This would allow any players who end up receiving a hacked item/equipment unknowingly from an online player, the ability to restore their original game data from the cloud or separate backed up game data. At that point the account/profile will either have restrictions placed on it (to limit the online interactions during multiplayer sessions and a further penalty message of 'You have been Penalized' issued) or the 'Invalid Game Data' warning message removed.ĭuring the time that the warning message is displayed the end user will have a chance to completely remove any such external files, mods, cheats/hacks or delete their game save (if alterations were performed to it or hacked items/equipment were obtained either as a direct cheat/hack or via unknown 'gift' from an online player).ĭue to the apparent risk of 'taking candy from strangers', it is recommended that players should always back up their save data to an online service (such as cloud saves) or as a direct back-up of the save file to a separate folder/directory (for PC/Steam). The warning message ('Invalid Game Data') will continue to be displayed until the Dark Souls III server team has determined whether or not a violation of the End User License Agreement (EULA) occurred.

This message is intended to inform end users that some external file, modification of game save data, exploit or cheat/hack, or alterations to the game have been detected by the Dark Souls III server team and that the end users' account/profile has been flagged for further investigation. 'Invalid Game Data' warning message on Main Menu after starting up Dark Souls III

You can create backups of your data, but if you encounter an 'Invalid Game Data' message, see below.

You can do this by going to control panel and clicking on Appearance and Personalization or File Explorer Options in Windows 10, click on the 'View' tab and check the box for 'Show hidden files, folders and drives' then press ok.

It's possible that the folders are hidden so unhide them in your folder settings.Saves for Dark Souls 3 are located in your /C>Users>'username'>AppData>Roaming>DarkSoulsIII.

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