number23scorpio Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Hey guys, I am James. Recently my Skyrim has acted strangely. In some cases, I saved the game only to realize that the game save was corrupted. The corrupted save said "42949 Unknown Location" and loading it will lead to instant CTD. This has happened more than once and Ive wasted a lot of time trying to recoup loss of play time. Does anyone know the cause and possible fixes for this bug? Any insight is helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69mAnU96 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Hi James,I googled "42949 Unknown Location" and got this link.https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/483309-copied-saved-files-after-reformatting-games-wont-load/ Your solution?Happy new year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
number23scorpio Posted January 3, 2018 Author Share Posted January 3, 2018 Hi James,I googled "42949 Unknown Location" and got this link.https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/483309-copied-saved-files-after-reformatting-games-wont-load/ Your solution?Happy new yearThanks for ya reply man! It just that the game suddenly coughed up on me with the "unknown location" s#*!. I did not do anything to the saves. It must have been a bug either in the system or the mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohawkman39 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I have not played Skyrim on my pc in a good while but I have had that exact thing happen to me many times. It is always a random thing and it always happens when you have played a long time without saving and have to start over from the most recent save. All I can suggest is saving very often so you don't run into the same problems I have had in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kojak747 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 I have not played Skyrim on my pc in a good while but I have had that exact thing happen to me many times. It is always a random thing and it always happens when you have played a long time without saving and have to start over from the most recent save. All I can suggest is saving very often so you don't run into the same problems I have had in the past. Hi James,I googled "42949 Unknown Location" and got this link.https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/483309-copied-saved-files-after-reformatting-games-wont-load/ Your solution?Happy new yearThanks for ya reply man! It just that the game suddenly coughed up on me with the "unknown location" s***. I did not do anything to the saves. It must have been a bug either in the system or the mods. Hi James,I googled "42949 Unknown Location" and got this link.https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/483309-copied-saved-files-after-reformatting-games-wont-load/ Your solution?Happy new year Do any of you use SkyrimSouls. I do, and had this problem, and removed it and it's gone. Look > https://old.reddit.com/r/skyrimmods/comments/7l6t50/42949_unknown_location_save_error/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69mAnU96 Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 I do not use SkyrimSouls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightyfernanda Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 (edited) ok i had this bug and i solved it alone because it was the most obvious and simple problem and i was too in panic of losing all my progress to notice. sometimes the solution is right in your face so, maybe this will help someone the "my games" folder is saved on my documents folder and this one is connected to the one drive cloud. the cooler of my pc is constantly being loud and my boyfriend closed all background programs to minimize the noise and i didnt know. i was trying to backup my save file to google drive and do as instructed in this thread but it was "unreadable" and i started to panic. i couldnt even copy the files to another folder and i thought it was doomed. no. i was simply logged off my one drive and as soon as i reopen the application the game could load my files. well i guess im happy it wasnt a big problem but i spent the last 30 minutes on the verge of tears thinking of losing 350 hours of progress to the void and now i feel a tad stupid. Edited July 25, 2020 by mightyfernanda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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