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Octopuss
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I've just gotten a random BSOD, and ALL of my 70-80 addons settings got reset/broken somehow.
Good excuse to get drunk while I redo everything from scratch I guess.

Backup your "Elder Scrolls Online" folder under Documents. Right now, if you haven't done it yet. You'll regret not doing so... one day.
  • JamieAubrey
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    Happens to me every so many crashes
  • CaffeinatedMayhem
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    I lost everything this morning too, lost power and couldn't close the game normally because a LUA error removed the ability to open the menus. Just realized all my HarvestMap data is gone. 3 years, farming every zone in the game, almost every single node mapped, poof.

    I'm defintiely making a backup now. And getting very drunk.
  • Moloch1514
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    Same happened to me this week. I quit the game (PC) and the game crashed , showing me the screen to adjust sliders for gamma, but frozen. I restarted PC, and then next time I logged in I had to watch cinematic and accept the user agreements.

    Sad thing is my reaction was basically, "meh, just another day playing ESO and dealing with its bugs".
    Edited by Moloch1514 on October 19, 2017 5:22PM
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  • altemriel
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    Octopuss wrote: »
    I've just gotten a random BSOD, and ALL of my 70-80 addons settings got reset/broken somehow.
    Good excuse to get drunk while I redo everything from scratch I guess.

    Backup your "Elder Scrolls Online" folder under Documents. Right now, if you haven't done it yet. You'll regret not doing so... one day.

    good idea, I will do it now, thanx!!
  • SanTii.92
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    Yes, you all should do this. Wish someone told me before it happened to me ):
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  • danno8
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    If you use Minion (and you should, it's great), there is a "Backup" option in there too.
  • Runs
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    I do.

    It happens on occasion that one or more of the saved variable files gets corrupted(I believe); everything is lost and it can a good amount of time to reconfigure some of the addons. So now I make a zip of the saved variables folder each time I make a change.
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  • Cpt_Teemo
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    Same happened to me only once, cause of a windows update acting screwy one time and lost all my info glad I only use about 10-15 addons though not 80 dang lol
  • Loc2262
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    You should be doing regular backups of your computers anyway, which would include your Documents folder. ;)

    Of course it doesn't hurt to backup the Addons/Saved Variables folder separately and additionally.
    Kind regards,
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  • Osteos
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    80 add ons.... :o
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    Perks of the Master Race. ;)
  • CaffeinatedMayhem
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    Loc2262 wrote: »
    You should be doing regular backups of your computers anyway, which would include your Documents folder. ;)

    Of course it doesn't hurt to backup the Addons/Saved Variables folder separately and additionally.

    Let me know when Windows does automatic hourly backups like my mac.
  • Loc2262
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    thatlaurachick wrote: »
    Loc2262 wrote: »
    You should be doing regular backups of your computers anyway, which would include your Documents folder. ;)

    Of course it doesn't hurt to backup the Addons/Saved Variables folder separately and additionally.

    Let me know when Windows does automatic hourly backups like my mac.

    Mine does, with the right "addon" called True Image.
    Kind regards,
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  • Octopuss
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    Osteos wrote: »
    80 add ons.... :o
    I tried to get the number down, but failed :D
  • Wyan69
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    You could always just have your addons folder back up to google drive or drop box or another online free cloud account
  • Glaiceana
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    Backed up everything, thank you for the reminder/warning :)
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  • Jayman1000
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    By Sheo! Sorry to hear about that :( I have had a crash every day for the past week; no corrupted settings though. I better get to backing up that folder before I run out of luck.
  • Jayman1000
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    Wyan69 wrote: »
    You could always just have your addons folder back up to google drive or drop box or another online free cloud account

    There's one problem to watch out for with that though, if the files get corrupted an automatic or scheduled backup might overwrite older working files with newer corrupted files. When backing up make sure it doesn't overwrite or delete older backups to avoid an issue.

    I recommend a small free lightweight and safe program called SyncToy. You can set it to auto backup folders of your choice onto other folder(s)/drive(s). To fix the above mentioned problem you can set it to "contribute" such that no files will ever be deleted, only new copies of the files to be backed up will be created (this will however make the backup continually grow since everything is added, never deleted, so eventually you will have to manually clean up the older "duplicate" backups)
    Edited by Jayman1000 on October 19, 2017 6:51PM
  • danno8
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    thatlaurachick wrote: »
    Loc2262 wrote: »
    You should be doing regular backups of your computers anyway, which would include your Documents folder. ;)

    Of course it doesn't hurt to backup the Addons/Saved Variables folder separately and additionally.

