Forcing me to create new character in single player save

Conan Exiles PC Discussion PC Bug Reports
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Basic Info:

Platform: Steam
Issue Type: Other
Game Mode: Single Player
Server Type: PvE
Map: Exiled Lands
Server Name: none
Mods: none

Bug Description:

2 years ago after an update when i tried to enter my single player save it didn’t aknowledge that I have a character and tried to make me create new one. I failed to report the issue back then and just stopped playing. Now after the release of Conan Exiles Enhanced I decided to return to my single player save not remembering this issue and it shows that I have a character level 60 and when last I played but when I loaded the save it makes me create a new character. I created new character only to check if the structures I build are still intact and they are. I opened the save file with database editor and I see in the characters table that my character is there indeed. Any suggestions on what to do to fix this issue and be able to play with my character would be welcome.

Bug Reproduction:

Enter the game → Open Single player → Choose the save game in question

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Do you still have acces to any of the automatically made backup saves? Have you tried rolling back to a slightly earlier one and seeing if the character is present in that version?

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Yes, two years ago when I discovered this issue I saved the files from game.db to game_backup_05.db in google drive and I tried game_backup_05.db by renaming it game_0.db and it still forces me to create new character even though my old character is in the save file…

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Damn, that sucks. Sorry I don’t have any other ideas right now. If I think of something I’ll let you know. Meantime I hope someone else might have an idea.

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I managed to fix it - It appears the problem was that my old character was pointing to other account id in the save database, so when I created new character it showed my new account in the save file and via database editor I managed to asign my new account id to my old character and connect them. So all is good now and that solution might work if other people have similar issues.

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I’m having this issue but I only have one steamID, or one Funcom ID for that matter. So no idea why my legacy saves won’t load.

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If you have the same issue as me here are the steps that might help you:

  1. Load the save file in the game and create new character.
  2. When the save file updates with the new character in it save that save file.
  3. Open the save file with tool for reading sql databases (I personally used this one: here)
  4. When you open the DB with the editor go to characters table and see what is the account id used for the new character. If the old character and the new character have different playerId - switch them so the old character looks for the new account id.
  5. Download the edited save file and move it in the game saves directory.
  6. Load the new save and you should be able to start with the old character by default.