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God of War save disappeared

CPU: 8x AMD Custom APU 0405 Memory: 15.53 GB (used: 3.19 GB) GPUs: GPU 0: Name: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] VanGogh [AMD Custom GPU 0405] IDs: D=163f V=1002 SD=0123 SV=1002 Driver: amdgpu OS: SteamOS 3.5.17 holo (linux) The current system is a Steam Deck (model: LCD) in desktop mode We are running inside a Flatpak container Software Versions: Heroic: 2.13.0 Dorry & Broggy Legendary: 0.20.34 Direct Intervention gogdl: 1.0.0 Nile: 1.0.1 Jonathan Joestar

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stormy-gold•15mo ago

provide the whole log upload the .log file or let discord convert it to a message.txt upload

wise-whiteOP•15mo ago

Okay, just so you know I'm switching back and forth between my Deck and mobile to provide my issue so just a moment

CommandMC•15mo ago

^^ Also make sure to not switch between Proton and Wine for your Wine version, as those have a different prefix structure (so your save will only be accessible in one of them)

stormy-gold•15mo ago

you can upload the log via Discord on the Deck copy, paste, acknowledge the text is too large and upload as file

wise-whiteOP•15mo ago

message.txt

stormy-gold•15mo ago

wrong log. get the one specific for the game

CommandMC•15mo ago

STEAM_COMPAT_DATA_PATH=/home/deck/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default

That looks abnormal

wise-whiteOP•15mo ago

message.txt

itchy-amethyst•15mo ago

if you deleted this directory

/home/deck/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default

then your save is gone. it's recommended that you don't use the same "default" path for all your games, and instead do something like this

/home/deck/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/God of War

if you didn't delete the prefix directory, then the save will still be present

stormy-gold•15mo ago

"name": "Proton - Proton - Experimental",

"winePrefix": "/home/deck/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default",

"location": "/home/deck/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/pfx/dosdevices/c:/users/steamuser/Saved Games/God of War/3203383023"

wise-whiteOP•15mo ago

Does "Reset Heroic" delete that directory?

stormy-gold•15mo ago

the first 2 need to be changed and the 3rd needs to be verified

wise-whiteOP•15mo ago

Changed to what? And how do I verify that directory? Oh I see the 2nd one needs to be changed to "God of War", what about the first?

stormy-gold•15mo ago

Wine-GE-latest if your saves are coming in from the cloud and you didn't upload a blank file up, you won't need to do anything with the 3rd you will need to delete the folder path though

wise-whiteOP•15mo ago

I do not have cloud saves enabled I'm not sure if it was actually deleted. Created and modified date don't seem to suggest that. Did I change the save location somehow?

itchy-amethyst•15mo ago

maybe, but does this path exist?

/home/deck/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/pfx/dosdevices/c:/users/steamuser/Saved Games/God of War/3203383023

if not, does this path exist?

/home/deck/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/God of War/pfx/dosdevices/c:/users/steamuser/Saved Games/God of War/3203383023

wise-whiteOP•15mo ago

both those directories exist

itchy-amethyst•15mo ago

then it seems that the prefix was moved from

/home/deck/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/God of War

/home/deck/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/

wise-whiteOP•15mo ago

What is a prefix?

itchy-amethyst•15mo ago

in the game's settings the prefix is created to help interface with the game, it's creating the file structure that is expected to be there when the game launches, including save data

itchy-amethyst•15mo ago

that screenshot is from the game's settings

wise-whiteOP•15mo ago

okay, so which prefix is my system using? oh

itchy-amethyst•15mo ago

/home/deck/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/

wise-whiteOP•15mo ago

sorry

itchy-amethyst•15mo ago

no worries change it to

/home/deck/Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/God of War

wise-whiteOP•15mo ago

Do I have to do that for every game?

itchy-amethyst•15mo ago

do you need to change it for every game? no probably not

wise-whiteOP•15mo ago

Did "Reset Heroic" cause this?

itchy-amethyst•15mo ago

i don't know exactly what "reset heroic" does, i'll have to look at the code

stormy-gold•15mo ago

you should never use the "use default wine settings" checkbox when installing games. if you do not use that checkbox, it'll automatically name your prefix folders per-game

CommandMC•15mo ago

Yes (one of the many things this PR aims to fix)

itchy-amethyst•15mo ago

i just found the code, it does indeed as yet another testament lol

wise-whiteOP•15mo ago

Fixed, I restored all lost save files, thank you all!

itchy-amethyst•15mo ago

last thing, in future stick mainly with wine-ge from heroic's wine manager. that will give the best logs if you need help, and has the higher compatability of the two with more games

fair-rose•15mo ago

for future reference, you cant actually change where a game puts its save files unless the game itself provides a mechanism for it. This is generally determined by the game developers, and the platform (egs, steam, etc) requirements, something out of control of heroic or the user. The save location in heroic's cloud save settings is simply where heroic will place saves it downloads from the cloud.. usually heroic knows where to place cloud saves without any configuration

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