Topics > Features > Save System

• Autosave
• Cloud Sync

December 3rd, 2024

• Q&A: How do I delete broken inventory items from old saves? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw8icVnIUKQ

November 26th, 2024

• Q&A: Will there be cross-platform saves for the Console release? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_fDYVW9qiE

November 12th, 2024

• Q&A: Were there any additional issues in 1.0.0.5 respawn bug? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Dxc4sfbnKM

November 5th, 2024

• Q&A: Where can I send my map so that Coffee Stain can use it to analyse & optimise? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs9O5WUdvnc

September 24th, 2024

• Q&A: Will there be a platform for sharing Save Games & Blueprints on Console Release? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juvuvA1zSEU

September 17th, 2024

• Q&A: Why does the crash reporter not ask for the save file? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVQn2KrDjzc

August 27th, 2024

• Q&A: Can all the Achievements be unlocked in one save? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAtEL04GAhM

August 13th, 2024

• Q&A: Are Saves quicker in 1.0? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtlHPJZTSjc
• Q&A: What will I miss out on if I continue my pre-1.0 save when 1.0 launches? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RCL-ZIQGcM

July 9th, 2024

• Q&A: Will Blueprints be transferred from previous saves if starting a new 1.0 game? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFaMTx0ZWkA
• Q&A: Will we be able to download that save from the Trailer? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z32_uKb9JxE
• Q&A: Will using a map editor to reset my game for 1.0 work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7A-QYGjW0s
• Q&A: Can we have an option to freeze our pre-1.0 Save Files so it doesn't break? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU7jOHLlcyw

June 25th, 2024

• Q&A: Is there any way to tell what version of the game my Save file is from? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDtA-GKrMs4

May 28th, 2024

• Q&A: Will Achievements be earned on pre-1.0 saves? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITDYIhBGkuY

May 14th, 2024

• Q&A: With 1.0 going to Unreal Engine 5.3, will that change how big the Save File we can have? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZxiT6a9ZCI
• Q&A: Does destroying Foliage still affect performance? Does any of it grow back? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1XZC_qgjP0

May 3rd, 2024

• Lightweight Actors https://youtube.com/embed/yIKjR5jVv9Y?autoplay=1&start=373&end=521

April 23rd, 2024

• Q&A: Did 5.3 help making Foundations more optimised for 1.0? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuBqnD2e90c

April 2nd, 2024

• Q&A: Will saves carry across to 1.0? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WleMMuaUikk
• Q&A: Should we make a new save for 1.0? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjqbZZsK7SQ

March 29th, 2024

• Download Save File direct from the server https://youtube.com/embed/v8piXNQwcUw?autoplay=1&start=414&end=424
• Client Notification when about to save https://youtube.com/embed/v8piXNQwcUw?autoplay=1&start=423&end=445

March 5th, 2024

• Q&A: Will we get a "backup saves" button for 1.0? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU9vXjXbcw8
• Q&A: How much has the save/load times been improved in 1.0 so far? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktrdZLn3sjU

February 27th, 2024

• Q&A: Are there any plans to significantly improve save times? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CC_Mn2jBbE

February 13th, 2024

• Q&A: Will Blueprints be cloudsynced in 1.0? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLbERKY2LUU

February 9th, 2024

• Q&A: Will my Save File work in Closed Beta? https://youtube.com/embed/TSyQr113OkU?autoplay=1&start=260&end=295

February 6th, 2024

• Q&A: What happens to the save file in the closed beta? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUrgAg3Eva0
• Q&A: Will we have to start a new world for 1.0? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w31iRNJdc4

November 14th, 2023

• Backup your damn game files https://youtube.com/embed/ToXUov_ylfo?autoplay=1&start=9202&end=9282

November 7th, 2023

• Q&A: Can I transfer a save from Experimental to Early Access when Update 8 goes live? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3YUTRcv0Rc

October 3rd, 2023

• Q&A: Do I need to start a fresh save when Update 8 comes out? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hreuI7ZWOVY
• Q&A: Why does Autosave freeze the game completely? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAPc6HyryHQ

September 19th, 2023

• Q&A: Have a vague recollection of a save name restriction being added, do you remember when? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE8pOKwB8xo

September 5th, 2023

• Intro / State of Dev https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fORm3UNkuA
• Q&A: Will 1.0 require full restart? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmII1P6OpUc
• Q&A: Do you have a save from each Update so you can see the progress of the building architecture? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vml0uro5YDQ

August 29th, 2023

• Q&A: Should I submit crash reports to the QA site? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybmyRa_hrb0

