Have had to restart my game for the third time. It is not auto-saving my progress or my customized character. It gives no message about there being any problems, but there is no load option for either saved games or even worse, it says my customized character isn't there. There doesn't seem to be any Document files for this game, unlike other games by EA.

Found that the folder the Save Data was to be stored in was set to "Read Only", so removed that requirement and changed the Admin access rules for the folder to allow full access as well, just in case.

Mass Effect Andromeda Not Saving Game

14 Replies

Pegamus
9 years ago
Found that the folder the Save Data was to be stored in was set to "Read Only", so removed that requirement and changed the Admin access rules for the folder to allow full access as well, just in case.
DragonTruscott
9 years ago
Having the same issue but not sure where the Saved Data folder is located. I have a folder under My Documents with other Bioware games save data but ME:A is not there.

Spent a couple of hours playing only to have to start over from the very beginning. Makes the game virtually unplayable.
holger1405
Hero+
9 years ago
@DragonTruscott

It seems that MEA can't access your "Documents" folder.

Try to run Origin or the "MassEffectAndromeda.exe" as administrator.
Rand207
9 years ago
I run MEA from a desktop short cut by right clicking "run as administrator" and have no save/load issues. I've been doing this for all my games since switching to Windows 10 and it's eliminated any starting/saving/loading issues with the games I've played recently.
DragonTruscott
9 years ago
@holger1405 wrote:

@DragonTruscott

It seems that MEA can't access your "Documents" folder.

Try to run Origin or the "MassEffectAndromeda.exe" as administrator.

That did the trick! Thank you!
holger1405
Hero+
9 years ago
@DragonTruscott

You're welcome.
ineedcalculator
9 years ago
I hope I'm doing this right, but I run the exe as administrator through the desktop and still won't save. I've been trying like 5 times in a row I probably have that entire intro sequence memorized.

The game shows the autosave icon but doesn't do a thing actually saving the game.
Anonymous
9 years ago
Tried both of these fixes and neither one worked. When i took the folder off read only but when i went back to check it marked as read only again. Ran game as administrator and still no autosave, no load options at all. And I swear If i have to play the prologue mission one more time im going to return the game
holger1405
Hero+
9 years ago
@taimyshoo @ineedcalculator1

Did you also run Origin as Admin?

If that also not works then there is probably a permissions problem at your system. Moving the standard "Documents" folder to the drive where the game is installed could solve that.
Anonymous
9 years ago
I am having a problem saving on my second playthough (Xbox one) I had no issues on first play though. I started new game plus, switched to my twin, but it does not save new data. I see "Sara Ryder" it says add new save, but saves nothing .