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Hoang Son
my friend saved progress in multiplayer and the next day he joined back and lost all his progress
my friend saved progress in multiplayer and the next day he joined back and lost all his progress
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H
Hoang Son
my friend saved progress in multiplayer and the next day he joined back and lost...
P
PuffedRice
•
6/5/24, 4:04 AM
Did he hit
"join
" or
"continue
?
"
P
PuffedRice
Did he hit "join" or "continue?"
H
Hoang Son
OP
•
6/5/24, 4:04 AM
i just invited him
H
Hoang Son
OP
•
6/5/24, 4:04 AM
through the thingy
H
Hoang Son
OP
•
6/5/24, 4:05 AM
on steam
H
Hoang Son
OP
•
6/5/24, 4:05 AM
in the game menu
P
PuffedRice
•
6/5/24, 4:05 AM
If they select
"join
" they start fresh
, if they select
"continue
" they reload their save
.
P
PuffedRice
If they select "join" they start fresh, if they select "continue" they reload th...
H
Hoang Son
OP
•
6/5/24, 4:06 AM
no i just invited him through the lobby
H
Hoang Son
OP
•
6/5/24, 4:06 AM
and just start the game
H
Hoang Son
OP
•
6/5/24, 4:06 AM
so there was no like option
H
Hoang Son
OP
•
6/5/24, 4:06 AM
i just invited through steam and all he has to do is click play
S
Smokey
•
6/5/24, 4:26 AM
@Hoang Son Yes and then it will load into a screen that says
, continue
, new or exit
S
Smokey
•
6/5/24, 4:26 AM
and he has to hit continue
S
Smokey
•
6/5/24, 4:26 AM
if he didn
't get that screen then he did not save correctly
S
Smokey
•
6/5/24, 4:26 AM
and probably only slept
S
Smokey
•
6/5/24, 4:26 AM
it
's been an issue since TF because people can
't seem to read
S
Smokey
it's been an issue since TF because people can't seem to read
H
Hoang Son
OP
•
6/5/24, 4:27 AM
he did save
S
Smokey
•
6/5/24, 4:27 AM
So he clicked the wrong option when loading in
S
Smokey
•
6/5/24, 4:28 AM
those are the only 2 explanations
S
Smokey
•
6/5/24, 4:28 AM
he clicked the wrong option or he failed to save correctly
P
PuffedRice
•
6/5/24, 4:29 AM
In the future
, if it is
maybe
scuff
.
. have the players save before the host
.
S
Smokey
So he clicked the wrong option when loading in
H
Hoang Son
OP
•
6/5/24, 4:29 AM
there was no option istg
H
Hoang Son
OP
•
6/5/24, 4:29 AM
i was sitting next to him and watching him hold E to save
S
Smokey
•
6/5/24, 4:30 AM
there
's a sleep option and a save option
S
Smokey
•
6/5/24, 4:30 AM
are you sure he wasn
't trying to sleep
S
Smokey
•
6/5/24, 4:30 AM
if he saves his screen should go black for a few seconds
S
Smokey
are you sure he wasn't trying to sleep
H
Hoang Son
OP
•
6/5/24, 4:30 AM
he saved first
H
Hoang Son
OP
•
6/5/24, 4:30 AM
and then sleep
S
Smokey
•
6/5/24, 4:31 AM
I
'm telling you the 99
% of the time this issue comes up it is user error
S
Smokey
•
6/5/24, 4:31 AM
try the steps I
've told you
S
Smokey
•
6/5/24, 4:31 AM
and see if saving works
S
Smokey
•
6/5/24, 4:32 AM
have him get some items and try to save again
S
Smokey
have him get some items and try to save again
H
Hoang Son
OP
•
6/5/24, 4:32 AM
and what happens if it doesnt show up for him
H
Hoang Son
OP
•
6/5/24, 4:32 AM
redo
?
?
S
Smokey
•
6/5/24, 4:32 AM
he need to save
, quit and try to join again and see if he gets that option I
'm talking about
H
Hoang Son
OP
•
6/5/24, 4:33 AM
okay
S
Smokey
•
6/5/24, 4:33 AM
there
's nothing to do to get his progress back now so he just has to make sure he
's saving correctly from now on
S
Smokey
•
6/5/24, 4:33 AM
if it doesn
't appear to work this time I
'll hop into a call
H
Hoang Son
OP
•
6/5/24, 4:35 AM
ok im trying
H
Hoang Son
OP
•
6/5/24, 4:35 AM
as a hoster do i have to save before him or after him
H
Hoang Son
OP
•
6/5/24, 4:36 AM
@Smokey
S
Smokey
•
6/5/24, 4:37 AM
It doesn
't matter as far as I
'm aware
S
Smokey
•
6/5/24, 4:37 AM
his files for each multiplayer save are stored locally
S
Smokey
•
6/5/24, 4:37 AM
you save your inventory and the world progress
S
Smokey
•
6/5/24, 4:37 AM
he saves his inventory data
S
Smokey
you save your inventory and the world progress
H
Hoang Son
OP
•
6/5/24, 4:38 AM
what abt the old data that he lost
S
Smokey
•
6/5/24, 4:38 AM
if you wanna be sure then save after
H
Hoang Son
OP
•
6/5/24, 4:38 AM
do we have to grind it again
S
Smokey
•
6/5/24, 4:38 AM
Yes
S
Smokey
•
6/5/24, 4:38 AM
I told you that
H
Hoang Son
OP
•
6/5/24, 4:38 AM
dang it
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