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Hi, so I've been playing LBP since the LBP1 beta. In the very early days of LBP1 the save file was limited to a max size of around 4MB. I believe this early limitation in save size caused them to stop recording play data after X number of community stages had been played. I refer to play data as the silver icon you get when you have played a community stage, which turns gold when you complete said stage, and all the related play data telling you when you played the stage last, how many times you played it, completed it, etc... Unfortunately, even when the save size limitation was removed and moved to the "installed data" folder, that bug still persisted in the LBP1 game. Fast forward to the beta for LBP2. As a happy beta tester, I quickly noticed that this nasty bug had transitioned to LBP2 and quickly reported it to MM during the beta stage. I was ecstatic to see that they addressed that bug in a patch during the beta and I was happy to transfer my LBP1 save in the retail game, continue my progress with play data intact, etc... Fast forward to 2013, around the end of last year. One of the patches applied to the game (I'm not sure which one but it was in 2013) brought back that nasty bug and once again I could not get any silver/gold play icon, no play data associated with online stages, no possibility of earning certain pins (requiring X number of online stages to be played, X number of coop stages, etc...). Now the crazy part is that this bug was completely reintroduced to the game through a patch and was not because my save file had gotten too big or anything. How do I know this? Because I keep a large number of LBP backup saves, and even backup saves from the very early days of LBP2 retail (jan/feb 2011) were suddenly affected by that bug and would no longer record play data when they had been working perfectly fine all the way until 2013. That bug really brought me down and made me shelf my beloved LBP2 for months but I remained hopeful that it would somehow be addressed in an upcoming patch. Unfortunately, this is now Sept 2014, 5-6 patches later and the problem is still there with LBP3 right around the corner. I am not sure if the transition from MM to Sumo Digital caused them to revert to a very early build of the game (pre release!?!) or just parts of those early builds affecting save data, but this bug is devastating me and I would want nothing more than to see it crushed once and for all. Some of my friends have been affected by a variant of this bug and are unable to collect any new keys for online stages, making them unable to play locked levels on that profile, even after earning the keys. The best solution would be of course to have it fixed in LBP2, but I hope at the very least that I would be able to transfer my data to LBP3 and be able to continue gathering community stages play data (and pins if applicable in LBP3) without this nasty bug hindering me, so I hope at the very least that LBP3 would fix this. I have not been able to find a direct link to the devs maintaining LBP2 or working on LBP3 (ever since the transition from MM to Sumo digital) so posting in this forum seems to be my best bet at the moment. If somehow a Dev is reading this, or a mod with direct contact with devs, or even a beta tester for LBP3 who has access to a more direct contact with the devs, please help me solve this bug and bring it to the attention of the devs so they can fix it properly. Please help me, I really want to enjoy LBP3 in all its glory without having to sacrifice all my data collected over the years, (especially not knowing if the same problem would not happen again in the future).

2014-09-19 20:14:00 Author: Flyojumper Posts: 16

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I've never encountered it and if a developer is reading, its not going to get fixed. MM don't work on it anymore, and even the team that does will be concentrated on other projects. Is it that big of a deal? No icons on levels played.

2014-09-20 21:42:00 Author: SEWO97 Posts: 637

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I've never encountered it and if a developer is reading, its not going to get fixed. MM don't work on it anymore, and even the team that does will be concentrated on other projects. Is it that big of a deal? No icons on levels played. I am aware that MM isn't working on LBP anymore, which I why I was talking about Sumo Digital and the devs that are currently maintaining LBP2 and the ones working on LBP3. If left unfixed, I'm afraid this will very much transfer as a bug to LBP3 and with LBP3 right around the corner and the LBP3 beta under way, I believe this is a perfect time to bring this to their attention. Also, yes, the lack of any play data IS a very big deal, not only it makes knowing what stages you have played in the past impossible to see (forget doing a search and being able to pick only stages you haven't played in the past), it also makes quite a few pins 100% unobtainable. Additionally, as I said in my initial post, a variant of this bug is also affecting some of my friends with collection of keys, thus making every locked stages completely unplayable on the affected profiles.

2014-09-21 17:34:00 Author: Flyojumper Posts: 16

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It could be a bug within the profile. Maybe there are a lot more users but are unaware of this, I certainly would. I rarely play levels. When you wrote 'any play data' do you mean including tracking of story aces, 100% and played? Or just community tracking. Does it save your memorizer data from community levels? If you have a friend with access to the LBP 3 Beta, I'm sure they can report it straight to the devs.

