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PanicButton May 7, 2017 @ 6:06am
20 save slot limit? really?
And when you go to the bottom of the list to delete the early saves, it jumps up to the top after deleting....so you have to scroll down every time.

Arkane pulled the same sh*t with Dishonored 2.
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Originally posted by Rise:
I know this is an old thread, but I have a solution for the save slot limitation and there's DLC coming out so this might help people in the future.

Make sure your steam cloud saves are turned off, then once you hit the max save slots used, navigate to

C:/Users/YOURUSERNAME/Saved Games/Arkane Studios/Prey/SaveGames/Campaign0 (this was my path in Windows 7 it could be different for you)

There should be 20 manual saves starting with the name "manual0", make a copy of the last one (for me it was "manual19") then paste the copy in the same folder and rename it "manual20"

The game only checks for the "save limit" at 20 saves, so once you have 21 it will let you continue saving whenever you want with no limit.

Hope this helps people more than the children bickering in this thread over how many saves you really "need" in a game that tells you right from that start you can "play your way"
I personally would rather not waste time deciding if I should overwrite a save when I can just save anytime with no limitation.
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Titus May 7, 2017 @ 6:10am 
Dont make so many saves then. Simple.
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PanicButton May 7, 2017 @ 6:18am 
Originally posted by Hazuki:
Dont make so many saves then. Simple.
You're a special little snowflake...aren't you?
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Sticks May 7, 2017 @ 6:20am 
Why not just use quick saves? Thats pretty much all I've been using and it works fine.
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Coovesinator May 7, 2017 @ 6:21am 
A serious question - why on earth would you need more than twenty? That's loads. Aside from quick saves I'm only using one slot, occasionally a second to try a different build or route briefly.
Last edited by Coovesinator; May 7, 2017 @ 6:22am
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PanicButton May 7, 2017 @ 6:22am 
Two reasons:
1. if a save gets corrupted, you need another, and quicksaves just rewrite the same slot. (although we also have an autosave slot...but better safe than sorry)
2. I like to have some proper saves at earlier points to back to if I need (for achievements and such)

But the "why" shouldn't matter. This is 2017, why do we have a save system from the original playstation era?
Last edited by PanicButton; May 7, 2017 @ 6:24am
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Sticks May 7, 2017 @ 6:27am 
Originally posted by karhu:
I like how ppl always questions other users' needs when they themselve don't need the same thing.

Yeah its almost like people are curious as to why anyone would need more than 20 save slots, what a crime.
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MTL5 May 7, 2017 @ 6:29am 
Originally posted by Coovesinator:
A serious question - why on earth would you need more than twenty?
Fans of this genre tend to create a new save file every time they press a button, walk around a corner, or reload their weapon.
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KRON May 7, 2017 @ 6:31am 
Originally posted by karhu:
Or don't buy the game! That's even more simple and as we can agree, nothing else matters than simplicity. Y u no as simple as me?


Originally posted by PanicButton:
You're a special little snowflake...aren't you?
The simple solution sometimes is the right one. Also, I don't get why the hell would you use 20 saves. Why don't you just overwrite one save?
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Sponticore May 7, 2017 @ 6:33am 
Heres a grand solution, quicksave while playing, manual save when you quit or before a big decision. Its not even like you cant return to past places, the map is open to you most of the game.
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Mandala May 7, 2017 @ 6:33am 
Educate yourself why save files are limited in games, then write nonsense.
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MTL5 May 7, 2017 @ 6:33am 
Originally posted by KRON:
Originally posted by karhu:
Or don't buy the game! That's even more simple and as we can agree, nothing else matters than simplicity. Y u no as simple as me?


Originally posted by PanicButton:
Why don't you just overwrite one save?
Because then you have no control over which save you want to go back to.
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MTL5 May 7, 2017 @ 6:34am 
Originally posted by Sponticore:
Heres a grand solution, quicksave while playing, manual save when you quit or before a big decision. Its not even like you cant return to past places, the map is open to you most of the game.
That's really not a solution. Skyrim is an open world, and also an immersive sim, and people create thousands of save files while playing Skyrim.
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FADE May 7, 2017 @ 6:40am 
Overwrite?
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Coovesinator May 7, 2017 @ 6:41am 
Originally posted by MTL5:
Originally posted by Coovesinator:
A serious question - why on earth would you need more than twenty?
Fans of this genre tend to create a new save file every time they press a button, walk around a corner, or reload their weapon.


I'm one of those fans myself, and I've never use more than two saves usually, the second one being to try something new out to see if it works, occasionally a third save, never more than that, not even on Skyrim (per character). I just like having a neat save folder instead of thousands I'm never gonna use left looking to me like a big cluttered mess, once I've tried something out I then use that file from then or delete it and use the old one. It was just a genuine question :-). I'm a save folder clean-freak I guess :-P
Last edited by Coovesinator; May 7, 2017 @ 6:44am
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pii May 7, 2017 @ 6:41am 
Originally posted by PanicButton:
And when you go to the bottom of the list to delete the early saves, it jumps up to the top after deleting....so you have to scroll down every time.

Arkane pulled the same sh*t with Dishonored 2.

WTF you mean I only have 19 slots left!? Quick saves is all I need

AND I LOVE that it has SAVE anywhere, like the good old days
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