June 16th, 2023

• Backup your saves https://youtube.com/embed/6H79BTIrlbc?autoplay=1&start=89&end=92

June 9th, 2023

• Q&A: How do I tell which save file has AGS enabled? https://youtube.com/embed/T2lOiHtygVM?autoplay=1&start=1003&end=1037

May 30th, 2023

• Intro / State of Dev / Announcement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G_D_ivi4PY

May 9th, 2023

• Q&A: Are there plans to add Blueprints to Steam Cloud? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hKTODq7EYc

March 28th, 2023

• Q&A: Does UE5 give you better tools to deal with the size of save files / engine limits? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xUl3qOSnSw
• Q&A: Is Unreal Engine 5 going to fix the problem of large saves crashing on load? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tsZ8A8tpEw
• Q&A: Do you recommend backing up your saves? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcI8lezFZ9U
• Q&A: Will World Partition System help saving times? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUWxoVBfxBI
• Q&A: Are you going to break the Satisfactory Calculator? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ4Lkk9GEf4

March 24th, 2023

• Back Up Your Save Files https://youtube.com/embed/dY__x2dq7Sk?autoplay=1&start=156&end=199

March 21st, 2023

• Q&A: How clunky will my save file be if I Chainsaw every last flora on the map? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZFCq6IX_9E
• Q&A: Are we going to add a quicksave option? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fC1Yf3eoZk
• Q&A: Any way to optimise the game to not talk half a day to save a large game? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic3frj67kt4

References

• Q&A: Any updates on an Engine switch? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuCHjeb-k6M

February 14th, 2023

References

• Q&A: Still hoping for Blueprints saved in Cloud Sync for GeForce Now use https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoxHEmPlBcg

December 6th, 2022

• Blueprint files https://www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxqePVjiZAGMWtcM0V54DMrr8U2orMMjY8

November 11th, 2022

• Blueprints are not persistent to your Save file https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxKQFoYRVWKeGPQ2pEl2zgtmFFB4SwryyP

October 25th, 2022

• Q&A: Is there a planned feature to share save files with your friends? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPrW_o-rOZA

October 18th, 2022

• Snutt Talk: Responding to Twitch chat's obsession with toilets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww-xu_ttMCU

September 20th, 2022

• Backup Your Damn Save Files https://youtube.com/embed/8WZYDHAVmio?autoplay=1&start=6928&end=7179

September 13th, 2022

• Q&A: How will Save files be impacted when Update 6 comes to Early Access? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRMC8w8XgGI

August 30th, 2022

• Q&A: Do I need to back up my saves if I change from Experimental back to EA? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8-u6NP48xM

July 12th, 2022

• Q&A: Truck Stations losing name after reload? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hLowbH07rU

July 5th, 2022

• Q&A: Will we need to play from the start when 1.0 hits? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mN45-Fc7G0

June 28th, 2022

• Q&A: Will Experimental Update 6 save work when Update 6 comes to EA? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-Q47hXTGMc

June 17th, 2022

• Snutt Talk: Back up your damn save files https://youtube.com/embed/acZOxaTkcCY?autoplay=1&start=75&end=153
• Snutt Talk: You can't load Experimental saves in the Early Access branch https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxCPp6Mj2-0b63Y42eHfA-UELJ90g8eiLm

June 14th, 2022

• Ben, Dylan, Simon, & Snutt Talk: Sub-level saving https://youtube.com/embed/Z6bo0pjYghk?autoplay=1&start=7880&end=8120
• Hannah, Anna, Torsten, & Snutt Talk: 5 minutes left to launch https://youtube.com/embed/Z6bo0pjYghk?autoplay=1&start=10965&end=11130
• Q&A: Where are my save files? https://youtube.com/embed/Z6bo0pjYghk?autoplay=1&start=12015&end=12066
• Q&A: How does one backup save files? https://youtube.com/embed/Z6bo0pjYghk?autoplay=1&start=12140&end=12190

June 7th, 2022

• Q&A: Any buffs to the Autosave on Servers coming? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4W-x6usIVg

May 24th, 2022

• Q&A: Can removing Trees not increase save file size so drastically? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=801aBwD1IvY
• Community FYI: I'm looking at 40mb of save file https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-c_WxZgQr0

May 17th, 2022

• Q&A: What was the decision to put saves and photos in different folders? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuORkiN-LE8

May 3rd, 2022

• Community FYI: Make a save game with 10 thousand Lights & send it to Coffee Stain for profiling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57iR_NWN66g

