error code 516 and 526 can't save FIX

[Rogue_Artist]

And yet another ridiculous bug, this time on the Steam client side. If you get the "Can't save" error codes 516 or 526...

THE PROBLEM:
Steam client needs to update.
Thank steam! Nothing like playing for hours and losing all your progress because you people demand top priority cloud save management at the expense of client-side files.

THE SOLUTION
Just exit the game immediately. There is no way to get it to save your progress, so don't keep playing, you're just wasting your time. Exit Steam completely (right click on your PC hotbar and tell it to exit). Wait 30 seconds and then start Steam back up.
It will update and then you can play again. (Assuming Larian hasn't pushed another game-breaking update)

Also keep in mind that you might be running out of space on your drive. Believe it or not that can be the case, so check on that as well.

Happy gaming

[Cerberus]

For me, 526 meant that my drive was full. Deleting some save files in game allowed me to save again. I don't have Steam running, so that can't have been it.

[IvoryTemplar]

Thank god you bumped a thread from 2024 to tell everyone you don't know how to manage your storage. That was very valuable, and you saved the world economy.

[Adam]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.