{"id":61880,"date":"2019-09-17T10:31:50","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T05:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/?p=61880"},"modified":"2019-12-27T06:46:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T01:46:47","slug":"how-to-fix-borderlands-3-corrupt-save-file-recovery-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenerdmag.com\/how-to-fix-borderlands-3-corrupt-save-file-recovery-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"How to fix Borderlands 3 Corrupt Save File (Recovery Guide)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/tag\/borderlands-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Borderlands 3<\/a> is finally available and has been off to a rocky start when taken the technical issues into account. If you&#8217;re on PC and have run into a Borderlands 3 Corrupt Save File issue on PC, here&#8217;s how you can recover it.<\/p>\n<p>Gearbox has commented on the technical reception of the game, and have assured players that they are working to fix the issues.<\/p>\n<h2>Borderlands 3 Corrupt Save File Recovery Guide<\/h2>\n<p>Multiple users have reported that their save files have been corrupted after switching computers, or after certain crashes.<\/p>\n<p>Epic Games Store has confirmed that they have deployed a hotfix for the cloud saving related issue regarding the save files.<\/p>\n<p>However, if you&#8217;ve lost your save files unrelated to the cloud saving issue mentioned above, here&#8217;s how you can recover it. As always, create a backup of your new save file before doing this, just in case<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Head over to the following directory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<pre class=\"container-pcgwikitable\" style=\"text-align: center\">Documents\/My Games\/Borderlands 3\/SavedSaveGames<\/pre>\n<ul>\n<li>Now, move or rename the <strong>.sav<\/strong> file of the corrupt character like <strong>1.sav<\/strong>\u00a0to\u00a0<strong>1.sav.corrupt<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>After that, rename the matching <strong>.tmp\u00a0<\/strong>backup file after the original name of the corrupt character file like <strong>1.sav~RF41d945e.tmp<\/strong>\u00a0to\u00a0<strong>1.sav<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This method has been reported to work for <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/pcgamingwiki.com\/wiki\/Borderlands_3#Progression_loss\" target=\"_blank\">many users<\/a>, and we hope it works for you as well.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you all for your continued enthusiasm and support. We want Borderlands 3 to be the best game possible and are actively monitoring your feedback. We are working on performance and quality of life improvements and will have more to share soon at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eUsZlAuGWf\">https:\/\/t.co\/eUsZlAuGWf<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EXCSK6OlUg\">pic.twitter.com\/EXCSK6OlUg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GearboxOfficial (@GearboxOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GearboxOfficial\/status\/1173720967610286081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The game has been received well critically, but there have been a number of issues across each platform.<\/p>\n<p>While you\u2019re here, make sure you check out our other Borderlands 3 guides as well.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/how-to-fix-the-borderlands-3-dx-12-issue-and-revert-to-dx-11\/\">How to fix the Borderlands 3 DX 12 Issue and Revert to DX 11<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenerdmag.com\/how-to-temporarily-fix-borderlands-3-stuttering-on-pc\/\">How to temporarily fix Borderlands 3 Stuttering on PC (Epic Games Store)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Borderlands 3 System Requirements<\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking to run the game on PC, here\u2019s what you\u2019ll need<\/p>\n<h3>Minimum Specifications for 1080p Gaming<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>OS \u2013 Windows 7\/8\/10 (latest service pack)<\/li>\n<li>Processor \u2013\u00a0AMD\u00a0FX-8350 (Intel i5-3570)<\/li>\n<li>Memory \u2013 6GB RAM<\/li>\n<li>Graphics card \u2013 AMD Radeon\u2122 HD 7970 (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB)<\/li>\n<li>HDD \u2013 75 GB<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Recommended Specifications for 1440P Gaming<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>OS \u2013 Windows 7\/8\/10 (latest service pack)<\/li>\n<li>Processor \u2013 AMD Ryzen\u2122 5 2600 (Intel i7-4770)<\/li>\n<li>Memory \u2013 16GB RAM<\/li>\n<li>Graphics card \u2013 AMD Radeon\u2122 RX 590 (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB)<\/li>\n<li>HDD \u2013 75 GB<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Borderlands 3 is finally available and has been off to a rocky start when taken the technical issues into account. 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