Save game lost

[Ryoi]

Can Bethesda actually come up with a better cloud save like wtf i lost my 2nd vault to crashing.
i went into my folder and the file is this present but wont show up ingame as my saved vault (apparently my file is corrupt according to people online). Please HELP (30 hours down the drain)

[Nono54Fr]

The game has numerous faults, like cannot reload a save, cannot complete a quest or may corrupt a save but the Cloud is not the culprit, it works flawlessly and for many game.

[Ryoi]

is there anyway to fix my corrupted file?

[meheezen]

The file is there? With the correct name and all?

If so, you can download a save editor and fix your save file with it.

[Ryoi]

Originally posted by kittehoverlord:

Find the folder located at

C:\Users\You'reUserNameHere\AppData\Local\FalloutShelter

and restore the file

"C:\Users\You'reUserNameHere\AppData\Local\FalloutShelter\Vault1.sav.bkp"

by removing the .bkp from the file name.

Tried that but still wont show ingame

[Ryoi]

Originally posted by meheezen:

The file is there? With the correct name and all?

If so, you can download a save editor and fix your save file with it.

Will FSSE work?

[Ryoi]

I made a 2nd vault to check and now i have vault1.sav and vault.sav.bkp
And vault2.sav and vault.sav.bkp but only the 2nd vault appears ingame

[Ryoi]

Well i opened my first save with notepad and it was empty and my 2nd vault is full of code so i think this means its ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ gone. But the file size is bigger than the 2nd file so i dont understand

[Ryoi]

It says there is no older version

[meheezen]

Originally posted by Ryoiboi:

Originally posted by meheezen:

The file is there? With the correct name and all?

If so, you can download a save editor and fix your save file with it.

Will FSSE work?

if the file is in the right path, FSSE is my go-to tool when something doesnt seem right.

Originally posted by Ryoiboi:

Well i opened my first save with notepad and it was empty and my 2nd vault is full of code so i think this means its ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ gone. But the file size is bigger than the 2nd file so i dont understand

well, afaik. those saves are binary files, so you cant open them in notepad and expect to see anything useful.

Originally posted by Ryoiboi:

I made a 2nd vault to check and now i have vault1.sav and vault.sav.bkp
And vault2.sav and vault.sav.bkp but only the 2nd vault appears ingame

- open the game, dont load any vault
- alt+tab and open file explorer, go to the save folder you mentioned
- rename "vault1.sav" to "vault1.sav.bk2" (or anything that does not conflict with the other files
- copy "vault.sav.bkp" and rename the copy to "vault1.sav".
- alt+tab then alt+f4 to close the game (or hit the close button, w\e)
- wait for Steam cloud save to sync
- reopen the game and report results :)

[Ryoi]

doesnt show up ingame. apparently someone on reddit said if you open up the save using notepad and their is no code whatsoever it means its corrupted and cant be fixed. i dont understand how my laptop crashing can corrupt my game files tho.

[meheezen]

Originally posted by Ryoiboi:

doesnt show up ingame. apparently someone on reddit said if you open up the save using notepad and their is no code whatsoever it means its corrupted and cant be fixed. i dont understand how my laptop crashing can corrupt my game files tho.

so, once you made a copy of the "backup" file and renamed it to match the "original file name", it still doesnt show in the game?

thats weird, do consider captalization, i've had some saves not show up because the file name had the first letter in uppercase, while the game expected all lowercase files.


did you follow the steps i mentioned above?
launch game so Stean thinks the game is "running", change files, close game and let cloud save sync your changes

[Ryoi]

my backup file is empty too. ahh i give up thanks for trying to help but i really dont think this is fixable. i quit this fking game

[meheezen]

save files are supposed to be "encoded" in a specific format. notepad will show "garbage" when you try to read them.

Originally posted by Ryoiboi:

my backup file is empty too. ahh i give up thanks for trying to help but i really dont think this is fixable. i quit this fking game

empty as in "zero bytes"?

in the "original topic" you mentioned you "lost your second vault", then mentioned your "second vault" save file is "full of code", which one are you trying to "restore"?


given the situation, your only "chance of recovering" your save is using a file restore program ((like photorec or recurva), but your chances are dim.
(or if you have shadow copy enabled on your system, which is uncommon for "average" users)