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Post by Falcon Development on Nov 4, 2017 2:10:32 GMT -5
Sorry to hear that!
This is critical: after making the new savefile, did you save your game more than once on file slot 1? If so, you would have overwritten any backups created by your old savefile and you can (unfortunately) consider it good as gone.
If not, there may still be a functioning backup out there. If you're on Windows, open the file explorer. Click the file address bar near the top and type in:
%LOCALAPPDATA%/Cattails Then hit enter. You should see a list of your savefiles. If you see a "CattailsData1.ini" AND a "Backup_CattailsData1.ini", try deleting "CattailsData1.ini", then rename "Backup_CattailsData1.ini" to "CattailsData1.ini". It's extremely important that the name exactly matches this, make sure all lowercase/uppercase letters are the same. Then try playing Cattails.
I hope you can get your file back using this method!
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Post by Falcon Development on Nov 4, 2017 2:12:42 GMT -5
Also, quick question: what operating system are you playing on? Did you have multiple savefiles, and if so, are you only having issues with the first one?
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Post by Falcon Development on Nov 4, 2017 6:55:27 GMT -5
So does this mean I will never get my file back just because there's no .ini? You might be in luck. Try deleting "Cattails_Data1", then renaming "Backup_Cattails_Data1" to "Cattails_Data1". Then load up your savefile in Cattails and see if it's the old one or the new one.
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Post by Falcon Development on Nov 4, 2017 7:40:44 GMT -5
If you're seeing your old character in game, the savefile is definitely not empty. That's a really good sign, Just try loading it up. Can you define what you mean when you say that the savefile is "empty" but you see your old character in the background?
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Post by Falcon Development on Nov 4, 2017 7:51:01 GMT -5
If you could attach all those Data files to an email and send them to me at cattailsgame@gmail.com, I may be able to help. By Data files, I mean all the Cattails_Data# and Backup_Cattails_Data# files. We'll get it figured out together!
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Post by Falcon Development on Nov 4, 2017 8:03:36 GMT -5
If you could attach all those Data files to an email and send them to me at cattailsgame@gmail.com, I may be able to help. By Data files, I mean all the Cattails_Data# and Backup_Cattails_Data# files. We'll get it figured out together! How do I attach them to an email Do you use gmail? If so read this: support.google.com/mail/answer/6584?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en
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Post by Falcon Development on Nov 4, 2017 8:43:53 GMT -5
I'm trying to attach it but I can't find it and I can't do %localappdata%/cattails Quick work around: copy and paste all the files to your desktop or Documents folder, then attach from there.
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Post by Falcon Development on Nov 4, 2017 8:52:50 GMT -5
Hmm... i don't see it in our inbox, make sure you spelled our email address correctly: cattailsgame@gmail.com
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Post by Falcon Development on Nov 4, 2017 9:47:34 GMT -5
Thanks, just saw it in my inbox. I'm out of the house at the moment but I'll look into it this afternoon!
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Post by Falcon Development on Nov 4, 2017 12:29:18 GMT -5
Hmm... Thanks for sending those over. I took a look and here's what I found: The files themselves still exist, but all the data inside them is blank. There's no data left, so the savefile is essentially destroyed I'm afraid. It's strange, it's like the savefile is still the right size, but all the data was replaced by whitespace. I'm only conjecturing here, because there's a ton of reasons this could have happened, but it may have had to do with an OS update, or another program unintentionally editing the wrong .ini file, or an anti-virus program, or perhaps even Steam Cloud corruption of some sort. Whatever the reason, unfortunately that savefile is gone. Really sorry about all that!
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Post by purrfectpurridise on Jan 17, 2018 23:29:53 GMT -5
If you could attach all those Data files to an email and send them to me at cattailsgame@gmail.com, I may be able to help. By Data files, I mean all the Cattails_Data# and Backup_Cattails_Data# files. We'll get it figured out together! Do you think you could look at my files? I've had the same issue However nothing on my Pc has changed. I Was playing normally and saving very often. I decided i wanted to go visit my kittens and mate to find that i only had one load file, But my second one that I used was empty. I'm really upset I've lost everything I've worked for ;-;
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Post by Falcon Development on Jan 18, 2018 8:15:08 GMT -5
If you could attach all those Data files to an email and send them to me at cattailsgame@gmail.com, I may be able to help. By Data files, I mean all the Cattails_Data# and Backup_Cattails_Data# files. We'll get it figured out together! Do you think you could look at my files? I've had the same issue However nothing on my Pc has changed. I Was playing normally and saving very often. I decided i wanted to go visit my kittens and mate to find that i only had one load file, But my second one that I used was empty. I'm really upset I've lost everything I've worked for ;-; Sure! Can I have you open a file explorer and navigate to %LOCALAPPDATA%/Cattails then list the exact file names you see there?
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