Can I recover the save file if pc shut off?

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Orso
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Can I recover the save file if pc shut off?

Post by Orso »

Hi,
I have a problem: because of bad weather outside, the the power went down a couple of times in the house and the pc has shut off :(

I fear that starting again FTL will automatically erease my previous save file (save+quit). :?
Is there a way to recover my playthrough? (I had a quite decent ship and a well trained crew :twisted: )

Thanks to whoever will help
boa13
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Re: Can I recover the save file if pc shut off?

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If you had the time to select "Save & Quit" in the menu before the computer shut off, then there should be no problem restarting your game. Unfortunately, if the computer shut off while the game was running, then I'm afraid your game is lost.

What happens is that the game deletes the save file right after you use "Continue", and only creates it again when you use "Save & Quit". :|
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Orso
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Re: Can I recover the save file if pc shut off?

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boa13 wrote:If you had the time to select "Save & Quit" in the menu before the computer shut off, then there should be no problem restarting your game. Unfortunately, if the computer shut off while the game was running, then I'm afraid your game is lost.

What happens is that the game deletes the save file right after you use "Continue", and only creates it again when you use "Save & Quit". :|
No, I couldn't because I was in the middle of a fight :(

Anyway, thank you very much for the answer.



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Mottikhan
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Re: Can I recover the save file if pc shut off?

Post by Mottikhan »

Undelete should recover the previous save files, but I'm not sure which files you'd need to recover.

Here's one from glary, which is a highly trusted name...

http://www.glarysoft.com/products/utili ... -undelete/
boa13
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Re: Can I recover the save file if pc shut off?

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Restoring {My Document}\My Games\FasterThanLight\continue.sav should be enough if I'm not mistaken.
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Orso
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Re: Can I recover the save file if pc shut off?

Post by Orso »

I tried with "Recuva" but the file has already been overwritten and couldn't be recovered. :(

Seems like I had to definetely say goodbye to my best crew (since now) :|

Thanks to everybody


PS: yes, the path signalled by boa13 is right
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