Reversing/Undoing a Saved State?

kbizzle · June 27th, 2008, 04:40

Is this even possible?

Background: I got a little cocky with my hot keys and I was using Slot 1 to Save/Load my progress on an RPG I was playing. So i turned on ePSXe and SAVED my state instead of LOADING and lost all of my progress... (State now loads game intro) =(

So is it possible to undo or reverse a saved state? I never saved to any other states and i can not see anything in the sstates folder that would help. Guess i learned my lesson on this one?

I appreciate any assistance. Thanks in advanced for your help.

**jonc2006** · June 27th, 2008, 05:03

i think there is a way but it is a long and complicated process and its not really worth the amount of effort needed to do it (i think it involves hacking the save state). you should use save states only when you really have to because they tend to become corrupted and can cause various other issues for some people. if i were you, i would use memory card saves as your primary method of saving and use save states either as a backup or when you cannot get to a point where you can save your game normally. be very careful with them because as you can probably tell by now, they are rather unstable.

and just as a warning- always make sure you exit out of the emulator correctly (this goes for both memory cards and save states). you should be doing file>exit from the GUI. any other method such as closing the process down through the task manager can compromise any progress you made during your playing time.

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**hushypushy** · June 27th, 2008, 19:51

Damn, that sucks. You should always keep a backup, ESPECIALLY with RPG's! Of course, you know that now.

So besides keeping a backup memory card save on hand to load from, you can also use multiple save states. Press F2 to switch between save state slots, so just in case you overwrite one, you'll have backups.

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June 27th, 2008, 04:40	#1
kbizzle Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: USA Posts: 2	Reversing/Undoing a Saved State? Is this even possible? Background: I got a little cocky with my hot keys and I was using Slot 1 to Save/Load my progress on an RPG I was playing. So i turned on ePSXe and SAVED my state instead of LOADING and lost all of my progress... (State now loads game intro) =( So is it possible to undo or reverse a saved state? I never saved to any other states and i can not see anything in the sstates folder that would help. Guess i learned my lesson on this one? I appreciate any assistance. Thanks in advanced for your help.

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June 27th, 2008, 05:03	#2
jonc2006 Mod of Douchebagness™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: USA MD Posts: 9,793	i think there is a way but it is a long and complicated process and its not really worth the amount of effort needed to do it (i think it involves hacking the save state). you should use save states only when you really have to because they tend to become corrupted and can cause various other issues for some people. if i were you, i would use memory card saves as your primary method of saving and use save states either as a backup or when you cannot get to a point where you can save your game normally. be very careful with them because as you can probably tell by now, they are rather unstable. and just as a warning- always make sure you exit out of the emulator correctly (this goes for both memory cards and save states). you should be doing file>exit from the GUI. any other method such as closing the process down through the task manager can compromise any progress you made during your playing time. __________________ Antec 900/Antec Truepower Quattro 1000W/eVGA 780i SLI/Windows XP Media SP2 & Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP1/Intel Core 2 Duo E8400@4.0GHz/Dual eVGA e-Geforce GTX280 1GB DDR3 SLI Enabled/Creative SB X-Fi XtremeGamer/Corsiar XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400 DDR2/Dual WD Caviar SE16 500GB 7200RPM HDDs The Official jonc2006™ Emotion Chart. Courtesy of PCXL-Fan after he tried to steal my identity on Steam because I am so awesome. Official jonc2006™ Fan Club Official jonc2006™ Trophy Collection

June 27th, 2008, 19:51	#3
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,979	Damn, that sucks. You should always keep a backup, ESPECIALLY with RPG's! Of course, you know that now. So besides keeping a backup memory card save on hand to load from, you can also use multiple save states. Press F2 to switch between save state slots, so just in case you overwrite one, you'll have backups. __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.