WTF ubisoft? Lost my saved games.

Fattysbox · 04-18-10, 05:03 PM

Dear ubisoft,

Seriously. WTF.

I mean you can't even allow us to save our own games on our frikin' hard drives.

So when I lose about a month's worth patrol how the F___ will I get my time back? Are you going to compensate me? Another Prince of Persia

offering where the god-forsaken link doesn't work?

Keep your frikin DRM, just let us save of our games so your horse-a$$ serves don't f___ it up for me.

kylania · 04-18-10, 05:08 PM

Déjà vu

I'm not quite sure how you lost a month of games though, had you turned off saves them turned them back on? Or had you been playing 1x TC and never logged off?

Fattysbox · 04-18-10, 05:15 PM

Saved the game every 10 minutes and I didn't log off. Even the autosave reverted back a month. WTF.

Hairy donkey balls is what this is.

kylania · 04-18-10, 05:20 PM

Yeah, every time you connect to Ubisoft it overwrites whatever is on your hard drive with whatever they had on their servers.

Your saves are only ever sent to Ubisoft during a clean exit of the game. So if you crash out of the game or never exit the game or don't allow the launcher to exit cleanly (power outage or something) then whatever you'd saved from that session never makes it to Ubisoft and gets overwritten when you log back in.

You might be able to mitigate this by always using a new save name, but that'll get unwieldy quickly. Or constantly restart your game to refresh the remote saves. Or best yet, turn off synchronize saves entirely (click the little cog icon while logging in).

Athlonic · 04-19-10, 07:26 AM

If you look on the good side of things,

We certainly may all restart our carriere over after patching the game to version 1.2

Hope this makes your loss less painfull

Ragtag · 04-19-10, 07:50 AM

Turn off online saving by clicking the "star" in the launcher. It's the only way to keep their hands off your saves. Just remember that you can never turn it on again.

SteamWake · 04-19-10, 10:23 AM

I'm guessing he means game time months seeing as how the game has only really been out for a couple of months.

But yea turn of the game synch 'feature'.

loerelau · 04-19-10, 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kylania

Yeah, every time you connect to Ubisoft it overwrites whatever is on your hard drive with whatever they had on their servers.

Really? Doesn't it make more sense if it is the other way around?

SteamWake · 04-19-10, 03:12 PM

Heh I got someone elses saved games once thats when I turned the feature off.

Kromus · 04-19-10, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ragtag

Just remember that you can never turn it on again.

You can turn it on same way as you turned it off

IanC · 04-19-10, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Heh I got someone elses saved games once thats when I turned the feature off.

Ah SH5, the game that's not really yours in so many different ways...

04-18-10, 05:03 PM	#1
Fattysbox Machinist's Mate Join Date: May 2005 Location: The Windy City Posts: 130 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	WTF ubisoft? Lost my saved games. Dear ubisoft, Seriously. WTF. I mean you can't even allow us to save our own games on our frikin' hard drives. So when I lose about a month's worth patrol how the F___ will I get my time back? Are you going to compensate me? Another Prince of Persia offering where the god-forsaken link doesn't work? Keep your frikin DRM, just let us save of our games so your horse-a$$ serves don't f___ it up for me.

04-18-10, 05:08 PM	#2
kylania Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,528 Downloads: 118 Uploads: 0	Déjà vu I'm not quite sure how you lost a month of games though, had you turned off saves them turned them back on? Or had you been playing 1x TC and never logged off? __________________

04-18-10, 05:20 PM	#4
kylania Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,528 Downloads: 118 Uploads: 0	Yeah, every time you connect to Ubisoft it overwrites whatever is on your hard drive with whatever they had on their servers. Your saves are only ever sent to Ubisoft during a clean exit of the game. So if you crash out of the game or never exit the game or don't allow the launcher to exit cleanly (power outage or something) then whatever you'd saved from that session never makes it to Ubisoft and gets overwritten when you log back in. You might be able to mitigate this by always using a new save name, but that'll get unwieldy quickly. Or constantly restart your game to refresh the remote saves. Or best yet, turn off synchronize saves entirely (click the little cog icon while logging in). __________________

04-19-10, 07:26 AM	#5
Athlonic Chief Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: France Posts: 311 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 2	If you look on the good side of things, We certainly may all restart our carriere over after patching the game to version 1.2 Hope this makes your loss less painfull __________________ ________________________ Gimme tons of patches ! Athlonic's MCCD "More Crew Commands by Dialog" MOD for Silent Hunter 5 Version 1.04 SH5 1.2.0 Ready Athlonic's TSAF Mod : Torpedo_Speed_Abilitie_Fix_for_TDC

04-19-10, 07:50 AM	#6
Ragtag Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 654 Downloads: 163 Uploads: 0	Turn off online saving by clicking the "star" in the launcher. It's the only way to keep their hands off your saves. Just remember that you can never turn it on again. __________________ Intel I7-7800x CPU. 16Gb G.skill DDR4 3600MHz. Asrock Taichi X299 mb Palit RTX 2080Ti. Fortron 1000W PSU. BenQ XR3501R LCD.

04-18-10, 05:15 PM	#3
Fattysbox Machinist's Mate Join Date: May 2005 Location: The Windy City Posts: 130 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Saved the game every 10 minutes and I didn't log off. Even the autosave reverted back a month. WTF. Hairy donkey balls is what this is.

04-19-10, 10:23 AM	#7
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I'm guessing he means game time months seeing as how the game has only really been out for a couple of months. But yea turn of the game synch 'feature'. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

04-19-10, 03:12 PM	#9
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Heh I got someone elses saved games once thats when I turned the feature off. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648