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[xIxDarkWolfxIx]

If any person has transfered a save via the cloud you should read this. I am currently asking Chris for further confirmation and clarification. Basically the article says that it is currently not possible to import an ME2 save file that has been moved via the cloud. 

https://help.ea.com/...ffect-3-on-x360 

Solutions!
1. I am, right now, trying to see if importing an ME2 file and restarting to see if that will be a solution. You will of course loose the bonuses, of ME1, but it will be worth it in the long run. Better than having to restart everything!

2. I am also looking at going back onto ME1. And looking at N+ on there to. I will update this thread with anything I find out. 

UPDATE:
1. I was able to import an ME2 file and play N+ (thing) on ME2. However I have no idea if this file will suffer the same fate as the others. It could be that the save file itself becomes "corrupt" and it is therefore necessary to restart. I am going to use solution 2 as my main new file. That has a better chance of success in my eyes.

2. I have found that when I loaded ME1 that I could not play N+, it seemed to be unable to locate the files. However I could access the save files normally, what I mean is that I could simply load a file and continue playing as normal. Fortunately for me I always make a save file before talking to Saren in the final confrentation. I am going to complete this part, which should create a "Completion" file and will therefore import that into ME2. If I am correct it will avoid the corruption that previous imports suffered as this is occuring all on the new Xbox system. 


If you need any help with clarification I will be happy to. 
I will continue to update as time goes on, and when I recieve a reply from Chris.

UPDATE 2:
Chris has responded;
"It is not a 100% certainty that it will not work, but I have been told it is very likely not to work."

Modifié par xIxDarkWolfxIx, 03 mars 2012 - 09:51 .

[Pilotgregster]

So if I move my cloud saves back onto the exact same console/HDD, everything should be okay? I hope to God they've tested that solution.

I moved mine off to the cloud because my HDD sounds like it's on the verge of failure. Might have to move them back, get myself a USB stick and hope for the best.

Modifié par Pilotgregster, 03 mars 2012 - 11:27 .

[xIxDarkWolfxIx]

Pilotgregster wrote...

So if I move my cloud saves back onto the exact same console/HDD, everything should be okay? I hope to God they've tested that solution.

They say that will work. You can however after doing that, then transfer the save via a USB Memory Drive. Unfortuantely for me, I used the Cloud service to move saves from my old Xbox to a new one. 

[Funker Shepard]

Whoa. Just moved my stuff to the cloud a couple of weeks ago, never crossed my mind that it wouldn't work. Well, hopefully moving it back will fix it. Of course, I guess I could play through ME2 another ~3 times to get the 3 imports I want.

Still... Not very cool, but I guess the cloud storage wasn't something they could have anticipated back in the day.

[thekook78]

I still had my old HDD so I bounced my saves from the cloud back to the old HDD and then to my new 360. Let's hope that works. I guess I'll find out Tuesday.

[Pilotgregster]

Ah crap, I just thought of something. I saved the game on a few of my 'complete' characters while they were on the cloud (testing they could still be accessed). I hope that doesn't affect anything.

Anyway, my files are now back on Earth. Urgh, this is a god damn mess.

[xIxDarkWolfxIx]

So far Method 2 is working very well, but I won't be able to give any definitive answer till at least Wednesday.

[xIxDarkWolfxIx]

Chris said this to me;

"It is not a 100% certainty that it will not work, but I have been told it is very likely not to work."

[Banzboy]

xIxDarkWolfxIx wrote...

So far Method 2 is working very well, but I won't be able to give any definitive answer till at least Wednesday.

So you mean you were able to import the ME2 file? Does the file transfer issue concern the ME1 save or ME2 save?

[xIxDarkWolfxIx]

Banzboy wrote...

xIxDarkWolfxIx wrote...

So far Method 2 is working very well, but I won't be able to give any definitive answer till at least Wednesday.

So you mean you were able to import the ME2 file? Does the file transfer issue concern the ME1 save or ME2 save?

Q1. I was able to import an ME2 save back into ME2 for N+. However whether it will work for ME3, is unknown. I suggest you start again like I have done. It is better to be prepared for the worst. 

Q2. I believe it is the ME2 save. However my ME1 import saves were also 'destroyed'. I therefore had to load an actual save in an ME1 playthrough and finish the game. Which for me took 5 mins due to the save being at the very end. This then created an Import Save which I then used for ME2. When I finish ME2 a new import save will be created and all should be dandy... In theory. 

