The Big Screw-up

Greystone · 01-13-19, 01:05 PM

I just screwed up abysmally this morning. It came about as a result of my attempts to delete old saves in order to remove/switch/add mods in JSGME in home port. The next time the village idiot went to load a game, there were none there.

But, when I go to C:\Users\(my name)\My Documents\SH4\data\cfg\SaveGames, they're all there (about 4 or 8 kb each).
I was about to uninstall the game & start the career over, but given that the saves are still on my hard drive, I thought I'd run it by you people on the chance there was a way to save the day. (He laughs bitterly)

KaleunMarco · 01-13-19, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Greystone

I just screwed up abysmally this morning. It came about as a result of my attempts to delete old saves in order to remove/switch/add mods in JSGME in home port. The next time the village idiot went to load a game, there were none there.

But, when I go to C:\Users\(my name)\My Documents\SH4\data\cfg\SaveGames, they're all there (about 4 or 8 kb each).
I was about to uninstall the game & start the career over, but given that the saves are still on my hard drive, I thought I'd run it by you people on the chance there was a way to save the day. (He laughs bitterly)

so, you're good here? aside from the mea culpas?

Greystone · 01-13-19, 02:34 PM

um, no, not really; even though the saves are where they usually are at C:\Users\(my name)\My Documents\SH4\data\cfg\SaveGames, they don't show up on the load screen within the game; it's completely blank.

KaleunMarco · 01-13-19, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Greystone

um, no, not really; even though the saves are where they usually are at C:\Users\(my name)\My Documents\SH4\data\cfg\SaveGames, they don't show up on the load screen within the game; it's completely blank.

ah. your new game install is pointing to a different save folder. you must have changed path names or something for the new install. the game folder is probably not SH4 any longer is it?

find the save games path for your new install and move the savegamefolders with your saved files to that folder. make sense?

merc4ulfate · 01-13-19, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Greystone

um, no, not really; even though the saves are where they usually are at C:\Users\(my name)\My Documents\SH4\data\cfg\SaveGames, they don't show up on the load screen within the game; it's completely blank.

But if you have changed mods you should not be using old save anyway.

Greystone · 01-13-19, 05:12 PM

Sorry, I'm not being as clear as I could be:

The original game I was playing up to now is still installed. I have not uninstalled it. I did not install a new game.

The trouble started as I was about to enter home port when I decided that I should delete the old save files because it was my intent to alter the mods in JSGME while I was in home port.

But I didn't do it by going to where the saves are stored under C:, instead, sitting there just outside home port, I deleted them by going to the load/save area within the game itself and deleted all of them there, one by one.

I then deactivated all the mods in JSGME, moving them to the left window of JSGME.

After I did that, I immediately "docked" at home port, figuring the game would automatically create an "Entering" home port save when I got there, giving me at least one save left so I could get back into the game. The game, of course, did just that.

Then, sitting there in the "office" gazing at the wall map, my primate brain shifted into stupid and I deleted the last save file I had; the "Enter" home port save. Then, completely unaware of the magnitude of what I'd done, I casually exited the game. Of course, the next time I tried to get in, there was no save left in the Save/Load screens to allow it..
It's a good thing I don't operate heavy machinery.

Then I checked the place under C: where the saves are usually located, and I discovered that they were still there, even though they don't show up within the game's Save/Load screens.

The whole point of this post is to put feelers out to see if there's a way to get the saves, that are still located under C:, back into the Save/Load screens of the game. (the only one I'm interested in is the one made by the game when I entered port; the one that showed no activated mods. (the rest I'd delete)

If you've made it this far, congratulations on your endurance..

NZSharkbait · 01-13-19, 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Greystone

Sorry, I'm not being as clear as I could be:

The original game I was playing up to now is still installed. I have not uninstalled it. I did not install a new game.

The trouble started as I was about to enter home port when I decided that I should delete the old save files because it was my intent to alter the mods in JSGME while I was in home port.

But I didn't do it by going to where the saves are stored under C:, instead, sitting there just outside home port, I deleted them by going to the load/save area within the game itself and deleted all of them there, one by one.

