SH5, lost any save games recently?

Coldcall · 03-14-10, 06:20 AM

I find this more annoying than any bugs in the actual game. Yesterday i set aside 3 hours to play SH5 campaign, and then at the end of the session i get that dreaded "failed to synchronise" message. However it also says that the save games wont be lost and will be synchronised later.
So later on i check back and fire up SH5 once more to see what saves have been actually saved. They are complete liars at UBISOFT - all yesterdays saves are now miraculaously dissaapeared like something out of George Orwells "down memory hole."

So thats like 3 hours of my campaign just deleted, gone, like it never happened at all.

I can live with the bugs as they are being ironed out by the great modders, and i can live with the money having been spent on the game, as the potential is all there, but there is something really sickening about save games being lost like that. It totally demotivates one from playing on further because who is to say it wont happen again.

You know if Ubi just released a goddam patch to release the game from this DRM madness they would redeem themselves to some degree, but every day that they persist in this broken and totally unequitable condition to playing a game they are heading for serious consumer backlash.

Luckily for me SH series is the only Ubi game i like so i wont be buying any of their other games, but they must be doing themselves some serious financial damage because of their insitence of this type of DRM.

jwilliams · 03-14-10, 06:27 AM

Try turning save sync's off. I have and havent lost any saves yet. i have only had the game for two days tho.

Coldcall · 03-14-10, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by jwilliams

Try turning save sync's off. I have and havent lost any saves yet. i have only had the game for two days tho.

How do you do that?

Turm · 03-14-10, 06:47 AM

On the launcher window, when you're being logged in (and later see "5 seconds until game launch"), you need to click on the small cog/gear icon in the top right.

I think you'll still see the "synchronising save games" message once you get to the SH5 main menu, but it should be turned off.

Coldcall · 03-14-10, 06:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Turm

On the launcher window, when you're being logged in (and later see "5 seconds until game launch"), you need to click on the small cog/gear icon in the top right.

I think you'll still see the "synchronising save games" message once you get to the SH5 main menu, but it should be turned off.

Thanks! Gosh i feel really dumb now :-)

Turm · 03-14-10, 07:24 AM

No need to feel dumb! After all, it's not in an obvious place, nor is it labelled in any way. You can only find it by pure curiosity or chance!

To me, it looked like a "settings" button, since that's what such a gear icon normally would be. But no, to my surprise it controls the save game synch. Of course, how silly of me.

03-14-10, 06:20 AM	#1
Coldcall Chief Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 325 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	SH5, lost any save games recently? I find this more annoying than any bugs in the actual game. Yesterday i set aside 3 hours to play SH5 campaign, and then at the end of the session i get that dreaded "failed to synchronise" message. However it also says that the save games wont be lost and will be synchronised later. So later on i check back and fire up SH5 once more to see what saves have been actually saved. They are complete liars at UBISOFT - all yesterdays saves are now miraculaously dissaapeared like something out of George Orwells "down memory hole." So thats like 3 hours of my campaign just deleted, gone, like it never happened at all. I can live with the bugs as they are being ironed out by the great modders, and i can live with the money having been spent on the game, as the potential is all there, but there is something really sickening about save games being lost like that. It totally demotivates one from playing on further because who is to say it wont happen again. You know if Ubi just released a goddam patch to release the game from this DRM madness they would redeem themselves to some degree, but every day that they persist in this broken and totally unequitable condition to playing a game they are heading for serious consumer backlash. Luckily for me SH series is the only Ubi game i like so i wont be buying any of their other games, but they must be doing themselves some serious financial damage because of their insitence of this type of DRM.

03-14-10, 06:27 AM	#2
jwilliams Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,013 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	Try turning save sync's off. I have and havent lost any saves yet. i have only had the game for two days tho. __________________ Windows 7, 64bit. Phenom II 965BE (OC 4cores @ 3.8 Ghz). Radeon HD4870 (1gb gddr5). 6gb Ram.

03-14-10, 06:47 AM	#4
Turm Engineer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 210 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	On the launcher window, when you're being logged in (and later see "5 seconds until game launch"), you need to click on the small cog/gear icon in the top right. I think you'll still see the "synchronising save games" message once you get to the SH5 main menu, but it should be turned off.

03-14-10, 07:24 AM	#6
Turm Engineer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 210 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	No need to feel dumb! After all, it's not in an obvious place, nor is it labelled in any way. You can only find it by pure curiosity or chance! To me, it looked like a "settings" button, since that's what such a gear icon normally would be. But no, to my surprise it controls the save game synch. Of course, how silly of me.