OMG I almost died today...

Post » Mon Jun 04, 2012 9:48 pm

So I finally reached Level 50 today after playing off and on for 5 weeks, and I was feeling pretty good about myself. I was using the Skyrim guide to go back and clean up some of the places I hadn't discovered.

One mistake I made was not choosing one of the 3 Guardian Stones at the very start to level up better. So I decided I was going to create a new character. Because I played more two handed than one handed, I chose the Orc race.

I get through all the initial stuff, get down to Riverwood, and went to craft the iron dagger (that puny side quest) and my game locked up.

When I restarted my PS3 and my Skyrim game, much to my horror, my Level 50 save game was GONE. I don't know if the game autosaved over it (before it locked up) or if I accidentally saved over it (I thought I was sure I hadn't).

Either way, lesson learned: I'll have no less than 5 save games from now on. I hadn't had something this horrible happened since I lost 24+ hours on FFIV back in the day LOL
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David John Hunter
 
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Post » Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:41 am

I have 8 save files. And I store my saves on the PS+ Cloud.
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Jack Moves
 
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Post » Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:36 pm

That svcks man, this is why i keep backup copies of my saves. That has never happened to me, probably because i play on pc.
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Da Missz
 
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Post » Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:51 pm

Well I am on PC and think I have 382 saves so far. I was trying to minimize that number but I had a similiar incident where I saved over my main, so now I just hit new save and scroll when I want to find different characters.
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Marcus Jordan
 
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Post » Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:40 pm

I have 6 save files, and I back them up on a flashdrive also, can never be too careful
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Inol Wakhid
 
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Post » Mon Jun 04, 2012 9:09 pm

That svcks, I accidentally deleted every single X-Box 360 save game I ever had in one fell swoop, including Skyrim (level 38, 95+ hours, Main Quest completed), and Oblivion (level 37, 110+ hours, Main Quest completed)
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tannis
 
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Post » Mon Jun 04, 2012 4:15 pm

I've got like 200+ saves...
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Carys
 
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Post » Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:34 pm

So I finally reached Level 50 today after playing off and on for 5 weeks, and I was feeling pretty good about myself. I was using the Skyrim guide to go back and clean up some of the places I hadn't discovered.

One mistake I made was not choosing one of the 3 Guardian Stones at the very start to level up better. So I decided I was going to create a new character. Because I played more two handed than one handed, I chose the Orc race.

I get through all the initial stuff, get down to Riverwood, and went to craft the iron dagger (that puny side quest) and my game locked up.

When I restarted my PS3 and my Skyrim game, much to my horror, my Level 50 save game was GONE. I don't know if the game autosaved over it (before it locked up) or if I accidentally saved over it (I thought I was sure I hadn't).

Either way, lesson learned: I'll have no less than 5 save games from now on. I hadn't had something this horrible happened since I lost 24+ hours on FFIV back in the day LOL

I have 789 seprate save files for my character xD
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Dan Stevens
 
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Post » Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:02 am

Hm. Glad I am using the PC, right?
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Wayne W
 
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Post » Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:14 pm

That does svck,sorry to hear.I play on PC and the very last thing I do before shutting the PC down for the night is making a copy of my last save of the day in a seperate folder on my expansion drive,or sometimes on a thumb drive just to be extra sure. :)
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Post » Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:13 pm

Well I am on PC and think I have 382 saves so far. I was trying to minimize that number but I had a similiar incident where I saved over my main, so now I just hit new save and scroll when I want to find different characters.

I've got nearly 400 saves myself.
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