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[DonJorginho]

Those playing Cyberpunk 2077 should be aware that if their save files get above 8MB, they may become permanently corrupt and unusable, this can happen to you regardless of the platform you're playing on.

Redditor MagicTacoSauce posted a PSA alerting others to the issue, and GOG.com - which is owned by Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red - offered a response that is not overly promising.

"Unfortunately the save is damaged and can't be recovered," The statement reads. "Please use an older save file to continue playing and try to keep a lower amount of items and crafting materials. If you have used the item duplication glitch, please load a save file not affected by it. The save file size limit might be increased in one of the future patches, but the corrupted files will remain that way."

GOG.com saying that it "might be increased in future patches" may not be the best of news for those who love to collect everything and wish to craft a ton.

Cyberpunk 2077: Hotfix 1.06 Has Fixed the Save File Corruption Issue - IGN

Cyberpunk 2077's Hotfix 1.06 has removed the 8MB save file size limit that was causing certain save files to become permanently corrupt if they went over the limit. Unfortunately, it will not fix save files that were corrupted before the update.

www.ign.com

A comment from the Don:

Wow, what a messy situation we are watching unfold! Not even Anthem, Andromeda or Fallout 76 had this much publicity around their fuck ups, the positive is CDPR will get it right eventually and Internet Historian will make an amazing video from this.

Sucks though that in a "RPG" CDPR are now recommending users to stop engaging in the RPG elements of the game, on CDPR support forums they're telling users to start new saves once getting an ending to avoid running into this bug, what a shitshow! I must say though it hurts that CDPR keep fucking up as unlike the other three games I mentioned, Cyberpunk is an amazing title, it didn't deserve this kind of botched launch.

 

[Decontamination Silo]

Problems I wish I had. Anyone have some crafting mats to share?

 

[Newly Vacant]

Geez, how is this an issue?

 

[DonJorginho]

Geez, how is this an issue?

God knows, seems like the only way to not let this bug occur is to blatantly ignore core aspects of the game like crafting, looting, etc.

 

[Tickle My Tendies]

Me looking at CDPR right now like

 

[Dargor]

Geez, how is this an issue?

Its like CDPR hired all of bethesda's ex-employes to make this game

 

[SJRB]

Don't you need to craft like 65,000 items to reach that size of file?

 

[Heartkiller]

"Please ignore gathering materials and crafting things in our RPG.

We may fix this in the future if we feel like it."

Well fuck you too I guess.

 

[DonJorginho]

Don't you need to craft like 65,000 items to reach that size of file?

Some people have found this without even crafting or looting much, just doing the content of the game increases the size of the files, the amount of people running into this is growing fast and CDPR will have to take action sooner than later.

 

[JayK47]

Mine is currently less than 4mb. I just sell everything. Guess my play style is not likely to cause issues. I must be "playing it right".

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Tomorrow a new thread with problems and bugs of cyberpunk xDDDD

 

[oldergamer]

Hmmmm this better get fixed if its the case. I dont know how they couldn't have had this as a test case.

 

[Bboy AJ]

Bet they’d fix it yesterday if the Chinese Communist Party told them to.

 

[Th3BranMan92]

I can deal with performance issues, but inevitable save game corruption completely invalidates my enjoyment. Why bother putting in the hours if I'll have nothing to return to a week from now?? Players should not have to worry about tiptoeing around issues like this....

 

[DonJorginho]

Bet they’d fix it yesterday if the Chinese Communist Party told them to.

Just imagined Winnie the Pooh raging at his desktop after reaching the save limit due to looting as many private details of Night City residents as he possibly could.

 

[New Yorks Finest]

I assume this affects all platforms?

Cause @#$% that son, and all that time invested.

 

[DonJorginho]

I assume this affects all platforms?

Cause @#$% that son, and all that time invested.

All platforms, you're correct.

 

[Monjiro]

Just imagined Winnie the Pooh raging at his desktop after reaching the save limit due to looting as many private details of Night City residents as he possibly could.

Winnie the Pooh is happy, because it seems, he was succesfull to censor almost all nudity in game. I guess cdpr had to do that, as cyberpunk sales in china were considerable. And for china market nudity in video games is a big no-no

 

[Concern]

I've been lucky enough to not have a save file corrupt on me since the n64.

This right here is definitely off putting. Guess I'll be waiting for patch 37 just to make sure everything is addressed lol

 

[New Yorks Finest]

All platforms, you're correct.

Preciate it , good looks!

Pretty sure CDPR on top of this and will be fixed asap.

 

[bakedpony]

Damn Cyberpunk threads are like the 12 Days of Christmas.

On the fifth day of Christmas Cyperpunk gave to me...
CO RRUPTED SAVES!

PSN delisting

and refunds

Broken console game

And the shitshow of the year!

 

[keraj37]

Looks like I am not crafting too much, which is true - it is only 1.3Mb at this point, I am safe.

 

[kraspkibble]

mine is 2,276KB.

 

[LordCBH]

Didn’t all the Bethesda PS3 titles have a very similar issue when save files got too big?

