Cannot save/quicksave

[FullMetalMadcat]

My current Fallout 4 install is perhaps the most stable I've had. A few CTD's here and there but nothing major. Since yesterday I cannot save nor quicksave my game. Quite frustrating. To help clear out some questions;

 

- I do not play survival but in normal mode.

- My antivirus allows Fallout 4 to run, and I do not have other programs of the kind.

- I have no mods which would interfere with saves.

- I turned off cloud saves on Steam.

- Although sleeping show that the game has been quicksaved, it is not the case as when I reload the last save I'm thrown back to when save/quicksave was working.

- On other profiles, save/quicksave works normally, but on some it stops working.

 

Right now, I'm stuck and cannot move forward.

 

Any suggestions?

Edited November 22, 2020 by FullMetalMadcat

[LarannKiar]

"I have no mods which would interfere with saves." - Are you sure? How do you mean the latest install is the "most stable"? Does you PC meet the requirements? "Saving" is handled by the game's core engine as far as I know.. Edited December 9, 2020 by LarannKiar

[FullMetalMadcat]

For your questions:

 

Are you sure? Yes. I always check the bugs section of every mod I download, and none have any conflict with the save/quicksave feature.

 

How do you mean the latest install is the "most stable"? Game is up to date with the latest build.

 

Does you PC meet the requirements? I far exceed the requirements. I can run Cyberpunk 2077 on Ultra.

 

"Saving" is handled by the game's core engine as far as I know.. Well, I recently learned that although the game engine is responsible for saving, the problem *may* reside in the location of the install, which for Steam, is currently in C:\Program Files (x86). Someone mentioned in a thread on Reddit that Steam should ideally be install outside of C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files (x86). Preferably somewhere like C:\Steam.

 

Some added notes: The failure to save/quicksave is a recent bug, and has not affected me since my last install, which goes back to beginning of summer when I got my new machine, and I've logged several hundred hours of gameplay since then.