Game not saving?

[Maniac]

I have like 20 manual saves and one autosave and all of them are at the same point, directly at the start of the game after the tunnel when you have to get the part for your motorcycle. is saving not unlocked yet?
Is this still tutorial so i cant save?
or is it intended that you get set back to a specific point in the story no matter when you save?

[OtherWise]

that section is still the "Tutorial", and the tutorial is very long.
The entire set of missions of the tutorial, wont feel its a tutorial but a story progressing.
Without going in to spoilers the tutorial will ONLY END after you arrive at the 1st camp (dont confuse it by your lodge, where you are staying with boozer).

Now for your saves, while i have "Never" tried to save manually during the tutorial (never had the need), this games doesnt allow you to save in the midle of a "Mission" and resume exactly where you saved. Meaning when you load that Save it will load the last "Checkpoint" of the mission. And dont worry in harder missions the Game has Checkpoints in sections that people might fail.

The game tends to save when you Start or End a activity / Mission, received important radio messages, etc etc, plus the missions checkpoints.

Outside of missions, the game will let you quick save or manually save anywhere and resume progress exactly where you saved (as long as you are near your Bike or a bed).

Small advise, Abuse the "Quick Save" System

[Maniac]

wow thats the most stupid save system i have ever seen, they could have at least mentioned it SOMEWHERE or grey out the save option when you cant really save.
wasted an hour because of this ♥♥♥♥ becuase i tried to be as stealthy as posible but wasted too much stuff and wanted to reload the previous savegame only to see then that im back at the start
Im not really a fan of playing for hours and then having to repeat everything again and again and again only because there is some hard part where i constantly die.
If there are at least generous autosaves or checkpoints where i can start again without repeating the same thing or hard parts multiple times.
im a person which saves like every minute, after every enemy or looting a building so i dont have to repeat it again if things go down.

i wonder if there is a mod to make saving always available

[Mythily]

Originally posted by Maniac:

Im not really a fan of playing for hours and then having to repeat everything again and again and again only because there is some hard part where i constantly die.

Sounds like a you problem. I never lost that much progress. I know clearing a camp is a commitment so I don't quit in the middle of it.
There are plenty of other games that don't let you save during a mission. Most of the time its a non issue because the mission has enough checkpoints to make the time lost insignificant.

[Maniac]

Originally posted by Mythily:

Originally posted by Maniac:

Im not really a fan of playing for hours and then having to repeat everything again and again and again only because there is some hard part where i constantly die.

Sounds like a you problem. I never lost that much progress. I know clearing a camp is a commitment so I don't quit in the middle of it.
There are plenty of other games that don't let you save during a mission. Most of the time its a non issue because the mission has enough checkpoints to make the time lost insignificant.

no its a game problem if the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game doesnt even tell you that you cant save, and its even a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ troll from the devs that they let you save without telling you that it doesnt really save.
it was never at any point mentioned that during the mission or whatever its called in this game i cant save and dieing or loading an other savegame sets me back to the start.
Why have they never mentioned that or just made it imposible to save?
if i would have seen that i cant save i would have played completely different but i thought i just saved a minute ago so its fine if i try something to find out how the game behaves

And im not the only one being pissed about such a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ system, there are multiple threads with multiple answers on reddit about exactly this problem.

ppl who were never told that the save feature is useless in missions and the developer just added it to troll the players because they love to piss them off when they find out that all saves they made during the mission are worthless because they have to start from the last checkpoint

but whatever, i will download some mods, unfortunately as far as i can see there is none which allows saving anywhere but i found one where i can have 999 ammo so i will just use this and then go guns blazing into every mission since im not limited to a few bullets

[harken23]

Originally posted by Maniac:

but whatever, i will download some mods, unfortunately as far as i can see there is none which allows saving anywhere but i found one where i can have 999 ammo so i will just use this and then go guns blazing into every mission since im not limited to a few bullets

That is about the hardest way to play the game. But give it a try.

[Betrayal]

Originally posted by OtherWise:

that section is still the "Tutorial", and the tutorial is very long.
The entire set of missions of the tutorial, wont feel its a tutorial but a story progressing.
Without going in to spoilers the tutorial will ONLY END after you arrive at the 1st camp (dont confuse it by your lodge, where you are staying with boozer).

Now for your saves, while i have "Never" tried to save manually during the tutorial (never had the need), this games doesnt allow you to save in the midle of a "Mission" and resume exactly where you saved. Meaning when you load that Save it will load the last "Checkpoint" of the mission. And dont worry in harder missions the Game has Checkpoints in sections that people might fail.

The game tends to save when you Start or End a activity / Mission, received important radio messages, etc etc, plus the missions checkpoints.

Outside of missions, the game will let you quick save or manually save anywhere and resume progress exactly where you saved (as long as you are near your Bike or a bed).

Small advise, Abuse the "Quick Save" System

The save mechanics of this game got to be a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ joke.
I arrived the camp, I was there, it was about to log out for this evening but then reloaded quick and it throw me all the way back.
Is this a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ joke? I lost over an hour of progression. What kind of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ridiculous save game mechanic is this? Why can I save everywhere and nothing persists?
When the ♥♥♥♥ can I logout of this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game and continue later?
ARE THEY ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ KIDDING ME?

[Vigilence]

You only get a save at the start of that tutorial, then you can save at your bike freely.

[simon.pete15]

After you get your bike, the crap one from Manny in Copelands Camp, that is when you can save. Save next to your bike.

[Lister of Smeg ︻デ =ー]

Originally posted by Maniac:

I have like 20 manual saves and one autosave and all of them are at the same point, directly at the start of the game after the tunnel when you have to get the part for your motorcycle. is saving not unlocked yet?
Is this still tutorial so i cant save?
or is it intended that you get set back to a specific point in the story no matter when you save?

I had this exact same issue and when I posted it on here, the game community were very toxic in defending how the devs blatantly left out a few lines to say you cannot save unless you are near a bed or a bike. They all blamed me and my PC LOL

It's a game problem (feature) absolutely nothing to do with me or my PC. And this tainted my experience with the game as the toxic community ruined it for me. I only came on like you have done to say I couldn't save and they bit my head off.

The game is alright, not a masterpiece like some on here keep saying. It is an average game with an average story (ripped from The Walking Dead it feels). The world does feel empty and the missions are repetitive and there are bugs despite what the toxic community say, I have encountered plenty of game-breaking bugs and annoying problems (game mechanics)

Play the game, it's okay but not amazing. Could have been better but I have enjoyed most of it despite some points mentioned above. I have completed the main mission now and I was expecting to have plenty more side missions to do, but they've gone silent on the radio and all is left is to kill hordes, how boring! I can't even upgrade my bike anymore or purchase new weapons or purchase upgrades for them. Feels like the devs missed out that feature!