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Corrupted save files

A topic by Minnie created Mar 12, 2020 Views: 455 Replies: 2
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Corrupted Save Files


One thing I've noticed is that you can't load profiles from a previous build (not a big deal). Posted a screenshot below, I'm guessing this has something to do with the new avatars/profile pics.


Also I've managed to get a bug with the profile screen where selecting a profile immediately crashes, stopping you from progressing down the list. I haven't been able to reproduce this bug yet. It seems to be related to newly created profiles and possibly exiting out of the tutorial or somewhere? Not 100% sure. One thing that can be done to fix it atm is deleting all the files related to the profile in "%USERDATA%\Saved Games\Type Dreams" and then editing the profiles.dat in either Notepad++ or HxD. I've attached files below for reference!

Quick overview: Newer profiles are added to the end with each entry starting with 4 bytes (UID? And 3 NULL's) and ends with a NULL. To remove a profile from the list simply delete the beginning 4 bytes all the way to the NULL (make sure the list ends with a NULL). It will give you a warning about changing file size but in this case it's fine.
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Oh wow, that's a much simpler method than mine. I had no idea aaaa. Also the savedata is still there!!! The only profile I lost was the newly created corrupted one. My old profile is there but not accessible through the bug I mentioned ^^ it's okay tho, imma try the game under a new profile anyways. I've attached a screenshot of my old profile and the .dat files. What do you mean by restoring all but the _cache.dat? do you mean deleting? :o



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ye this was very helpful!! tysm. also my old profile is still in my type dreams folder from a while back. i'll try deleting the _cache.dat and seeing if that works now!! ty for the update! ^^


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So I deleted the cache file and it regenerated but crashed with the following error:


After relaunching I tried loading into the profile but it gives me the same error as the one above. Strange.. Looks like I can't get into my old profile at all aaaa