 

[PhoenixTank]

Have a feeling this is overblown but a fix from CDPR would be a good idea too.

 

[01011001]

they didn't playtest this at all did they?

this is an issue that should be very much detected by basic playtesting

 

[MrS]

The malady lingers on

 

[Grinchy]

Didn’t all the Bethesda PS3 titles have a very similar issue when save files got too big?

Yeah and I always thought it was a ram issue due to its low amount of split pool memory since it was only a PS3 issue.

But with this affecting every platform, it seems like a different kind of problem. This game just can't catch a break

 

[LordCBH]

Yeah and I always thought it was a ram issue due to its low amount of split pool memory since it was only a PS3 issue.

But with this affecting every platform, it seems like a different kind of problem. This game just can't catch a break

What bugs me is I LOVE the game under all the bugs. But goddamn. Just goddamn lol.

 

[Sejan]

This game is a disaster. The most amazing thing about this issue is that it most affects the players that were able to play the game most extensively—the players that weren’t put off by all the other bugs. It’s like thy are going out of their way to systematically offend all their customers. CDPR was seen as the developer that actually cared about players. Now they are the developer that released the smelliest AAA turd of the generation. They aren’t even committing to fixing an issue that shouldn’t be terribly difficult to fix.

 

[DonJorginho]

The malady lingers on

I'd like to apologize to you my brother, it seems like the game was/is more broken than I thought, the issues seem to be multiplying by the second.

 

[diffusionx]

Obviously this is just people hating on CDPR and blowing everything out of proportion.

 

[CatLady]

To me this is far worse than sub par visuals, graphic glitches or dropping frames. This is a game-ending bug for people that have save files that are too big and is completely unacceptable. This should be the first thing they get fixed.

 

[RoboFu]

Lol I beat the pc game and I am at the end of my XSX play though and I haven’t crafted one thing.

but as always save often and to different files.

 

[Legenscary]

I keep getting save bugs since the 1.05 patch, not the same as the crafting bug, but I've had all of my saves corrupted and had to restore from the xbox cloud. I've also had a bug where the save/load menu doesn't show any save slots. So I couldn't save my game, and couldn't load my game. The autosave features also stopped working. I've lost progress multiple times since the patch.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Cyberpunk 2077: Survival-Horror Edition

Man what a stealth genre switch.

 

[JORMBO]

This is needed for when they port to PS2

 

[Newly Vacant]

My save file is 7MB. I’ve already had a lot of weird inventory bugs. I just hope I can power through until the end of the game.

 

[THEAP99]

Thanks Don

 

[jroc74]

I'm just shocked the save file is that damn small. What kinda voodoo is this?

 

[MrS]

I'd like to apologize to you my brother, it seems like the game was/is more broken than I thought, the issues seem to be multiplying by the second.

I accept your apology brother, we all make mistakes, no harm done.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

I've been lucky enough to not have a save file corrupt on me since the n64.

This right here is definitely off putting. Guess I'll be waiting for patch 37 just to make sure everything is addressed lol

Same, haven't had a game corrupt a save in a long time. But old habits die hard and I still double save.

As I understand it young folks rely on autosave in the cloud nowadays.

 

[Kuranghi]

Me looking at CDPR right now like

I've always wondered, is he wearing a wig here or is it just a bad haircut/curl? Is it wrestling?

 

[Lanrutcon]

It's weird, like...CDPR channeling Bethesda intentionally.

 

[Riven326]

Didn’t all the Bethesda PS3 titles have a very similar issue when save files got too big?

Yes.

 

[artsi]

I have 50 hours now with 2MB save file.
Hopefully they fix this before I get to 200 hours.

 

[The Cockatrice]

I use crafting quite often because i need to be able to craft legendary stuff. I'm at 4.5 mb :\

 

[Sejan]

To me this is far worse than sub par visuals, graphic glitches or dropping frames. This is a game-ending bug for people that have save files that are too big and is completely unacceptable. This should be the first thing they get fixed.

This bug is a “screw you” to the people that have powered through the bugs and glitches. It’s a glitch that specifically attacks the people that have played and explored the most in their world. This isn’t their first big open world game. An overflow bug in their save format is just bad programming.

Cyberpunk apologists at this point are willfully blinded by their own hype. There is absolutely no excuse for this particular issue to have ever made it into a final release. The fact that they didn’t even commit to fixing it in their statement is inexcusable.

 

[ultrazilla]

Don't you need to craft like 65,000 items to reach that size of file?

Trust me, there are nerds who do this.

Spoiler

And I'm one of em.

I use crafting quite often because i need to be able to craft legendary stuff. I'm at 4.5 mb :\

The only stupid question is the one not asked. That said:

How do I find out the size of my save file?

 

[xrnzaaas]

This is inexcusable. Many people will play Cyberpunk like they've played Skyrim or Fallout and they will collect absolutely everything they can get their hands on and also craft tons of stuff. You don't create any save limits in a game like that. If you really really have to on the consoles then just limit the number of separate saves or prevent people from creating new ones before they delete the old ones (like the console BioShock 1 and 2 have done). The issue shouldn't be present in the PC version at all.