[WD] My saves are lost
So, I was going to play episode 2 and I apparently my saves were gone.
I have it on Steam.
What can I do to retrieve my saves?
I have it on Steam.
What can I do to retrieve my saves?
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Make sure you backup the folder before though, in case it doesn't work as it should.
This is obviously not something that should have to be done! I know nothing is perfect, but one of the biggest aspects of this game is the continuity from episode to episode. Clearly, lots of us are having issues with erased games as well as choices being changed from the first ep. Something has clearly gone wrong and I'm hoping a telltale rep will address this soon. It's just a shame, it's been quite the wait for this release and with this current problem..it doesn't make me feel too motivated to play. I'd just like to know if it's a fixable issue. Thanks again
I looked under "username\Documents\Telltale Games\The Walking Dead" and there are save files there.
Thanks in advance for the help.
BTW...I also have it on 360 and have played through it. Absolutely amazing game!
I know, but it's the only workaround i know at the moment.
I hope it get's fixed eventually, but it's either trying that and with some luck being able to play now, or waiting for a fix at some point in the future.
Did anyone using DjNDB's advice resolve the issue? Using either Steam or Mac?
Are you guys playing anyway or waiting?
I've tried the "fix" (see: DjNDB's post #7) posted in the other thread about lost saves. But this doesn't seem to be the issue. Regardless of my Walking Dead folder showing saves from not too long ago.
I have the Steam version on Windows 7.
In the savegame menu there's only one savegame, the one related to the last autosave of Episode 1. This is weird, because - as I've already stated - I've beaten the whole Ep2 - Starved for Help.
I did everything as listed. But when I tried to load the game, the saves date was today. And would not load. Screen just turned black, and only the Walking Dead menu cursor showed.
ps This is BS. I want my saves back.
Same problem here. I've tried a few different saves, my last being save_12. I went backwards through 12,11,10 no difference, always a black screen.
What helped was deleting the entire "SyncFs" folder from
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Telltale Games\The Walking Dead\
Just to be sure not to mess up anything, i would make a backup copy of the entire "The Walking Dead" folder though.
It takes some trial and error but it worked for me.
Zefiend is on the right track.
1. Copy the last save game to another location (mine was save_12)
2. Delete all saves.
3. Start a new game and play until out of the car.
4. Goto save folder, I had save 1,5 and 6 for some reason.
5. Copy save_12 back to save game folder.
6. Here is the trial part - rename save_12 as save_6
7. Start game, actually load game not just to the save list as this does not change from your last save.
8. If you get a blank screen and not loading rename as save_5 and repeat.
9. Keep renaming down until one works.
I got back to the end of chapter 7 game but the loading screen still only shows chapter 1.
Hope this works, it saved me 2+ hours play again.
Loki
It's a bit fiddly and I can't seem to reliably get multiple save games to show up. However, I've just been using slot one and restoring my Old Save 1 and 2 slots into them.
What I did was:
1. Created a backup of the Telltale Games\The Walking Dead directory in My Documents.
2. Deleted above mentioned The Walking Dead folder. (This didn't work the first time so optional step 2 - delete a default prefs file inside my Steam The Walking Dead directory - sadly it didn't recreate itself but it's somewhere around C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\the walking dead\Pack\default - I believe it's called prefs.prop)
3. Played the game until the car crash or until the first save appears (easiest to just play in non full screen mode and just watch the saved game location while you listen to the tedious cop drone on and on.)
4. When a save (or more likely 2 appear,) exit the game.
5. Delete the saves that are in there, being sure the note the name of the newest one so probably "save_2.save"
6. Locate the save you want to restore in your backed up The Walking Dead folder and copy it back, renaming it to whatever the name you noted in step 5. was - again, probably "save_2.save"
7. Launch game and while the Open save screen appears wrong it should resume where you left off. (It's absolutely possible you might need to try different saves as Loki noted but for me, the lastest saves all seemed to work.)
Since I was playing 2 games, I've just created 2 swappable saved games folders and seem to be able to swap them back and forth - both occupying the save game 1 slot. It's not ideal but at least I was able to finish Ep 2 and keep my other game progress at midway through Ep 1.
Hope this helps someone,
Del
Loki
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