Baldur’s Gate 3 has a bug that won’t let you save your game

There’s no such thing as a perfect launch, and now it’s Baldur’s Gate 3′s turn. Larian Studios’ new game has finally left behind its Early Access period and launched to devastating success, to the point where players rushing in to play managed to almost take down the Steam servers. But fun as that may sound, it’s also caused a small bug in the game which is preventing players from saving or loading their games.

Originally reported by players who claim that their games freeze when they try to sync up to the cloud saves on Steam, this error seems to prevent anyone from saving or loading any files of their games whatsoever. Larian Studios became aware of the issue and swiftly updated the game’s FAQ with several solutions.

On Larian’s side, they recommend everything from veridying the local files of the game, deleting the LevelCache folder to get rid of corrupted files, and even shutting down Windows Defender, which they say may be interfering with the cloud sync feature of the game. But there’s also an additional (and much simpler) solution, as shared by IGN: just turn off the cross-save feature. It can be found in the settings menu of the game as a checkmark, so it’s easy enough to find and deactivate.

This last option has been working for the majority of the players having this issue, as the problem seems to stem from communication errors with the game’s servers, presumably caused by the influx of concurrent players at the time of launch. It’s improbable that this problem will persist after a few more days, as the servers will most certainly stabilize.

Baldur’s Gate 3 is here after years of Early Access

Those who have played Baldur’s Gate 3 Early Access have been able to experience the evolution of the game over the years, but the title has changed so much that the games are not compatible. For this reason, Larian Studios has tried by all means to make the transition as smooth as possible. Despite everything, the developers have published a guide to avoid possible problems. One of the recommendations they have provided is to have players uninstall mods and delete all save games. Then, it’s time to uninstall the game and wait for the final version to be available throughout the day.

Baldur’s Gate 3 released on August 3 on PC. The PS5 version will not be ready until September 6. Until August 17, players will be able to obtain special rewards as Twitch Drops if you watch and support your favorite streamers.