HELP File Corruption!

Grottsa

Green Slime
Hello!

So I accedentally swapped betas to v.0610 instead of frontline and started up the game then I got a message saying the file was corrupted.

Most character I don't care about but I have one that I've played on and off since 2015 and have 50+ hours on.

The Backup Restoration Log says the following for that character:

2021-05-06 09:51:37) ENTRY START
2021-05-06 09:51:37) Attempting backup restoration of slot 4 due to character corruption
2021-05-06 09:51:37) Bad Load Archived with ID 650076
2021-05-06 09:51:37) Failed character restore from file Backups\Grottsa_1638594\latest.cha
2021-05-06 09:51:37) Failed character restore from file Backups\Grottsa_1638594\auto2.cha
2021-05-06 09:51:37) Failed character restore from file Backups\Grottsa_1638594\auto1.cha
2021-05-06 09:51:37) Failed character restore from file Backups\Grottsa_1638594\auto0.cha
2021-05-06 09:51:37) Failed character restore from file Backups\Grottsa_1638594\auto4.cha
2021-05-06 09:51:37) Failed character restore from file Backups\Grottsa_1638594\auto3.cha
2021-05-06 09:51:37) Failed character restore from file Backups\Grottsa_1638594\053h.cha
2021-05-06 09:51:37) Failed character restore from file Backups\Grottsa_1638594\052h.cha
2021-05-06 09:51:37) Failed character restore from file Backups\Grottsa_1638594\051h.cha
2021-05-06 09:51:37) Failed character restore from file Backups\Grottsa_1638594\049h.cha
2021-05-06 09:51:37) Failed character restore from file Backups\Grottsa_1638594\048h.cha
2021-05-06 09:51:37) Failed character restore from file Backups\Grottsa_1638594\047h.cha
2021-05-06 09:51:37) Failed character restore from file Backups\Grottsa_1638594\046h.cha
2021-05-06 09:51:37) Failed character restore from file Backups\Grottsa_1638594\045h.cha
2021-05-06 09:51:37) Failed character restore from file Backups\Grottsa_1638594\044h.cha
2021-05-06 09:51:37) Failed backup restoration of slot 4
2021-05-06 09:51:37) ENTRY END

I've seen Teddy give this explanation several times regarding file restoration on here and on reddit:

"In the file explorer, go into %APPDATA%/Secrets of Grindea and find the Backups folder. In here you should see folders named after all your characters. Go into the appropriate folder. The auto 0-4 are rolling backups. Sort the folder by date to easily see which of them was made last! The “005h” and alike are permanent backups made every hour.

Choose a backup you think is appropriate, and copy it to the “Characters” and/or “Worlds” folders. Replace the save file of the slot you want to recover by deleting its save and renaming the copied backup to the correct slot. The 0 save file corresponds to your first save slot, 1 to the second, and so forth."

I tried that but it doesnt seem to work. From my understanding I am to copy a .cha file from the backup folder and paste it in the characters folder. I don't know if I understand the renaming part. One of my files in the characer folder are called "badload_slot4_650076.cha" for example. Do I rename my pasted file to that? Are they even supposed to be called badload?


Would really aprettiate any input is someones had this problem themselves.
 

Teddy

Developer
Staff member
You probably already have done so but first make sure to switch to a never game version!

To clarify the naming scheme: the "badload"-files are backups of files that failed to load, so they won't show up in-game.

The game load from files named: 0.cha, 1.cha, 2.cha, 3.cha and so on. So if you want a character file to be loaded in the first save slot, rename it to 0.cha! (That's zero, not an O)

You'll probably want to restore the world file backup in the same way, otherwise you'll start back at the beginning but with all your gear.

Hope that helps!
 

Teddy

Developer
Staff member
Oh, another thing: sometimes Steam Cloud interferes with this process, so you may want to disable it for the game!

To disable Steam Cloud for the game, go into your Steam Library, right click the game and choose Properties. Go to the Updates tab and make sure the Steam Cloud checkbox at the bottom is unchecked!
 

Grottsa

Green Slime
You probably already have done so but first make sure to switch to a never game version!

To clarify the naming scheme: the "badload"-files are backups of files that failed to load, so they won't show up in-game.

The game load from files named: 0.cha, 1.cha, 2.cha, 3.cha and so on. So if you want a character file to be loaded in the first save slot, rename it to 0.cha! (That's zero, not an O)

You'll probably want to restore the world file backup in the same way, otherwise you'll start back at the beginning but with all your gear.

Hope that helps!

OMG Teddy you are the best! It works now!

Wasnt expecting such a quick answer. You guys are making such a great game. Keep it up! Can't wait to go in the tower! :D
 
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