How to attempt recovery from a corrupted save (power outage, crashes, etc)

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Use Piriform Recuva (or a similar data recovery software that has the option to recover non-deleted / corrupted files)

Set it similar to the following but use *.json or *.bin, depending (you can also specify a path, eg "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Subnautica\SNAppData\SavedGames\slot0002\*.bin" (.bin files) or *.json (.json files) or *.* (everything)

Recuva > Cancel Wizard > Select drive at top-right > select (optional) path and select file type (type them in the top-right under "Filename or path") > click "Options" > click "Actions" tab > select "Search for non-deleted files (for recovery from damaged or reformatted disks)" > Click "OK" > click "Scan" in the top-middle

As a reminder (or primer for those who don't know) you will need these 4 files to make a complete save (screenshot.jpg can be replaced by a blank dummy or other .jpg renamed to screenshot.jpg, but a file named screenshot.jpg does need to be present in the slot00xx folder for the save to appear in the saved games list)

• gameinfo.json
• global-objects.bin
• scene-objects.bin
• screenshot.jpg (<- that's the little thumbnail showing you a preview of the save when you go to load)</li>

Found this info in the following thread: https://superuser.com/questions/377904/recover-file-corrupted-due-to-power-cut-off

Questions / success celebration stories / tearful farewell ceremonies to save files irretrievably lost to the deep abyss, please post below!

AnomalyDetected

I'll be honest, I didn't understand any of it, but it sounds smart. It's very nice of you to post somthing like this for people who's saves got corrupted.

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AnomalyDetected wrote: »

I'll be honest, I didn't understand any of it, but it sounds smart. It's very nice of you to post somthing like this for people who's saves got corrupted.

The picture makes it a lot easier to understand. I put the text step for those who can follow that faster. The main thing is to check the "Search for non-deleted files (for recovery from damaged or reformatted disks)" in the "Actions" tab, which is under the "Options" button.