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CatAlarm

Feb 21 @ 3:22pm

SAVE ERROR

Last time my PC suddenly crashed, I lost a 300-day save file. That was about a two month ago. I was bummed – ♥♥♥♥ happens.

Now, I got a BSOD while playing. This time, a 500-day save file on Stalker difficulty just “vanished.”

Seriously… how is it even possible in a game that’s all about unique survival with one character and one save file – how can you even make it so the save files can break?
Player care, huh?

I simply lack the words to describe the depth of my feelings towards these thoughtful developers.

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Tarc Novar has The Long Dark

Feb 21 @ 4:02pm

This is not a developer or game issue. A BSOD is not a problem they can help you solve. Something you can do is make regular, manual backups of your saves, so that if you need to restore, you can do so more easily.

Something I started years ago was using Windows Task Scheduler to run a batch file I made that automated the process of saving what I want into a folder that synchronizes with Google Drive. Because of this, I have been able to restore when issues happen.

Hozzenplozz has The Long Dark

Feb 22 @ 2:33am

Originally posted by Tarc Novar:
This is not a developer or game issue.

It is. I will never understand why a permanent-death-game does not backup the save before overwriting it.

Voronavirus has The Long Dark

Feb 22 @ 2:12pm

I got power outage and savefile vanished. Then another one just 30 minutes later and another savefile was fine. Do backups, there is nothing we can do beside that.

Tarc Novar has The Long Dark

Feb 22 @ 5:54pm

Originally posted by Hozzenplozz:
Originally posted by Tarc Novar:
This is not a developer or game issue.
It is. I will never understand why a permanent-death-game does not backup the save before overwriting it.

The solution already exists: do your own backups.

Hozzenplozz has The Long Dark

Feb 23 @ 12:29am

Originally posted by Tarc Novar:
The solution already exists: do your own backups.

This is not a solution but a workaround. And a bad one. In case of a crash you will lose the progress of your whole session rather than only since your latest save.
The solution is a simple amentment in the code.
But yes, atm you have to backup your save, as you should for any game you spend a lot of time in.

Last edited by Hozzenplozz; Feb 23 @ 12:32am

Tarc Novar has The Long Dark

Feb 23 @ 8:27am

Originally posted by Hozzenplozz:
Originally posted by Tarc Novar:
The solution already exists: do your own backups.
This is not a solution but a workaround. And a bad one. In case of a crash you will lose the progress of your whole session rather than only since your latest save.
The solution is a simple amentment in the code.
But yes, atm you have to backup your save, as you should for any game you spend a lot of time in.

Why are you claiming that the developer is responsible for your computer? Your computer belongs to nobody else, so this is still your issue. Either create your own solution, or not, but the developers are still not responsible for any of it. The save system is working as intended.