Problem : saved games lost in career

kapi kerstmann · 05-19-13, 11:19 AM

Hey,

I recently tried to reinstall SH3 again after having given it a break for a year or two. I entered good old single player career mode and had a lot of fun.

Just now something weird happened. When I try to load a game there is an error message (that I did not read carefully) and the game crashes. Upon restarting the game it seems that the career is still there but there are not any save games. When I check the C://documents and settings/[user]/my documents/SH3 folder I can find what seem to be save games. I backupped these just to be sure.

I knew that when I reinstalled it before this problem occurred that my previous save games where still all there and accessible from within the game itself, so I tried to repair the installation via the SH3 uninstaller and ultimately I completely uninstalled the game and reinstalled the game. Ofcourse without opting for rmoving the save games. I restarted computer after each and every repair / uninstall / reinstall. Nothing works, the career is still empty. Are there any advises that you can provide? I would be so happy to continue with my career again in which I invested for about 30 hours easily already.

Thanks in advance.

-Kapi K

Hari123 · 05-19-13, 11:30 AM

Hello!

I had the some problem some time ago and I found out this happens when you have 2 career profiles running. I deleted one profile and finally I saw my saved games.

Pisces · 05-19-13, 11:36 AM

Rename the folder that has your Commander's name. Just add an underscore to it or something, doesn't matter what. The savegames should become visible again in the game.

kapi kerstmann · 05-19-13, 02:24 PM

Thanks for the replies but so far there is no resolution.

I have only 1 campaign running in the game.

I tried the renaming of the folder several times. What happens is that in the game for a moment there are 2 campaigns. Often the 'old' name disappears again when going from one screen to the other. There is not any campaign with save games though. I tried restarts of the game / computer a few times.

One time I had 2 campaigns with about the same name. I deleted one and it seemed to be the one containing the save games on my hard disk. After that I copy-pasted my backup of those files in the campaign folder again of my windows system. Issue still persists.

Any further suggestions

-K K

kapi kerstmann · 05-20-13, 03:25 PM

Are there not any other suggestions anyone can provide? Sorry for the bump but I guess there must be something I am hopelessly missing and any sort of help is appreciated.

desertstriker · 05-20-13, 03:32 PM

did you have any megamods before?

05-19-13, 11:19 AM	#1
kapi kerstmann Nub Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 4 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Problem : saved games lost in career Hey, I recently tried to reinstall SH3 again after having given it a break for a year or two. I entered good old single player career mode and had a lot of fun. Just now something weird happened. When I try to load a game there is an error message (that I did not read carefully) and the game crashes. Upon restarting the game it seems that the career is still there but there are not any save games. When I check the C://documents and settings/[user]/my documents/SH3 folder I can find what seem to be save games. I backupped these just to be sure. I knew that when I reinstalled it before this problem occurred that my previous save games where still all there and accessible from within the game itself, so I tried to repair the installation via the SH3 uninstaller and ultimately I completely uninstalled the game and reinstalled the game. Ofcourse without opting for rmoving the save games. I restarted computer after each and every repair / uninstall / reinstall. Nothing works, the career is still empty. Are there any advises that you can provide? I would be so happy to continue with my career again in which I invested for about 30 hours easily already. Thanks in advance. -Kapi K

05-19-13, 11:30 AM	#2
Hari123 Seaman Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Always on the hunt! Posts: 36 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 0	Hello! I had the some problem some time ago and I found out this happens when you have 2 career profiles running. I deleted one profile and finally I saw my saved games.

05-19-13, 11:36 AM	#3
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	Rename the folder that has your Commander's name. Just add an underscore to it or something, doesn't matter what. The savegames should become visible again in the game.

05-19-13, 02:24 PM	#4
kapi kerstmann Nub Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 4 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the replies but so far there is no resolution. I have only 1 campaign running in the game. I tried the renaming of the folder several times. What happens is that in the game for a moment there are 2 campaigns. Often the 'old' name disappears again when going from one screen to the other. There is not any campaign with save games though. I tried restarts of the game / computer a few times. One time I had 2 campaigns with about the same name. I deleted one and it seemed to be the one containing the save games on my hard disk. After that I copy-pasted my backup of those files in the campaign folder again of my windows system. Issue still persists. Any further suggestions -K K

05-20-13, 03:25 PM	#5
kapi kerstmann Nub Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 4 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Are there not any other suggestions anyone can provide? Sorry for the bump but I guess there must be something I am hopelessly missing and any sort of help is appreciated.

05-20-13, 03:32 PM	#6
desertstriker Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2012 Location: mod soup bar and grill Posts: 1,756 Downloads: 998 Uploads: 0	did you have any megamods before?