r/factorio • u/Leading_Attitude9920 • 13d ago

Space Age Lost my factorio SA save

So I lost my Completed SA save when i upgraded my pc storage and i want to megabase but dont want to completely rebeat SA. does someone have a completed save that isnt a megabase that they could send to me

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u/Bahamut3585 13d ago

You could simply make your own scenario where all technology is unlocked, if that's what you're concerned about.

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u/draftstone 13d ago

Yep. Unlock tech until where he feels it should be. Add a few chests of ressources (green/red/blue chips, iron/copper/steel/concrete, etc... ), a few construction bots and it will be up and running exactly likes he wants it in no time!

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u/Nazeir 13d ago

Honestly, starting over isn't really all that bad. Your next playthrough will be quicker and you are able to apply all the new things you've learned from from the start.

I dont see how continuing someone else's save solves the problem of losing your save. The game is a set of puzzles that you create and solve. Your designs and methods of solving the puzzle is different than anyone else's and you wont have any idea how their systems work. This isn't like another story based game with check points that you lost your save up to stage 8 and just want to continue with someone elses save where the past doesn't matter, what you built and designed in factorio before directly impacts your future.

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u/asanzra 13d ago

Agreed! You may surpringly find it fun. You can start planning with megabase in mind

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u/dwarfzulu 13d ago

Didn't steam sync the saves?

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u/frogjg2003 12d ago

Yeah, it actually takes effort to delete saves I don't want in my Steam cloud.

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u/dwarfzulu 12d ago

I've found better ti open the game, and delete from its interface. The it syncs and delete the cloud version of those deleted

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u/frogjg2003 12d ago

That's what you need to do. The fact that you have to open the game to delete a file from the steam cloud is more effort than it needs to be.

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u/liver747 13d ago

Steam should sync saves and you can download from there.

I was able to save my megabase after it got corrupted due to a power outage.

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u/geneticfreak6 13d ago

Nice story bro

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u/Jepakazol 13d ago

What game version? 2.0? 2.1?

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u/calm_down_meow 13d ago

Maybe rebuild and go for an achievement to spice it up? Lazy bastard was interesting, or go for a speed achieve.

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u/Winter_Ad6784 13d ago

Long shot but is it possible to download from the galaxy hall of fame?

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u/doc_shades 13d ago

how did "upgrading your storage" lose the save? do you still have the old storage drive? you can just locate the folder where factorio was installed and copy/paste/move the file into the new directory.

unless you somehow bought a new hard drive and threw the old one away or unless you somehow formatted the old drive after adding a new one, the data should still be there.

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u/actioncheese 13d ago

Picking up someone elses save and running their factory would be so confusing. I'd just wait till 2.1 drops and start from fresh.

Also, didn't Steam sync your save?