2014-09-21 20:30:00 Author: SEWO97 Posts: 637

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It could be a bug within the profile. As I have described in my first post, I keep a large number of backup saves and even saves dating back all the way to jan/feb 2011 are affected by this right now when they had been working perfectly fine all the way until 2013 when one of the update broke them. It's like the devs somehow reverted to an older build (at least a part of the build responsible for saves) that had that bug not fixed. When you wrote 'any play data' do you mean including tracking of story aces, 100% and played? Or just community tracking. Does it save your memorizer data from community levels? Story and DLC packs are unaffected, I believe the story stages have their own reserved space in the save file because even in LBP1 with that bug, story stages were always unaffected. The bug affects all community stages, and it prevents the silver "has been played" icon, the gold "has been completed icon", the ace icon, the play data showing last date played, the number of times the stages was played, completed and aced. As a matter of fact, the local "recently played" list doesn't even update because of it, and the pins recording completion of online stages don't reflect any new stage you play. I have not played any online stage using memorize data so I don't know if that bug affects it. If you have a friend with access to the LBP 3 Beta, I'm sure they can report it straight to the devs. Of course, I would have taken that route if it was available to me, unfortunately none of my friends have access to the LBP3 beta.

2014-09-21 22:18:00 Author: Flyojumper Posts: 16

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Well, the bug itself must effect a very small quantity of players because my game is fine. After a little look around there doesn't seem to be a way to directly make contact with anyone involved. All websites I found directed me to other websites featuring 'Frequently Asked Questions.' You could PM one of the developers on this forum to look into it, I think Steven_i comes onto the website every so often. Send him a message. I cannot think of any other way to report a bug directly without someone having direct beta access.

2014-09-22 23:38:00 Author: SEWO97 Posts: 637

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Thanks for the tip, I hadn't found any direct contact info either, but following your advice I PMed StevenI asking him if he could help me with this issue and giving him a link to this thread. I really hope he can help me with this or maybe relay the bug info to someone who could fix it.

2014-09-23 03:40:00 Author: Flyojumper Posts: 16

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Thanks for the tip, I hadn't found any direct contact info either, but following your advice I PMed StevenI asking him if he could help me with this issue and giving him a link to this thread. I really hope he can help me with this or maybe relay the bug info to someone who could fix it. You're welcome and lets hope he does.

2014-09-23 11:16:00 Author: SEWO97 Posts: 637

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Unfortunately, it seems StevenI does not read his inbox anymore (the status of the PM I sent him is still "unread" despite him logging in several times in the last 3 weeks). I still desperately need help with this, the LBP3 launch date is approaching fast and I was actually planning to buy a PS4 to get the best version of LBP3. I'd be crushed to have to restart all my progress after such a purchase. If anyone could help, LBP3 beta testers willing to report this bug, mods helping me to get in touch with a dev, anyone, please help...

2014-10-11 18:36:00 Author: Flyojumper Posts: 16

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Unfortunately, it seems StevenI does not read his inbox anymore (the status of the PM I sent him is still "unread" despite him logging in several times in the last 3 weeks). I still desperately need help with this, the LBP3 launch date is approaching fast and I was actually planning to buy a PS4 to get the best version of LBP3. I'd be crushed to have to restart all my progress after such a purchase. If anyone could help, LBP3 beta testers willing to report this bug, mods helping me to get in touch with a dev, anyone, please help... I guess your last solution on this forum is likely, contact a admin and hope the contact someone else. I think the admins are likely to have access to said so they may be able to do so, but I'm not saying they have access, just a possibility. Sorry I couldn't be of more help...

2014-10-11 21:37:00 Author: SEWO97 Posts: 637

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No problem, I appreciate the help you have already given me by suggesting that I contact StevenI, it's just unfortunate that he doesn't seem to read his PMs anymore. Is there a friendly admin that could help me with this? I made this topic in this subforum because it seemed to be the best place where it would fit but I'm wondering if I should make a topic in the LBP3 forums where beta testers are concentrated, linking to this thread to see if anyone there could relay this bug to the devs.

2014-10-15 20:23:00 Author: Flyojumper Posts: 16

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No problem, I appreciate the help you have already given me by suggesting that I contact StevenI, it's just unfortunate that he doesn't seem to read his PMs anymore. Is there a friendly admin that could help me with this? I made this topic in this subforum because it seemed to be the best place where it would fit but I'm wondering if I should make a topic in the LBP3 forums where beta testers are concentrated, linking to this thread to see if anyone there could relay this bug to the devs. There is: Lady_luck777, ForgottenEnigma and Chazprime that I can think of but there super moderators. I can't remember the admins username.

2014-10-16 12:08:00 Author: SEWO97 Posts: 637

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There is: Lady_luck777, ForgottenEnigma and Chazprime that I can think of but there super moderators. I can remember the admins username. You can't remember my name?

2014-10-18 18:28:00 Author: jwwphotos Posts: 11383

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You can't remember my name? Would a super-sorry fix it?

2014-10-19 11:46:00 Author: SEWO97 Posts: 637

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Would a super-sorry fix it? lol Maybe...

2014-10-19 13:30:00 Author: jwwphotos Posts: 11383

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lol Maybe... Well then, I suppose a super-sorry is in order. I'm super-sorry. I'll forgive me for you.

2014-10-19 18:13:00 Author: SEWO97 Posts: 637

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