I broke my save

[ShuFF]

Hi there! I'm having a problem which is ABSOLUTELY MY FAULT, but maybe there is some way to fix it. I looked for it in the forums and tried a couple of things, but I didn't find the same exact error. I don't think there are many players as dumb as me.

When 1.0 was released, I wanted to start a new game and uninstalled unnecesary mods to play a fresh and vanilla version of the game. I accidentally uninstalled KW Rocketry and then tried to play my old Sandbox Save (which included a lot of KW-made ships). Don't ask about that. The game showed some kind of "This vessel has some parts which are not installed" error warning. Since that, I can't fly any of my ships, even though I immediately re-installed KW Rocketry.

I understand that the game probably overwrote my persistent.sfs file and disabled, at least, all the vessels with parts that no longer existed. I also know it was a EXTREMELY STUPID move, but I made a mistake and accidentally lost 300+ hours of fun and achievements.

I'm currently playing in my new save, no it's not a big deal, but I would love to recover my save. Is there any fix for this kind of situation?

Thank you very much in advance!

[ShuFF]

Really? No ideas at all?

[micr0wave]

as long you haven't made a quicksave after those warnings, maybe there's one with all the ships still alive.

[ExEvolution]

Ships should still exist in the save when you reinstall the mods that had parts on the ships

If reinstalling KW rocketry didn't bring the ships back to life, then it probably wasn't just KW rocketry that you removed. Any part mods removed cause the entire ship to disappear because of how ships are saved in the save file.

I'd recommend making a brand new install and leave your old install intact if you intend on playing the old save. Just make a copy of a clean install in a new directory

For example, I have my old 0.22 KSP install for my old save, a 0.90 install, and a 1.0.4 install all on my D drive so I can go back to them at any time.

[ShuFF]

as long you haven't made a quicksave after those warnings, maybe there's one with all the ships still alive.

Nope, I tried some quicksaves from long before I installed any mods, and I can't still fly any of my ships... :S

Ships should still exist in the save when you reinstall the mods that had parts on the ships

If reinstalling KW rocketry didn't bring the ships back to life, then it probably wasn't just KW rocketry that you removed. Any part mods removed cause the entire ship to disappear because of how ships are saved in the save file.

I'd recommend making a brand new install and leave your old install intact if you intend on playing the old save. Just make a copy of a clean install in a new directory

For example, I have my old 0.22 KSP install for my old save, a 0.90 install, and a 1.0.4 install all on my D drive so I can go back to them at any time.

I tried reinstalling first any mods with parts included, and then I reinstalled ALL the mods I used to have. It didn't matter, that didn't fix my save. That's a good piece of advise, though. I did that a couple of times, but eventually I got a bit lazy. And reckless. I started listening to my inner Jeb.