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Ben Lauritson 01-14-2004 04:37 PM

*sigh* I had a nice faerie ninja going, had her around level 18 or 19, and just lost the savegames due to some technical errors with my harddrive. I seriously do not look forward to defending against some crabs again.

Anyone else experienced some sort of annoyance like that?

Taski 01-14-2004 04:46 PM

Oh shit...that´s really bad. Sorry, no hint from me in this case...bullshit :(

Nightowl2 01-14-2004 04:53 PM

That really is a bummer. Did you have autosave on? Or did you lose every save you had? That is very odd, I hope your drive isn't failing. If you have any sort of data recovery software, you could try to get back at least one save intact to continue. Good luck.

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Ben Lauritson 01-14-2004 05:04 PM

It was when I tried to install Linux alongside windows XP, something went wrong and I couldn't access the C:\ drive anymore, so I eventually resorted to deleting all partitions and giving up on Linux. So there's no way to get them back now. Still, I still have that desire for a powerful character, I'm sure I'll be able to restart again in a few days.

dplax 01-14-2004 06:29 PM

The most annoying thing was that I couldn't continue the game with the characters I had played with in the demo of the game.

Taski 01-14-2004 07:17 PM

"I'm sure I'll be able to restart again in a few days"


Nice one...this is what I want to hear :D

seclists 01-15-2004 02:56 AM

My condolences.

Am I really the only person paranoidic enough to make daily backups of his savegames? I have CD slowly & steadily filling up with Wiz 8 saves. The added bonus is, obviously, that if something goes wrong with my current game, I can easily return to any earlier stage in the game (without cluttering up my HD with save files): the saves are nicely organized into daily folders. Then again, I have been paranoidic enough to make backups of everything even remotely important/unique since 1990...

As for the Linux issue, you could either
1) buy a cheap second-hand computer for Linux (this is what I did); Linux is not quite as hungry for CPU power/memory as Windows tends to be, so slightly older hardware should be ok
or
2) use a removable HD system (i.e. a separate removable hard disc for each operating system); these are not very expensive and tend to cause much less hassle than trying to have both OSses on separate partitions

[ 01-15-2004, 03:43 AM: Message edited by: seclists ]

Scatter 01-15-2004 03:32 AM

LOL i just had a mental image of OS's wrestling for drive space and having a shootout at the CPU...

Ben Lauritson 01-15-2004 11:10 AM

haha :D . Well, I might try Linux again but I'll make sure I get help first. I know a few people online who use Linux so I'll get some info from them.

As for restarting, I think I'll try a different party before I start the solo again. I planned on doing them after the solo anyway, I'm going to have a party of four hybrids, so that I have all four magic realms as well as some steel [img]graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

Ragash 01-15-2004 11:46 AM

A friend of mine just decided to stop using Linux altogether, he said it was too much of a hassle. Something about kernel and definitions or something or other.

And that's a great idea! But won't party progression be slow with only hybrids?

I need to try that [img]tongue.gif[/img] Right after my other fifty-eleven projects

[ 01-15-2004, 11:47 AM: Message edited by: Ragash ]


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