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crinrict
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11 years ago
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[FIXED] Lost save games

It seems EA has identified the source of this and is working on a fix.  The issue lies with the auto-save so to prevent this from happening, try this: Don't load/save to that auto-save slot. ...
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    crinrict
    11 years ago

    UPDATE on the Issue

    It seems EA has identified the source of this and is working on a fix. 

    The issue lies with the auto-save so to prevent this from happening, try this:

    • Don't load/save to that auto-save slot. After starting a new game, use save-as to make a new named slot. Then always save to that one.
    • Don't use the PLAY button on the main menu but use the disc icon in the upper right corner to load the game. Never load the auto-save.
    • Before you leave the game for good, use save as again and make sure you don't save to the auto-save slot but to a new one.
    • Always make backups of the saves folder on a regular basis

    I wanna thank everyone that has participated in this thread to help identify the problem.

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Anonymous
11 years ago

Played the game yesterday for several hours, did bunch of stuff, raised several skills, got my satisfaction to 2000, saved multiple times and today find that only save I got is one from early start of the game. 

In save directory I have three save files, one "save as" very old one from start of the game, my second "save as" which is about hour in game and my autosave. Yesterday I left the game and choose save and quit (while playing I often pressed save button in menu). Today I pressed big play button, either it didnt save at all since my second "save as" save or it loaded that save and immediatelly overwritten autosave with that when loaded. 

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