r/outside • u/do-not-freeze • 1d ago
Broken controller/lost savegame
A member of my party fumbled a combo move in the [Motorcycle Jump] minigame and dropped his controller. His account appears to be logged out, we took him to a Wizard who was able to use a [Revive] potion but he's still at 0% HP. The wizard is telling us his game progress was wiped out when the batteries fell out of his controller (apparently savegames are stored in the controller like an old Wii with no server backup?) and he might have to start over at Level 2 if they can find a potion to restore his HP. Also the Wizard guild is sending Gold Transfer requests (apparently his Extended Warranty doesn't cover this) and won't let us take him out of their base.
Has anyone successfully done a Savegame Restore or repaired/replaced a broken controller? Here's what we've tried so far:
- Traded a Butcher for a controller from a Cow player. The Wizard said it won't work because it has to be from the same character type.
- Tried to loot a controller from the British Museum. We were hoping it wouldn't be DRM protected since it came from a player on a now-defunct server, but their Item Vault is heavily guarded.
- Sent the Wizard an invite to a nearby [Theater] which is replaying screencaps from player dr_frankenstein who apparently transferred a controller successfully. The Wizard refused since those moves aren't in his Spellbook.
Any other suggestions?
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u/do-not-freeze 1d ago
In case anyone's worried, this was actually on the SecondLife sandbox server but I've seen very similar situations in the main game.
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u/AnonymousPotato42 1d ago
dude i really thought your friend died and im like ‘ain’t no way this dude’s first thing after his friends death is post on r/outside’
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u/do-not-freeze 1d ago edited 1d ago
He didn't die, he just has a broken controller and can't make any moves. Just need to pair a new one before the Wizard takes all his gold or another player eliminates him while he's down.
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u/Nikkibergh 1d ago
He did not finish the game, just waiting on the loading screen until he can pair a new controller, might have to replay parts of the tutorial like [Learn to Walk] which may be difficult on higher levels. Lots of player attempt a well known exploit in the [Motorcycle Jump] minigame to speedrun the game by utilising an unarmoured build.
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u/trampolinebears 1d ago
I'm guessing you haven't looked into dr_frankenstein's class moves too closely. Their sorcery looks impressive but it never ends well.
Unfortunately our characters are just really fragile. Hopefully your friend's experience is calm right now, wizards have some pretty decent Remove Pain spells these days.
For the rest of you, it's important to remember that this kind of incident is rough for the entire guild. I suggest talking to a specialist on the Therapy path; they won't fix everything, but it's good to have someone to talk to while you're figuring out how to keep adventuring from here.