Solution for deleted Savegames in Gears of War
March 16th, 2008 in Games
If you’ve encountered the Gears of War bug, which deletes all savegames, this is a workaround, so you don’t have to replay the whole game from the beginning:
Go to folder \Gears of War\WarGame\Checkpoints\
Rename the checkpoint-file of the last played chapter (e.g. chapter21.sav) to chapter0.sav (don’t forget to backup). Use list below as a guide line for the numbers of the chapters. Within the game start a new campaign and it will start with the choosen chapter. Of course all cog tags are lost and weapons are reset to level defaults.
For future safety make a backup of the savegame-folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\<Windows Account> \Local Settings \Application Data \Microsoft \XLive \Content \Exxxxxxx \FFFE07D1 \00010000 \Exxxxxxxxxx_MountPt\
It’s only visible, if “show hidden files and folders” is activated.
numerical Gears of War chapter list
Act 1: ASHES
0 - Chapter 1: 14 Years After E-Day
1 - Chapter 2: Trial By Fire
2 - Chapter 3: Fish in a Barrel
3 - Chapter 4: Fork in the Road
4 - Chapter 5: Knock Knock
5 - Chapter 6: Hammer
6 - Chapter 7: Wrath
7 - Chapter 8: China Shop
Act 2: NIGHTFALL
8 - Chapter 1: Tick Tick Boom
9 - Chapter 2: Grist
10 - Chapter 3: Outpost
11 - Chapter 4: Lethal Dusk
12 - Chapter 5: Dark Labyrinth
13 - Chapter 6: Powder Keg
14 - Chapter 7: Burnt Rubber
15 - Chapter 8: Last Stand
Act 3: BELLY OF THE BEAST
16 - Chapter 1: Downpour
17 - Chapter 2: Evolution
18 - Chapter 3: Coalition Cargo
19 - Chapter 4: Darkest Before Dawn
20 - Chapter 5: Angry Titan
21 - Chapter 6: Tip of the Iceberg
Act 4: THE LONG ROAD HOME
22 - Chapter 1: Campus Grinder
23 - Chapter 2: Bad to Worse
24 - Chapter 3: Hazing
25 - Chapter 4: Close to Home
26 - Chapter 5: Imaginary Place
27 - Chapter 6: Entrenched
Act 5: DESPERATION
28 - Chapter 1: Impasse
29 - Chapter 2: Comedy of Errors
30 - Chapter 3: Window Shopping
31 - Chapter 4: Powers That Be
32 - Chapter 5: Jurassic Proportions
33 - Chapter 6: Special Delivery
34 - Chapter 7: Train Wreck
35 - Chapter 8: Pale Horse
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August 25th, 2008 at 1:00 am
Can this work for Xbox360???? I lost my savefile, and i was about to start act 2 on insane…. i cant find any help it sucks!
August 25th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
This works only for the PC-version.
October 12th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
I bookmarked your blog, thanks for sharing this very interesting post
May 31st, 2009 at 2:21 pm
thanks man
i too lost my save games….
u made my day…
thanks very much…
June 8th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
Thanx man u made my day
June 16th, 2009 at 6:08 am
i could,nt able to solve my problem where is the the checkpoint directory in documents and setting. there is any easy way to solve the procedure is very complicated to me
June 16th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
The checkpoint directory is in the directory, where you installed the game (\Gears of War\WarGame\Checkpoints\).
It’s quite simple, you just have to rename 2 files.
May 20th, 2010 at 12:50 am
Thanks a MILLION !
May 26th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
You can always rely on MS for problems. Thanks for the solution!
June 8th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
Nice it worked! Thanks dude