This game needs to fix there ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ saves!

[hehfkfidj45]

i play this for 4 hours and got reset the next day, and yes i saved my game

[This PC]

I doubt this has anything to do with the game

[Terri]

i lost my game yesterday...17days played. -.- the cloud-sync is garbage

[This PC]

cloud sync is a steam feature, nothing to do with tyler :P
it has always been garbage lol

[dsmurph]

I make a backup every day after playing.

C:\Users\Your Username\AppData\LocalLow\TVGS\Schedule 1\Saves\

[b0bst3r]

Yeah I use a standard backup script for zipping the saves folder which starts the game so I have backups before I play, here's the script https://pastebin.com/5EYsPyH5 just save it to desktop and rename to something like schedule1.bat

It should not require any changes but does require 7zip compression tool (which every PC should have installed anyhow). What it does is read the system time and date and calls the backup zip files daymonth_time.zip

[BookItFaster]

Dont mod

[b0bst3r]

Originally posted by BookItFaster:

Dont mod

If you're referring to my post it's NOT a mod, it's a simple startup script that backs up the save files and then runs the game as normal through steam.

[Centuron]

Originally posted by This PC:

cloud sync is a steam feature, nothing to do with tyler :P
it has always been garbage lol

Tyler does have something to do with it. He even said as much in the Patch notes of v0.3.4f8
Consolidated a number of saved entities into larger, combined files. This should improve save time, reliability, be less prone to bugs, and improve Steam Cloud sync time. The following types of entities were consolidated: your mixes, vending machines, ATMs, store pallets, and dead drops.

[Terri]

i started a new game now. and modified the savegame with money and buyed business. so the start will be "easy"this one

[dsmurph]

Originally posted by b0bst3r:

Yeah I use a standard backup script for zipping the saves folder which starts the game so I have backups before I play, here's the script https://pastebin.com/5EYsPyH5 just save it to desktop and rename to something like schedule1.bat

It should not require any changes but does require 7zip compression tool (which every PC should have installed anyhow). What it does is read the system time and date and calls the backup zip files daymonth_time.zip

It's not bad. But why before playing, and why is it compressed in 7z?

[dsmurph]

Originally posted by BookItFaster:

Dont mod

This isn't a mod or anything else. I've looked at the script, it's clean.

[BritneyB!tch]

I've never once had a save problem. \O/

[Centuron]

I've had saves get wonky when playing the same save file on two different machines. Something doubled up, others didn't unlock right.

[b0bst3r]

Originally posted by dsmurph:

It's not bad. But why before playing, and why is it compressed in 7z?

That's just my preference, it's just easier to use this desktop shortcut to play the game and after a while it just becomes the norm. As for compressing well it again it's just easier and more tidier to keep single zip files than uncompressed copies of saves. Also there's no overwriting old zip files so if you play a lot you'll end up with a lot of backup zip files so easier to manually delete really old stuff.

[dsmurph]

Jesus... I'm not feeling well today. It doesn't matter whether a backup is made before or after. The script is a good thing and does its job. Thank you.