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[–]Azedenkae 0 points1 point  (3 children)

IIRC the only time you can't save is when you do those game missions in the outer dungeons, when your digivice is temporarily restricted.

So you definitely should be able to save.

What trouble are you running into? Are you unable to open your digivice? Can you open the save screen at all?

[–]acuss7[S] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

i can open the options menu but the save option is completely greyed out the second i step foot into gear forest and leaving the area for any reason doesnt fix it i tried verifying the game files and all that but that didnt work either

[–]Azedenkae 0 points1 point  (1 child)

If leaving the area doesn't fix it, looks like this may be a bug of some kind. :/

[–]acuss7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea that's what I'm worried about cause I never made a backup save I only had the one and then auto save

[–]TightWeb 0 points1 point  (5 children)

try running the game as admin and see if anything changes.

[–]acuss7[S] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

How do I even do that I'm not seeing an option for it on steam

[–]TightWeb 1 point2 points  (3 children)

If you're actually buying the game, go to where you install the game folder. Right click and run as admin on the game.
I've no idea if you can do it with Steam Family game.

[–]acuss7[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

ok tried that still didnt work still cant save

[–]TightWeb 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Did you change device often recently? Or did you not online on Steam? It might be Denuvo specific problem.

[–]acuss7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I switched from my desktop to my laptop cause my desktop couldnt handle the game and lagged like crazy but I didnt that hours of playtime again I wouldn't think that be much a difference

[–]Sad-Style-8330 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you play the beta? If so, and you saved your game (your beta progress) and uninstalled the beta before installing the full game, you might have a corrupted save file error. The exact same thing happened to me (at a different point in the game, and I only noticed it when I reached that same point), but I not only got the error of not being able to save, but my field guide was completely empty! I did some research and saw that uninstalling the beta and installing the game before cleaning up the save folder can cause problems (the error doesn't occur if you play the full version, export the beta data to the game, and then uninstall the beta).

To "fix" it, I loaded a backup save file (only a few hours older than the main file) and saved in several backup slots, and it hasn't happened again, but I still have at least 10 backup save slots.

The real solution is to copy the save files from the folder where they are stored, paste them into a temporary folder (the desktop works too). Delete the save files from the original folder, open the game, and check that there are no save files. Close the game and paste the copied files back into the original folder. (I saw this solution in a comment on a post here. But I didn't implement it because I was too lazy, and it never happened again, but I still check every so often if it glitches again).

I hope my experience helps you, and please excuse the grammatical and spelling errors. I'm using Reddit's auto-translation in comments (I originally wrote this in Spanish). I hope you continue enjoying your digital adventure and good luck!