April 22nd, 2022

• Snutt Talk: Reworking the foliage system https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxxYbl2WdbGVqAFS9YOaDuEiwCWthW_Kpz

April 21st, 2022

• Q&A: How do I start the map? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjbq8807Uko

April 19th, 2022

• Q&A: Have any of you been able to open BLAndrew575's save pre-screws yet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJwqxepEJuM

April 12th, 2022

• Q&A: Do you plan on addressing the auto-save freeze up before 1.0, or at all? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n13Cbh3Jn8Y

March 15th, 2022

• Q&A: Do you intend to keep compatibility with old saves in 1.0? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jugnbd6aYwQ

February 11th, 2022

• Q&A: Can we enable those cheats on Dedicated Servers? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-JJiO1VetQ

January 25th, 2022

• Q&A: Why does the game lag during a save, it's especially jarring on Dedicated Servers? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6kMEiZYYRQ

References

• Q&A: How am I hitting the UObject limit with 230,000 objects in the game? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hgzfsHVqeY

December 7th, 2021

• Community FYI: Just like Jace said our saves wouldn't break https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6neyP9QX94
• Community FYI: Still around 30 megabytes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xg_8iXzaC8
• Q&A: What contributes to the save file loading / save time? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkuu9F3wFoA

November 23rd, 2021

• Q&A: Where are the save files actually located? https://youtube.com/embed/iVDRQg_aWpU?autoplay=1&start=6133&end=6202

November 19th, 2021

• Jace Talk: Dedicated Server improvements https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxE0BKdRYgVb1NNgxmIbZelYfWcw7UjyFx

November 16th, 2021

• Q&A: Can Experimental saves be moved over to Early Access without issue? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPj_soas-a8

November 9th, 2021

• Q&A: How are you able to save the files so small in megabyte size? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1JZu9ulqAY
• Q&A: Compression can be off-loaded to another thread? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JrnnGgKs_o
• Q&A: Try using Unreal async save? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zL_NHC2MfU

November 2nd, 2021

• Q&A: Will the save times be reduced? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe3YJ6I0wIg
• Q&A: Can you add an option in the save/load menu to delete old saves? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6qL7hJSMZw
• Q&A: Can you add a function to delete multiple saves at once? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lmi0SPmQqys

October 27th, 2021

• Jace Talk: Dedicated Server Save Games https://youtube.com/embed/Nn-1s87JJxc?autoplay=1&start=900

October 8th, 2021

• Q&A: What happens if I load my save file and the Trains are colliding? https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxPOxakQgLjRDyqK3PdSE2m-_onuMEd-zq

September 28th, 2021

• Q&A: Will picking foliage causing slowdown be fixed? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qup37E4-Kgc

September 24th, 2021

• Jace Talk: Back up your saves https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxRT_6nzgEfU7ffNARf4A2Sryn8R83sglP

September 7th, 2021

References

• Q&A: Are you going to fix the Fluid bug in Update 5? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tGeaE7H_5A

July 13th, 2021

• Q&A: Is it true the more Trees & Plants cut down the slower your game is? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwG60ilcvf0

June 22nd, 2021

• Community FYI: Josh's save works because who knows what's going on in his factory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0ZbPSPA85k

May 28th, 2021

• Snutt & Ben Talk: Holograms now use Stencils https://youtube.com/embed/dyqOMITwLsY?autoplay=1&start=1164&end=1287
• Q&A: What's coming in the future for optimisations to Satisfactory? https://youtube.com/embed/dyqOMITwLsY?autoplay=1&start=1837&end=1945

May 25th, 2021

• Q&A: Are there any plans to fix Satisfactory soft-locking when loading large save files? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=filXdYLQ12s
• Q&A: What's the best way to upload my save file so I can post it to the QA Site? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV3ZS6Q3FBA

May 11th, 2021

• Q&A: Can you destroy gas rocks with Nobelisks? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwY930G2HRg

April 20th, 2021

• Q&A: When Dedicated Servers are available, will we be able to load existing saves? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IXLS7G2Ef0

April 13th, 2021

• Q&A: If I play it on Experimental, will I still be able to load it if I switch to Early Access? https://youtube.com/embed/cF3QleeEiJo?autoplay=1&start=1303&end=1387

March 30th, 2021

• Snutt Talk: Save times https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2L63oug2Ac

March 23rd, 2021

• Snutt Talk: Back up your saves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3n60T9aA10
• Q&A: Why don't the saves from Experimental work on normal? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRc1dgpRDrM
• Q&A: I played on Experimental, now I can't load my save on previous version, do I have to wait? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBoS-s9O_oU

