Need a save file for Tantalus mission start

[Khalltusk]

Hi,

So I got screwed over by the game. This mission has bugged out with "find a way to Tantalus lab". The cultists got defeated on the 2nd level and normally a sat con computer should be interacted with to progress. I never go this option. All my save files got over written and are within a few minutes of this now dead play through. I tried to wipe my squad and a bunch of other options and nothing has worked.

I basically need anyone's save file that is starting on Tantalus mission start. Its that or I re-start the game and lose hours of progress and I think I would rather not bother with the game if I am honest. If anyone can share their save file for that mission id be super happy.

[Thomas G.]

Hi Khalltus, same here. I found a solution to reset the/every mission. Go to “c:\Users\[YOUR-USERNAME]\AppData\Local\ASF\Saved\SaveGames\” and open the “Otago” savegame you want to reset the mission i.e. “Campaign0_AutoSave_Otago_BeforeMission”.
Copy one of the sav files that are 1,144 bytes in size (the smallest in this folder). They are all the same. Replace “Extraction.sav” (the Tantalus mission) with the copy so that it is now 1,144 bytes in size. Now you can do the mission from scratch. I will do now, too, and hope the bugs don’t repeat.

[Hourglass Mage]

Thomas G, you are an absolute unit. You have literally saved me at the same point and I only just stumbled across this after hours of searching for a fix and finally resorting to finding a save.

You are a damn legend mate!

[Teh Shape]

Will update if I run into any issues down the road, but so far this totally fixed an issue I had in mission 10 and I had no saves before the start of it. Looks like some things didn’t reset (e.g., data pad count), but all the objectives did which was the issue. Thank you!!

[RayThor]

For anyone needing a blank map-file. (For some players this seems to be difficult)
I uploaded a save to nexus a while ago. It is at the beginning of the campaign.
Every map file except Dead Hills can be taken from this save and used in the way described by Thomas G. in this thread.
Savefile on Nexusmods [www.nexusmods.com]

[Vythan]

Huge thanks, Thomas G. A friend and I got softlocked by a bug in the Nuclear Protocol mission, and your workaround saved our run.