Mids files all deleted??

[Zombra]

A buddy of mine hasn't played in a while and says Mids Reborn somehow deleted all his character files.  I don't know any details at this time.  Anyone know what might have caused this to (apparently) happen?  Possible to get the files back you think?  Any insight appreciated.

[WanderingAries]

Have them check this folder: C:\My Documents\Hero & Villain Builds as that's the original location for the character files (based on my archives).

Edited Sunday at 08:00 PM by WanderingAries

[Maelwys]

A few patches ago Mids started wiping out parts of the Mids Hero Designer folder (including deleting the entire contents of its old default Builds subfolder) every time it takes an update.

 

So if you store your saved build files within that subfolder, they'll get deleted each time Mids updates. It's happened on me at least five times now across three different devices. If you store your build files elsewhere (like within your My Documents folder) or back them up to a secondary location then they'll be OK. I take nightly backups which is the only reason why I didn't have steam coming out my ears when it started happening. And yes, the MR Devs are aware of if it as it was grumbled about on discord some months back. IIRC the official advice is to just not store your builds there. Meh.

 

Edited Sunday at 09:47 PM by Maelwys

[Troo]

yeah, that's bullshit.

 

thanks for the heads up @Zombra