Since it is one of the best-selling games of the year, Cyberpunk 2077 it is a mess. It could work fine on your PC if you use have specs that are good enough, but there are still a lot of game-breaking bugs to deal with. OOne of the worst can damage your save file without warning, resulting in hours of game loss.
According to many reports Cyberpunk 2077’s subreddit, GOG technical support, and the Steam community page, if your save file is larger than 8 MB, Cyberpunk 2077 will refuse to load it. This irreparably damages the save file, which can be devastating to your progress in the game if you don’t have a backup file.
Worse still, developer CD Project Red apparently knew about this, but didn’t think about warning players until now.
The company responded on various complaints, say the restriction is deliberate-but it power increase the supported file size in future patches. Unfortunately already damaged saved files cannot be recovered. That means until the potential patch appears, your saved game is a constant possibility when the file size gets too big. However, you should be able to avoid this with a few tweaks to your gameplay.
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Make and loot sparingly, and don’t miss any items
Over-crafting weapons or storing too many collectibles in your character’s inventory seem to be the most reliable ways to blow up your save file. To consider Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world RPG that actively encourages you to loot everything, you’d think CD Projekt Red would warn players that having too many items could damage their storage – but I digress.
Players can avoid this unfortunate event by looting only what they need and carrying or making as few items as possible. You should also avoid using item duplication glitches to cheat Cyberpunk 2077. Sure, it may seem like an easy shortcut to secure the best cars and equipment, but you risk a complete rescue from corruption by exploiting the glitch.
Keep an eye on the total playing time
By limiting your urge to steal and duplicate everything you find in Night City, you reduce the risk of a corrupt storage, but your file will still slowly grow as you play, regardless of your game style. At a point, could get it to big.
Unfortunately, it is difficult to estimate how much data each in-game hour adds to one Cyberpunk 2077 save file. Browse the CD Projekt Red forums and you will find users who encountered the bug after 70-100 hours of play, and others, only 25-40 hours. That inequality makes it difficult to recommend a total playtime limit. Still, it’s important to note that every moment you spend in a game adds to the size of your save file, so make that time count.
Always keep a backup
Granted, until we’re sure how much each item you pick up or adds a minute of gameplay to your save file, it’s hard to give you specific numbers. A dedicated group of Cyberpunk 2077 players crack the numbers and keep track of every kilobyte so others can avoid losing their save files, but saving corruption will be an ever-present possibility until CD Projekt Red fixes the bug.
Even when they do – and that’s a big if – some users have experienced the bug even when saved game file is less than 8 MB, suggesting other causes. Therefore the only one for real solution is to back up your Cyberpunk 2077 often saves so you can recover your progress if you accidentally play the game ‘too much’.