Wish I read this before reloading. Thank you though, cause it will save future frustration.

This may be a silly question, but is this only happening on games bought through Steam, or on DVD versions too?

Ya, the fact that I have to do this even once has changed my mind about playing this game ever again. Better luck next time. There is way to many EPIC games out right now and in the coming weeks to waste even one more second on this bug fest!
Edit: It doesn't work for me, both saves are rolled back 4 or 5 hours. EPIC FAIL!!!

Since the DVD versions are basically the same thing (Steam-attached, you just didn't have to download it)... yes, they're affected. (Happened to me within the last hour. Poof, autosave, quicksave, several manual saves. Gone.)


Yes. Much better than G4WL & Securom.

At first I was like :fallout:
Then I was like :swear:
Now I'm all :tops:

As much as I'd like to use this as proof thast using Steam for this game was a bad idea (which I still believe is the case anyway.) I don't think it's JUST because it's a Steam game, after all, I've played a number of other games on Steam before and none of them suffer from this issue. The problem must be that how the game interacts with Steam is programmed poorly, so yes, it's not really Steam's fault in this case, but rather Obsidian's. I just hope that a patch will be released to fix this issue soon, preferably before I can get the game. And I do believe that something as serious as this will be first on the list of bugs to be fixed with patches. Until then, I guess players will just need to apply the fixes suggested in this thread, or wait until a patch is released before playing, players should not have to rely on work arounds like this to avoid game breaking issues, of course, but saying that isn't going to change the fact that the issue exists and until it's properly fixed, there may not be many options.

I'll say this, though, I did fully expect this game to be buggy, after all, it's an Obsidian game running on a Bethesda engine, how could it hope NOT to be buggy, but there's no excuse for a potentially game breaking bug like this to slip into the finished products, while I don't doubt Obsidian's abilities in terms of game design, it seems to me that some of their programmers and bata testers weren't doing a very good job.

Crap, that's what I figured... I guess it's a good thing Amazon held up my delivery... hopefully it'll all get straightened out by the time I get it. :facepalm:

Having fun being a luddite? Other than this FO:NV and a few rare instances of my favourite server lists being deleted, I haven't had trouble with Steam in years. The Cloud service is there to let you play your games on more than one computer, which is nice if you use more than one, but it is kinda odd in the instance of FO:NV considering how you can mod the game and if it didn't keep track of that it would be pretty worthless.

It is odd though that the Cloud service keeps doing its thing even though I disabled it. Haven't lost any of my work since I noticed what it did after the first time it did this, I just have to remember to make more normal saves than I usually do. Hopefully someone will make a rolling autosave thing like Oblivion has in Streamline and Fallout 3 in CASM soon.

Just imagine that you've spent 3-4 or more hours crawling through the Wasteland, carefully managing your inventory, choosing abilities following level-ups, approaching every situation with caution, Quick-Saving every inch of the way so that your hard, sometimes tedious work is being recorded; then you launch the game the following day only to discover that every last ounce of gameplay was entirely forgotten. That is exactly what happened to me, and judging from the responses in this thread others have had several hours of gameplay wiped out, too. This is absolute garbage. It's mind-boggling. I just gave you $50 for a brand new game, and you can't even store a [censored] saved game? You've go to be kidding me. I'm in no way ready to go back through those 3 or 4 hours of fighting the same enemies in the same locations, having the same dialogue with the same characters, completing the same objectives. Too much work, too little reward. You seriously need help, Obsidian, and you need it quickly. Never in my PC gaming career have I been so infuriated with a bug. To have quest-breaking or movement-impending bugs is one thing, but to erase saved games over several hours of play is a catastrophe. If I could return the game right now, I most certainly would. And I'm for damned sure not replaying this game until enough patches are released so that this pile of garbage functions correctly and serves me my $50-worth. I chose New Vegas over Medal of Honor yesterday, and I'm beginning to greatly regret that decision. For $10 extra I could have had an inferior game, but one that works properly, doesn't delete saved games, and gives me my money's worth with multiplayer content.

