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Topic: GTA IV save data deleted itself?!

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LordTendoboy

I just started up GTA IV and I got this message:

"The autoload data is not present. Press X to start a new game of GTA IV."

I checked the save data folder, and the data for GTA IV is gone (but "Ballad of Gay Tony" is still there). I was just playing the game a couple days ago! How could my save data delete itself?!

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LordTendoboy

Mickeymac wrote:

Have you tried looking up what the issue may be before assuming it's a virus?

I just don't see how the save data could delete itself. I checked the PS3's save data folder, and the only thing listed under GTA IV is "Logging On". I have no idea what that is.

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Chrono_Cross

The same thing happened to me with Arkham City but it said "Your game file was corrupted" or something. I screamed because I didn't wanna go through that boring game, AGAIN. I just wanted the trophies.

Thankfully, after I restarted my PS3 it wasn't corrupted at all. Thank god.

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LordTendoboy

Viewtiful_Joe wrote:

The same thing happened to me with Arkham City but it said "Your game file was corrupted" or something. I screamed because I didn't wanna go through that boring game, AGAIN. I just wanted the trophies.

Thankfully, after I restarted my PS3 it wasn't corrupted at all. Thank god.

I checked the PS3's save data folder and the GTA IV data is gone. The Ballad of Gay Tony is still there, though. How could the data delete itself? I was just playing it the other day.

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theblackdragon

in other words... no, you haven't.

anything can destroy save data when you get down to it — the power running to your PS3 could've fluctuated during a save, or you could've shut it down too early and it was still saving, it could've been a bad write to the system memory or whatev' (hiccups happen). If you're really not sure, and Google hasn't turned anything up for you, try contacting Sony.

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Chrono_Cross

Did you by chance unplug the power cord wrong? Like from a power outage or anything relating to the power just going off? Otherwise none of this makes sense.

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LordTendoboy

Viewtiful_Joe wrote:

Did you by chance unplug the power cord wrong? Like from a power outage or anything relating to the power just going off? Otherwise none of this makes sense.

Nope and nope. The last time I played GTA IV was a few days ago. I saved the game manually then shut off my PS3. I never unplug it, I just turn off the surge protector bar.

The message says "The downloadable content required for this autoload is not availabe. Press X to start a new game of GTA IV." What downloadable content? I have the GTA IV Complete Edition, with the 2 Episodes on the disc.

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JayArr

tendoboys PS3 wrote:

"The autoload data is not present. Press X to start a new game of GTA IV."

lol.......owned.

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Chrono_Cross

Turn it off and turn in back on. If it's still doing that then I would contact Sony about this. See if there is a problem your not even aware of.

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LordTendoboy

I think I figured out the problem. The autosave data got deleted, but the manual save data is still there. I just started a new game and loaded the manual save data.

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