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    Saves not working

    Hi there

    I have a problem with far cry 4 since I bought it.

    Saves/checkpoints not working during prologue, which I did not finish,, very frustrating
    If character dies during prologue, it goes to black screen, and I can hear sound, but no loading anything.
    If I try to access menu whyle playing prologue, It says that I cannot exit or load while it saves...this happens regardless if checkpoint is saving
    I think my saves are/should be in ubisoft launcher, because I do not have any profiles/saves folder in ''bin folder''


    I have a legit copy of Far Cry 4,bought through steam, and downloaded through Uplay, so don't bother asking/warning

    Thanks In advance
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    Verify your game files

    To verify your files if you bought the game thru Steam ..\EXIT Steam ..right click your steam icon ..select run as Administrator


    to launch Steam


    then go to your Steam games library


    right clik on far cry 4


    select properties


    select local files


    select verify Integrity of game cache


    it takes a few min to do but its faster the redownloading your entire game , if its only a few files that were corrupt or installed incorrectly .... this in many cases will fix your problems


    If you have the U play only Version of the game you can also verify your game files with U play


    if you have the game via u play only here are instructions how to verify your game files thru their client
    Again its probably best to make sure you launch Uplay as RUN as Administrator when you do a file verify


    https://support.ubi.com/en-US/FAQ/60...0000000ee85CAA
    see the bottom of the page

    make sure you installed the updated version of Uplay

    and always


    launch Uplay as RUN as ADMINISTRATOR ..

    by the way .....your saves DO NOT GO TO THE GAME FOLDER with the Steam or Uplay only version

    with the steam version of the game, saves your game to


    C:\ Program files X86 \ Ubisoft \ Ubisoft game launcher \savegames \ *a folder with a long series
    of letters and numbers Varies from system to system* \ 856




    the Uplay only version they go in
    C:\ Program files X86 \ Ubisoft \ Ubisoft game launcher \savegames \ *a folder with a long series
    of letters and numbers Varies from system to system* \ 420

    **the long series of letters and numbers = code for your Uplay account **

    each save consists of 4 small files
    1.save
    1.save.upload
    2.save
    2.save.upload


    one is an auto save the other is a user created save point, the other ones are upload files that save to the cloud ,and it will always make those .upload files even if you shut off the cloud save option in Uplay settings
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    also you can not save during the prolouge thats totally NORMAL

    you must complete it (the prolouge) ..then save once you reach the first safe house in banapur

    you can not save during missions ....Far Cry 3 Worked the same way

    i always save within a safe house in the outposts you take over ..never had an issue
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    also if you bought the game on STEAM .. you DOWNLOAD the game via Steam


    as you can see the Steam and Uplay versions are different in how they handle files ..same goes for any DLC you buy


    if your base game was bought on steam you MUST BUY ANY DLC ON STEAM for it to work correctly

    see this post http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php...ss-not-working

    if you have further problems open a support ticket with Ubi support

    contact info can be found here

    https://support.ubi.com/en-GB/Contact#en-gb
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    Originally Posted by WID992007 Go to original post
    also if you bought the game on STEAM .. you DOWNLOAD the game via Steam


    as you can see the Steam and Uplay versions are different in how they handle files ..same goes for any DLC you buy


    if your base game was bought on steam you MUST BUY ANY DLC ON STEAM for it to work correctly

    see this post http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php...ss-not-working

    if you have further problems open a support ticket with Ubi support

    contact info can be found here

    https://support.ubi.com/en-GB/Contact#en-gb
    You are actually right .. I bought it on Steam, but required activation in Uplay. I'll Try those suggestions aforementioned. I will come back with the results. Thanks !
    PS :I have to redownload it, ai got angry and deleted the game from library...
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