Save system

[Denthamos]

I have to ask, what the hell even is this nonsensical save system for this game? You only get 4 saves, manual save is quick save only which tends to corrupt the save file, and autosaves can remove your manual save if it saves 4 times since the last manual save.

Really it makes no sense why they took this path with the save system when they had something which *worked* in the past. Its needless and all it does is create complications and save file corruptions.

[Jig McGalliger]

Are you using cloud saves?

[Denthamos]

No, just the normal saves the system provides.

[Jig McGalliger]

Generally, the corrupted save comes from mismanaged Steam Cloud saves or you're continuing from an old save where your existing checkpoint is not compatible but a chapter reload will work.

Otherwise, backup user files so you can provide them to tech support.

[Bullett00th]

Be glad you have a manual/quicksave system, there are only inconsistent autosaves on Ranger Hardcore)

[Yes-Man]

Originally posted by Bullett00th:

Be glad you have a manual/quicksave system, there are only inconsistent autosaves on Ranger Hardcore)

This is not true. I've experienced multiple broken saves and I'm not playing in hardcore mode.

Originally posted by Jig McGalliger:

.. or you're continuing from an old save where your existing checkpoint is not compatible but a chapter reload will work...

So what you're saying is, should I dare to actually use the save files, they could get broken?! That's not how save files work.

[Curze]

even if its corrupted, click no when you are asked to delete it. My saves were "corrupted" but I was able to load them

[clueless]

I have to agree with OP 100%
from my own recent personal experience i can say that for me...
the entire save system and chapter select system is utterly broken
i finished my first run and then went into chapter select to mop up some missing achievos
then i tried a NG+ run and it worked off of my save from chapter select ..not from my completed game so i didnt get all 10 weapons or any upgrades
i tried loading and reloading what ever saves i had..(4) ..all recent ..saved by the game itself ..not saved by me .. and nothing worked to get me a REAL NG+ with all of my weapons and weapon upgrades
my fully completed game was wiped out completely

if you want to play the game straight and not use chapter select or expect to have nothing carryover with an NG+ run then the save system is tolerable
but if you try to use chapter select to mop up missing achievos it will screw up your NG+ run

[Jig McGalliger]

Originally posted by Curze:

even if its corrupted, click no when you are asked to delete it. My saves were "corrupted" but I was able to load them

I've also seen this all over the forums. The game could be suggesting you reload from chapter selection as you will not have any of the updates until you load a new chapter from the start.

[Bullett00th]

Originally posted by Yes-Man:

Originally posted by Bullett00th:

Be glad you have a manual/quicksave system, there are only inconsistent autosaves on Ranger Hardcore)

This is not true. I've experienced multiple broken saves and I'm not playing in hardcore mode.

Oh, sorry to hear that.

What I meant is that Ranger Hardcore doesn't even offer the option of manual saving

[Arfur Brain]

When the game autosaves it doesn't overwrite the last manual quicksave which means you can always load back to your last manual save even it was quite a while ago. As it stands if you do a quicksave then you basically give the game permission to overwrite the other three slots and very quickly they get written over. This is a broken system as it is then no longer possible to go back by more than one manual save. And restarting a chapter overwrites the same slots so this can't really be done until the end of the game unless you want to lose all your progress so far.
If only there was a fix or mod to increase the number of save slots from 4 to 'lots' then it would be more tolerable.