The Last of Us' autosave has a glitch. Read if you're playing. [Apparently fixed]

Dinosur said:
I hope I speak for all my fellow "at work won't have the game until tonight" crew, but I just want to selfishly say thanks to all you guys going through the troubleshooting processes. :P
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Same here...I'm sooo glad I saw this in the OT thread and this thread. Holy shit I'd be pissed if I lost 3 hours, just because I have limited game time anyway.
 
uncharted86 said:
It's not going to fix it if you sign out when you are already hit with the bug. You need to sign out before you launch the game and then it seems t0 work by all the reports in here.
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Alright fellow GAFfer, will do that, thanks.

Hope it works, this game is amazing.
 
What's the consensus on the patch?

I know everyone has found playing offline works, but some users have deleted the patch and others have kept it.
 
I haven't started yet but it seems the safest course of action for those going in 1st time:

1: disconnect internet
2: don't download patch, this can't happen with no internet anyway
3: play without issues
 
I'm about one and a half hours into the game and just got hit with it. Thanks to the thread I didn't lose any progress (by restarting the console precisely when I noticed it) but it's a shame that it's necessary to be on the look out for this. Hopefully it's patched soon.
 
Played for nearly 2 hours online without any problems, saving every 20 minutes manually. . Restarted an encounter and got the auto save glitch.
This is terrible for everyone, I really hope they can get this patched quick and that people dont have to start from scratch. Smh.
 
kubus said:
Lol yeah manual save is fucked...

He's planning to keep the PS3 on now and finish the game in one run, haha.

Thanks for the replies guys. So glad to be part of GAF now :p
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Remember, it won't save the end either... So no new game +.

Have him disconnect from PSN and try to move forward. Nobody knows if that works, but worst case scenario is the same either way, ya?

Also, welcome to GAF!
 
Hollywood Duo said:
I haven't started yet but it seems the safest course of action for those going in 1st time:

1: disconnect internet
2: don't download patch, this can't happen with no internet anyway
3: play without issues
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But again, is the patch even part of the problem?

Some users have reported going offline, while they had the patch installed, also fixed it.
 
Bucca said:
But again, is the patch even part of the problem?

Some users have reported going offline, while they had the patch installed, also fixed it.
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We don't know. But avoiding the patch forces you to play offline so not a bad idea.
 
Going offline after encountering the bug and reaching a checkpoint doesn't give a normal save

I think I'm gonna have to shelf this now. I hate this kind of shit
 
Got the day off from work today. Woke up in a good mood, went out and grabbed some coffee and the Last of Us. Got home, got the game all patched up and played through what might be the most amazing game opening I have ever seen. Then I paused the game and noticed "Autosaving, please wait" didn't seem to want to go away. Did a quick search on that...

Noooooooooooooooo! So long perfect Friday. Back to earning bells in Animal Crossing.
 
I prayed that the manual saving would have saved my progress but alas, It did not. I have lost around 3 hours and will not play this game until it is fixed (and I have partially or gotten what happened).
 
It's happening more frequently for me at the moment, putting it away at my current save until its fixed. A story focused game where I have to pause periodically is not the best experience.
 
Played online again as Christophe suggested and i just hit the bug. Looks like playing disconnected from PSN is the way to go.
 
BronsonLee said:
Remember, it won't save the end either... So no new game +.

Have him disconnect from PSN and try to move forward. Nobody knows if that works, but worst case scenario is the same either way, ya?

Also, welcome to GAF!
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Thanks!

No confirmation on if disconnecting from PSN midgame works then? He kinda wants to try that but doesn't want to risk losing 5 hours of progress either. I mean, one or two hours would be do-able, but five... It would totally kill my urge to play a game too :p.

Leaving the PS3 on is the solution for us now. Hopefully someone can verify if signing out of PSN works soon!

Edit: oh, judging by the comments above I'm going to assume it doesnt work then. Too bad.
 
Carl said:
Played online again as Christophe suggested and i just hit the bug. Looks like playing disconnected from PSN is the way to go.
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You're playing with the patch installed and just signed out from PSN right Carl? Is everything going well?
 
For those of you just joining us:

If you hit the bug you're fucked; there's no way around it. Quit the game, disconnect your PS3 from the internet, relaunch the game. You'll be back at wherever the bug was encountered but it should be fine from then on.
 
This is crazy. How are they going to handle this regarding people who bought the game but don't have the internet to apply a fix??
 
Bucca said:
You're playing with the patch installed and just signed out from PSN right Carl? Is everything going well?
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Correct, that's what i did and i had no problems. Christophe Ballestra (Naughty Dog) told me to quit the game and try again sign in. Dad and and just hit the bug again.

So it certainly LOOKS LIKE playing offline is the solution. For now. Just disconnect from PSN before you boot the game and you should be fine.
 
razgriz417 said:
Cohead of ND knows of this thread but his approved account to post on GAF, he was the one who suggested we try playing offline
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Thanks for answering fellow GAFfer.

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Ok, I decided to Turn off the game. Got the 3 "Blips", PS3 restarted, going back in Signed Off PSN.

Will report back.
 
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