Nothing is saving?

[Terry Hesticles]

I keep trying to save but i cant. do i need skyrim installed it plays without it fine it just wont save

[cheshirm]

so I run the game, press the F5 key for a quicksave, then the esc then save/create new save. then I look in folder
Documents\My Games\Enderal\Saves
and there is a quicksave.ess and a Save 61xxxxxxxx.ess with the current date and time.

game appears to be functioning normally on windows 11 version 24H2 and nvidia driver 576.02.

so assuming windows, windows comes with default security settings. neither steam nor the game installer nor the game make any changes nor bypass whatever antivirus, security settings, folder permissions, running programs you have on your system. up to YOU to manage all that for this game and any other game/app you install.

did the game create the save folder?
is the folder empty?

check antivirus log? might be blocking game/game launcher.

check windows security/controlled folder access.
if on add exceptions for game launcher/game.

running Windows One Drive? One Drive moves files out of the Documents folder.
Windows One Drive was released in 2007. VERY many websites with
tutorials/manuals/movies/youtube videos written by experts devoted to
One Drive/synching files/using steam, etc. if you use/need One Drive
consult a tutorial/manual/video and learn how to exclude folders, leave
a local copy of the data, or other options.

mods? can cause all kinds of problems?