Battletech Easy Way to Delete Old Saves

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• #5

Have the same issue and it does not appear to be Galaxy related - I've uninstalled GOG Galaxy and the problem still persists. The save games are not deleted properly, also even if I avoid manual saving, the old pre- and post-mission autosaves keep piling up in the folder instead of being overwritten as usual.

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Same issue. I just located the correct save game folder in the AppData folder directory and thought it was solved. Nope. So I've done the following.

Uninstalled Battletech fully. Uninstalled GoG Galaxy fully. Confirmed no leftover files or folders existed. Restarted computer (Win 7, 64 bit machine). Downloaded GoG Galaxy client. Confirmed in client settings that no features were enabled, like UI overlay or cloud saves. Nothing. Exited client, restarted computer, then loaded Galaxy and installed Battletech (fresh, done on 11 / 23 / 2019). Confirmed in game settings that no features were enabled, including cloud saves.

I then exited Galaxy, restarted computer, left my internet disconnected, and loaded Battletech using its startup icon in the install folder. I created a new campaign character, the game auto saved at the end of creation and for the pre Majestic Metals intro planet drop. I completed the mission, finished the initial decision trees on the Leopard, and did a manual save. There were 3 saves listed at this point (2 automatic, 1 manual). Exited game entirely. Restarted game. Deleted all three (3) saves using the game UI. Exit game. Restart game. ALL 3 game saves are restored. None of the game saves were deleted from the Appdata sub folder from the game's UI.

It's Effed. I don't know what to try. I gave GoG a ticket and I'll see if they have a solution.

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My update from the GoG support staff was to do the following.

"While deleting the saves please could you also include the following folder:
C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\GOG.com\Galaxy\Applications\50593543263669699\Storage\Shared\Files\C0

Basically when you try to clear your saves make sure to delete the contents of the folder above as well as:
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Harebrained Schemes\BattleTech\

Both of these can be easily reached using the Run command you are familiar with (WIN key+R)."

I gave it a try. I deleted the "C0" and "battletech" folders entirely from those directory locations. Started up the game using GoG Galaxy with all features turned off, including UI overlay and Cloud saves. Started a new campaign, the game autosaved twice (at character creation and just before the Majestic Metals first battle), and then I manually saved on the battle map for the Majestic Metals mission. Exited to main menu, deleted all 3 saves (2 auto saves, 1 manual) and the campaign tag was deleted as well. Exited game. Restarted game and... All 3 saves were there.

Exited game. Exited GoG Galaxy. Restarted computer. Located the 2 folders listed above and deleted them again. Started the game using the launch icon in the install folder with GoG galaxy not having been started, and my internet connection disabled. Started a new campaign, went through the 2 auto saves, did a manual save on the battle map, exited to main menu, deleted the 3 saves, and exited game. Restarted game using the launch icon. All 3 saves were present again.

I'm done. I know for a fact that if I uninstalled the game and re installed it to the 1.7.0 patch that I could play the game without any problems. This issue started with the 1.7.1 patch. But there's no point in playing the game in that way.

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Just bumping this and counting how many weeks will be required for a fix. It's affecting all GoG purchase users.

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output_log.txt is flooded with messages like this:

Code:

                      Unity [ERROR] Galaxy.Api.GalaxyInstance+InvalidArgumentError: No such file in storage: fileName=C0\SGS1\c76ec73a-0e8d-4d40-9da7-6930403fa79e.sav   at Galaxy.Api.IStorage.FileDelete (System.String fileName) [0x0001b] in <9ab806425e124d6bacca1db2210ff006>:0   at BattleTech.Save.Core.GOGFileOperations.DeleteFile (System.String path) [0x00005] in <6e6a2842a1aa4571abb9707819294597>:0                    

so it seems the game tries to delete some save in galaxy cloud even though users don't even have that enabled, which of course fails as there is no such save, thus the whole operation is canceled.
-> Please respect users setting of enabled/disables cloud saves AND/OR catch the exception and perform the delete either way.

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Source: https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/battletech-deleted-saved-games-restore-on-restart.1248468/

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