Error 222, Contact Larian Support.

[Pancakez]

Error 222 preventing me from loading my saves. Loaded previous saves and tried loading back after saving in a different location but it becomes corrupted again with error 222.

Read about Error 222 online but those were few years or months back.
Anyone else getting the errors now?

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Originally posted by Pancakez:

Error 222, Contact Larian Support.
Error 222 preventing me from loading my saves. Loaded previous saves and tried loading back after saving in a different location but it becomes corrupted again with error 222.

Read about Error 222 online but those were few years or months back.
Anyone else getting the errors now?

That is a typical writing error which happens either due to

a) permission issue

b) storage issue

c) hardware issue

most people who have had the same issue did not realise that they needed 70-100 GB of free space on C: for their Windows to run properly, leading to not enough space for additional savegames. That being written you should always check whether the issue resolves by giving the game higher permissions - aka run as admin - and run a checkdisk/CrystalDisk info to exclude hardware issues.

[Pancakez]

Thanks for the reply , Don't think its free space issue as i have 522GB space left.
I tried running as admin but still the error appears. I Removed all my mods and re-installed the game again , with the mods that i backed up (since my saves has mods in em) but still failed to load.

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Originally posted by Pancakez:

Thanks for the reply , Don't think its free space issue as i have 522GB space left.
I tried running as admin but still the error appears. I Removed all my mods and re-installed the game again , with the mods that i backed up (since my saves has mods in em) but still failed to load.

The moment mods are involved, support of any kind cannot help - as the mod changes how the game behaves and sometimes even how the savegames are loaded. In fact, savegames which are affected by mods are outside any guarantee for them to work.

The only thing you can do are

a) consult the mod author(s) about the known issue

b) set your game back to vanilla state and check with an unmodded savegame if the error reoccurs

In general the 222 is a writing error as in the game cannot do the saving properly, leading to a corrupted and unusable savegame, which is only happening under the mentioned above circumstances

but as soon as mod are involves you can never tell if mod x,y,z, any of them is trying to write something into the savegame, which collides with something else. Most often that happens if savegames add items or enemies to your game which never existed before and alike.

When running mods I always strongly recommend to follow the general tips
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1086940/discussions/0/4696782945526623592/

If you forgot how to remove the mods completely you can use this before reinstalling the game to put your game back to vanilla state - however: once a savegame is affected it cannot be saved anymore
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3165940575
only the mod author might know what is causing the file writing collision inside the savegame

[Pancakez]

Thanks :)