Corrupt Data

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This article is about damaged savefiles. For the achievement, see Corrupted Data.

Corrupt data is a savefile state where the savefile can not be loaded due to an error. There are several conditions that may induce corruption in the savefile.

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Issues: Verification on the specifics of what causes corruption is needed.

Importing Save Files Manually

Importing save files may not work properly, as some important things might have not been moved in the manual import, resulting in an unusable imported version.

Installing DLCs

Due to the numerous changes between DLCs, automatic savefile importing may also result in errors when installing Afterbirth+ or Repentance.

Errors are more likely while having a save file with a run already started.[citation needed]

Hardware/Software Issues

Misbehaving hardware or software on the computer/console may cause damage to the game state while it's held in memory, and if written to disk can corrupt the save file.

Modifying Game Files

Modified game files could cause unstable or even deleterious effects on the game; the files should be edited only with proper modding knowledge and tested on a save file that is not important.

Modifying Save Files

Although the save data can be edited directly using binary/hex editing tools, it is very risky as the format is complex and an edit without accounting for integrity of the data and checksums will likely render the file unusable.