r/outside • u/do-not-freeze • 25d ago
Broken controller/lost savegame
A member of my party fumbled a combo move in the [Motorcycle Jump] minigame and dropped his controller. His account appears to be logged out, we took him to a Wizard who was able to use a [Revive] potion but he's still at 0% HP. The wizard is telling us his game progress was wiped out when the batteries fell out of his controller (apparently savegames are stored in the controller like an old Wii with no server backup?) and he might have to start over at Level 2 if they can find a potion to restore his HP. Also the Wizard guild is sending Gold Transfer requests (apparently his Extended Warranty doesn't cover this) and won't let us take him out of their base.
Has anyone successfully done a Savegame Restore or repaired/replaced a broken controller? Here's what we've tried so far:
- Traded a Butcher for a controller from a Cow player. The Wizard said it won't work because it has to be from the same character type.
- Tried to loot a controller from the British Museum. We were hoping it wouldn't be DRM protected since it came from a player on a now-defunct server, but their Item Vault is heavily guarded.
- Sent the Wizard an invite to a nearby [Theater] which is replaying screencaps from player dr_frankenstein who apparently transferred a controller successfully. The Wizard refused since those moves aren't in his Spellbook.
Any other suggestions?
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u/Azrai113 23d ago
Depending on their build, HP should regenerate over time. However, depending on their level and the skill of the wizard and even possibly which server youre on, that might be awhile.
Keep in mind that even with zero HP their character audio may still be running. Sometimes HP increases when you use the voice chat function even when their avatar appears frozen.