Saving just failing recently

[Albrecht]

Was there a recent patch or something? I had not made any changes with my system but as of late, save files aren't updating at all. I keep getting the "Saving.... Don't turn off your system" and then "Save failed". Regardless of the save feature after mission or the manual save from the option screen. I'm not too sure what's causing the save failure and I've tried admin privs and Firewall bypasses.

[Albrecht]

To add: Re-installs do nothing, privileges are correct, files are in correct locations, etc. I have no idea what is causing this issue but it quite literally makes the game UNPLAYABLE. Since, you know - the whole saving thing?

[hozukikagetsu]

Been having the same issue since I installed 3 days ago. I emailed support but they haven't replied back with any suggestions or resolutions yet.

[Shirakani]

Managed to fix it for myself... had no idea what caused it too...

1) Back up your LINKSAVEDATA.bin file somewhere else, then close Steam completely.

2) Go to <steam_installation_directory>\userdata\<your_steamid>\" the folder is named based on the game storepage appid, so it's "622220"

3) Delete the '622220' folder (this is why you make a backup!)

4) Launch Steam again and launch game. Steam will automatically restore the folder from Steam Cloud along with your save data. You should now be able to save.

*EXTRA STEPS FOR PPL WHO HAVE DISABLED STEAM CLOUD FOR WHATEVER REASON

If you have Steam Cloud disabled, start a New Game and manually save so that the LINKSAVEDATA.bin file is re-created. This save should work.

5) Exit game

6) Copy your backed up LINKSAVEDATA.bin from Step 1 file into the 622220\remote\savedata folder, overwrite the existing file.

7) Launch game, you should now be able to save.

[Albrecht]

Originally posted by Shirakani:

Managed to fix it for myself... had no idea what caused it too...

1) Back up your LINKSAVEDATA.bin file somewhere else, then close Steam completely.

2) Go to <steam_installation_directory>\userdata\<your_steamid>\" the folder is named based on the game storepage appid, so it's "622220"

3) Delete the '622220' folder (this is why you make a backup!)

4) Launch Steam again and launch game. Steam will automatically restore the folder from Steam Cloud along with your save data. You should now be able to save.

*EXTRA STEPS FOR PPL WHO HAVE DISABLED STEAM CLOUD FOR WHATEVER REASON

If you have Steam Cloud disabled, start a New Game and manually save so that the LINKSAVEDATA.bin file is re-created. This save should work.

5) Exit game

6) Copy your backed up LINKSAVEDATA.bin from Step 1 file into the 622220\remote\savedata folder, overwrite the existing file.

7) Launch game, you should now be able to save.

Thanks for the reply, but holy hell it was weird for me.

When I did go into the Steam save file location there were actually 2 LINKSAVEDATA.bin files. One of which was practically not there (0 kb). Upon deletion of the second and newer bin file, the game could save again.

[doo]

Probably a bad sector issue or file corrupt while trying to write to disk. Imma back up my file now just in case ;-;