Modifié par xIxDarkWolfxIx, 03 mars 2012 - 11:03 .

[insaneostrich]

So is there any known way to fix this without replaying the entire game? Would downloading the ME2 file from the cloud to the new console's HDD and loading a save before the last mission so you can beat the game on the new console work?

Edit:

Also, would it be possible to fix this issue using the mass effect 2 save game editing tools that people have made?

Modifié par insaneostrich, 04 mars 2012 - 12:33 .

[slinky317]

What about those of us who created our ME2 saves in the cloud? I played ME1 and ME2 through again last month and created all saves in the cloud, so it never touched my Xbox's HDD unless there was something behind the scenes that I'm not aware of. Am I screwed or will it work by just moving my saves onto the HDD? For what it's worth, I had no problem importing my ME1 save into ME2 even though everything was in the cloud.

Edit:  Ok, so after reading how cloud saves work on Xbox, it looks like the save is stored LOCALLY first and then uploaded to the cloud after you are done playing. So, theoretically, those of us who created saves "in the cloud" should be fine as long as we just move those saves back to the local HDD first.  Theoretically.

Modifié par slinky317, 04 mars 2012 - 02:11 .

[Freelancemiller]

I moved a mid-game save file via the cloud from an old Xbox to my new one via the cloud. I then played through several missions and finally beat the game, creating several new saves on the hard drive as I went.

I'm wondering if the save game file for my endgame will be okay to import since it originated on my new XBox 360 or is it tainted by the earlier save that was moved via the cloud?

If the latter is the case, would I be able to move the endgame save back to the old Xbox and then use the thumb drive to transfer it back even though it was created on my new Xbox?

[NightAntilli]

Hm.. What if you migrate your license to your new console and then transfer it to your hard drive? Just speculating here..

[Fiery Phoenix]

NightAntilli wrote...

Hm.. What if you migrate your license to your new console and then transfer it to your hard drive? Just speculating here..

I'm not exactly sure license has anything to do with saves. It's purely a matter of DLC.

Cloud saves should, in theory, work if you follow Method 2 remarked in the OP. That is to say, if you beat Saren under every career that you wish to import into ME2. This is due to ME1's hidden save function, which (luckily) neither ME2 nor ME3 utilize. So you might just be able to import into ME3 with no problems so long as you were able to import into ME2.

[Lethal Lead]

Sorry if this is way off course here, but I'm a little confused by some of the last posts. DarkWolf, are you saying that if we started up ME2, imported an ME1 save to start a new character, and proceeded to save to the cloud, that also destroys the ME1 import save as well?

[chrisg108]

Transferred my saves to the cloud a couple of weeks ago to keep them safe, last night I moved them back onto my hard drive. Once I transferred them back I was able to import my mass effect 1 save and i was able to start new game + on mass effct 2. Will I still be able to import into mass effect 3?

[xIxDarkWolfxIx]

insaneostrich wrote...

So is there any known way to fix this without replaying the entire game? Would downloading the ME2 file from the cloud to the new console's HDD and loading a save before the last mission so you can beat the game on the new console work?

Edit:

Also, would it be possible to fix this issue using the mass effect 2 save game editing tools that people have made?

In theory this should work perfectly. Using editing tools should work, however I cannot give any confirmation to that. So if you want to do it, it is at your own risk.

Freelancemiller wrote...

I moved a mid-game save file via the cloud from an old Xbox to my new one via the cloud. I then played through several missions and finally beat the game, creating several new saves on the hard drive as I went. 

I'm wondering if the save game file for my endgame will be okay to import since it originated on my new XBox 360 or is it tainted by the earlier save that was moved via the cloud?

If the latter is the case, would I be able to move the endgame save back to the old Xbox and then use the thumb drive to transfer it back even though it was created on my new Xbox?

 

As long as the import save was made onto the hard-drive during the SM it should be fine. If you are not sure. It would be best to replay the SM on your hardrive. This way you can be sure that it saves correctly.

Lethal Lead wrote...

Sorry if this is way off course here, but I'm a little confused by some of the last posts. DarkWolf, are you saying that if we started up ME2, imported an ME1 save to start a new character, and proceeded to save to the cloud, that also destroys the ME1 import save as well?

