Creating a New Game erases your previous saves. : V - Skyrim

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:06 pm

Who the heck thought the PS3 was a good idea?

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:23 pm

There's your problem.

Stop being cheap and buy a PC.

Sorry but money was already spent on a PlayStation version why buy a pc version we are in a crap economy and it was a gift

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:50 pm

Who the heck thought the PS3 was a good idea?

lets not start a fan boy flame war i just wanted to know how i can fix the problem

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:15 am

People who make posts like yours annoy me, not only were you wrong, had you been right the fact that you seem to take comfort and joy from someone losing all their data is quite cruel.

What happened to him svcks.... I'd be pretty miffed myself I assure you.

However if it was because of my guess.... IMO it would be deserved.

Since it isn't? Well my comment doesn't apply does it.

But I truly did think it funny when I thought someone never manually saved and then complained about it... and I won't apologize for that.

Sounds like OP just got screwed..... This is the first I've ever heard of it though.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:18 am

I'm on ps3 and have multiple characters. However I haven't actually started a new game. I just start a new character at a save right before u create your character. Maybe try that.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:32 am

I'm on ps3 and have multiple characters. However I haven't actually started a new game. I just start a new character at a save right before u create your character. Maybe try that.

thank you man but what about the auto saves

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:30 am

Simple solution, dont save over your last character....

I have 3 different character saves because I didnt overwrite them

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:22 pm

This happened to me as well, but I figured out the problem. If you save over the Prisoner file that the game auto-creates, for some reason you will lose the character if you try to make another new one. Every time you create a new character, save a separate, totally new file. Hope I helped.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:54 am

Start over, DO NOT save over your "Prisoner" file, it is there purely to skip the opening cutscene whenever you want to create a new character.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:50 pm

I'm on ps3 and have multiple characters. However I haven't actually started a new game. I just start a new character at a save right before u create your character. Maybe try that.

Yah... I've only started a "new game" twice... the first time and once more... the second time I made sure not to delete the first save point as a start point for all future games.... no need to ride the wagon again really.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:44 pm

You can back up any saves to a flash drive easily.

As far as saves going missing on a new game, on PS3, I have not experienced the issue for any of my characters.

Some of them I created on my Prisoner save, and some were completely new.

I'm pretty sure they were autosaves bro, sorry for the luck.

I also heard there's this bug on PS3 where, like, Kim Jong Il pops up on occasion at the load screen and craps out a Dwemer.

Pure conjecture, but it totally happened to me.

I think :dry:

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:08 am

This happened to me as well, but I figured out the problem. If you save over the Prisoner file that the game auto-creates, for some reason you will lose the character if you try to make another new one. Every time you create a new character, save a separate, totally new file. Hope I helped.

Looks like this is what happened. I really appreciate it. It happened to you too so I know why you didn't laugh, tell me to get a PC, or bash the PS3 but either way thanks.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:31 am

lol I have over 300 save files, are you kidding me?

I bet you play on the console, do they limit your saves?

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:29 am

Start over, DO NOT save over your "Prisoner" file, it is there purely to skip the opening cutscene whenever you want to create a new character.

Lol I wish I had known this before. I deleted many of my files until recently (because you have to do it one by one anyways) I stopped because the save folder takes a smidge longer to open with more files and I didn't think I really needed to have level 1 characters. Now I'm afraid to start a new game even when I'm done with this character because I like her. Oh well. Lesson learned

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:58 pm

I play on both PC and ps3 and have more than one toon with their own associated saves. I merely use different save slots.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:27 am

Seems that creating a new-game works on PS3 by creating a new folder, erasing the contents which were once there. That is what happens when they try to use windows methods on a non-windows device..................................create a separate user/profile for each new-game.

That might be best, because even if this does not happen, it is still easy to accidentally overwrite save slots when switching between characters.

I'm on ps3 and have multiple characters. However I haven't actually started a new game. I just start a new character at a save right before u create your character. Maybe try that.

This is how a lot of people start new characters, so that is probably how they avoided this issue.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:52 am

I play on both PC and ps3 and have more than one toon with their own associated saves. I merely use different save slots.

Thanks for nothing. You and hundreds of other people have multiple characters, but your are merely missing the point. The problem that some of us have encountered is that saving over the "Prisoner" file the game creates erases your previous manual save. Perhaps other people will read this so they don't run into this problem and knowing that you and other people have more than one character will not help them. Knowing not to save over the "Prisoner" file the game creates hopefully will.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:53 am

Are you kidding me? I really like this game so I'm not really mad but it just svcks I just lost my first character. So the point is, does anyone have a reason why this is the case? Or at least why there isn't even a disclaimer saying "Starting a New Game will erase your previous files." C'mon Man.

This is a known PS3 issue that occurs when you start a new game. Just double save whenever you plan to start a new game. Only the latest file gets saved over to create the prisoner file. I've learn that having multiple saves is the way to go anyway. This way you avoid other game breaking glitches. Mostly those involving crashing and freezing on occasions.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:17 pm

I guarantee you saved over your old one, because this doesn't happen.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:11 pm

I love how this is a 'known' glitch.

Don't start characters with the same name...

Don't expect your autosaves to last forever...

Backup your saves...

/end problem

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:39 pm

I love how this is a 'known' glitch.

Don't start characters with the same name...

Don't expect your autosaves to last forever...

Backup your saves...

/end problem

Do you play on PS3? Then how would you know if it player issue or system issue? I save multiple files per character. Everytime I start a new game the last save is overwriten by the prisoner file. What part do you not understand. This doesn't happen on PC or Xbox as far as issues has been reported. So unless you play on PS3 your input is not needed.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:54 am

Do you see my avatar?

Yes, I play on PS3.

And this is the first thread I've EVER heard of this issue.

Which leads me to think two things :

1. You are just very unlucky, and may need to reinstall or get a new game disk.

2. User error.

I wish you luck, and highly recommend backing up your game saves for any RPG outside of your console.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:53 am

I haven't had this problem, rather one with my new game saves mixing in with the saves from my other character. I am aware there is a mod for this but because of the problem of glitchy saves when you make a new character, I wish Bethesda would fix it so that our characters have separate games to load for each of the platforms.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:26 am

If its the first you heard of this then you are not very informed. Maybe you should go google the issue see how well known it is. Far as I know it was recently patched with 1.2 which i don't have connection for my ps3 at this time to update too. It only happens when you start a new game after shutting down the system.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:32 pm

What I do to make sure it doesn't overwrite, is just go to the 'save game' menu, and create a new save. That way, even if a new game overwrites your past save, you have a spare.