PSA: save+ disabled

[Krash Megiddo]

I was in the middle of combat and I got stuck in some weird state where quicksave/save/inventory is disabled. I hit <tab> to bring up the character menu and it takes me to the main menu instead. I can see quicksave and save options are greyed out on this menu. I can quit but a notification tells me progress will be lost if I quit.

At first I thought, "Is my save folder permissions borked?" Nope, I ruled that out. Can't access missions or the map and no way to fast travel. Can't engage the lockpicking mini game either. I think there's a temporary freeze on these things during combat and my game got stuck in that freeze mode for whatever reason.

Changing cells didn't reset it. I found this command that fixed a similar issue:
https://www.gamerevolution.com/guides/946940-starfield-cant-save-bug-no-inventory-open-new-game-plus-ng-glitch

SetInChargen 0 0 0

Didn't work. The only way I could get back to normal was to reload my last save which was when I exited my ship for this POI. I lost about 5 mins of progress. No big deal.

I'm posting this for awareness and maybe somebody found a fix that doesn't involve reloading.

Anyone?

[Krash Megiddo]

This has happened a few times since then, but being aware of it helps.

[wyodinosaur]

Can you force a save by using the console command: 'save [savename]'? And if so, are you then able to load it?

[Krash Megiddo]

Originally posted by wyodinosaur:

Can you force a save by using the console command: 'save [savename]'? And if so, are you then able to load it?

I'll try that, but saving isn't the only issue. Access to everything on the main UI is blocked: inventory, skills, powers, all of it.

Ah it just occurred to me, saving from the console, then reloading that save would reset everything and not lose any progress :D

[wyodinosaur]

Maybe you could try the 'forcemenu [menu name]' command for the obstinate menus. I'm not sure about how to re-enable the main UI though.

I'm sorry. I meant 'showmenu' not 'forcemenu'. Forgive me, I was a little careless.

[utahcowboy]

Thanks for bringing this to everyone's attention Krash. I don't think previous BGS games had this issue. It would seem weird to me if that was an intentional design decision. Maybe a bug? Nonetheless, I'm really glad it's being discussed here. That's how solutions are found.

[oak]

I feel like there might be a few scripted battles that lock saves out intentionally?
Or not, and it's a bug that I've experienced as well.

[Vlad 254]

Good stuff Krash. That's also why i save early and often in all BGS games.

[SilverX95]

how many saves do you have? i had a message popup after one of the updates saying that i had too many saves.
i heard weird stuff happens when you have a lot of saves files.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1716740/discussions/0/5715697457567766300/

[Krash Megiddo]

Less than 40 saves

[jas385]

There are definitely some cutscenes and other events where you can't access the UI, only the main menu (and the save option is disabled) - e.g., during your ship docking/landing sequence. It sounds like your program got stuck in one of these. I've never had that happen but at least loading a previous save is still an option.