CHARACTER RECOVERY INSTRUCTIONS!

[corruptedfate]

Also, is there meant to be two sharedstash.bin files in the saves folder? Because I have two, and the other is called sharedstashh.bin =/

Should really only be one! the one without the double-h

I thought as much! Thanks for clearing that up, and thanks for replying to the email! You're a legend Travis

[v4in]

Hi,

I followed the instructions and it works, except I was lv25 instead of lv31 or 32! Is there a way to restore back to my latest progress?

Thanks.

[Vuzer]

The restore file will only made once each time you boot the game. So let's say if you already have a level 10 character when you boot up the game, that level 10 will be copied as the restore file, and if you progress the game to level 50 without reboot the game, the restore file is still be that level 10 character.

[gMNexus]

@ all

i hate steam all time crash wtf

can start the game out of steam yes or no pls help all time get f... me the steam i los 3x my class lv

[Maawdawg]

Logged out at low 30s yesterday, came back to a lvl 3, "restored" to level 17. The backup system is not working properly it all, it should be saving at the very least on map change, not just at session logins. All the progress and loot from a long day of playing yesterday is just off in the ether now.

Beyond frustrating.

[Khyranius]

Hi

I have the Steam version and i used the steam cloud synchro. Because i thought it will patch the game. Well i`m new to steam
However, i lost all my progress from yesterday. So my toon is lvl 27 instead of 49 and my shared stash is "empty".

I tried the backup roll but it doesnt work.

So i guess my progress from yesterday wasnt saved at the cloud, or? And it overwrite all my local save files ? Without any backup/temp files?

[jackcell]

Hello,
I have a frustrating problem like many others on here. I was playing yesterday and Got to level 22, then I logged out and quit, and my character was level one again, which has happened to me multiple times. I Logged out and restored the file, and when I came back I was 15. I realize this is a common theme. Is there any way I can restore the file back to 22?

Also, this has happened to me multiple times, and is beginning to get very frustrating. The game is absolutely fantastic, but this is making me not want to play it any more. What is being done to fix this problem, and will it be solved in the near future?

Just a little more info, I am not synced with a steam account, and I notice that when I load the game it takes a minute for the Play button to show up. In my friends crappier computer, he can press the Play button almost Immediately. Does this have anything to do with my Constant reboots of my character?

[ZUKMAN]

Hi all, I've made some batch file that stores character data in rar archive every time u run game.

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set user=123
set disc=C
set isSteam=76561198000096658
set gamedir="C:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\Torchlight II"
cd "%disc%:\Users\%user%\Documents\My Games\Runic Games\Torchlight 2\save\%isSteam%"
rar a -agYYYY-MM-DD=HH-MM Torchlight2backup -x*.rar -m5
cd "%gamedir%"
Torchlight2.exe

[boot]

Hi ZUKMAN, nice script. Got a dirty bash version here.
Note that it creates archive with a password BOOT and makes a copy in backups folder on desktop.
Needs to be placed in saves folder, I don't want to mess with paths or steam IDs.
Can use it on timer or attach its link to game launcher script, either way works.

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#! /bin/bash
rar a -r -agYYYY-MM-DD=HH-MM Torchlight2backup -x*.rar -m0 -pBOOT
cp Torch*.* -t ~/Desktop/backups/

PS it replicates itself

[Alevesque]

There is a problem with Steam Cloud and Torchlight 2. I have over 100 games in my Steam account, and all the games working with Steam Cloud are working fine... except Torchlight 2.

Was playing at home since day 1, and I tried playing at work (I own the business!) 2 minutes ago, and Steam Cloud told me there was a problem, and that my save was from December 1st 1969 lol! Wasn't even born in 1969!

So I forced updating (dowmlaod) from Steam cloud, and my level 53 was ok, but all my 3 other toons were missing completely.

But 1969! LOL!

[CrimsonKing]

Same problem here - had a great time last night and completed the Arena fight (very good by the way), got the "Ezrek Gone" acheivement a number of levels and some great loot, logged on tonight (having had a synch error message from Steam) and all gone. I do understand that this is not directly your problem but is there anything that can be done to get the progress back?

[Charmweaver]

Thanks, this helped! Unfortunately, I ended up losing several levels and a lot of play time.

Thanks!

[travisbaldree]

Guys, now that we're beyond the scope of our patch snafu on Saturday night, I'm getting lots of emails about 'fixing' Steamcloud rollbacks. While I'd love to hand-level everyone's characters when a misclick stomps over a character due to Steamcloud, there aren't enough hours in the day for me to field those and also work on the game!
We are going to look at ways to back stuff up in a way that is more protective to save people from Steamcloud character-stomping.

[jackcell]

While I appreciate this Travis, I DID NOT use steam cloud. I didn't ever have it linked to my steam account. And it is still over writing sporadically. I tell you this only so that you look at the issue as a whole, rather than just steam cloud. I'm not logging in until you fix it because I don't want my previously level 22 now level 15 character to be level 1.
So please just make sure you look into this problem as a whole. Also, refer to my post above about the load time.

[travisbaldree]

I had someone email me today about a character that kept losing his progress -
for some reason his AV software was preventing subsequent writes to the file - I have no idea why. However, he disabled it and the problem resolved.
Don't know if that is a potentially widespread problem or not-

[santi1703]

Hi Travis, my save also has broken because my VGA makes my game crash so frequently ._. could you plz fix my save? I sent you an email with the attachments

Thx

[yutty]

I this fix no longer works for me. The first time my save got corrupted after i had turned steam cloud on, I was able to recover my saves. Since then i turned steam cloud off and was playing for a couple days all fine. I copied my save files to a usb and after i loaded the game my save was not showing up. I tried the method in the OP like last time but this time it didn't work. Was this due to the new patch or me copying the files tot he usb??

[Thorgard]

hi i was lvl 88 or 87 when yesterday i left, and when i got logged in my char was back at lvl 80.

i already read the instructions and did take the .svb file out and changed the .restore file into .svb but it didnt work

another thing i noticed when i went to documents/my games/torchlight 2/

there was a folder named dump, idk what it is but it had a file entitled with .dmp

also i did use steamcloud, i mean when i clicked the game it told me that i had 2 options

[Animations]

Last night playing an embermage to level 19, game completely locks my PC up (NOT the first time this has happened). Restart PC and TL2 and my embermage now no longer exists.

Restored the char using the directions in this thread... and now my embermage is level 1. Cool story bro.

You guys are really knocking it out of the park here..

[Mozzie123]

I lost my lvl 3x tankgineer this morning and i cant retreive my character back through the recovery way.. please help me..