Save a game in the right way

[THartmann9374]

Hello all,
I saved game twice. Every time I loaded up a saved game, I'm back one level below. It is like it didn't save the exact progress I am at. I had to "re-do" the level again to go into next level then save again.

In other words, I just completed the level and was in next new level which I "Save and Exit", then reloaded it later and was back in previous level at the beginning.

So, how do I exactly save the game the right way, so I won't lose any progress.

Thanks!

[markrevell]

The Lego games only autosave at the end of a level where it gives you stud-total, items found, characters unlocked, etc. Freeplay is unlocked. Any Save-and-Exit will save your stud total and anything found/unlocked but will not save your progress part-way through a level. You will have to start that level from the beginning next time you play.
I know it's tempting to collect every stud from everything at the start but this makes the levels so long sometimes that you just find you have to stop playing and end up losing progress.

Advice to take or leave:

My advice is to play through the story to get to the save-point collecting only the studs you run through easily and any blue + purple you may see lying around. Don't buy anything. By the time you've got through all the story levels you will have enough studs to buy some Extras. The x2 multiplier, maybe even the x4 and/or the stud-magnet.
Then find a guide to where the red bricks are and get the ones you want/can afford. Play after that is so much easier because you will get enough studs to easily buy all the rest of the Extras, characters that you need for special abilities, and all the rest. You can enjoy choosing your favourite characters to play through Freeplay with and complete each level finding everything along the way.
This is from about 9 years of playing Lego games and it makes it far more enjoyable and less tedious to get to 100%.

Hope this is of help :)