Update 1.04? deleted my saves and campaigns? [Solved?]

[Malakie]

No notice, no warning.. nothing.. Steam updates and you delete ALL our save games and campaigns.. HOURS played gone...

Sorry but this is NOT acceptable in any manner without warning you intend on doing this.

Went to continue my long running campaign and it is literally gone, deleted with the patch just installed. NOT happy.

NOTE: this is the 1.0.4 patch I think.. whichever one is the latest just released...

 

[Max_Killjoy]

More likely to be Steam's fault.

 

[kendaop]

Can confirm. This just happened to me when the game updated to 1.0.4. I swear...this game....between all the crashing and this, it does not seem like this game is production-ready.

 

[kendaop]

Is it possible that the save files still exist somewhere, but they're just not being found by the game?

 

[me987654]

Turn off Steam cloud saves and look again.... I'm betting it's not actually gone

 

[Ken-Sw]

Did you have any Mods installed?

 

[Ed Steele]

Yeah, it is a problem with Cloud Save, this happened to me shortly after the first patch. You just have to disable cloud save in Steam and then restart Steam and then BATTLETECH. I was actually able to re-enable Could Save after doing this and I have had no problems since then.

 

[kendaop]

Yeah, it is a problem with Cloud Save, this happened to me shortly after the first patch. You just have to disable cloud save in Steam and then restart Steam and then BATTLETECH. I was actually able to re-enable Could Save after doing this and I have had no problems since then.

I tried this, but unfortunately, it didn't work.

 

[Havamal]

For those for whom this applies and helps;

Additional note for players who mod various game files…Reminder that modding is not officially supported. If you have saved a game with any mod active, that saved game will not work after an update has been applied unless you replace all modded files exactly as they were when the save game file was created. Saved games require the exact same data state in order to function properly.

If you experience any issues after updating, the first step we recommend is to restart your computer, and then verify integrity of game files. Occasionally, the Steam update process can act weird - this will ensure that the update has been properly applied.

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/live-battletech-1-0-4-release-notes.1099787/


For other issues not covered by the above, please file a normal bug report in the Bug subforum with pertinent files attached so it can be properly looked into.

 

[Spiralrazor]

In preparation of the update, after reading the new patch notes, i copied my entire Data folder(5.5 gigs) to the main folder...updated the game, and then copied back my data folder so everything was as it should have been.

No saves or campaign. Honestly, this is the 3rd restart..if i cant get it to work im going to cite the reasons to Valve and request a refund.

 

[kblais]

Rolled back to 1.0.3; my steam cloud saves were off, but 1.0.4 doesn't seem able to find my save files.

once i rolled back to 1.0.3 i can continue where I left off in the campaign

 

[FrostflyPrime]

Odd. went Flawlessly for me, even fixed one of my broken campaigns. But I didn't try to modify the game at all. as it didn't feel required for my enjoyment

 

[Havamal]

In preparation of the update, after reading the new patch notes, i copied my entire Data folder(5.5 gigs) to the main folder...updated the game, and then copied back my data folder so everything was as it should have been.

No saves or campaign. Honestly, this is the 3rd restart..if i cant get it to work im going to cite the reasons to Valve and request a refund.

Rolled back to 1.0.3; my steam cloud saves were off, but 1.0.4 doesn't seem able to find my save files.

once i rolled back to 1.0.3 i can continue where I left off in the campaign

Just a heads up, I think there's more to it to restore the mods correctly after an update so that its all simpatico with existing data than just moving the files. Please perhaps try inquiring over in the modding threads ect, and someone can walk you through it. (Depending on the extent)

 

[Max_Killjoy]

In rough terms, the saves for this game are VERY sensitive to not finding things where and as they expect them -- anything added or significantly changed (such as the save looking for a modded-in, added-in mech, weapon, star system, whatever) can cause the saves to error our or have other issues.

 

[Spiralrazor]

Just a heads up, I think there's more to it to restore the mods correctly after an update so that its all simpatico with existing data than just moving the files. Please perhaps try inquiring over in the modding threads ect, and someone can walk you through it. (Depending on the extent)

Nah, the only things that were changed were values and a sound replacement pack for seven of the weapons.

 

[Spiralrazor]

In rough terms, the saves for this game are VERY sensitive to not finding things where and as they expect them -- anything added or significantly changed (such as the save looking for a modded-in, added-in mech, weapon, star system, whatever) can cause the saves to error our or have other issues.

This is true..which is why i thought taking the precaution of copying the entire Data file so i didnt miss anything was the safest course.

 

[Lyrch75]

I have run two starts with mods, yup. My second playthrough had never seen a mod, but its gone too. How does that work? A save package that has never seen a modded file disappears with my other 3 campaigns?

Screw this for a game of soldiers, I am going full [Mod Edit: Please avoid bad language even in acronym] mode. (I am 40+ years old, I ain't saying for the win like these young CGs are)

 

[tytusmk]

FYI. No modding here. Turned cloud save on and off, 36hrs gone. Any idea how I can roll back to 1.0.3?

 

[Havamal]

Nah, the only things that were changed were values and a sound replacement pack for seven of the weapons.

After modding, If you want your saves from an older patch version to work there are steps that must be taken...


Another option is to play under the old patch if frequent updates in a newly released game seem a hasle.


I sometimes do this with Steam by remaining in offline mode to avoid updates breaking a mod build.

 

[Spiralrazor]

Update: Restarted the computer, verified file integrity, recopied Data file...loaded game and still no saves.

attempting to roll back but i can tell you that putting things back exactly as they were, like the devs direction states...does not work.