Saving and progress

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Even though the game continuously reports it's saving my progress, it is gone when I exit the game. Currently, I'm exploring the first town, Havana. Yesterday I did the first sequence, but when I started the game today, my progress was set back to arriving in town.

How does the save mechanism work in the game and how can I make sure I don't lose my save files again?

Playing on PC.

Not sure when the games saves but i guess previous time(s) my progress on the main mission was just not enough tracking many side missions and getting the box etc. Yesterday my progress was saved when my focus was more on the main missions. Would be nice if this was a little more explicit.

Best Answer

From an Ubisoft answer on Steam forums:

Please be careful when exiting the game. Data may not save properly if the game is closed while saving, improperly or if it crashes abruptly. When activating cheats in-game it will disable the auto-save feature. Please keep this in mind if you were activating any of the in-game cheat options.

Can you see any save file here? C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft Game Launcher\Savefiles

If not, try running the game as administrator. To make this permanent, right-click the game icon, open Properties. Go in the Compatibility tab and at the privilege level, check the "Run this program as an administrator" tick box.

Also, note that for some people, disabling UPlay cloud saving helped.

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