SMBX Deleting saves automatically

JustASMBXFan · Postby **JustASMBXFan** » Wed Oct 18, 2017 3:32 pm

This applies to 1.3.0.1

Recently saves were AUTOMATICALLY GETTING DELETED every time i open smbx. How do i stop this? What should i do? Today a save i worked on was deleted when i opened smbx

Postby **ElectriKong** » Wed Oct 18, 2017 4:16 pm

Maybe reinstall SMBX?

Cedur · Postby **Cedur** » Thu Oct 19, 2017 11:37 am

Try 2.0 and see if that works?

Postby **Valentine** » Thu Oct 19, 2017 5:03 pm

Were you using cheat codes

JustASMBXFan · Postby **JustASMBXFan** » Thu Oct 19, 2017 5:28 pm

Sanct wrote:Were you using cheat codes

Nope, not at all.

Westretroman · Postby **Westretroman** » Thu Oct 19, 2017 6:26 pm

Are you on a mac, are you playing it from another program? please be more specific.

Danny · Postby **Danny** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 5:27 am

I would imagine you're referring to .lvl files, but if you're referring to .sav files it could go the same way. Check to make sure your antivirus isn't deleting the files, because that is a common issue. Another issue you could be facing is that your SMBX directory is in your C: Drive (or other), which usually has a read-only setting on, so SMBX won't have the ability to write files into the C: Drive unless it has administrator permissions, which you can temporarily grant to SMBX by running it as an administrator, or you can right-click the .exe, go into properties, and set it to always run as administrator.

I'm not sure what operating system you're running on, what antivirus you have, or what the issue is exactly, so a little more information would be extraordinarily helpful.

JustASMBXFan · Postby **JustASMBXFan** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 5:30 pm

Westretroman wrote:Are you on a mac, are you playing it from another program? please be more specific.

No i have Windows 10 and im not running it from another program

Danny wrote:I would imagine you're referring to .lvl files, but if you're referring to .sav files it could go the same way. Check to make sure your antivirus isn't deleting the files, because that is a common issue. Another issue you could be facing is that your SMBX directory is in your C: Drive (or other), which usually has a read-only setting on, so SMBX won't have the ability to write files into the C: Drive unless it has administrator permissions, which you can temporarily grant to SMBX by running it as an administrator, or you can right-click the .exe, go into properties, and set it to always run as administrator.

I'm not sure what operating system you're running on, what antivirus you have, or what the issue is exactly, so a little more information would be extraordinarily helpful.

I have Windows 10 and my antivirus is Malwarebytes, Although i will try the run as admin.
I had SMBX Installed in C:\Program Files (x86) Which is what the 1.3.0.1 installer did

Any other help is appreciated

Westretroman · Postby **Westretroman** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 6:26 pm

It's easy to just move the folder out of Program Files if the problem persists. But yeah, running it in C: might be the problem.

JustASMBXFan · Postby **JustASMBXFan** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 6:39 pm

Westretroman wrote:It's easy to just move the folder out of Program Files if the problem persists. But yeah, running it in C: might be the problem.

Oh ok, But just incase now i might have to make backup .sav files

Lets just say i lost over 10 saves in 10 episodes because of this

Westretroman · Postby **Westretroman** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 8:01 pm

JustASMBXFan wrote:
Westretroman wrote:It's easy to just move the folder out of Program Files if the problem persists. But yeah, running it in C: might be the problem.
Oh ok, But just incase now i might have to make backup .sav files

Lets just say i lost over 10 saves in 10 episodes because of this

Ouch, sorry to hear that. Hope you are ready to go and see if this actually works.

Danny · Postby **Danny** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 10:58 pm

JustASMBXFan wrote:
Westretroman wrote:Are you on a mac, are you playing it from another program? please be more specific.
No i have Windows 10 and im not running it from another program

Danny wrote:I would imagine you're referring to .lvl files, but if you're referring to .sav files it could go the same way. Check to make sure your antivirus isn't deleting the files, because that is a common issue. Another issue you could be facing is that your SMBX directory is in your C: Drive (or other), which usually has a read-only setting on, so SMBX won't have the ability to write files into the C: Drive unless it has administrator permissions, which you can temporarily grant to SMBX by running it as an administrator, or you can right-click the .exe, go into properties, and set it to always run as administrator.

I'm not sure what operating system you're running on, what antivirus you have, or what the issue is exactly, so a little more information would be extraordinarily helpful.
I have Windows 10 and my antivirus is Malwarebytes, Although i will try the run as admin.
I had SMBX Installed in C:\Program Files (x86) Which is what the 1.3.0.1 installer did

Any other help is appreciated

Your issue is likely that Program Files is set to read-only, this is typically the case. Move the SMBX folder onto your desktop and try it out. If that's not the issue, then your antivirus is.

Cedur · Postby **Cedur** » Sat Oct 21, 2017 3:24 am

Again, please, get 2.0 and see what happens there. (Put 2.0 right on your hard disk, not on your desktop)

Mable · Postby **Mable** » Sat Oct 21, 2017 6:35 am

Cedur wrote:Again, please, get 2.0 and see what happens there. (Put 2.0 right on your hard disk, not on your desktop)

Why not? I have most of my stuff on my desktop to access them immediately .

Cedur · Postby **Cedur** » Sat Oct 21, 2017 4:29 pm

Mable wrote:Why not? I have most of my stuff on my desktop to access them immediately.

I've met several glitches months ago when I had it on my desktop and I was recommended by the devs to put it on the hard drive. (can't remember the details, sorry)

Mable · Postby **Mable** » Sat Oct 21, 2017 7:26 pm

Odd never happened to me.

Westretroman · Postby **Westretroman** » Sat Oct 21, 2017 8:21 pm

Me too, There must be something wonky with your computer if there's glitches.

Zha Hong Lang · Postby **Zha Hong Lang** » Sat Oct 21, 2017 8:39 pm

Cedur wrote:Again, please, get 2.0 and see what happens there. (Put 2.0 right on your hard disk, not on your desktop)

I don't remember any fixes in SMBX2 in regards to save files, so very likely the same problem might persist. Generally, though, it'd be a good thing if he used SMBX2 since it's the most recent version of SMBX and nothing should be holding him back.