Back Up Your Save Data ASAP!
- Thread starter Old Duck
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That's pretty sad. I'm on PS4 Slim too, so I got a bit anxious[where is it]
Didn't you have PS Plus? It is supposed to do backups.
Yes, thankfully, but for reasons unknown to me (perhaps a PS4 setting), the backup was a couple of months old. So the good news is that I didn't need to remap my controller. The bad news is that I lost my entire record of visited systems from my recent trip to Colonia. I really wish this (visited systems) data was stored on the server. Either that or give us a filter to view "discovered systems" which I know is kept on the server.
Nope, despite the game being often called MMO, your console is the primary place for saves. Constant Internet connection is required because of BGS.
Being hardwired to the internet at 200 MBPS (although Sony doesn't use it) so it updates any games or OS saving time later. I never park an ED ship without first cashing in on bounties, planetary scans or completing missions. Same for my PC account thus I never lose anything. Of course if one is 30K LY from the bubble with 20 million in planetary scans this might not work. I can save on a flash drive on the PS4 but haven't tested it.
Your CMDR data is saved to the server, but all your game settings are saved on your PS4. This actually makes sense to me. What I don't understand is why
Disclaimer - I'm trusting what other people are saying regarding visited system data. I'll check Colonia in the galaxy map to make sure they know what they are talking about. That said, my DS4 is heavily customized from the default, and losing those mappings would have been "disappointing" to say the least.
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Just checked now and it seems only your configuration settings are saved locally. (just uploaded mine to be safe)
stormyuk
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UPDATE
Colonia shows up as visited!!! Wooohooo
So the question is, are the people saying "visited systems data is stored locally" wrong, or was the timestamp shown on my ED data backup on PSN incorrect?
Think it's the former, the saved data clearly says 'game configuration settings'. So I agree with Welsh.
I agree with you in regards to ED, but if you go and erase that data for Horizon Zero Dawn, I'm 99% sure you'll start back and the beginning as if you hadn't played at all. Why don't you try it and tell us what happens?
stormyuk
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I agree with you in regards to ED, but if you go and erase that data for Horizon Zero Dawn, I'm 99% sure you'll start back and the beginning as if you hadn't played at all. Why don't you try it and tell us what happens?
Yes, agree. Slight difference though.
Elite Dangerous says "game configuration settings" where as HZD says "Blah blah Blah - Currently on this specific quest - Level 50 etc etc". Its about as clear as something that is really clear.