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[cap and gown]

So, I start recording just before ordering the fleets to Earth thinking I would be able to end the episode at FOB London. But so far I have not been able to make a hard save. Finally, I saw an autosave being made so decided to end it there and resume with the autosave. Is there anywhere on FOB London you can make a hard save? (And why, oh why, does BW hate hard saves?)

[SporkFu]

Anytime you see an autosave, minimize the game, go to your save-game directory and copy the autosave. Then rename it and use it as a hard save. 

 

Failing that, the first opportunity I can remember is just before you talk to Admiral Anderson. 

[Excella Gionne]

Sometimes, a hard-save is possible. It's weird, 'cause it doesn't appear most times. The only time I've ever seen the game allow me to make a save on the FOB in London was on my PS3.

[Excella Gionne]

Anytime you see an autosave, minimize the game, go to your save-game directory and copy the autosave. Then rename it and use it as a hard save.

Failing that, the first opportunity I can remember is just before you talk to Admiral Anderson.

I believe the OP plays on Xbox360.

[SporkFu]

I believe the OP plays on Xbox360.

Oh, uhh... I knew that 

[JasonShepard]

Playing on X360:

 

IIRC, you need to load the autosave that occurs immediately after the shuttle lands (very start of FOB). You should then be able to hardsave throughout the FOB (though, unfortunately, you're restricted to auto-saves for the rest of London). Alternatively, find an autosave that is roughly in the location that you want a hard-save, then go into the options and switch off auto-saves. The most recent autosave should essentially become permanent.

 

As for why Bioware is so restrictive with regard to hard-saves... *shrugs*

[Excella Gionne]

Playing on X360:

 

IIRC, you need to load the autosave that occurs immediately after the shuttle lands (very start of FOB). You should then be able to hardsave throughout the FOB (though, unfortunately, you're restricted to auto-saves for the rest of London). Alternatively, find an autosave that is roughly in the location that you want a hard-save, then go into the options and switch off auto-saves. The most recent autosave should essentially become permanent.

 

As for why Bioware is so restrictive with regard to hard-saves... *shrugs*

Actually, you can hardsave in the room where you take out Marauders, Ravagers, and Cannibals to cease their fire against one of the ground forces. I believe one of the notable features of that room has a corpse on a bed.

[themikefest]

Unfortunately I play on a ps3 and can't do a hard save.

[cap and gown]

Actually, you can hardsave in the room where you take out Marauders, Ravagers, and Cannibals to cease their fire against one of the ground forces. I believe one of the notable features of that room has a corpse on a bed.

 

Good to know. I may choose that point as my next stopping point for the next episode.

[cap and gown]

Unfortunately I play on a ps3 and can't do a hard save.

 

Not sure I understand. Don't you have a save option in the menu screen where you have your journal and options menu?

[themikefest]

Not sure I understand. Don't you have a save option in the menu screen where you have your journal and options menu?

In the options, yes, but I cannot save at all during the Priority Earth mission because the game won't let me save.

[von uber]

I actually have saves before the final decision (post catalyst speech), before TIM encounter, first arrival before the catalyst etc.. basically anywhere where you can grab an autosave and turn it into a save file.

Can be rather useful if you just want to check things out.

[cap and gown]

I actually have saves before the final decision (post catalyst speech), before TIM encounter, first arrival before the catalyst etc.. basically anywhere where you can grab an autosave and turn it into a save file.

Can be rather useful if you just want to check things out.

 

Doesn't really work for xbox, I don't think.

 

Anyway, I just resumed from the autosave and all of the sudden I am able to make hard saves all over the place. I just finished recording my current episode by making a hard save right after killing off the initial couple of Maruaders and Cannibals you get after Shepard selects the squad for the final push.

[Daemul]

It actually took me a few play throughs to figure this out myself. Someone has already posted the solution anyway. Once you get back control of Shepard at the start of the FOB after Coates has left you to report to Anderson, the game makes an autosave. Reload that autosave, and you'll be able to hard save for the rest of mission, until you reach that final room full of marauders, husks and cannibals, the one just before the alleyway wall where the brutes break through.

For some reason, you cannot save at the doorway leading to the Thanix Missiles. It's really weird how they decided that you can save at the doorway leading to the room full of enemies and the alleyway where the brutes break through the wall, but not at final doorway after that.

[sH0tgUn jUliA]

They stopped the ability to make a save game because they wanted to raise our expectations for the epic battle at the end.

[RanetheViking]

Yeah, you can as long as no enemies are in the vicinity. Just quit game by returning to Main Menu, then reload game and you should be able to do a hard save.

 

I do that right before Liara's gift.

[Remix-General Aetius]

you can make a hard save during the "bring down the Destroyer" part, after each wave as long as there are no enemies around. you can also make several saves earlier. like where you walk down that alley and have two Brutes burst from the wall, or inside the parking lot that is crawling with husks. or the point where you start to ascend that pile of rubble - before you see Cortez fly over.

[FlyingSquirrel]

There really ought to be an available save, whethere auto or manual, in between most dialogue scenes. I get really annoyed when I pick a dialogue choice that doesn't come out the way I intended, and then I have to replay a bunch of other scenes just to make one different click on the dialogue wheel. ME2 frequently had autosaves that allowed you to redo post-mission dialogue scenes in the conference room without redoing the end of the previous mission, which I liked, but ME3 seemed more restrictive. For example, if something comes out wrong during the rachni queen scene on Utukku, I think you have to play through the rest of the dialogue, the escape, whatever happens with Grunt, and possibly even the post-mission debrief with Hackett before you have a chance to go back and try something else.

[AlexMBrennan]

I believe the OP plays on Xbox360.

Consoles don't magically change the laws of physics, or computer science. When you see the console creating an autosave, turn off the power, take out the hard drive, attach it to a computer, locate the relevant file and then make a copy. Simples. 

[Animositisomina]

Consoles don't magically change the laws of physics, or computer science.

That's just what they want you to think!

[Excella Gionne]

Save Editor only works with Xbox360 and PC saves only right now, but for PC, you can do it on the go while for Xbox360 saves, you have to do the whole transfering stuff before you can start editing. It's good to be on PC, but I'm also on PS3. Kinda like living double lives.