ASCENT needs better saving

[RADjäger]

I had a power cut today & when i opened game both my saved charactors are gone.
1st one - lvl29 - +25 Hours
2nd one- lvl21 - +30 Hours

[Nihil]

Strange. As i see the game is saving almost every 30 secs. or minute. Isn't it possible that the power outage cause the steam cloud save to mess up and the game couldn't load the previous saves?

[Vin]

Nihilus님이 먼저 게시:

Strange. As i see the game is saving almost every 30 secs. or minute. Isn't it possible that the power outage cause the steam cloud save to mess up and the game couldn't load the previous saves?

steam cloud doesnt sync till the game closes. his power cut so there was no chance of a sync. his saves being deleted is unusual but could just be that the game saved as the power cut.

the game needs a quick and manual save options. having something be purely autosave will always cause problems.

[falco]

The game saves me progress like every 30 seconds. I never faced a loss of progress, not even the smallest one.

[falco]

my progress* Sorry for the typpo

[JinxTheWorld]

I know this isn't a fix for your problem but you should seriously invest in a UPS (uninterruptable power supply). I bought a $200 one that has Pure sine wave (pure sine wave is the ideal wave form for performance and longevity) and can supply power for 30 minutes to my PC and 55' QLED TV if power goes out. obviously you don't need to buy one that expensive, but a $50 one should prevent your PC from turning off in case of a power surge. It's honestly shocking how many people dont even realize that UPS's even exist, and how important they are in preventing damage caused by power loss due to a power surge.

What i bought- CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD PFC Sinewave UPS System, 1500VA/1000W, 12 Outlets, AVR, Mini Tower. From amazon ofc XD. On sale for $219. UPS's like this generally last around 5 years, but when you have expensive and sensitive things like a gaming PC, it's a very good investment.

[RADjäger]

JinxTheWorld님이 먼저 게시:

I know this isn't a fix for your problem but you should seriously invest in a UPS (uninterruptable power supply). I bought a $200 one that has Pure sine wave (pure sine wave is the ideal wave form for performance and longevity) and can supply power for 30 minutes to my PC and 55' QLED TV if power goes out. obviously you don't need to buy one that expensive, but a $50 one should prevent your PC from turning off in case of a power surge. It's honestly shocking how many people dont even realize that UPS's even exist, and how important they are in preventing damage caused by power loss due to a power surge.

What i bought- CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD PFC Sinewave UPS System, 1500VA/1000W, 12 Outlets, AVR, Mini Tower. From amazon ofc XD. On sale for $219. UPS's like this generally last around 5 years, but when you have expensive and sensitive things like a gaming PC, it's a very good investment.

i had one and its battery died, I think its better to have a ups.
Thanks.

[Darkness]

Regardless, the fact that the game allows corruption of your save is a fault and can be fixed. I've seen plenty devs tackling this issue over the years.

I'd suggest the devs to write a "new" temporary save file, and once its done writting, make a checksum on it, and if it's ok, then rename the previous save file to .bak, and the new temp to permanent filename.

Once opening the game, it should also perform a checksum on the savefile, and if it's faulty, then try to load the backup instead.

There're many games that store multiple backup levels.

Also I think it could be better to have each character profile be a separate savefile, as the overall file size would be smaller.

But just wild guesses, I don't know how well the OS deals with writting/renaming files with all the frequency they do.

For now, all players can do is to manually backup their savefiles.

Anyway, I've upload a save profile with all items on my NG+0 guide:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2562624468