So I ran an update on my stepson's xbox360 and his world seemed to have disappeared and reset to it's original state.... sorta. That little square part of the world has some how loaded within the main world. Is there any way to recover the old world or maybe reset it? There was a lot of work put into his world and he would like to see it all back.
Actually, it looks very much like a cut and paste in a photo editing program...
Regardless, unless your stepson had the forethought to save a backup to USB or the cloud prior to the update, you are undoubtedly SOL since the Xbox edition continually saves over the main file save file and does not have a file recovery built into the game.
I think I have a similar problem (well, not me personally). My housemate was playing minecraft on my xbox using a USB drive for his saves. We updated the xbox 360. He then went and used someone else's Xbox 360 that hadn't updated their xbox. It just loaded a new world, only, most of it was full of water (seems very similar to the above picture). He didn't have any items. The world was no longer the world he created.
It seems like it's a problem of a corrupt file, but I wonder why (without saving the game) it would corrupt the file... just loading the game caused it to be corrupt?
Going forth and back between versions if it can be avoided is just never a good idea. In general terms, some types of files lose bits of data each time they are opened and the programs are generally set to attempt to "extrapolate" and fill in the missing data as a form of self-repair. In the case of Minecraft, this means regenerating any missing sections of terrain "from scratch" using the terrain generating formula (which changes from update version to update version). So, it stands to reason that the new terrain would no longer match the old. I suspect you're just going to compound your problem trying to "fix" the file on a PC using a third-party software (which is, BTW IMO, a violation of Microsoft's TOS)
Going forth and back between versions if it can be avoided is just never a good idea. In general terms, some types of files lose bits of data each time they are opened and the programs are generally set to attempt to "extrapolate" and fill in the missing data as a form of self-repair. In the case of Minecraft, this means regenerating any missing sections of terrain "from scratch" using the terrain generating formula (which changes from update version to update version). So, it stands to reason that the new terrain would no longer match the old. I suspect you're just going to compound your problem trying to "fix" the file on a PC using a third-party software (which is, BTW IMO, a violation of Microsoft's TOS)
Thanks UpUP_Away95.
It certainly wasn't my idea that my friend go from the new to the old version (he wanted to make bookcases without needing hides, something that updated to requiring that ingredient). I almost did the same thing to get bookcases, but because I had an anvil set up... I decided that was a bad idea. What would the game make of an item that wasn't in the current version? I figured it was bad, so I avoided it. Interesting to read what you said about how it the game file updates itself and 'repairs' as it fills missing data. I'm sure this is the cause of his problem. I just never thought saved games were altered before you actually hit 'save'.
I think at this point I can't do too much harm to his file since it's already corrupted.
Thanks for the info!
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Regardless, unless your stepson had the forethought to save a backup to USB or the cloud prior to the update, you are undoubtedly SOL since the Xbox edition continually saves over the main file save file and does not have a file recovery built into the game.
I think I have a similar problem (well, not me personally). My housemate was playing minecraft on my xbox using a USB drive for his saves. We updated the xbox 360. He then went and used someone else's Xbox 360 that hadn't updated their xbox. It just loaded a new world, only, most of it was full of water (seems very similar to the above picture). He didn't have any items. The world was no longer the world he created.
It seems like it's a problem of a corrupt file, but I wonder why (without saving the game) it would corrupt the file... just loading the game caused it to be corrupt?
I'm going to see if I can download a program like:
http://digiex.net/downloads/download-center-2-0/xbox-360-content/apps-pc/4046-usbxtaf-xbox-360-usb-storage-explorer-xplorer-usbxtaf-v44-download.html
And see if I can access the files on a PC and fix the corrupt files :/
I guess we'll see how it goes. It sucks losing an entire world you've created!!!
Thanks UpUP_Away95.
It certainly wasn't my idea that my friend go from the new to the old version (he wanted to make bookcases without needing hides, something that updated to requiring that ingredient). I almost did the same thing to get bookcases, but because I had an anvil set up... I decided that was a bad idea. What would the game make of an item that wasn't in the current version? I figured it was bad, so I avoided it. Interesting to read what you said about how it the game file updates itself and 'repairs' as it fills missing data. I'm sure this is the cause of his problem. I just never thought saved games were altered before you actually hit 'save'.
I think at this point I can't do too much harm to his file since it's already corrupted.
Thanks for the info!