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[Dynameat]

I'm sure this has been mentioned elsewhere but I can't find a thread discussing it.
I'm getting quite frustrated with Super Meat Boy as I've got to the stage of having completed about 260 levels and attempt to add a couple to that most nights. When I next load up the game it's a bit of a lottery as to whether or not my previous progress has saved - the source of great anger when I discover that the numbered square that I toiled for half an hour to turn red is back to white again on the map! There are even levels that I have saved replays of having completed that are showing on the map as incomplete. Any advice on how to ensure that progress is being saved? I read somewhere that watching the full replay after completing should do it but I can confirm that that isn't a fail-safe method.

[Bandrik]

I've had that issue in the past, and here's what I've gathered. This is not proven 100%, but may give you a slight edge to preventing it.

I've heard that the autosave fail is triggered by pressing "Y" (replay the level) too quickly after completing a level (touching Bandage Girl). It probably interrupts the auto-save that normally happens when you touch Bandage Girl, thus glitching it up. It's usually avoided by just watching some of the replay, just a second or two so the autosave is guaranteed done.

Generally, I've found that you can verify that autosave is working correctly in two ways. If the little "autosaving bandage girl" icon is appearing in the bottom-right when you beat a level, things are probably fine.

But if you want to be fully sure, go try playing a level with a bandage you haven't gotten yet. Get the bandage and complete the level. If the bandage appears on the map screen on the level you just beat, things are fine. If it doesn't then the glitch has occured. Yeah, it sucks, but just exit back to the Xbox dashboard and re-launch Meat Boy and re-do what you missed.

As long as you're constantly aware of if you're autosaving and keeping the bandages, you should be fine and not miss too much if the glitch occurs.

Hope this helps!