Please help. Steam deleted my game and 18 hrs of save data ???

[picklelord]

So I don't know if there's anyway to rectify this but I'm hoping maybe someone else has experienced the same thing and maybe found a solution. I was going to play a steam game today, Omori, but it said that the game needed to be updated. This was really weird to me since it's not the type of game that typically gets updates so I tried to just turn off my internet and play anyway but it wouldn't let me. This was strange in and of itself but it seemed like they wouldn't let me do anything without downloading the 'update' so I did. The update was like an hour long and my internet is pretty bad here but it still seemed really long for an update. It seemed more like steam had deleted Omori from my computer for some reason and was redownloading the game. An hour later I went to play the game and noticed that my save data was gone. I checked the Omori page on Steam to see what updates they had and it said that the game had not undergone any updates since it's release last month. Now, I've looked through my steam files before and I know that even when you delete games it leaves the save data so that when you download it again you can start off from where it left you. So I don't know why it's doing this.. Not to mention that I never even deleted the game.

Has anyone gone through this? I've played this game for a long time and I really really don't want to start over if I can help it.

[Cheezus Crisp]

Sounds more like Steam was downloading missing game files. Your game probably got corrupted.

[picklelord]

Originally posted by Cheezus Crisp:

Sounds more like Steam was downloading missing game files. Your game probably got corrupted.

I'm sorry I don't get what you mean. Corrupted by what? I haven't downloaded anything in the past month other than this game called Genshin Impact and I don't believe that was a virus. Also if steam was downloading missing game files then why is the file still gone?

[Zekiran]

Originally posted by alexislyle20:

Originally posted by Cheezus Crisp:

Sounds more like Steam was downloading missing game files. Your game probably got corrupted.

I'm sorry I don't get what you mean. Corrupted by what? I haven't downloaded anything in the past month other than this game called Genshin Impact and I don't believe that was a virus. Also if steam was downloading missing game files then why is the file still gone?

Your computer may have turned off unexpectedly, or other files have been moved around. Virtually anything on every single hard drive could become corrupted over time just by hardware wear and tear, failure, power failure, etc.

It doesn't have to be steam doing it, it could be indicative of a hardware problem if it becomes something that happens to other programs.

If it's a newer computer doesn't matter, either, as fresh out of the box components can be bad. But if it's newer, a driver may have changed, or an operating system update changed files or preferences. If your OS has recently updated, CHECK that there are no files being quarantined thanks to the built in firewall or virus scanners thinking that Steam is a virus. Steam files and game files often come up as false positives, and equally often Windows (particularly 10) will update and conveniently forget to tell you that the system changed your firewall settings.

But the most common source of your files going 'missing', and having to be reacquired, is improperly shutting the computer down before all programs are shut down.

[picklelord]

Originally posted by Zekiran:

Originally posted by alexislyle20:

I'm sorry I don't get what you mean. Corrupted by what? I haven't downloaded anything in the past month other than this game called Genshin Impact and I don't believe that was a virus. Also if steam was downloading missing game files then why is the file still gone?

Your computer may have turned off unexpectedly, or other files have been moved around. Virtually anything on every single hard drive could become corrupted over time just by hardware wear and tear, failure, power failure, etc.

It doesn't have to be steam doing it, it could be indicative of a hardware problem if it becomes something that happens to other programs.

If it's a newer computer doesn't matter, either, as fresh out of the box components can be bad. But if it's newer, a driver may have changed, or an operating system update changed files or preferences. If your OS has recently updated, CHECK that there are no files being quarantined thanks to the built in firewall or virus scanners thinking that Steam is a virus. Steam files and game files often come up as false positives, and equally often Windows (particularly 10) will update and conveniently forget to tell you that the system changed your firewall settings.

But the most common source of your files going 'missing', and having to be reacquired, is improperly shutting the computer down before all programs are shut down.

Ohh, thanks for the explanation. That could be it! My computer had a security update a couple of days ago and I haven't played Omori since then. Do you know where I check if files are being quarantined?

[Zekiran]

I'd suggest looking up your OS and whatever firewall or other such things are on it, and check the manufacturer. I don't use them, so I can't really tell you where they'd store it :)

[skeay_]

did you ever find a fix for this?

[picklelord]

Originally posted by skeay_:

did you ever find a fix for this?

Unfortunately, I never did... I had to play the game all over again. Are you having the same issue?

[skeay_]

Originally posted by alexislyle20:

Originally posted by skeay_:

did you ever find a fix for this?

Unfortunately, I never did... I had to play the game all over again. Are you having the same issue?

yes I am. I have actually found a fix. I was able to get all of my files back after backing them up, but the one file that I was really trying to get back got corrupted :(. I am still trying to figure out how to fix it though.