Saved games will not load after 1.32.2 patch

[Leviathan-1945]

The saved games are lost permanently and there’s not much that can be done about it. The campaign progress is lost too, unfortunately. But you can jump back to where you were using the cheat codes.

See this guide here:

PSA - Campaign Progress Reset - Work Around

With patching seemingly resetting campaign progress, players are getting frustrated that all the work done thus far is lost. If you find yourself in this position, you can get back to where you were, and even unlock all the previous campaign segments using one of the cheat codes. The format is: motherland x y Where x is the campaign segment: Human Undead Orc Nightelf Nightelfex Humanex Undeadex Orcex And y is the number referencing the place in the campaign segment, counting the in…

Assuming that the files that track campaign progress are not invalidated too, you can try keeping periodic backups of them. See here on how to do that:

PSA - Backing Up Campaign Progress

With the recent patches seemingly resetting all campaign progress, and several reports of progress being lost after a game crash, it might be helpful to periodically back up the files that store the campaign information. Doing so can help soften the blow if/when progress is reset. There are a couple ways it can be done: one simpler, one more involved. Everything here is assuming Windows. Macs will need to navigate to the analogous file locations. NOTE: This does not pertain to the loss of…