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Digimon Story Time Stranger: How to Load Save Backups?
Short answer
No confirmed fix yet. Players suggest: Try to load it during offline mode and save the game.
What you need to know
Managing save backups and restoring older files in the game can be frustrating due to issues with cloud synchronization. There is currently no confirmed fix for bypassing this behavior completely, but players have shared potential workarounds involving offline play and disabling cloud features.
Step by step
- Disconnect your internet connection entirely and launch Steam in offline mode.
- Delete all existing files located inside both the local data savedata folder and the Steam userdata save locations.
- Place your backup save files (such as the bin files) into the appropriate directory.
- Try launching the game while still offline to see if it reads the older save.
- Create a new save while in offline mode so that Steam may prompt you to choose which files to use the next time you go back online.
- If you previously played a demo version elsewhere, ensure you download that specific save file from the cloud and turn off cloud saves for the full game to prevent conflicts.
Tips
- Keep your backup files ready in the correct formats, specifically noting the bin file naming conventions.
- Disable cloud saves entirely if you are struggling with the game automatically pulling your most recent progress.
- Be aware that different save locations exist simultaneously, so you must clear multiple directories when replacing files.
What players reported
i'm a chronic save stockpiler and i want to go back to some older saves, but i can't get the game to read them. even when i go offline on steam, turn my internet off entirely, and delete everything in both the 'browse local data/savedata' and steam/userdata save locations, the game still somehow loads the most recent cloud saves and i have no idea how to stop it. any ideas wtf is going on? the…
What players suggest
Not really from the same game, but I've got similar problem before. Try to load it during offline mode and save the game. Steam will ask you which saves would you like to use on the next attempt you play the game online. But the game I played do not have Denuvo.
this almost made me want to refund the game out of sheer frustration. i had spent a few hours on the demo at a friends house about a month ago, so the demo was never installed on my main pc. it's just so stupid and unintuitive that i had to download the save file from steam cloud and disable cloud on the full game to get this to work.
the only files i backed up are slot_00xx.bin and 00xx.bin already. so am i just screwed, then? where are these files supposed to be found? would really like to know how to backup and restore this game's files and have found absolutely no useable information still. also looking back on these discussions i think i might need to clarify despite the fact i never mentioned the d*mo, i am indeed NOT…
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Source: original Steam Community discussion. Quotes are shortened; all credit goes to the posters. Tags: save, multiplayer