Game Saves - Devs Please Answer

Myrm

Hi Devs

Not sure if this is a bug or the norm but I wanted to raise it anyway as it is something causing me concern.

I have build 21956

I am running Subnautica on Windows 10

I play Freedom mode

I am concerned about my game saves. Whenever I save a game I get no choices as to whether I want to save to a new slot or to overwrite an existing one. My saves are automatically overwritten. Therefore when I come to load a game I only have the one game save file on offer to load.

My game saves are currently at 1.28GB. I read somewhere that large bases can cause large save files but I don't consider my base to be huge (see picture below).

My questions/concerns are:

Should I be getting more than one save file created when I save a game?
Why are my game saves so big?
Are there any reported proplems with running Subnautica on Windows 10?

I would really appreciated some dev input this to put my mind at ease.

Thank you Devs, you are all doing an awesome job with this game.

Myrm

Update: My game file size is now 1.57GB and I haven't even done anymore building. I have simply collected a few materials in my latest excursion. There is definitely something not right here.

Myrm

So, I just started a new game and before I did anything once the game started I saved the game and quit. I looked at the new game save file and it was 34 MB. I then went back into the game and all I did was jump into the water, swim about for 30 seconds, not doing anything, not picking anything up etc and I saved the game. I looked at the save file and it had increased to 50 MB. That's an extra 16 MB of data saved when there was nothing really extra to save.

Still hoping that a dev is going to respond to this enquiry of mine please. Thank you.

simu

I am not a developer (from Subnautica) but maybe I can help a bit:

Myrm wrote: »

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I am concerned about my game saves. Whenever I save a game I get no choices as to whether I want to save to a new slot or to overwrite an existing one. My saves are automatically overwritten. Therefore when I come to load a game I only have the one game save file on offer to load.
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Should I be getting more than one save file created when I save a game?
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The game is always saved in the same slot from where it was loaded.
As I know that is normal/intentional, to get a new slot you must start a new game... at least in the experimental branch, not sure but I think it is already included in the stable branch too.
Anyway there is a workaround:
you can duplicate the save folder - copy the folder using a different name leaving it in the same folder as the original (...\Subnautica\SNAppData\SavedGames\) - Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V in windows explorer will do the magic!

Myrm wrote: »

Hi Devs
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My game saves are currently at 1.28GB. I read somewhere that large bases can cause large save files but I don't consider my base to be huge (see picture below).
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Why are my game saves so big?
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Not sure about that, but my world is 714MB after about 5 hours in game and a not too big base.
Probably the terrain/world is generated as you explore it and everything must be saved since everything can be changed: resources taken, bases added, terrain terraformed, ...

Just my thoughts...

Myrm

Hi Simu

Many thanks for your reply it is much appreciated, and thank you for the save game slot suggestion.

If you have a save game file of 714MB after 5 hours of play then my huge file size after 70+ hours of play seems about right. Hopefully the devs will find a more efficient method of saving data into game saves as they progress with this game. This game is so good already that it's so easy to forget that it's only in PB/Alpha at the moment.

Don't know why the devs haven't commented I guess they are vary busy.

Confused

I talked to Obby about this last week. That sort of file size is not unheard of. IT s early access so everything may change before release.

Myrm

Confused wrote: »

I talked to Obby about this last week. That sort of file size is not unheard of. IT s early access so everything may change before release.

Understood. Many thanks for taking the time to reply. It's vary appreciated.