Hello all, I installed CK 2 a week ago after buying it on steam, but instantly ran into a problem that makes the game unplayable. Whenever I start an ironman all is well for about a year or three, but then I get a pop up that says:
"Error writing save game" "Failed to save game for unknown reason. Are you using forbidden characters in the file name? Do you have enough free space?"
I naturally went to check my disk space, which has ample left (63 gb) and I never altered the original name of the savegame the game gave to it itself (Ironman_Holland). I tried changing it to (Ironman Holland) to see if the '_' was the problem, but it wasn't. I tried reïnstalling the game and it still persists. Also verified on steam and made sure it had the latest update. I tried looking it up online, but it seems there are no forums discussing this particular issue when ran on Windows 10. A lot of older threads point toward the issue being connected to saving to steam's cloud, but wether I tick or untick the box to save to the cloud, the pop-up occurs in either case. Other ones suggest that it'll sort itself out if you keep playing, but I went on for about 10 in game years still getting this pop-up twice every year. I have autosaves set to monthly, but also tried switching that up, without result.
Like I said, running an ironman is kind of impossible without using saves, so I hope somebody knows how to overcome this.
Thank you for your time,
Repelmer
"Error writing save game" "Failed to save game for unknown reason. Are you using forbidden characters in the file name? Do you have enough free space?"
I naturally went to check my disk space, which has ample left (63 gb) and I never altered the original name of the savegame the game gave to it itself (Ironman_Holland). I tried changing it to (Ironman Holland) to see if the '_' was the problem, but it wasn't. I tried reïnstalling the game and it still persists. Also verified on steam and made sure it had the latest update. I tried looking it up online, but it seems there are no forums discussing this particular issue when ran on Windows 10. A lot of older threads point toward the issue being connected to saving to steam's cloud, but wether I tick or untick the box to save to the cloud, the pop-up occurs in either case. Other ones suggest that it'll sort itself out if you keep playing, but I went on for about 10 in game years still getting this pop-up twice every year. I have autosaves set to monthly, but also tried switching that up, without result.
Like I said, running an ironman is kind of impossible without using saves, so I hope somebody knows how to overcome this.
Thank you for your time,
Repelmer
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