So since you're almost done with the patch do u guys know whether or not it will fix affected saves?

It'll probably depend on the amount of corruption.

But I've never seen any patch for any game actually capable of uncorrupting a save file. So I would doubt it.

Some companies advise to restart a game when it has been majorly patched, and ditch your previous saves.

I would probably stop playing... dont get me wrong, i love this game, but i put 73 hours of gameplay into one save and had most of the unique weapons in my suite and a fortunes worth of caps.... so idk if ill be buying dead money cuz it just wouldnt be worth it to me =/

Bad move. Always use a clean save...

Yeah, not a good idea to rely on a single save with a game like this. not even counting bugs and errors, if you make a decision you later regret you won't have a way to change that decision.

ie: Go into a fight without enough Stimpacks and get trapped with only a tiny bit of health left