So, what happened? Only Capcom knows for certain, but it appears that over the past year there was an update to the save file format. “Do you want to close without saving?” Yes, yes you do. Instead, just force close the game without selecting anything. Doing so could erase your previous save permanently, especially if you had Steam cloud sync enabled. Create new save data?”, even if you didn’t buy the expansion.įirst of all, if you get that prompt to make a new save DO NOT SELECT YES. When you are loading the game after the update, you could be greeted with the message “Failed to read saved data for Monster Hunter: Iceborne. More often this happens when the player hasn’t run the game in a long while, 2018 in my case.
This guide is intended to help people recover their save data if they haven’t played in an extended period of time.Īfter the Iceborne update, there is an issue that many players are facing in regard to their save files being unrecognized. Previous save file updates over the past year are required to import into Iceborne, rendering older save files unreadable. The Iceborne update modified the base game as well as the format of the save files. This guide will show “How to Import Your Old Save Files”. Today I am gonna mention the newly released Monster Hunter: World is eye-catching.
