How to back up your save data.

So that Fuga doesn't stroke out and lose it. This guide is for Windows novices.

Why?

At time of writing (9/27/21), Fuga has a fatal bug that causes the game to crash when attempting to load a save file, or at times the game will continue to run but the file won't load. Because of the way saves work in Fuga, the game deletes your save file once it's loaded, but doesn't actually check if it loaded properly before deleting it. Save yourself some frustration and several hours of replaying the game by backing your saves up.

How

It's simple. Simply copy and past this address

%LOCALAPPDATA%\TANK\Saved\SaveGames

into your file browser's address bar.

You should see a window like this one.



After that, all you have to do is create a file folder named something like "Fuga Save Backups" or something, and copy the files over.
Remember, Copy. Not move. If you move them, then the game will think you have no save data.

I recommend you do this every time you close the game, since loading from a fresh start-up seems to be when it happens most often. It sucks that they're taking so long to patch this, but at least on PC we can work around the issue.

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If you're a Linux user using SteamPlay, you probably already know how this works, but just in case, the address for you is <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1357860/pfx/, or possibly ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1357860/ if you're loading from a cloud save.

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[Times]

Yes, yes I did. I'm sorry!

[Freya]

????

My comment wasn't directed to you, silly. There was a dude commenting about your guide being bad and not working on his pirated copy of the game, although he delated one of his comments, but you can still his first comment in it.

Did you forget? You even responded to him.

[Times]

Freya, I appreciate your diligence, but I would also appreciate not being accused of piracy based on hunches. This guide was created in response to a bug that could effect anyone who played the game, which I know because I did pay for it. It and all of its DLC, plus the second game and all of its DLC, including all three manga volumes currently available, all paid at full price. All of this is publicly visible on my profile. Steam will not recognize pirated games as being in your library, much less grant you achievements for them, and I have both. You could have checked.

I've left the guide up as it's still useful to know how to back up your save data. Since FUGA saves over your file after every battle and rest stop, it's relevant if you want to go back and replay a previous chapter to allocate your resources differently.

[Freya]

So yeah man, you really suck and I'm glad you couldn't save lol

And yes, is most likely an anti-piracy measure, as all the games in the franchise have that. With the most notorious one being Solatorobo as old Nintendo DS emulators couldn't play Solatorobo due to the game detecting it wasn't a real Nintendo DS and it refusing to let you save the game as a result (alongside not giving you a key item needed to progress the story).

[Freya]

Mf here openly stating that he pirated a game from a series that is notorious for selling so poorly. Where the CEO has stated that not a single game in the franchise ever managed to sell enough to even cover 1/3 of what the development costed. And is the reason Fuga was the first game in the serious to not include animated segments of any kind.

And in this case you can't even argue that you don't have enough money to buy it. Because this game often goes down to only 10 dollars, while you own over a hundred games, most of them are $60 AAA games, and some of them are even $70. And your inventory shows you buy microtransactions in a LOT of games.

[AvidWriter]

Thanks for the heads up! I will not buy this game now, how do they not use steam cloud? Also this isn't a damn rogue game, why delete the save?

[Times]

Fenrir, I implore you to buy the game. The Little Tail series always sells very badly, despite all the games being very good We're lucky to get even one game in a 15 year period as a result. Usually I wouldn't mind pirating games, but in this case it does actively harm the game itself. I'm afraid I can't help you, as I don't know what would cause such an error other than an anti-piracy measure.

[Schrödinger]

I have a problem. I play on the pirated version. The game does not save progress under the pretext of lack of memory, although about 1000gb of memory is free. Isn't this an anti-piracy system? Please answer if you have time

[Times]

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