Monster Hunter: World – Import Old Files to Iceborne
Import Old Files to Iceborne
After the Iceborne update, at that topographic point is an number that many players are facing inwards regard to their salve files beingness unrecognized. More oft this happens when the actor hasn’t run the game inwards a long while, 2018 inwards my case. When yous are loading the game subsequently the update, yous could endure greeted amongst the message “Failed to read saved information for Monster Hunter: Iceborne. Create novel salve data?”, fifty-fifty if yous didn’t purchase the expansion.
First of all, if yous instruct that prompt to brand a novel salve DO NOT SELECT YES. Doing together with thence could erase your previous salve permanently, peculiarly if yous had Steam cloud sync enabled. Instead, exactly forcefulness closed the game without selecting anything. “Do yous desire to closed without saving?” Yes, yes yous do.
So, what happened? Only Capcom knows for certain, but it appears that over the yesteryear twelvemonth at that topographic point was an update to the salve file format. Now that Iceborne is released, Capcom unleashed a total game update to everyone, including those who didn’t purchase the expansion. This update brought on withal some other salve file conversion. Unfortunately, it won’t convert, or fifty-fifty recognize salve files from versions previous to the in conclusion update. Hopefully Capcom volition acre together with railroad train this, but inwards the meantime I was able to detect a proper update method that worked for me, together with ultimately saved me from losing 150 hours of progress inwards the game.
I should banknote that at that topographic point convey been a lot of posts for solutions to this issue. I exclusively got this far yesteryear next them first. Save game transfer apps convey worked for some, exactly non for everyone, including myself. Some convey likewise reported beingness able to update their salve yesteryear disabling the Iceborne DLC together with running the game. I don’t imagine that every bit a mutual railroad train considering that the entire base of operations game was updated, but it is a quick together with harmless method to try.
Warnings
If yous are i of many people who got this fault together with opted to do a novel save, together with yous had Steam cloud sync enabled, yous convey my condolences. You’ll take to convey had the onetime salve file backed upward manually or on some other auto inwards club to recover it.
I’ve heard that at that topographic point is a ‘savedata_backup’ folder inwards the original MHW game directory that may a backup of the onetime save, but I haven’t personally witnessed or confirmed this. The file size of onetime saves are around 9MB, piece newest saves are 11MB.
Backing upward your salve file is a practiced stance either way.
Steam cloud salve download (should demo the engagement of your onetime save) –
https://store.steampowered.com/account/remotestorageapp/?appid=582010
Local salve –
- [Steam install folder]\userdata\[Your Steam ID]\582010\remote\SAVEDATA1000″
It may non endure necessary to disable the Iceborne DLC nether MHW properties, but that’s what I did when I tried this method, together with thence it can’t wound to do the same. Just brand surely to recheck it subsequently yous destination the in conclusion update.
Now, yous may convey read that the salve file is incompatible due to mods. In my experience, this is only non true. Old mods volition virtually definitely crusade issues inwards the recent update, but salve file corruption is non likely. In virtually cases the game volition exactly crash every bit a number of using onetime mods. So, brand surely yous take them earlier trying.
Roll Back together with Save Conversion
For your convenience, I’ve written the curt MHW specific version below.
1. Open the Steam console expanse yesteryear copying this into your browser URL bar
- steam://open/console
Or add together ‘-console’ to your Steam desktop shortcut every bit described inwards langgi’s guide to access the console.
2. Once yous convey the Console department opened upward inwards Steam, locomote into the next ascendancy together with hitting Enter.
- download_depot 582010 582011 5080591846956782264
This volition download the MHW files exactly prior to the Iceborne update. If for some argue yous take to whorl dorsum further, come across langgi’s downgrade guide.
3. Check the download department for traffic. You volition non come across the game listed inwards the queue. If yous come across active network usage, it’s working. Just expression it out until it drops to 0 bytes/s to brand surely that it’s finished.
4. Once completed, the Steam console window volition furnish yous amongst the directory place of the downloaded files. Normally this volition endure inwards the next directory.
- [steam install folder]\steamapps\content\app_582010\depot_582011
5.Transfer the downloaded files to your original MHW installation folder
Normally flora in
- [steam install folder]\steamapps\common\Monster Hunter World
Overwrite when prompted
6. Immediately subsequently the transfer, become ahead together with run MHW. It should charge amongst the version prior to the Iceborne update. More importantly, it should start yesteryear loading your onetime save. You’ll come across some update news, together with a banknote that an update is required to continue. At this indicate your onetime salve file is already converted together with railroad train for the side yesteryear side update. Close the game together with proceed to the side yesteryear side step.
If for some argue your game updated in i trial to a greater extent than earlier yous could run it, banking concern fit your update settings inwards the properties section. There are a few other tips inwards langgi’s guide to preclude Steam from re-updating, but I didn’t detect them necessary during my attempt.
On a side note: I did seek to start the game inwards this phase to come across what would happen, but presently subsequently loading into the tradeyard, the game crashed to desktop. It was overnice to come across my onetime grapheme though.
7. If all previous steps went well, only become to the MHW Properties inwards Steam together with choose Verify Integrity nether the Local Files tab. This volition update yous in i trial to a greater extent than to the virtually recent version of MHW.
Once that is all done, yous should endure able to start the game amongst your onetime character, exactly the vogue yous left it. You may endure prompted to update some configs, but that’s exactly the Iceborne update doing it’s thing. ENJOY!
