It appears that the patch for Dead Nation that went live last night has a few problems. The following has been posted by Housemarque on the Dead Nation Facebook page:
We are investigating a possible save game problem which occurs after patch v1.06 which was released last night. We have received reports that in some cases the patch resets the campaign progress. In the meantime please do not update if you are worried about losing your campaign progress.
This might be a problem if you have PS+ as by the time you get home Dead Nation may have patched itself.
Source: Facebook
MegaBonez
I already updated! >:-( It resets campaign, but you still have the levels unlocked. So you have to do them one at a time, with no cutscenes!
Starman
One day they might test these patches before releasing them
shields_t
Doubt it.
Foxhound_Solid
Doubt it ha….too true…
Jakster123x
I’m afraid that’s not an option.
3shirts
Presumably this is only a problem if you play it after the update so if Plus has updated it, we can wait for a fix?
Youles
Yeah, I wish there was more info. I assume that if we don’t load up the game, it won’t do anything to harm our data? And how can the Game Data affect our Save Data, surely what levels are unlocked and our stats etc are all in the Save Data?!?
Bodachi
Glad I haven’t played it in a while so PS+ didn’t update it.
TSBonyman
Same here, and i’m not going to touch it again until the patch get’s patched as i would be a bit upset at losing my saved game.
justboy
Thanks for the warning, I was going to play this tonight!
Smallville2106
Glad I turned on Laptop. Was going to fire this up for half an hour. I’ll wait not. Wish they would just test patches etc properly.
Youles
Question..a friend and I are on level 8 on private online co-op, on Grim setting. Typically, PS+ auto-update hasn’t been working however I did the system update yesterday that was supposed to fix it, so I bet it’s bloody downloaded the patch now. Is our progress saved in the Save File? I mean, if I don’t return to Dead Nation until this problem is patched, I should be able to re-start from level 8 with my pal, right? Alternatively I have a copy of my Save File on the Cloud, so could I just download this again after the fix? I’ll be pissed if we lose it as it’s been a ballache with all the random disconnecting and trying to find times where we can play together.
Youles
I mean, why would your progress be saved in the Game Data??
job
im in a similar position. but yes im thinking and hoping the same as you.
Youles
As well as level progress, I’d be annoyed if it wiped my zombie kill-count, I’m working towards the 53K and have about 42K.
I might try deleting the game and game data, load it up, retore my file from the Save Cloud and see what stats and progress are in tact. That way I’ll know what is stored in the Save File. I can only imagine it’ll be a problem if you load up or play the game. Fingers crossed anyway
Youles
We could be screwed if our progress (particularly online progress) is saved on the servers, and for some reason the update wipes this. I would not be able to avoid this unless my PS+ auto-update is still broken.
jediryan123
epic fail
bacon_nuts
Palm, meet face.
Scotty34
Noted