Path of Building. How to recover previous Skilltree after Update the software...?

Tala Moana Exiles.


Seems i did the biggest mistake and lost many of my personnal knowledge in building, since i stupidly Accept PoB to install last version 1.4.97 (for Patch 3.4), and then it makes all my existing Skilltree Diseappeared. (>_<)

I'd really like to find a way to recover its for simple reasons:

-Most of these skilltree are Home-made, rarely or not-at-all inspired from existing Posted Build. I consider its as my own Legacy and memory of work and cogitation. (considering i suffered enough of some Builds i Rip, and all investments it represents)

-Most of these skilltree, even nerfed or innefficient anymore, helps me as base for further improvments and also gives me signs about which were the potency & weakness.

-Thanks to days and weeks i spend playing every of my Chars, i keep in Memory wich was the Pros and Cons of any of these Builds, more than the skilltree itself. Then, After every New significant Patch, i usually know if some of my builds Can be improove, or trashed (often means recycling by changing Class, ascendancy, abandon gear or skill...)
But as i said, i can't progress in my expertise correctly, with no mark of my past skilltree.


Finally, I played almost Every Challenge Leagues for 6 years and i enjoy it.
I enjoy as well Doing Build Experiment with or without Legacy Stuff, in Standard League. Thanks to the economy and quantity of gear i possess there.

So...just before reply to my Thread. Please just be sure your post can help. Instead starting to debate about the interest of my request. Tks!! (O_x)

?! HYPOTHESIS for SOLUTIONS !?

- I don't have any Restore Point or Files Historic concerning POB (as it seems...)

- GitHub.com archive many of ulterior patch of PoB, but i don't know whats to search for, what to dowload, and even less, where to do the changes in my existing PoB files.

-Search for PoB Version Below 1.4.97 (and if possible not below 1.4.93)

-On GitHub, i noticed some files extension named .lua , is theres any interest with this files.

-If someone say that my old skilltrees from PoB have been overwrite and destroyed for good. I ask him beforehand to be sûre of this.


Have Great times through Wraeclast, Oriath and Delve, every Exiles!! (°U°)

This sounds very strange. I use PoB a lot and this never happend to me.
I always have all my builds in PoB after an upgrade. However, it can stop loading the full tree (like the GGG website also do) after an upgrade.
That is why the day before the GGG upgrade is released, you start POE + PoB and redo the tree to the new version.

that's the point HanSoloDK! I updated PoB too fast...

And first, before trying to recover a previous version of PoB below 3.4 skilltree changes. I would know if PoB have saved Trees somewhere, in any files. Wich i could find (and may modifie) to recover my Builds that are actually lost. (ToT)

then I think your best bet is to contact PoB directly and ask for help there.

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Arnutifluk wrote:

-Search for PoB Version Below 1.4.97 (and if possible not below 1.4.93)

Download PoB v1.4.95 (that's PoE 3.3 passive tree)

Copy build files (.xml) from v1.4.107 (or whatever your new version is) builds folder to builds folder in v1.4.95.

Open PoB v1.4.95

Worked for me

Tks for answer Harukateno.

I was thinking to that kind of manipulation but wasn't able to find on Github website where to download the previous PoB versions.

Unfortunatly i didn't succeed. May i didn't understand.
I copy the lonely .xml file i found on old PoB version ("manifest.xml" ...??), and paste it in the PoB version i was using.

Was really lost about what i was doing...


Finally i found a "pathofbuilding" folder in my "document" folder, containing all my builds name each .xml

Don't know where to move all the .xml build folder now ...

And i noticed my V1.4.95 show indication "V1.4.1O7" just after first launch. likes it auto update it :/

I'll may find how to do what u told me, but later.

Since this time, i've just opened the .xml build files i needed to check and found the "https://.........". Then i import it in Old PoeSkilltree.

I'm a real E-retarded

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Arnutifluk wrote:

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Oh yeah, it might happen (autoupdate)

If you still have .zip of v1.4.95, unpack it (delete any other 1.4.95 folders)

Open the freshly unpacked folder, temporarily move to any other folder
Update.exe
UpdateApply.lua
UpdateCheck.lua
and "something_something_FIRST_RUN_" files.

Launch PoB, it will give you an error (saying smth about "can't autopatch"), close the window.

Put every file with "__update__" back,
don't put back "first run_whatever_extension" back.

Re-launch PoB.
You will now only have "update ready" green button in PoB (which you, obviously, shouldn't click :D)

If i remember correctly - this is what helped me to avoid the "autopatching" at first launch.
(I might be wrong though, try to contact PoB author)