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Author Topic: Save went bad, is there any cure?  (Read 550 times)

psychologicalshock

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Save went bad, is there any cure?
« on: April 04, 2011, 03:28:36 pm »
My save went corrupt for no reason and I didn't know I didn't have autosave turned on, am I screwed?
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Hyndis

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Re: Save went bad, is there any cure?
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2011, 03:32:54 pm »
Probably.

I have a yearly autoback up on. It automatically saves and backs up the save every year. Every once and a while I go through the save folder and delete the backups I don't need anymore.
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psychologicalshock

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Re: Save went bad, is there any cure?
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2011, 03:34:42 pm »
Why isn't this option turned on automatically? I was running under that assumption...
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Aramco

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Re: Save went bad, is there any cure?
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2011, 03:39:26 pm »
Quote from: psychologicalshock on April 04, 2011, 03:34:42 pm
Why isn't this option turned on automatically? I was running under that assumption...

It is, I think.
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Quote from: G-Flex on May 29, 2012, 10:34:19 pm
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Re: Save went bad, is there any cure?
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2011, 03:44:41 pm »
Autosave is set to NONE by default.  If you want it on, you need to edit your d_init.txt file and change the AUTOSAVE and possibly AUTOBACKUP settings.
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psychologicalshock

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Re: Save went bad, is there any cure?
« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2011, 03:46:04 pm »
I am going to look for a recovery program, I am not replaying 7 years.
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Re: Save went bad, is there any cure?
« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2011, 03:46:26 pm »
Quote from: Sphalerite on April 04, 2011, 03:44:41 pm
Autosave is set to NONE by default.  If you want it on, you need to edit your d_init.txt file and change the AUTOSAVE and possibly AUTOBACKUP settings.

Really? I seem to remember it being set to SEASONAL by default, hmm...
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Quote from: G-Flex on May 29, 2012, 10:34:19 pm
Or maybe there's a god who's just completely insane and sends you to Detroit, Michigan in a new body if you ever utter the name "Pat Sajak".

psychologicalshock

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Re: Save went bad, is there any cure?
« Reply #7 on: April 04, 2011, 04:00:34 pm »
This definitely needs to be fixed-  saves don't take up a lot of space (by modern standards) yet getting surprises like these is most enraging..
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psychologicalshock

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Re: Save went bad, is there any cure?
« Reply #8 on: April 04, 2011, 10:06:19 pm »
I have one old save but I don't want to give up yet, it seems to be somewhat nonstandard - the game doesn't just say that the save is corrupt it simply keeps loading it and never loads it. I could post it up tomorrow if someone experienced is willing to take a look at it.
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