Access Denied - game cannot advance.

[mike_box]

Even after the Oct 18th update I still have autosave errors and cannot save games without errors (sometimes the save is ok to use, but I get the error every time).

error looks like:

There was a problem with saving your game state:
CAUsers\Mike\Documents\The
Riftbreaker\campaignV2\1710209453_1710202119560
S.map
Access is denied.

Because I can't get an error free save I can't move to a different map:

You can not leave your current planetary location until
game progress has been saved. Please ensure that
you are able to save progress and try again,

This would be a fun game if it worked, but this error stops progression.

I saw a few suggestions in the threads about disabling the antivirus to help with this error. I'm not going to do that I no one should have to. Somehow in the hundreds of other games that I own none of them have this problem so I'm confident in saying that it's a problem with this game.

[The Karic]

I am also having this same issue and I do not have any special antivirus enabled... sucks.

[Panterich]

You should check permissions on that file and on that folder.

And if you don`t know what that means, then the only thing i can suggest is this:
1. Delete whole The Riftbreaker folder (or move it somewhere else temporary for testing)
2. Uninstall the game.
3. Exit Steam and start it as admin.
4. Install the game, navigate to its folder
5. Run game executable manually as admin.

Edit:

Originally posted by mike_box:

so I'm confident in saying that it's a problem with this game.

The game doesn`t have control over your OS or other software.

[Invictus]

I know some antivirus can restrict disk writing permissions, and that some people had this happen with Avast for no particular reason.

I have Kaspersky and have never had any issues.

[伊尼斯特]

I am also having this same issue ...

I have read all the discussions in the forum, and other online solutions are useless.

I can only consider refunding...
Ugh....

Win 10 + AMD 3800XT + 32G RAM + 3080Ti + Kaspersky + 1T SSD

[1MantisPhoenix]

As per the FAQ, Add exclusions or exceptions for the game, or confirm where it's saving to, and also allow that place to be excluded from AV issues. Windows defender exclusion is.
Multiple AVs on one device will be an issue..

[1MantisPhoenix]

Run the game exe as Admin,

[伊尼斯特]

Thank you very much for your assistance,
I have tried it all,
Still invalid....

( Run as Admin, antivirus disabled, reinstall, latest patches, experimental patches, install as admin., checked disk., can write to folder..... )

The last option is "Refund"...

It's a good game ...... Q.Q

[splender99]

I solved this particular issue and possibly all other Steam save game permission issue.

Solution:
* Use Windows 10 mklink or hard Symbolic Link

https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16226/complete-guide-to-symbolic-links-symlinks-on-windows-or-linux/

Process:
1. Google windows mklink, pick instructions
2. Create a new "The Riftbreaker" folder in another directory like "D:\The Riftbreaker"
3. Find/Search for "CMD" in your windows search.
4. Right click on "Command Prompt", right click and select "Run as Administrator"
5. Go to Documents folder and delete the old "Documents\The Riftbreaker" directory.
6. Run the command inside the Documents folder, "mklink /J C:\Users\<your username here>\Documents\The Riftbreaker" "D:\The Riftbreaker"

If your familiar with Command prompt and Windows directory structure you will understand the instructions. This is not a copy paste solution.

[Carlos Spicy-Wiener]

Originally posted by splender99:

I solved this particular issue and possibly all other Steam save game permission issue.

Solution:
* Use Windows 10 mklink or hard Symbolic Link

https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16226/complete-guide-to-symbolic-links-symlinks-on-windows-or-linux/

Process:
1. Google windows mklink, pick instructions
2. Create a new "The Riftbreaker" folder in another directory like "D:\The Riftbreaker"
3. Find/Search for "CMD" in your windows search.
4. Right click on "Command Prompt", right click and select "Run as Administrator"
5. Go to Documents folder and delete the old "Documents\The Riftbreaker" directory.
6. Run the command inside the Documents folder, "mklink /J C:\Users\<your username here>\Documents\The Riftbreaker" "D:\The Riftbreaker"

If your familiar with Command prompt and Windows directory structure you will understand the instructions. This is not a copy paste solution.

gdam thank you, this fixed it for me. so stupid that some backup system are locking and need to do this...