    Let me know when Windows does automatic hourly backups like my mac.

    File history in Windows does exactly this.

    Backs up any files / folders you want every hour by default. Saved my rear end many times.
  • JKorr
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    thatlaurachick wrote: »
    Loc2262 wrote: »
    You should be doing regular backups of your computers anyway, which would include your Documents folder. ;)

    Of course it doesn't hurt to backup the Addons/Saved Variables folder separately and additionally.

    Let me know when Windows does automatic hourly backups like my mac.

    :shrug: I use Carbonite. It backs up continuously, so any changes get saved in 10 minutes or less. Might be a bonus that its saved off my pc in case something major dies.

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    thatlaurachick wrote: »
    I lost everything this morning too, lost power and couldn't close the game normally because a LUA error removed the ability to open the menus. Just realized all my HarvestMap data is gone. 3 years, farming every zone in the game, almost every single node mapped, poof.

    I'm defintiely making a backup now. And getting very drunk.

    Good thing there is a website where you can download all of the harvest map data for every discovered node in the game.
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    thatlaurachick wrote: »
    I lost everything this morning too, lost power and couldn't close the game normally because a LUA error removed the ability to open the menus. Just realized all my HarvestMap data is gone. 3 years, farming every zone in the game, almost every single node mapped, poof.
    Had that happen too (not recently). The problem is that ESO always loads all your AddOn data into memory when you logon with a character and always saves it back on logout (or /reloadui).

    The problem arises when the AddOn memory becomes corrupted and ESO happily updates your SavedVariables file(s) with junk on exit ...
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  • D0PAMINE
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    danno8 wrote: »
    thatlaurachick wrote: »
    Loc2262 wrote: »
    You should be doing regular backups of your computers anyway, which would include your Documents folder. ;)

    Of course it doesn't hurt to backup the Addons/Saved Variables folder separately and additionally.

    Let me know when Windows does automatic hourly backups like my mac.

    File history in Windows does exactly this.

    Backs up any files / folders you want every hour by default. Saved my rear end many times.

    Rekt ;)
  • PlagueSD
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    Octopuss wrote: »
    I've just gotten a random BSOD, and ALL of my 70-80 addons settings got reset/broken somehow.
    Good excuse to get drunk while I redo everything from scratch I guess.

    Backup your "Elder Scrolls Online" folder under Documents. Right now, if you haven't done it yet. You'll regret not doing so... one day.

    Minion does this for me.
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    Octopuss wrote: »
    Osteos wrote: »
    80 add ons.... :o
    I tried to get the number down, but failed :D

    I had about that many but I had to pare them down to about 50. I've noticed an FPS improvement since then (back up to 100+ in the wilds - woot)
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  • Elsonso
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    I back mine up daily. I have had odd things happen. Mainly, I see save file resets, but one time I had a 4GB save file. I have no idea what was in it that took up 4GB, but it probably wasn't anything I would want to keep.
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  • Runs
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    PlagueSD wrote: »
    Octopuss wrote: »
    I've just gotten a random BSOD, and ALL of my 70-80 addons settings got reset/broken somehow.
    Good excuse to get drunk while I redo everything from scratch I guess.

    Backup your "Elder Scrolls Online" folder under Documents. Right now, if you haven't done it yet. You'll regret not doing so... one day.

    Minion does this for me.

    Well, I'll be damned. I never actually noticed the backup tab.
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    Taste-of-Hist-Sap| Argonian Nightblade • War'den Peace| Khajiit Warden • Little Warden Annie Altmer Warden
    Ports with Blood| Breton Templar • Dirty-Old-Man| Dunmer DragonKnight • Eyes-of-the-Sun| Argonian DragonKnight
    Bleak Mystique| Nord Warden • Polychronopolous| Imperial Sorceror • Bullcrit| Khajiit Nightblade
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    thatlaurachick wrote: »
    I lost everything this morning too, lost power and couldn't close the game normally because a LUA error removed the ability to open the menus. Just realized all my HarvestMap data is gone. 3 years, farming every zone in the game, almost every single node mapped, poof.

    I'm defintiely making a backup now. And getting very drunk.

    You can download completed maps online. I forget where. But you can get a file that already has all the nodes pretty easily.
    Edited by Betsararie on October 20, 2017 12:53AM
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    I did not realise there were that many add-ons for ESO, no wonder so many people complain about lag and low FPS.
  • Betsararie
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    Malkorga wrote: »
    I did not realise there were that many add-ons for ESO, no wonder so many people complain about lag and low FPS.

    It actually has nothing to do with the add ons in nearly every instance of complaining
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