Unable to save game. error codes 516

[PlotvaS]

During a quick save, saving via the menu (esc) and autosave, such an error pops up. Has anyone come across her?

Во время быстрого сохранения, сохранение через меню(esc) и автосохранения вылазит такая ошибка. Кто-нибудь сталкивался с ней?

[pjRick]

delete some of your saves and it will work :)

[Whammy!]

I also had error 516 not saving. Fixed it by temporarily doing stuff from the Larian support page. (larian.com/support/faqs/unable-to-save_103)

worked for a day but now unable to save again. Tried deleting saves, didn't work until I got under 30 total save files. Boo.

[Ruzihm]

What I did to fix this was:
1. Move my larian directory from its location in Appdata\Local\Larian Studios (let's say it's at "C:\full\path\to\original\Appdata\Local\Larian Studios" ) to another drive where i had more space (let's call it W:\cool\path\here\Larian Studios)
2. Open a command prompt in admin mode
3. Run the command:
mklink /d "C:\full\path\to\original\Appdata\Local\Larian Studios" "W:\cool\path\here\Larian Studios"
Then the game will use the Larian Studios directory there thinking it's in the original location.

[Whammy!]

if symlinks are the solution WTF is the root cause?

[Ruzihm]

for me it was lack of space in save location and no way to reconfigure it.

[Whammy!]

OK for me it was a failing SSD.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Whammy!:

OK for me it was a failing SSD.

That is so rare, no one would usually think of that.

[Elazul]

Originally posted by Ruzihm:

What I did to fix this was:
1. Move my larian directory from its location in Appdata\Local\Larian Studios (let's say it's at "C:\full\path\to\original\Appdata\Local\Larian Studios" ) to another drive where i had more space (let's call it W:\cool\path\here\Larian Studios)
2. Open a command prompt in admin mode
3. Run the command:
mklink /d "C:\full\path\to\original\Appdata\Local\Larian Studios" "W:\cool\path\here\Larian Studios"
Then the game will use the Larian Studios directory there thinking it's in the original location.

excuse me, can u help.
my cmd says "Cannot create a file when that file already exists."

[Braxien]

Happened to me today for the first time...none of these solutions worked. Lost two days of play...this is post Patch 3. Thanks, Larian...

[waylorn]

Originally posted by Braxien:

Happened to me today for the first time...none of these solutions worked. Lost two days of play...this is post Patch 3. Thanks, Larian...

Same here, I deleted down a boatload of saves and I got 2 more saves out of it then back to this.

[waylorn]

Originally posted by Braxien:

Happened to me today for the first time...none of these solutions worked. Lost two days of play...this is post Patch 3. Thanks, Larian...

this might have something to do with selling. maybe overloading vendors with gear? I had just finished act 2's big bad boss fight and was selling an army's worth of junk to a vendor and as soon as I finished the transaction that error comes up.

[GuJiaXian]

It happens to me after patch 3...but only after selling to a merchant. So long as I don't buy or sell anything, I have no problems saving.

[Baron Spaghetti]

Originally posted by waylorn:

Originally posted by Braxien:

Happened to me today for the first time...none of these solutions worked. Lost two days of play...this is post Patch 3. Thanks, Larian...

Same here, I deleted down a boatload of saves and I got 2 more saves out of it then back to this.

Indeed. I have plenty of space. Clearly a post Patch 3 problem.

[lilythebillygoat]

Originally posted by GuJiaXian:

It happens to me after patch 3...but only after selling to a merchant. So long as I don't buy or sell anything, I have no problems saving.

It's the same for me - buying/ selling seems to cause the issue

[torvon]

same