How do you save in this game?

[Mike Hawthorne]

I know you click on options and select Save, but when you load the save it starts you back at the start of your area not where you saved at.

If they aren't going to let you save your progress, then why have a save button at all?

I was almost to the end of the level where I have to find the witch doctor and then got killed, even though I had created a save shortly before that, when I loaded the save I was back at the start of the level again.

I see many people asking and the only answer I find is that you have to edit the CPY.ini file to designate a new Save Folder.

The poglem is that there is no .ini file of any kind in either the Far Cry folder or the Ubisoft folder.

Anyone know how to fix this?

Mike

[Runokvar]

The Saving Option only saves your Progress in the Story and Quests, to set Spawnpoints and Save Progress mid-Quest, Sleep in a Bed, u find them in your Camp, Bonfires and the little Campfire Symbols on the Map, they also have the Reward Bag, so u can restock your Resources.

[Akunamatata]

There is a guides section for every Steam game... I don't understand why so many people refuse to use it...
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=859358501

[Mike Hawthorne]

Hi

The problem is that none of that seems to work as far as I can see, Survival Mode is turned off, but every time I die I lose all my progress from the last automatic checkpoint, I just found a bed and have tried sleeping so we will see about that.

But when I use the save button it seems to do nothing, if I save and then move to a different location and reload the save I don't end up where I saved, I lose all my progress again.

The quick save button F5 doesn't seems to do anything either and there is no indication that I'm saving when I hit it.

Even stranger I went to the saves folder in the Ubisoft directory and deleted all of my saves.
When I reloaded the game all of the saves were still there?

When I looked online I found dozens of people who seem to be having the same problem and the only answer was to edit the CPY.ini file to make a new save location but when I searched I did not find any .ini file in either the Far Cry Primal install directory or the Ubisoft directory.

All in all this is a pain. I'd like to be able to save my progress and not play the whole area over every time I get attacked by a bear.

And as I said I'm finding a lot of people making the same complaint.

Mike

[Akunamatata]

Mike, did you read "Disabling cloud save synchronization in Uplay" and "Game doesn’t save at all?! - Corrupt save troubleshooting" chapters in my guide?.. Ah, and important note at the very end of "Creating unlimited number of save slots" chapter??

Originally posted by Mike Hawthorne:

I was almost to the end of the level where I have to find the witch doctor and then got killed, even though I had created a save shortly before that, when I loaded the save I was back at the start of the level again.

And again, there are no "levels" in FC Primal, there are MISSIONS (or "quests" if you want). There is no obligation to go to the Tensay mission mark on the map (or any campaign mission mark for that matter) - when you are in a free roaming mode (i.e. not in a middle of any quest) you are free to do whatever you want - explore, conquere outposts and bonfires or attend any other quests marked on the map.

[Akunamatata]

Mike, have you managed to fix your issue?

[Mike Hawthorne]

Hi

By level I really meant mission, I finally found the old witch doctor at the end and followed the owl and I've rescued a few villagers.

I haven't really gotten to the point that I can save by clicking the Save button and appear where I save as far as I know but I haven’t tried for a while.

F5 still doesn't seem to do anything.

But I've run around now enough that I can usually get to a bed and sleep someplace that saves the game so I recover at that location.

I still make player saves by writing over the first three so I always have a recent one, but I haven't tried loading one for a while.

I'll try that next time I get into the game and see if it reloads my where I saved or back at the base camp.

I learned to stay away from the bear; nothing else is supper tough so I haven’t died for a while.

Mike

I missed the part about disabling cloud save, I'll check that out.

[Akunamatata]

Originally posted by Mike Hawthorne:

I haven't really gotten it to the point that I can save by clicking the Save button and appear where I save as far as I know.

No one have... This is not a bug, this is a feature of Far Cry Saving system since FC 3. You apparently haven't played FC 3 or 4... I explicitly explained this in my guide:

Originally posted by Saving guide:

What is recorded when saving? – General progress, time of day and your personal stats: inventory, XP, learned skills, current pet health etc. Unlike many other games, Far Cry Primal DOES NOT make a “screenshot” of your exact position and surrounding environment at the moment of saving – spawn of people, animals and random tasks occurs from scratch when you load your save or resurrect. Besides that, and this is a most criticized thing about this savings system, you DO NOT respawn EXACTLY where you were, but at “resurrection point” nearest to the point on the map where you were at the moment of saving. It could be a discovered fireplace or fast travel location (captured outpost etc.).

Please, carefully read my guide. It is a bit long, but it will give you a much better understanding of what's going on...

[Akunamatata]

Originally posted by Mike Hawthorne:

By level I really meant mission, I finally found the old witch doctor at the end and followed the owl and I've rescued a few villagers.

That mission starts only after you enter his cave. At any point before that you are still in free roaming mode. And if you have been killed by a bear in that area, you resurrect at the camp near the bottom of the hill under a large stone arch.
You can always check whether you are in free roaming mode or in mission mode by hitting Esc - the menu looks entirely different (as shown in "Saves mechanics" chapter of my guide).

[Mike Hawthorne]

This is my first Far Cry, or Ubisoft game, right now I'm spending most of my time on Conan Exiles. The whole system is quite different than what I'm used to.

It's been a while since I've played a single player game where I had to worry about saving at all.

The only other single player game I've played in a while was the Witcher 3 which was pretty standard as to saving, before that it goes clear back to Skyrim for an non MMO.