 

The ME1 import save was destroyed due to moving it across the cloud. If I am correct this what happens to the ME2 saves as well, even though they don't have a hidden save they do create an import marker which is destroyed during the cloud moving process. Saving to the cloud should be fine, as long as the hidden/import saves/markers are on a actual hard-drive.

chrisg108 wrote...

Transferred my saves to the cloud a couple of weeks ago to keep them safe, last night I moved them back onto my hard drive. Once I transferred them back I was able to import my mass effect 1 save and i was able to start new game + on mass effct 2. Will I still be able to import into mass effect 3?

 

Yes you will able to because you moved the cloud saves back to the original storage device, your hard-drive.

Keep asking questions if you are confused, I am happy to help. 

Modifié par xIxDarkWolfxIx, 04 mars 2012 - 08:00 .

[j0nosaurus]

My old harddrive which held my original mass effect 1 saves crashed recently but right before it crashed i had moved my me1 save onto cloud. So once I started playing on my new hdd i took the cloud save I had which was at the beginning of mass effect 1, played through and then started playing mass effect 2 but saved it directly to the cloud storage in fear that my harddrive might crash again. Because I saved directly to the cloud storage will I be able to import my me2 character to me3? Or will I have issues. I read somewhere that since cloud syncs with a the hdd first and I played through basically all of me1 starting at eden prime and all of me2 saving directly onto the cloud storage I should be okay, but I'm pretty worried.

Modifié par j0nosaurus, 04 mars 2012 - 08:18 .

[xIxDarkWolfxIx]

j0nosaurus wrote...

My old harddrive which held my original mass effect 1 saves crashed recently but right before it crashed i had moved my me1 save onto cloud. So once I started playing on my new hdd i took the cloud save I had which was at the beginning of mass effect 1, played through and then started playing mass effect 2 but saved it directly to the cloud storage in fear that my harddrive might crash again. Because I saved directly to the cloud storage will I be able to import my me2 character to me3? Or will I have issues.

You may have an issue. I cannot be sure, however. It is possible that it will be fine due to the entire playthrough being on the cloud. (As your ME1 hidden/import save remained intact it could mean that so will the ME2 import marker) If you have any save before the Suicide Mission I advise you move/copy it to your hardrive and continue from there as a back-up just in case. 

[j0nosaurus]

I unfortunately don't I waited until after the Suicide mission to do lair of the shadow broker and arrival.

[chrisg108]

One more question as I'm still a little bit confused, my saves technically aren't on the orignal hard drive they were created on as I moved them over to USB last year when I sold my original Xbox,

I moved all the mass effect 1 and 2 files to USB then moved them onto the new hard drive which I then transferred to the cloud then back to the hard drive on the new Xbox,

Old Xbox to USB stick - new Xbox - cloud - back to Xbox

Hopefully that makes sense lol, will is still be able to import to mass effect 3

Modifié par chrisg108, 04 mars 2012 - 08:25 .

[xIxDarkWolfxIx]

j0nosaurus wrote...

I unfortunately don't I waited until after the Suicide mission to do lair of the shadow broker and arrival.

It is up to you whether or not you want to restart ME2. However I think you have a better chance than the rest of us as your entire playthrough was on the cloud. As the ME1 hidden save remained, I would think that so will the ME2 import save, though this is purely speculation. 

chrisg108 wrote...

One more question as I'm still a little bit confused, my saves technically aren't on the orignal hard drive they were created on as I moved them over to USB last year when I sold my original Xbox,

I moved all the mass effect 1 and files to USB then moved them onto the new hard drive which I then transferred to the cloud then back to the hard drive on the new Xbox, 

Old Xbox to USB stick - new Xbox - cloud - back to Xbox

Hopefully that makes sense lol, will is still be able to import to mass effect 3

 

Yes. 
This is because the save was returned back to the Xbox.  

Modifié par xIxDarkWolfxIx, 04 mars 2012 - 08:25 .

[j0nosaurus]

Yeah after reading your first post and seeing how saves from every game on cloud seemed to be corrupt. me1 or me2 and I had no issues I have a little more faith that I'll be alright, I can start a new game + in me1 and me2 without any issues.

[j0nosaurus]

Plus I recall at one point where my cloud save didnt save correctly and it reverted to where it was last synced on my hdd. Which leads me to believe that Its backed up on my hdd even though it doesnt show up for me to delete. Which also means the hdd i'm on now is going to be considered the original hdd.