If your system shuts down or crashes mid-save, then the file will be corrupted and cannot be fixed. Similarly, if your game has been forced closed for any reason, there is a chance of save game corruption.
There is also a chance for your game files to experience corruption if you shut down your system by pressing and holding the power button.
Football Manager automatically creates a backup save. Within your save game folder there should be a file called ‘last save overwrite backup.fm’. This save will be a copy of the save game you last saved over. We suggest you try this save first and see if it loads.
To make sure you don't have this issue again, we'd strongly recommend you set your auto save to weekly (or higher frequency) so you always have a recent backup in case of any problems:
- Load up Football Manager
- Click 'FM Menu' (cog icon next to the calendar near the top right corner) -> 'Preferences' -> 'Saves'
- Tick the 'Use Auto Saves'
- Change Every to 'Week' or 'Day'
- Click 'Confirm' in the bottom right of the 'Preferences' window
In addition, we also suggest making sure your Anti-Virus Program is correctly configured for FM.
If nothing above works, please submit a support request stating exactly what you've tried so far, and a member of our team will try to help.