Save games gone

[WaterRat]

Hi all, checking in case someone can help....

After a few weeks break my kids have tried to play again but no save game data is there anymore. All slots showing as empty with no save. I have checked the users/appdata.../savegames and nothing there either.

Any suggestions how to recover and should there be a cloud save available?

[Moimus]

you can abuse github or a similar service for backing up you saves. Your worlds are saved at:
"AppData\Roaming\Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment\LEGOWorlds\SAVEDGAMES\CONTENT" if that folder is empty your worlds are prob gone forever :/

[WaterRat]

Thanks for that 👍 unfortunately in this case looks like they are gone...kids sad but starting again!

[fischpony]

OH MY GOD.. .EXACTLY THIS HAPPENED TO ME JUST NOW.. damn...

[Mustytree64]

Originally posted by fischpony:

OH MY GOD.. .EXACTLY THIS HAPPENED TO ME JUST NOW.. damn...

Yeah Same here

[hymn]

I'd encourage everyone to setup an automatic backup for their saves found at C:\Users\<UseName>\AppData\Roaming\Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment\LEGOWorlds\SavedGames

Of course in an ideal world this should not be necessary, but if you invest some effort in the game that small extra step is absolutely worth it even if you never end up needing it because it gives you peace of mind.

I still have no idea how the game can be brought to purging a save directory (if that's what actually took place) without manually overwriting save slots with new games. I've poked at files and reset stuff countless of times but never witnessed that particular behaviour.

[fischpony]

Wise words my friend - wise words..
As I changed from VISTA to Win7 (due to Steam), I made a complete backup with everything in LW. Now I deleted The cpl. SAVEGAME - Folder in the AppData patch and copied this on into the folder. TATA - not everything is lost for me - the world started "new" app. one year ago. One year lost - but - not everything... Now - nothing time to loose, we have to (re)build a city!