Grounds for divorce?

Post » Tue May 07, 2013 4:36 am

My husband just saved over my main character. Over 200 hours. Nearly 100% completion. Gone.

Sigh. Replacement character is up to level 3 now...

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Vera Maslar
 
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Post » Tue May 07, 2013 12:01 am

Nah. I'd say he did it on purpose, trying to keep you playing Skyrim ;)
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Elizabeth Falvey
 
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Post » Mon May 06, 2013 4:16 pm

This is why it is important to back up your saves. http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view/204031/the-more-you-know-o.gif.

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Erika Ellsworth
 
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Post » Mon May 06, 2013 6:24 pm

I would issue a restraining order. :)

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Nichola Haynes
 
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Post » Tue May 07, 2013 5:33 am

If you're relying upon quicksaves and not making periodic "snapshots" of your progress, then the fault lies with you, and not your husband.

Edit: All is not necessarily lost. If on PC, The game keeps a record of previous quick/autosaves. Go to My Documents\My Games\Skyrim\saves. See all those files with the .bak extension? They're automatic backups. Your last known situation may be contained within one of these. Or at least something close to it.

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tiffany Royal
 
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Post » Tue May 07, 2013 5:14 am

He's the one who insists on keeping each character limited to one save. He was the dummy that saved his character over mine.

He'll pay! For a nice dinner out. Or maybe new shoes.

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Kelly Tomlinson
 
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Post » Mon May 06, 2013 10:13 pm


Be sure to milk it for all it's worth, and then some!
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Rhi Edwards
 
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Post » Tue May 07, 2013 3:27 am

Just buy a 32GB flash drive and back up your saves after each session. I promise you that you'll be happy you did. Murphy's law: Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. Best to be prepared.

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Josh Dagreat
 
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Post » Mon May 06, 2013 7:55 pm

Don't blame him, it was an honest mistake. As for only letting you have one save, just buy a flashdrive.

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Fanny Rouyé
 
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Post » Tue May 07, 2013 7:37 am

If they play the PS3 then only having one save is a very wise practice. It could also be to keep it neat and clean.

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gemma king
 
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Post » Mon May 06, 2013 7:34 pm

I play PS3 and I have 10 saves per character. I learned my lesson when 50 hours of gameplay was accidentally saved over :(

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Nadia Nad
 
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Post » Tue May 07, 2013 3:19 am

I'm sorry but I would never let anybody tell me how many saves I can make.

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u gone see
 
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Post » Tue May 07, 2013 4:30 am

Plus, you can make a second account on your PS3 and make your saves on there.

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Laura Elizabeth
 
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Post » Tue May 07, 2013 7:10 am

Maybe not divorce but certainly milk it for all it's worth. :tops:

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Prisca Lacour
 
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Post » Mon May 06, 2013 9:27 pm

Frame rate drops, infinte loading screens, general lag and freezing. Multiple saves on the PS3 HDD can cause this. Start each session with one save and back up saves created during the session at the end. It reduces lag in certain situations and stop infinte loading screens. I have spent a long time testing these theories and this one does help.

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Anthony Rand
 
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Post » Mon May 06, 2013 11:16 pm

I always save twice before exiting a playing session and I don't let ANYONE near my profile unless the d@mn well know what they're doing.

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Krystina Proietti
 
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Post » Tue May 07, 2013 1:45 am

I'm the same way. I see anyone on my profile on the PS3 and i go nuts.

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Roddy
 
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Post » Mon May 06, 2013 11:44 pm

Stupid question but are you on PC? If yes, then there is yet hope. If not... well... I imagine strange and disturbing things will happen to your husband in near future.

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Erich Lendermon
 
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Post » Mon May 06, 2013 4:20 pm

I save them on a flash drive, not the HDD.

Husband: Did you do the dishes?
Almyra: NO! I'M TRYING TO GET BACK THE 200 HOURS YOU DESTROYED!

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dean Cutler
 
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Post » Tue May 07, 2013 12:26 am

Good man. Ive lost count of how many saves i have on my flash drive.

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Oceavision
 
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Post » Tue May 07, 2013 4:13 am

This is why on X360 I have multiple accounts for my games

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Nick Pryce
 
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Post » Tue May 07, 2013 1:52 am

Ouch. Sounds like grounds to do a Jon-Wayne Bobbitt if you ask me.

I'm kidding! DON'T!!! :laugh:

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