question. For example, if I were to ask "how do I go about buying a new car after my last one was stolen?" A good response might be "try the local classifieds.... I know a good dealership.... my buddy has a car for sale". A utterly useless response might be "you should lock your doors or install a car alarm system". As in my example, the comment was completely superfluous to the original question (serving no purpose to helping the original poster) and only serves to paint the poster as a troll (or pick a stronger term if you like). I appreciate the other comments that were actually addressing the question but alas, no luck thus far.

[zounds]

Saves are probably gone now you've disabled/enabled Steam cloud, but for future reference if you want to sync cloud saves to local or vice versa:

Start the game, (start a new game or load a local save if you have one) then disable your internet connection, then save and exit.
Enable connection and start game again, save and exit.

You will get a steam box saying that your saves aren't synced and do you want to sync with either local saves or cloud saves.

This is the only reliable way I've found of choosing which way to sync. Be aware that if you choose to sync with local files it will wipe out steam cloud saves.

[ntbaker]

Perfect, thanks for the info.

[western union]

lost saves witcher 3 next-gen update

in general, the saves were at 4 am, after which they launched a new game and made a new save there (they did not delete the old ones), but the saves made at 4 am were gone. What to do and is it possible to return the saves?

[cheshirm]

a number of these similar posts about disappearing saves have appeared recently.

I upgraded my game. currently in novigrad level 16 on this playthru. current saves and all previous playthru saves back to 2015 are still in my save folder in folder
Documents\The Witcher 3\gamesaves

I do NOT use steam cloud.

unknown whether the new upgraded game deleted the old saves, steam cloud deleted them, or something else.

if you use steam cloud might check something in here:

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/68D2-35AB-09A9-7678

might check the cloud_log.txt files in folder
...\steam\logs
might tell you who/what happened to your saves

[󠀡󠀡᠌Hollow2k ⁧⁧⁧222]

I cant make a new cloud save, nothing uploads to the cloud, just the local game any fix?

[cheshirm]

read the steam cloud help article.

read the cloud log file. hopefully will tell you why.