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    Won't save

    in Google Stadia Specific Bugs Forum

    Posted

    On 21/07/2020 at 07:43, Leyodemus said:

    Guys/gals/..., I know it's not a FIX whatsoever, but the following approach seems to work for me:

    • Load your savegame (--> if all your current savegames fail to load, I'm afraid this approach won't well help either... and I'm truly sorry for your loss, I know it sucks donkey d*ck)
    • Continue playing
    • NEVER use the autosave functionality
    • Save your game, but ALWAYS choose "Save as" and give it a "unique" name without spaces --> I like to use stuff that is currently going on in-game as part of the file name next to my club's name, so "LiverpoolCupGameNext" or "LiverpoolTransferWindow" or "LiverpoolStartNewSeason" or something like that, you get the picture I guess. I don't know if the "without spaces" part is important, I simply did it like this so that's all I can tell you.
    • RESTART FM20 at this point, like actually close the game and restart on Stadia
    • Load that savegame you have created in the previous step by using "Load game" and not by clicking on the automatic savegame suggestion that FM20 gives you
    • Continue playing
    • Repeat the steps above

    In short: never save your progress twice in the same FM20-"session", use "save as" when saving and always use a somewhat different name for your savegames. I constantly have 4 or 5 savegame-slots occupied for 1 save, and my habit is that I delete the oldest one every time I create a new one by using "save as". I don't know if there is a limit on the number of savegame slots one player can have, I sure hope not, but I simply won't take the risk and that is why I tend to clean up every time I create a new savegame.

    Disclaimer: I truly know this is not a fix, but at least it keeps my savegame going. I have been using this workaround for the last couple of weeks, and I can honestly say I have never encountered the infamous issues again. BUT it can also be 100% luck, so don't shoot me if it doesn't work for you. Remember: a month ago I couldn't save my progress either, so I feel your pain. Luckily one of my savegames kept loading, so I could experiment with it, with this result. I hope this approach works for everyone, but I can't promise you that of course, since I'm not a SI-developer :-)

    @Ben Allingham: I am under the impression that the issue mainly occurs when overwriting an existing savegame, rather than using "save as" and creating a new file, so maybe using the same filename over and over messes everything up in a way? Hopefully this can narrow down the debugging :-)

    Godspeed everyone, and stay safe.

    Not that we should have to do this, but thanks - this has worked for me.  Got to the year 2024 with no issues (yet!).  

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    Won't save

    in Google Stadia Specific Bugs Forum

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Leyodemus said:

    Guys/gals/..., I know it's not a FIX whatsoever, but the following approach seems to work for me:

    • Load your savegame (--> if all your current savegames fail to load, I'm afraid this approach won't well help either... and I'm truly sorry for your loss, I know it sucks donkey d*ck)
    • Continue playing
    • NEVER use the autosave functionality
    • Save your game, but ALWAYS choose "Save as" and give it a "unique" name without spaces --> I like to use stuff that is currently going on in-game as part of the file name next to my club's name, so "LiverpoolCupGameNext" or "LiverpoolTransferWindow" or "LiverpoolStartNewSeason" or something like that, you get the picture I guess. I don't know if the "without spaces" part is important, I simply did it like this so that's all I can tell you.
    • RESTART FM20 at this point, like actually close the game and restart on Stadia
    • Load that savegame you have created in the previous step by using "Load game" and not by clicking on the automatic savegame suggestion that FM20 gives you
    • Continue playing
    • Repeat the steps above

    In short: never save your progress twice in the same FM20-"session", use "save as" when saving and always use a somewhat different name for your savegames. I constantly have 4 or 5 savegame-slots occupied for 1 save, and my habit is that I delete the oldest one every time I create a new one by using "save as". I don't know if there is a limit on the number of savegame slots one player can have, I sure hope not, but I simply won't take the risk and that is why I tend to clean up every time I create a new savegame.

    Disclaimer: I truly know this is not a fix, but at least it keeps my savegame going. I have been using this workaround for the last couple of weeks, and I can honestly say I have never encountered the infamous issues again. BUT it can also be 100% luck, so don't shoot me if it doesn't work for you. Remember: a month ago I couldn't save my progress either, so I feel your pain. Luckily one of my savegames kept loading, so I could experiment with it, with this result. I hope this approach works for everyone, but I can't promise you that of course, since I'm not a SI-developer :-)

    @Ben Allingham: I am under the impression that the issue mainly occurs when overwriting an existing savegame, rather than using "save as" and creating a new file, so maybe using the same filename over and over messes everything up in a way? Hopefully this can narrow down the debugging :-)

    Godspeed everyone, and stay safe.

    Thanks matey.  I'll give it a crack - worth a try at least!

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