Autosave is totally useless.

[Rasberry]

Can devs improve autosave function because it's totally useless, I am not willing to quicksave every 5 minutes because the game can't do it automatically.

[zombygunner]

i use auto saves only before money interactions or quests or dialog options. just in case then when im done i turn it into a hard save

[VastGirth]

The save system in BG3 is pretty much exemplary. Save at any time, large amount of quicksaves stored, auto and manual saves available. Hardly any games do it this well.

The game autosaves before any tough area, which seems perfectly reasonable. I wouldn't object to it saving on going to a new zone too, but as I spam f5 far too much anyway, it doesn't really affect me.

[an entire Roman legion]

imagine being responsible for your own saves.... the horror...

[Eviltoy]

F5 f8 more easy they cant do it.

[x_equals_speed]

The easiest way to tell if something is totally useless is to say that it is and see what proportion of people think the best solution is to use something else.

[Masianman]

The problem is that new players like me that don't know quicksave exists automatically assume autosave will save every 30 min. or so like in other games when this is not the case. I just lost 2-3 hours of progress since in the tutorial area and a little beyond the game autosaved frequently so I assumed it would do the same further into the game, but it did not. I now know to quicksave, but only learned it was a thing when I looked up how autosave works. Seems like a new player problem, but I think it really should just be a menu tooltip somewhere so new players like me know to do it b4 they lose their progress and get frustrated.

[Ichthyic]

btw, for those asking for timed saves... the problem with that is saving at the wrong moment can break scripting. it would have to be a bit more complex than "every ten minutes exactly". you would have to allow the game to make exceptions when loading scripts, etc.

don't expect this to become a feature, and I would be wary of modders adding it in. it WILL likely break saves unless said modder really understands the mechanics involved. much more likely you will have to take 10 minutes to get used to the idea you need to save regularly yourself. you can manually set how many quicksaves you have in your list even. by default it sets it at 25 before it starts recycling them, but you can set it much higher or lower.

[Loot]

Pro tip: Pressing F5 every 5 minutes costs you nothing. Help yourself, because no one else will!

[Callirgos]

Auto-Save has this thing where it only saves up to the number you specify.

I would have expected it to start overwriting auto saves after reaching the predefined limit, but it just doesn't do that. It just stops.

You have to manually delete your auto saves. Then it fills up more auto saves up to the predefined limit again.

Clearly, not working as intended.

[Grumpy]

Publicado originalmente por Callirgos:

Auto-Save has this thing where it only saves up to the number you specify.

I would have expected it to start overwriting auto saves after reaching the predefined limit, but it just doesn't do that. It just stops.

You have to manually delete your auto saves. Then it fills up more auto saves up to the predefined limit again.

Clearly, not working as intended.

Auto save are just there as a warning for a big fight/decision ahead.
You yourself is supposed to managed your game with quicksaves as failsafes and hardsaves if you want to go back to a very early state of your progression. As always it's less kid friendly but it's more rewarding.

[Callirgos]

No. You misunderstood.

Auto Save is completely broken.

It does not save anymore if you filled them all up.
The expectation is that it will override other autosaves, but it doesn't do that.

If you set your autosave to == 9
You will never get a 10th auto save.
It just doesn't do it.

[Kafik]

Publicado originalmente por Callirgos:

Auto-Save has this thing where it only saves up to the number you specify.

I would have expected it to start overwriting auto saves after reaching the predefined limit, but it just doesn't do that. It just stops.

You have to manually delete your auto saves. Then it fills up more auto saves up to the predefined limit again.

Clearly, not working as intended.

Are you saving locally or to Steam cloud? Auto save is working perfectly for all my campaigns but I only save locally.

[Kafik]

Publicado originalmente por Callirgos:

No. You misunderstood.

Auto Save is completely broken.

It does not save anymore if you filled them all up.
The expectation is that it will override other autosaves, but it doesn't do that.

If you set your autosave to == 9
You will never get a 10th auto save.
It just doesn't do it.

Look at the number next to the autosave file name. It always increases. When you set autosaves to 9 it only keeps the 9 most recent ones.

[Grumpy]

Publicado originalmente por Callirgos:

No. You misunderstood.

Auto Save is completely broken.

It does not save anymore if you filled them all up.
The expectation is that it will override other autosaves, but it doesn't do that.

If you set your autosave to == 9
You will never get a 10th auto save.
It just doesn't do it.

So when the game was auto saving at the end it was a lie? Ok... in act 3 i could feel when it saves because everything froze a little. But you're telling me if froze but didn't do anything?!

I'm calling my lawyer.

[Kafik]

Publicado originalmente por Grumpy:

I'm calling my lawyer.

lol stealing this.