I then deactivated all the mods in JSGME, moving them to the left window of JSGME.

After I did that, I immediately "docked" at home port, figuring the game would automatically create an "Entering" home port save when I got there, giving me at least one save left so I could get back into the game. The game, of course, did just that.

Then, sitting there in the "office" gazing at the wall map, my primate brain shifted into stupid and I deleted the last save file I had; the "Enter" home port save. Then, completely unaware of the magnitude of what I'd done, I casually exited the game. Of course, the next time I tried to get in, there was no save left in the Save/Load screens to allow it..
It's a good thing I don't operate heavy machinery.

Then I checked the place under C: where the saves are usually located, and I discovered that they were still there, even though they don't show up within the game's Save/Load screens.

The whole point of this post is to put feelers out to see if there's a way to get the saves, that are still located under C:, back into the Save/Load screens of the game. (the only one I'm interested in is the one made by the game when I entered port; the one that showed no activated mods. (the rest I'd delete)

If you've made it this far, congratulations on your endurance..

If both sets of files (ie SaveGames and RichSavedGame) are intact, you're okay...however, if the files in the SaveGames folder are missing, your Load screen will be empty. Hopefully, they will be in the trash bin...

If both sets of files are intact, the process of deleting games from the load/save area (how did you do that, BTW?), plus deactivating your mods has possibly altered/corrupted SH4, such that it will no longer recognise those SaveGames files.
Try starting (say) a training run, or single patrol, save it at some point, then see whether you can run that save file.

If not, you'll probably have to make a fresh install of SH4: the fresh copy should then recognise your saved games.

01-13-19, 01:05 PM	#1
Greystone Sparky Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Francisco area Posts: 155 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 0	The Big Screw-up I just screwed up abysmally this morning. It came about as a result of my attempts to delete old saves in order to remove/switch/add mods in JSGME in home port. The next time the village idiot went to load a game, there were none there. But, when I go to C:\Users\(my name)\My Documents\SH4\data\cfg\SaveGames, they're all there (about 4 or 8 kb each). I was about to uninstall the game & start the career over, but given that the saves are still on my hard drive, I thought I'd run it by you people on the chance there was a way to save the day. (He laughs bitterly)

01-13-19, 02:34 PM	#3
Greystone Sparky Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Francisco area Posts: 155 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 0	um, no, not really; even though the saves are where they usually are at C:\Users\(my name)\My Documents\SH4\data\cfg\SaveGames, they don't show up on the load screen within the game; it's completely blank.

01-13-19, 05:12 PM	#6
Greystone Sparky Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Francisco area Posts: 155 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 0	Sorry, I'm not being as clear as I could be: The original game I was playing up to now is still installed. I have not uninstalled it. I did not install a new game. The trouble started as I was about to enter home port when I decided that I should delete the old save files because it was my intent to alter the mods in JSGME while I was in home port. But I didn't do it by going to where the saves are stored under C:, instead, sitting there just outside home port, I deleted them by going to the load/save area within the game itself and deleted all of them there, one by one. I then deactivated all the mods in JSGME, moving them to the left window of JSGME. After I did that, I immediately "docked" at home port, figuring the game would automatically create an "Entering" home port save when I got there, giving me at least one save left so I could get back into the game. The game, of course, did just that. Then, sitting there in the "office" gazing at the wall map, my primate brain shifted into stupid and I deleted the last save file I had; the "Enter" home port save. Then, completely unaware of the magnitude of what I'd done, I casually exited the game. Of course, the next time I tried to get in, there was no save left in the Save/Load screens to allow it.. It's a good thing I don't operate heavy machinery. Then I checked the place under C: where the saves are usually located, and I discovered that they were still there, even though they don't show up within the game's Save/Load screens. The whole point of this post is to put feelers out to see if there's a way to get the saves, that are still located under C:, back into the Save/Load screens of the game. (the only one I'm interested in is the one made by the game when I entered port; the one that showed no activated mods. (the rest I'd delete) If you've made it this far, congratulations on your endurance..