{"id":2366,"date":"2019-11-16T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chewett.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2366"},"modified":"2019-11-13T20:42:06","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T20:42:06","slug":"fixing-startup-company-save-file-lost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chewett.co.uk\/blog\/2366\/fixing-startup-company-save-file-lost\/","title":{"rendered":"Fixing Startup Company Save file lost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This post talks about what you can do if your Startup Company save is lost. (Note, its probably not lost).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Dont worry, its probably not lost<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you haven’t played the game in a while and come back to it, you will likely find your save is lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This happened to me recently and I spent some time googling to find a solution. Luckily I found a way to fix it described below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why does this happen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Each time the game releases a new beta it will convert the save from the old beta to the new format. However for ease of development this is only done for the previous version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This works fine if you are continually playing the beta, however if you are like me and skip one then your save is “lost”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upgrading your save past one beta version isn’t officially supported, but has been noted to work for many people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can I fix this<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The first thing you need to do is shut down the game if it is running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once this is done you need to find the save file location. These are available at the following locations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Windows: %USERPROFILE%\\Saved Games\\Startup Company
OS X: ~\/Library\/Application Support\/Startup Company\/SaveData
Linux: ~\/.StartupCompany <\/pre>\n\n\n\n
In this folder will be a number of folders with the name of each beta. Find the folder of the last beta you played.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this will be one or many sg_<\/code> files which are your save games. You should copy these files to the latest beta folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once this is done you will be able to open up Startup Company and play with your saved game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since this is unsupported there is a chance that this will not work, however it is worth a try if you want to continue playing your save.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This information was  taken from the steam community page:
https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/app\/606800\/discussions\/0\/3216031607500180650\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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