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CertifiedFigmen
4 years ago
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Mass Effect Origin Cloud Save Gone

Hi, I had a mass effect save saved to origin cloud, totaling 14 hours of progress. Yesterday i moved to a different pc, installed mass effect, logged in, and was surprised to see that there was no r...
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    holger1405
    4 years ago

    @CertifiedFigment 

    I have merged your second thread with the first, as it is the same problem.

    If downloading the cloud save to your second PC don't works all you need to do is coping the character folder (CharName_XX_Experte_XXXXX_0) from the first PCs ME2 save folder ("C:\Users\>your user name<\Documents\BioWare\Mass Effect Legendary Edition\Save\ME2") to the same folder on the second PC.

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CertifiedFigmen
4 years ago

Hi,

I had a ME2 save that I wanted to play on a different PC. Because of this, I backed up a save file and the Trilogy game profile by copy pasting them to another folder. I then enabled cloud saves and saved a new game. I also uploaded copies of the save file and trilogy game profile to wetransfer just in case. I then opened the game on the new pc; however, even with cloud saves enabled and the save downloaded and saved into This PC>Documents>BioWare>Mass Effect Legendary Edition>Save>ME2 the game isn't accessing either my cloud save or my physical copy. Restore local save is greyed out and won't become an option even if i enable and disable cloud; I've tried clearing caches; I've tried running as administrator (An option popped up saying there was a conflict between cloud saves and local content, so i selected to use cloud saves but all it did was delete the files i had downloaded so i reinstalled them - its never offered that option again). I would be grateful for any advice. Thanks

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holger1405
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4 years ago

@CertifiedFigment 

I have merged your second thread with the first, as it is the same problem.

If downloading the cloud save to your second PC don't works all you need to do is coping the character folder (CharName_XX_Experte_XXXXX_0) from the first PCs ME2 save folder ("C:\Users\>your user name<\Documents\BioWare\Mass Effect Legendary Edition\Save\ME2") to the same folder on the second PC.

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    RougishPuck
    3 years ago

    Hello! 

        I have a similar concern regarding cloud storage and OC storage. After investing several hours in Mass Effect 1 legendary edition. I exited the game after saving my progress, then left for some time. I logged back into steam and EA and loaded the game. The prompt window popped up, stating a discrepancy between the cloud storage and the one on my HD. I chose the one that was more up-to-date (the cloud). After loading the game, I discovered the cloud save was nowhere close to where I left off...it was at the beginning of my gaming session of that day (6 hours or so). I panicked and looked through the HD logs (the same pathways you have outlined to others). Every save file was changed to the time and date I logged back into the game. It appears every saved file has now been changed to the new one. Is there any way to recover my previous files? I cannot find them through the means you have shared here and in other threads. 

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