"Can't save just now. Try again shortly"

Bugs
#1

So proudly, I finished the Baptism of fire quest yesterday. Following a further 6 hours into the game, I tried to save and it would not allow me, with the statement above. throughout the next hour I tried at different points to save, and even get the game to auto save however it was not having it. I even tried to use the command to save however to my avail it crashed and lost my progress (up to the baptism of fire) completely. Even with all my progress in more quests and other shortcuts it would not even auto save.

Anyone else had this issue?
Anyone know how to fix it?

P.s. Yes I have 3 save potions in my inventory .

Thanks,
Leriaos

#2

I have the same issue. I also only realized it after a few hours so all my quest progress is now gone. There are already a few other threads talking about it. Sadly no solution so far.
Iā€™ll just wait for the save/lockpicking patch in two weeks.

#3

Thanks, its a shame really. I want to carry on playing on an old save, but donā€™t want to progress then have it fail to save. Looks like a two week break to me.

#4

Exactly the same thing happened to me, 3 hour progress after baptism and after typying the save command in console the game crashed, lost all my progress.
Iā€™m quitting the game until the announce they fixed this specific bug and Iā€™m giving it a bad review.

#5

For saving option fixā€¦

#6

Doesnā€™t work, Iā€™ve tried. The issue is with the save option being greyed out, so even with the mod. You still cannot save.

#7

I feel your painā€¦

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#8

I have had the same issue for 2 days now.

I have tried re-installing, loading older saves, transferring to another computer. At some point the saves all end up with the same issue. Even if I go back to a much older save that still allows me to save and then get a pot and save that savegame will then be unable to make new saves due to this message.

Iā€™ve scoured the internet for a solution and found none so far.

#9

Okay after extensive testing here I think I have pinpointed the issue

  1. The game incorrectly believes you are in the middle of a conversation OR a random encounter on the road
  2. If you LOAD a save file, this save file will now, for some reason, assume the same (carried over state from previous?) - it will also remain this way forever, i.e. this save is now broken
  3. If you QUIT THE GAME entirely and then RELOAD a non-broken save you will be able to continue to save
  4. Once you have loaded ANY GAME from within this failed state you will ā€˜infectā€™ that save with the failed state and itā€™s GG

Never seen such an awful bug in my life.

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#10

I think the problem, for me at least, is the scribe quest ā€œwords are mightier than the swordā€or something.

I loaded an older save from before I did that quest and I had no problems saving at all. After I did the quest suddenly I couldnā€™t save again.
Tried that twice now and the same thing happened.
So I think I will just leave this quest untouched for now and save more often.

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#11

So. Iā€™m pissed. The problem showed up. Then went away and returned while playing. Iā€™m not 6 hours away of my last save and I really donā€™t want to lose that progress. Iā€™ll go from lvl 11 sword warfare and defense. Back down to either 4 or 5. Along with loosing my 13k groshens. Please tell me there is something I can do.

#12

Probably should juss load last save as my main quest has failed. I went to fight two guards ā€œas per the story requiresā€ and my armor level was too high so they both fled. Hence I was unable to complete my quest ā€œdefend so-so from the guardsā€ hence the mission failed and now I canā€™t find the limping bandit.

#13

I just hope this bug is known to warhorseā€¦ it should be
have you reported the bug to support@kingdomcomerpg.com ?
They need to fix this asap since they are already working on save mechanics

#14

Shall report it now. Thatā€™s for the idea

#15

I made the mistake of loading my other saves, so they are all screwed now. Thanks for your investigation

#16

Itā€™s gotta be the ā€œMightier than the swordā€ quest thingā€¦ after talking to the scribe, the game tells you to read the book. But once you do, nothing happens. Scribe is no longer anywhere to be found and the questmarker for that sidequest never goes away and just keeps prompting you to read the book.

Itā€™s somehow got the game in a state of thinking itā€™s still in a cutscene orā€¦ something.

God damn it. Thereā€™s no way to save these hours of gameplay is there?

Oh how I love things like thisā€¦ Worst bugs without a doubt as it completely kills enjoyment of playing the game when you have to be stressed about something this serious.

Thanks for this info though, wonā€™t go loading other saves and ā€œinfecting emā€

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#17

Replying to this one aswell, that yes: I think itā€™s the cause of my problem aswell. The sidequest is stuck telling me to ā€œread the bookā€ on the scribes desk but nothing happened the first time I read it and nothing happens no matter what I do, the scribe is nowhere to be found etc. and my game hasnā€™t saved ever since that point, 2-3 hours ago.

#18

I have the same problem, scribe quest is stuck at ā€œread bookā€, but I was able to find the scribe. He is still in front of the house of the murdered person, not able to talk to me. My game hasnā€™t saved since the beginning of the quest and I canā€™t save manually either. This is really annoying, I really donā€™t want to lose my progress.

#19

try deleting non-essential saves. iā€™m concerned that KCD is set to autosave all the time (eg, milestones, sleep, getting lance waxed at bathhouse). add to that, savior schnapps saves and eventually KCD is likely to run into a save limit at least on PS4

#20

Hey, that worked for me man! It seems that KCD has a save file limit of about 65 files. I deleted some and now Iā€™m able to save again. Thank you, I really appreciate your help.

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