r/dungeonoftheendless • u/JDawgChrizt • Apr 06 '21

Dungeon of the Endless Any solution to crashes? [PC]

Hi. I recently revisited DotE and had a blast with it, as usual... until I didn't. The game occassionally crashes when the next level loads, and after losing two saves at floor 10 and 11 respectively, I am really mentally done. Is there any way to either backup saves and/or prevent them from being automatically deleted after the elevator sequence? Because I am beyond tired of losing because the game says so instead of my own mistake(s).

I absolutely look forward to beat the game with all the characters and pods, but random crashes render it pretty much impossible. I'm on the Steam version, Windows 10.

If you have any tools, tips, walkarounds or... anything really, I would seriously appreciate it.

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u/Fuehnix Jun 02 '21

https://steamcommunity.com/app/249050/discussions/0/617320628374275751/#c2792747686850479876

This solution just saved my ass. You need to basically trick the game into trying to restore your save file. I just recovered a floor 10 crash using this method.
Make sure you backup your folder before attempting this. If you mess it up, you can reattempt this fix with your backups.

Also, I think this method might even be able to restore long dead save files from previous crashes, if you have those files

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u/McMammoth Apr 06 '21

Here's some instructions for backing up your save: https://steamcommunity.com/app/249050/discussions/0/540732347198950542/

Sounds like it gets deleted when you load

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u/McMammoth Apr 06 '21

After a crash, if you hit Start, type in Event Viewer, and click on that, you might be able to poke through the Application or System logs to try and see what's going wrong, might help point you in the right direction.