captainofcool
King of the Universe
Not if the item was given away to somebody before corruption.
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Corruption Rant
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vodkasmizmar
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Snow queen of Arendelle
Why not you?
I totally agree. The only reason my old town got corrupted was that I thought there could be a second town on a separate SD card, and tried to create a town for my brother. So, like you said, human error.
Michelangelo
Senior Member
I know you're supposed to remove the SD card when the system is turned off, but I'm scared to even remove it! I have two copies, and I play mostly on my digital town. I'm afraid of my town becoming corrupted. Will anything happen if I just remove the card so I can import my pictures onto my laptop?
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LinDUNguin
Bait-Snatching Grandpa
It's easier to rant about it then do anything :/ I just might though, but I'll look into who to contact first.
Corruptions will always be a thing. It's just a thing that happens. Something gets messed up in a save file and bam -- things are gone. I understand the frustration (Sims 3 -.-) but being angry about it being a thing won't fix your corrupted save. It's almost pointless in a sense.
I agree with these the most.
You're not supposed to be resetting, you're not supposed to take out your SD card with your system still on, and you're not supposed to move files onto your computer to "back-up" files (because it's not natural.)
If your 3DS died while you were saving, I would think you'd learn your lesson on "saving while dying". If you can't get to your charger, just let it die. That way, you won't lose your town; just your progress for that day.
Losing the Day's Progress > Losing the Town.
Nintendo can probably try a back-up save, but back-ups don't always work. I'd like it if they restricted it so you can only back up files once a day or something; to avoid duplication.. even though you can just use the 3DS time.. well, some people don't like using that clock; therefore it would stop a lot of duplication.. if that helps that problem. I had a back-up file for another game, and when my file corrupted, I tried to load the back-up, but it didn't load and that corrupted later on.
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I don't think anything will happen if you just move the pictures. But you can email the pictures to yourself to avoid removing the SD card if it scares you that much..
I agree with these the most.
You're not supposed to be resetting, you're not supposed to take out your SD card with your system still on, and you're not supposed to move files onto your computer to "back-up" files (because it's not natural.)
If your 3DS died while you were saving, I would think you'd learn your lesson on "saving while dying". If you can't get to your charger, just let it die. That way, you won't lose your town; just your progress for that day.
Losing the Day's Progress > Losing the Town.
Nintendo can probably try a back-up save, but back-ups don't always work. I'd like it if they restricted it so you can only back up files once a day or something; to avoid duplication.. even though you can just use the 3DS time.. well, some people don't like using that clock; therefore it would stop a lot of duplication.. if that helps that problem. I had a back-up file for another game, and when my file corrupted, I tried to load the back-up, but it didn't load and that corrupted later on.
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I don't think anything will happen if you just move the pictures. But you can email the pictures to yourself to avoid removing the SD card if it scares you that much..
You could also put your pics on Miiverse, though it can be tedious/time-consuming waiting for it to start up. But I prefer it to messing around with my SD card.
It’s actually pretty comforting to know this. Since my main file is on a digital copy, data corruption is like the boogeyman, but since I’m pretty careful with my DS and don’t mess around with my SD card or anything, I’m glad I can worry about it less.
I don’t think Nintendo would pay too much attention to a petition, honestly. (Would it make much difference that the petition would be mostly not-Japan based, and the games are made in Japan? I know there’s NOA but I don’t know that much about the production process itself, lol)
That said, it would be nice if there were bugfixes or patches applied to NL. Pokemon X/Y had a few patches made — forget what they were for specifically, but I think they were related to online play and preventing hacks/something of that nature. It would definitely be nice to see Nintendo develop something to prevent theft / destruction of towns as a patch. (Would just be a switch to prevent visitors from taking flowers/messing with trees and bushes, saw it suggested in a thread a while back.) But then again, there probably isn’t much monetary incentive to make said patches, since the game is selling quite well out of the box. Though I would certainly hand them my money for some DLC’s.
Other than the glitch where you can walk on top of things, are there any really dangerous/game-breaking glitches in NL?
All I know is anytime there is a SD card involved, something will go wrong. I've lost many camera photos due to changes on the card. It's not a matter of "if" but "when" will it happen. Even the most careful person can lose valued info. Those dang cards don't like being removed, or info taken from them. The DS is set up that way, but I don't like it and never remove my card from main games.
It's not Nintendo's responsibility if people's save data is corrupted, whether it be from carelessness or a legitimate accident, and it's not like it's exclusive to this game either. That's why it says right on screen not to turn the game off while saving. My first (and only) save data corruption was years ago on a PS2 game because I panicked and shut the game off when I accidentally saved over a file, and I've never done it again because I've learned from my mistake.
dreamysnowx
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This is basically the reason why I made a small guide to avoid data corruptions, just to raise awareness to other players who don't know about how easily datas can be corrupted if they are not being careful. All humans make mistakes! but mistakes is something you can avoid as long as you know what and how to avoid it and play safely.
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