For shame, Obsidian. Once more, I question why I continue to be a PC gamer. Quirks such as this are only pushing me further and further away.


Signed,
A pissed off customer.

Chubz

No other game I've purchased from steam has had problems like this. Nowhere near close.

I should have expected as much from Bethesda and Obsidian.

So pissed right now, lost 6-7 hours of game. I can not believe I paid for a product that's so defective, ridiculous, and it's not going to happen again. Will be purchasing all future Bethesda games from the bargain bin since that's about their value. Why we put up with such lack of quality control from video games is astounding when we wouldn't except it from other products. Could you imagine if your new car was as poorly put together?

I too can't save either HARD or QUICK without overwrite problem. After losing 6-10 hours of gameplay this is absurd and unplayable. Have enjoyed their games in the past but ALL fixes & work arounds get recoded in the background I GIVE UP!!! AWAITING A PATCH PLEEESE!!!!!

We put up some info on the save issue as well
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1123616-game-updates/page__view__findpost__p__16519941

That's all well and good. I had to go through that process to get my video settings to save. However I know I'm still having the save issue because all my saved data is gone....win.

My game seems to have forgot I played 6 hours yesterday... the save file is the same place I started at before my 6 hour play yesterday. Marvelous.

Note: Tried the .bak thing, same problem.

You guys have said that Steamcloud is now disabled, but it is definitely not. Would you like me to FRAPS a video of Steamcloud being globally disabled and New Vegas still restoring old saves? This is an easily repeatable error, as it's done it about a dozen times for me today alone.

Has anyone figured out a way to just delete those saves entirely? I didn't get very far but it's [censored] infuriating that everytime I hit continue on the main menu it puts me at the beginning of the game.

lol... No, nothing has been resolved.

the only way to permanently delete your old saves is to permanently play in offline mode. At least till they patch it.
However, this only works with steam-bought digital downloads.
This may also be the reason why the .bak trick isnt working for everyone.
For those it has worked for, could you please state if you were using a steam digital download or a hardcopy?

Im still working on finding a permanent fix through the actual saving programming but no luck yet.
Any new info would be great.

Thanx for the support

Along with everyone else who has thanked me.

Happy hunting in the wastes!

To those that are still having the save issue, make the .bat file as described on the first page of this thread. Just open Notepad, copy the code from the post below (putting your steam uid number in place of [EDITME]) and when you save it, set the type as "All Files" (as opposed to text document) and save it as any filename ending in .bat . Then put that file in the directory where FalloutNV.exe (for me this is C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\fallout new vegas). Now, when you double-click this file a small script will run (you'll see a command prompt window open briefly) and the Fallout will start just as if you had clicked the shortcut. Then you can create a desktop shortcut to that file and even change the icon and it will function just like a shortcut. This has completely resolved my problems with auto and quick saves, and you don't even have to turn off steam cloud.

i didnt pay 50 dollars to edit files.

A complete fix, as well as possibly finding your old save game before losing it forever, is now posted on the first post of this thread.

I am using the fix and it works perfectly. It'll have to do till a patch comes out.

I played for about 4-5 hours this morning, quick saving frequently, then while roaming the Mojave I crashed to desktop. "No big deal," I thought, "I'll just load my last quick save." Except it wasn't there! With much restraint I refrained from breaking anything and resolved to browse a little porm to calm myself before attempting to play again. Just as I was about to navigate away from this forum, however, I saw a thread title which offered a glimmer of hope. "Could it really be true?" I wondered.

Ladies and gentlemen, I am happy to report that by deleting quicksave.fos and deleting the .bak from quicksave.fos.bak while the game was on the main menu, I was indeed able to retrieve my last quick save and hastily make a new manual save. Just to make sure, I then exited the game and relaunched, and my new manual save is quite intact.

OP, you are a true internet pimp, and for that I thank you.

Just saw steam update Fallout...can anyone confirm if this fixes their issue?

"Fallout: New Vegas Updated
Product Update - Valve
Contents of Update:
This update fixes quest and scripting issues"

I see no reason to believe the update has anything to do with saves.