Major Help!! Days of saved games LOST!!!

[drags636]

didnt realise you could turn it off.... **** ubisoft then

[drags636]

Ok cos it took some looking to find how you turn it off thought I would make it obvious for blind noobs like me.

To turn off save game sync with server when the game launcher is logging you in click the cog in the top right hand corner this will disable this gay save function and stop it from ever happening it again.

[kylania]

It's pretty sad that because of the damage it causes we have to turn off the one positive thing about the DRM...

[sofie_59]

"For those that hang at the menu during synchronization, turn of synchronization in the login screen first, then quit the launcher/game. Then goto
64-bit:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher
32-bit:
C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher
and verify in settings.ini if this is set:
SaveOnline=false
Last, delete the storage folder (this is another cache folder). This folder apparently contains faulty data, causing the launcher to download . gg!
Note: even if you turned off the sync save game feature, the game apparently (and incorrectly) still tries to sync the games (although it does not upload any new ones anymore). If you do not delete the storage folder, the launcher will STILL try download your last uploaded save games (even though the SaveOnline=false) from Ubi's server. I suspect this is why it hangs (if you have later save games locally, they are not in sync). By deleting it, it will no longer do so.

[Gisbod]

So just to be clear.. If I turn the autosave off. It will just keep my save points and not overwrite them? Does it still keep yr personal saves on their server? 'Cos the same thing just happened to me.. I saved before exiting, then when I go back to load, it wasn't there.. Just the last autosave...

[sofie_59]

Originally Posted by Gisbod

So just to be clear.. If I turn the autosave off. It will just keep my save points and not overwrite them? Does it still keep yr personal saves on their server? 'Cos the same thing just happened to me.. I saved before exiting, then when I go back to load, it wasn't there.. Just the last autosave...

It will keep your save on your Hdd and not on UBI server,But you most delete the storage folder as in my post over yours!

hm, autosave is what it says autosave, it will overwrite the last autosave, so you have to make a save yourself
whit your name if you want to save it

[keith_uk]

What about if we have a few saves, the auto save and lets say two manual saves and we keep the saves up to date each time we play. Is there still a risk with the online saves then?
I mean if we have a few saves which we keep up to date, then the most game time we could lose could only be an hour or so and not days?

Keith.

Originally Posted by sofie_59

"For those that hang at the menu during synchronization, turn of synchronization in the login screen first, then quit the launcher/game. Then goto
64-bit:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher
32-bit:
C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher
and verify in settings.ini if this is set:
SaveOnline=false
Last, delete the storage folder (this is another cache folder). This folder apparently contains faulty data, causing the launcher to download . gg!
Note: even if you turned off the sync save game feature, the game apparently (and incorrectly) still tries to sync the games (although it does not upload any new ones anymore). If you do not delete the storage folder, the launcher will STILL try download your last uploaded save games (even though the SaveOnline=false) from Ubi's server. I suspect this is why it hangs (if you have later save games locally, they are not in sync). By deleting it, it will no longer do so.

This should be stickied...

.

[Catfish]

Yeah, and storing (losing) online games is called a feature, by UBI. That is why they need the all-the-time online connection ..





I guess you will have to be a programmer, to get UBIsoft's next game up and running

Greetings,
Catfish

[jmr]

Originally Posted by Kptlt_Lynch

This should be stickied...

.

Agreed. I'm bookmarking this thread in case it's not because that solution is a real life saver.

Originally Posted by jmr

Agreed. I'm bookmarking this thread in case it's not because that solution is a real life saver.

Saved it as a text file.

[ERPP8]

It happened to me too

[sofie_59]

Originally Posted by Kptlt_Lynch

This should be stickied...

.

i dont wrote it ,I just copy and paste it from a text file

[Malakie]

The more I read about UBI Soft and their idiotic DRM system, the more happy I am I have not wasted another dime on them... until they change their draconian system, looks like me and many other fans of this series are going to let these new releases pass by. I am NOT giving any of my hard earned money to any company that can control my actions in my own home or any other place I happen to be. This DRM system does just that.

I wonder what happens to all those who bought into this system should something happen in the future, say a company buy out or perhaps lack of activity on the game servers for logging in and the company shuts them down? There have been a few great games that this is already happened to in the past.. Space and Beyond is one I can think of off the top.. How do you play your simulation then when the servers go offline?

I still play games from 10-15 years ago. Had they required this kind of setup, they would all be useless to me today.

[7thSeal]

Originally Posted by sofie_59

Last, delete the storage folder (this is another cache folder). This folder apparently contains faulty data, causing the launcher to download . gg!
Note: even if you turned off the sync save game feature, the game apparently (and incorrectly) still tries to sync the games (although it does not upload any new ones anymore). If you do not delete the storage folder, the launcher will STILL try download your last uploaded save games (even though the SaveOnline=false) from Ubi's server. I suspect this is why it hangs (if you have later save games locally, they are not in sync). By deleting it, it will no longer do so.

Even if deleted the storage folder seems to get replaced after you startup the game a couple times. Deleting it works for about the first two startups and its back to trying to sync with the updated saved games in it.