Vanishing Saves and Vortex 0.16.12

[AugustaCalidia]

Preface: my issues are not ominous, life and death issues for me or for Vortex. But they are issues, even if teenie-weenie ones.

 

There are two save problems that I have encountered in my Vortex 0.16.12 that were not in v. 0.16.8. They were also in my v. 0.16.10, one of which I described elsewhere in this forum (see https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/7111996-switching-to-different-game-profiles-results-in-skyrim-se-not-recognizing-previous-saves/?hl=%2Bvanishing+%2Bsaves&do=findComment&comment=64876106).

 

Anyway, the problems are not game-breakers and are easily remedied. However, I would like to find out if I'm the problem or if there is a quirk (=bug) in the program.

 

Problem 1. When I change the installation status of a mod in any way (e.g., disable it) and deploy, then the save games vanish from the Save Games page. They, of course, have not been deleted, because they remain alive and well in the appropriate profile saves folder. Furthermore, I can start up my game, and the saves are visible in and can be loaded from the game's loading screen. There are two easy remedies for recovering the saves in the Vortex Save Games page: (1) turn off Vortex and then turn it back on, or (2) switch to another profile and then switch back to the original profile. Using deployment, however, does not remedy the issue.

 

Problem 2. (a) When I delete a save on the Save Games page, it appears to be deleted. However, if I go to another page (e.g., Mods) and then return to Save Games, the save has not been deleted. (b) If I delete and then run Deploy from the Mods page, the saves simply vanish from the Save Games page. When I turn Vortex off and then on again, all saves including the "deleted" save show up again on the Save Games page.

 

Additional information: I have four profiles for Fallout 4. The settings for two of the profiles are "yes" and "yes." The settings for the other two are "yes" and "no," The problems I listed above affect all profiles.

 

Are these problems the result of a bug or user error?

 

Edit: Taking in account other users' experiences, I have revisited Problem 2. I can no longer replicate Problem 2 (a). Since I cannot reproduce it, I'm puzzled about what prompted me to claim there was a problem in the first place. Anyway, I'm happy to report there is none. I also retested Problem 2 (b) and continue to get the same results as originally described. However, I am pleased to report that if I delete a save, immediately exit Vortex, and then restart Vortex, the deleted save is indeed deleted.

[oblivionfan52]

I have also been having problem 1 on your list since 0.16.10, and I don't believe it is user error because I've done nothing Different than i was doing in earlier versions without issue. As for problem 2, I have not noticed it but I will have to try and see if doing what you describe reproduces it on my system.

[rmm200]

Simple test case:

 

1) Clone a new profile. Yes, Yes.

2) Import a save using copy. It appears in the save tab.

3) Switch over to Mods to do a Deploy. There is no Deploy on the Saves page.

4) Switch back to the Saves page. No saves are shown.

 

My Save quirks appear to me non-ending. And Deploy does not fix it.

It has always corrected itself by running the game, saving a few times, exit the game. Finding the Saves page empty, then importing them

all, including the new ones, from Global.

 

Bottom line: Augusta, it is not just you.

[oblivionfan52]

The first part of your problem 2 I could not reproduce on my system, but the second part I was able to reproduce each time I tried it.

 

Hopefully this helps in getting some attention to this problem, while as you say it is not game breaking, it is annoying.

[BigBizkit]

Problem 1. When I change the installation status of a mod in any way (e.g., disable it), then the save games vanish from the Save Games page. They, of course, have not been deleted, because they remain alive and well in the appropriate profile saves folder. Furthermore, I can start up my game, and the saves are visible in and can be loaded from the game's loading screen. There are two easy remedies for recovering the saves in the Vortex Save Games page: (1) turn off Vortex and then turn it back on, or (2) switch to another profile and then switch back to the original profile. Using deployment, however, does not remedy the issue.

 

I can reproduce that. Could you please report the issue by sending in what you wrote here? (If you don't know how I can do it for you)

 

I would just add one thing:

 

"Problem 1. When I change the installation status of a mod in any way (e.g., disable it) and deploy, then the save games vanishes from the Save Games page. ..."

 

 

 

I can't quite replicate the second problem, though a deleted save game does reappear when I restart Vortex. I'll have to look into it some more. Thanks for pointing it out.

[AugustaCalidia]

 

Problem 1. When I change the installation status of a mod in any way (e.g., disable it), then the save games vanish from the Save Games page. They, of course, have not been deleted, because they remain alive and well in the appropriate profile saves folder. Furthermore, I can start up my game, and the saves are visible in and can be loaded from the game's loading screen. There are two easy remedies for recovering the saves in the Vortex Save Games page: (1) turn off Vortex and then turn it back on, or (2) switch to another profile and then switch back to the original profile. Using deployment, however, does not remedy the issue.

 

I can reproduce that. Could you please report the issue by sending in what you wrote here? (If you don't know how I can do it for you)

 

I would just add one thing:

 

"Problem 1. When I change the installation status of a mod in any way (e.g., disable it) and deploy, then the save games vanishes from the Save Games page. ..."

 

 

 

I can't quite replicate the second problem, though a deleted save game does reappear when I restart Vortex. I'll have to look into it some more. Thanks for pointing it out.

 

 

Please report the issue by sending in my forum post. Thank you for your offer to do this.

 

Also, please note that I have made some additions and corrections to my original post, including the edit that you suggested.

[BigBizkit]

I reported something very similar to the first issue a couple days ago.

 

The second issue I can sort of replicate, I reported what I was able to replicate for investigation. Thanks for your help, Augusta. :thumbsup: