I think there are actually four files per profile: 1.save, 1.save.metadata, 2.save, and 2.save.metadata. One .save file is small while the other contains most of the data. If you create another profile you get another set 3.save, 3.save.metadata, 4.save, and 4.save.metadata. I also have 5.save and 5.save.metadata that seem to have been created when I lost Internet access and it couldn't sync.
Hmm, so removing spybot help. I'm gonna remove it too and give the game another whorl.
Ok! Nice explanation!Originally posted by migaloo:
The saving diamond appears when AC2 synchronizes and saves to "username"/AppData/local/Ubisoft Game Launcher/savegame_storage/bWIn***(random name folder)/4
It creates 2 files per profile -
"1.save" and
"1.save.metadata"
It overwrites these files at every save.
At any given time you will only have 2 saves of this name in folder 4.
When the diamond appears it means saving is in progress and should exit when finished (a few seconds).
If however, the diamond stays animated during gameplay, take this as a warning that something is wrong. It will not save again past this point!
Some say to disable online storage and save locally, but It made no difference to saving and I lost about 16 hours of gameplay. I made contact with Ubisoft support and their replies and fixes seemed to be a "stab in the dark".
They seemed to think I was the only one who had a problem. Then, after following all of their suggestions (with no end to the problem) they said it may be due to SpyBots port watching activity and since uninstalling and deleting all traces of the program, I have not had the problem.
I hope you have luck with yours!
I think i will try with local saves...cause this mess happened for me only 2 times...
So if I want to create a save backup i just need to backup the "4" named folder right?
"So if I want to create a save backup i just need to backup the "4" named folder right?"
Yes!
Here is a twist I can't find specifically mentioned. I am playing Session 3 - never had an issue. My wife was on session 1 and has repeatedly lost hours of play, the twist is she played and logged off, played the next day (starting from where she finished the previous day) she then plays for several more hours and logs off. The next day when she logs back on she has gone back to a point even earlier than the successful save two days previously.
What happened with mine is I went offline from the uplay launcher. After playing probably 15 hours or so, and going from not even halfway through the game to almost being done, I went back online to spend the new achievment points i got (i still have the achievement for making it 3/4 of the way through). when I went back online, my save game reverted to what it was when I went offline. Apparently the cloud decided that it would replace my save games with the cloud save games instead of taking the saves from my computer and uploading them. Which is the exact opposite of what a freaking cloud is supposed to do. All I know is I'm pissed. One second I'm in Romagnia with like 15 squares of health, and the I log back in and I'm in the stupid villa with 6 health squares, and Ezio's sister isn't even sitting in the desk with the book.
Same issue. Played for several hours, upgrading almost all the Villa's shops and getting two assassin tokens, almost all upgraded armor. Load the game right back to where I just arrived at the Villa, losing some 6 hours of progress. How has this issue not been addressed yet?
I started AC2 Deluxe Edition from Steam after a long pause and played straight from the beginning to sequence 3 happily -> Exit to Windows and continued after a few days. Played to sequence 5 this time and Exit to Windows.
Today I was going to continue but alas! I was back in sequence 3. I couldn`t believe this had happened and ended from Google`s search to here.
Funny thing....
So then I start the game again and think " Oh I can replay those few hours once more". This time I`m back in in the memory to assault the Pazzi kid. Ok... I quit and reload again -> now I`m in sequence 2 with Leonardo and the dual blade construction memory. Whaaaat?
After posting this message I`m going to see where I end up next.
*Edit
Well, I was able to play a few memories forward and the saves seems to be working for now. We`ll see what happens tomorrow.
Last edited by RedS4m; 07-14-2012 at 07:47 AM.
This game has been out for years how does this crap happen! I've been stuck in florence for 2 days now!
Because the response from the ubisoft support isOriginally Posted by Enkay85
"Hello ,
Thank you for contacting Ubisoft Support. We apologize for the inconvenience. Thank you for reporting this issue. I have sent this along through the appropriate channels for investigation.
For now please try this workaround:
From the Uplay 2.0 client you can click on the gear next to your username. Then in the settings menu you can uncheck the box that is labeled "enable cloud save synchronization for supported games."
See if the game plays normally. If you are still having an issue your saved game date may be corrupted. Unfortunately, there is no way of recovering lost save data. You will have to delete your saved game and unfortunately start over.
Regards,"
However, the solution has been posted in this topic, just wish the forum mods would actually do something like sticky the solution so that people may understand how to fix it since ubisoft technical support is well, ha.
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