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@almightysnowy_MLBTS Like the other person said, there's no way to recover a file if it's genuinely corrupted. But here's a link to my post about what you can do to have the best chance of not losing your saves in the future

I've posted this before as a reply in some of the corrupted file threads but figured I should make it its own post to maybe have a thread that offers helpful suggestions on what does and doesn't work for people.

Anyway, since this has happened to me before, hopefully this'll help someone out. Usually, when this happens to me, restarting the game fixes the problem. Idk if I've just been lucky but often the bug isn't that my file's been corrupted, it's that the game thinks it's been corrupted, so restarting the game, sometimes unplugging and plugging back in the ethernet cable in case it's a network issue, and trying again does the trick. If it doesn't, the save is gone, it sucks but there's really nothing anyone can do to help you.

To avoid this entirely, what works for me is:

1. Turn off autosave.

2. Always have at least 2 saves up at all times. When I finish a series I save one and then after the next series I save the other, repeating that throughout the season so that if one save gets corrupted, at least I won't have to roll back too far.

3. If one of your files is corrupted, restart the game. Don't try to load any of the others until you've restarted your game, it might corrupt those too if you do.

4. Upload a save to the cloud (as often as or as little as you want) so that you have a 3rd emergency backup in case everything else fails.

In my experience, all you can really do is be prepared. Every year I run into this issue so I always have to plan ahead in case restarting the game doesn't' 'fix' the save. Like I said, this probably won't help you much with what's already legitimately corrupted but it will help in preventing it from happening again.

@RunTheJewels2356

Gonna copy and paste something I posted in another of these threads, hopefully it helps you or anyone else in the future.

"Since this has happened to me before, hopefully this'll help someone out. Usually, when this happens to me, restarting the game fixes the problem. Idk if I've just been lucky but often the bug isnt that my file's been corrupted, it's that the game thinks it's been corrupted, so restarting the game, sometimes unplugging and plugging back in the ethernet cable in case it's a network issue, and trying again does the trick. If it doesn't, the save is gone, it sucks but there's really nothing anyone can do to help you.

To avoid this entirely, what works for me is:

1. Turn off autosave.

2. Always have at least 2 saves up at all times. When I finish a series I save one and then after the next series I save the other, repeating that throughout the season so that if one save gets corrupted, at least I won't have to roll back too far.

3. If one of your files is corrupted, restart the game. Don't try to load any of the others until you've restarted your game, it might corrupt those too if you do.

4. Upload a save to the cloud (as often as or as little as you want) so that you have a 3rd emergency backup in case everything else fails.

In my experience, all you can really do is be prepared. Every year I run into this issue so I always have to plan ahead in case restarting the game doesn't' 'fix' the save."

@AllRise99

Gonna copy and paste something I posted in another of these threads, hopefully it helps you or anyone else in the future.

"Since this has happened to me before, hopefully this'll help someone out. Usually, when this happens to me, restarting the game fixes the problem. Idk if I've just been lucky but often the bug isnt that my file's been corrupted, it's that the game thinks it's been corrupted, so restarting the game, sometimes unplugging and plugging back in the ethernet cable in case it's a network issue, and trying again does the trick. If it doesn't, the save is gone, it sucks but there's really nothing anyone can do to help you.

To avoid this entirely, what works for me is:

1. Turn off autosave.

2. Always have at least 2 saves up at all times. When I finish a series I save one and then after the next series I save the other, repeating that throughout the season so that if one save gets corrupted, at least I won't have to roll back too far.

3. If one of your files is corrupted, restart the game. Don't try to load any of the others until you've restarted your game, it might corrupt those too if you do.

4. Upload a save to the cloud (as often as or as little as you want) so that you have a 3rd emergency backup in case everything else fails.

In my experience, all you can really do is be prepared. Every year I run into this issue so I always have to plan ahead in case restarting the game doesn't' 'fix' the save."

@Apollo4685 Oops, wrong thread, my bad, site won't let me delete this though, sorry.

@true_prospect1 Gonna copy and paste something I posted in another of these threads, hopefully it helps you or anyone else in the future.

"Since this has happened to me before, hopefully this'll help someone out. Usually, when this happens to me, restarting the game fixes the problem. Idk if I've just been lucky but often the bug isnt that my file's been corrupted, it's that the game thinks it's been corrupted, so restarting the game, sometimes unplugging and plugging back in the ethernet cable in case it's a network issue, and trying again does the trick. If it doesn't, the save is gone, it sucks but there's really nothing anyone can do to help you.

To avoid this entirely, what works for me is:

1. Turn off autosave.

2. Always have at least 2 saves up at all times. When I finish a series I save one and then after the next series I save the other, repeating that throughout the season so that if one save gets corrupted, at least I won't have to roll back too far.

3. If one of your files is corrupted, restart the game. Don't try to load any of the others until you've restarted your game, it might corrupt those too if you do.

4. Upload a save to the cloud (as often as or as little as you want) so that you have a 3rd emergency backup in case everything else fails.

In my experience, all you can really do is be prepared. Every year I run into this issue so I always have to plan ahead in case restarting the game doesn't' 'fix' the save."

It's super annoying, I also think it's an issue with how games are simmed, and maybe simmed specifically while player locked because the issue doesn't just show up in RTTS, I've also seen ridiculously low pitch counts while doing Moments in Diamond Dynasty. Personally, I find it more frustrating while doing moments against a pitcher I struggle against with the guy having barely 70 pitches thrown all the way through the 9th.

If you haven't already, you can get those if you change your fielding opportunities setting! In general gameplay settings, if you navigate to the Misc. section using LT/RT or L2/R2, and set your Player Lock Fielding Opportunities to all, you should find yourself fielding pop ups every now and then. I always set mine to all for the extra free bit of attribute xp from those plays I wouldn't get otherwise.

You might have to steal them from another infielder, which is easy as long as you're not animation locked.

Speaking of stealing, be ready for the possibility of having to stop a steal attempt, which I don't think I ever had to do until I set my opportunities to all.

@Dimanche33 My loadout choices have been working correctly since the last patch so ya, I think they have.

Since this has happened to me before, hopefully this'll help someone out. Usually, when this happens to me, restarting the game fixes the problem. Idk if I've just been lucky but often the bug isnt that my file's been corrupted, it's that the game thinks it's been corrupted, so restarting the game, sometimes unplugging and plugging back in the ethernet cable in case it's a network issue, and trying again does the trick. If it doesn't, the save is gone, it sucks but there's really nothing anyone can do to help you.

To avoid this entirely, what works for me is:

1. Turn off autosave.

2. Always have at least 2 saves up at all times. When I finish a series I save one and then after the next series I save the other, repeating that throughout the season so that if one save gets corrupted, at least I won't have to roll back too far.

3. If one of your files is corrupted, restart the game. Don't try to load any of the others, it might corrupt those too if you try.

4. Upload a save to the cloud (as often as or as little as you want) so that you have a 3rd emergency backup in case everything else fails.

In my experience, all you can really do is be prepared. Every year I run into this issue so I always have to plan ahead in case restarting the game doesn't "fix" the save.

A workaround I've found for this is not going back to the menu after every game. It'll force your default loadout in your first game from the RTTS menu but every game after won't force the default and whatever you choose will be what you play with. It's not perfect, and the first game of every series will be on your default, but I think it's better than deleting and remaking after every single game like some people have been doing.

Another workaround for this is not going back to the menu after every game. It'll force your default loadout in your first game from the RTTS menu but every game after won't force the default and whatever you choose will be what you play with. It's not perfect, and the first game of every series will be on your default, but I think it's better than deleting and remaking after every single game like some people have been doing.