March 9th, 2021

• Q&A: Will Experimental & EA be the same version so we can swap? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m_-g6ELKsY
• Q&A: Reload Experimental Save into Early Access? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a66KD67ymLs

March 2nd, 2021

• Q&A: Who's sent you the largest save file so far? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLQoGOQqZK0
• Q&A: Since we go into loading screen so much is it possible it becomes faster in Update 4? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1UV6EJdd2c

February 26th, 2021

• Q&A: I'm on Early Access, how do I get in on this Experimental stuff? https://youtube.com/embed/F-q3vfj__M4?autoplay=1&start=112&end=183

February 23rd, 2021

• Q&A: Will there be Moderators in the game? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1imtH_pkbE

February 16th, 2021

• Q&A: How can you use a save that isn't yours? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1kxeGpWTh4

January 26th, 2021

• Q&A: Had a save game from Early Access, spent time in Experimental, now back on EA it doesn't work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b586YMEHeRk

January 12th, 2021

• Q&A: Update to the save system? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF2QjQpoAqk

December 4th, 2020

• Jace Talk: Lost Progress / Broken saves? https://youtube.com/embed/KH5SkE4nzhg?autoplay=1&start=237&end=262

November 27th, 2020

• Jace Talk: Improved I/O Speeds https://youtube.com/embed/0kmDHBWf640?autoplay=1&start=269&end=297

November 17th, 2020

• Q&A: Is there any Official Mod Support planned? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4Uv-UNMETw

November 5th, 2020

• Ben & Jace Talk: Level Streaming https://youtube.com/embed/omjFqZQV9fI?autoplay=1&start=1212&end=1385

November 3rd, 2020

• Jace Talk: Players are still using their old save files https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPX6XOg0SKo
• Q&A: Can you use old saves after Updates ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iEj514FVbs

October 9th, 2020

• Snutt & Dylan Talk: Updating the save system https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csjtm2DtURs

September 29th, 2020

• Jace & Snutt Talk: Dev Streams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VKK9Cbsq7g

September 1st, 2020

• Q&A: Will Update 4 be like Update 3, will it break saves? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJVLbdJMJWk

August 25th, 2020

• Q&A: Removing vegetation speeds up the game, yes or no ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgoQS6sOADQ

May 19th, 2020

• Snutt & Gafgar Talk: Zombie Pioneers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90rAQ31MQPI

April 2nd, 2020

• Q&A: Do Epic save files work on Steam? https://youtube.com/embed/BmKMv6SZJ5M?autoplay=1&start=168&end=188

March 12th, 2020

• Jace Talk: Save files after Update 3 https://youtube.com/embed/DsbHR1Nc8fw?autoplay=1&start=406&end=439

February 20th, 2020

• Q&A: Will my save file work in either version? https://youtube.com/clip/UgwNV2lwF18EOTwfRch4AaABCQ

January 20th, 2020

• Save Files in Update 3 https://youtube.com/embed/pTKDTJSsAm4?autoplay=1&start=247&end=301

November 5th, 2019

• Jace Talk: Workaround for broken save games https://youtube.com/embed/Fsod_UF5eus?autoplay=1&start=156&end=287

September 25th, 2019

• Snutt Talk: Backup your saves https://youtube.com/embed/t1LfyNfuMVQ?autoplay=1&start=30&end=53
• Snut Talk: Save Files & Cloud Saves https://youtube.com/embed/t1LfyNfuMVQ?autoplay=1&start=100&end=187
• Q&A: Are the new save files supported in an older version of the game? https://youtube.com/embed/t1LfyNfuMVQ?autoplay=1&start=186&end=219
• Community FYI: I don't see some of my save files in game https://youtube.com/embed/t1LfyNfuMVQ?autoplay=1&start=250&end=273
• Q&A: Why am I seeing duplicates of my save files? https://youtube.com/embed/t1LfyNfuMVQ?autoplay=1&start=272&end=308

March 15th, 2019

• Q&A: Will our Alpha Test save files still work? https://youtube.com/embed/R0S19_caQuw?autoplay=1&start=86&end=145

February 6th, 2019

• Q&A: What system do you use to save maps? https://youtube.com/embed/Dtm6xIj-wM4?autoplay=1&start=1155&end=1246
• Q&A: If I buy on Epic now and another platform later, will the save files be compatible? https://youtube.com/embed/Dtm6xIj-wM4?autoplay=1&start=1494&end=1549
• Q&A: Besides the starting areas,will there be random spawns in the release? https://youtube.com/embed/Dtm6xIj-wM4?autoplay=1&start=2974&end=3017