Saved game folder switches sporadically

Hi!

From the DxDiag file, it appears that you're running on a Windows Education edition.
That means it is possible that your user profile is one that is known as a "Roaming Profile".

From looking at the way the game works, and the details we understand about roaming profiles,
it seems that your user Documents folder is temporarily unavailable from the OS. This is why it finds the 'wrong' folder.
When the Documents path does become available (from the OS), the 'right' folder is shown instead.

If you're able to, can you elaborate on the nature of your user profile?
At the very least, this information should help narrow it down for you on your end.

Thanks!

I believe it is a local account.

I opened advanced system properties, clicked 'settings' under 'user profiles'. Then, I clicked on my account (COMPUTER\username), and clicked "change type". The roaming profile was grayed out, and the local profile was selected. There was no way to change it or even click 'ok', only 'cancel'.

So, I'm pretty sure this is local. Let me know if you think there's a possibility that I've misidentified the type of account, and how you would recommend I proceed.

Just FYI, I got the education edition as discounted software from the school, but it's installed for my own use on my own computer. It's not linked to the institution in any way, as I imagine roaming accounts usually are (I don't really know, just guessing).

Update: I just noticed that the "Status" next to my profile says "Local" as well.

Thanks for the info.
So the curious thing then, is how it gets no result from the OS for the `Documents` folder.
(If you're interested, it gets a blank result from this function, with this type).

What's weird is that it's temporary, and then starts working again?
Could you elaborate on where/when you see that?

Do you see the filename change in the main menu?
Does the list in the load screen show the wrong files as well?
Does it resolve while the game is running, or do you restart the game to see a change?
 

The number sometimes does update right while I'm looking at it. It'll start off with something like "Resume Cycle 1219" and then a few seconds later, it magically says "Resume Cycle 1245".

The list on the load screen also shows the wrong files, but then updates to show the correct files at the same time as the resume button does.

It resolves while the game is running, with a sudden change in the number, and no error or message at all, as if nothing happened.

Ok, interesting!
Does this happen every time you launch the game, or only after you re-log in to Windows?
Like does it require logging out/logging in again to trigger it? Does it do it with a sleep/log out, or only on a full restart/shutdown of Windows?

And another angle, if it corrects itself to the right folder while running, what does restarting the game show?
If you restart the game, does it still see the correct path or does it happen every time?

And finally, is it possible you moved your documents folder, or it comes from a network or network drive somehow?
Just trying to narrow down the possibilities here.

Thanks!

It doesn't require logging out/back in to trigger. Just restarting the game is enough (and the mods all turn off, too, including the "enable all" mod that's not supposed to get disabled).

So, I quit the game. Restart the game. Problem exists.

My documents folder is on a different drive than my game, but has not been moved. The documents folder is on my C drive, my game is installed on my F drive. However, neither is a network drive.

Thanks for helping me figure this out. Sorry that my answers aren't more enlightening.

No worries!
Thanks for the info.

I have one thing you can try that might help but might not: Try navigating to the documents folder in Windows Explorer, manually, before launching the game. Though you said it happens each launch, I'm not sure this will help, but maybe it will 'activate' the documents folder more consistently so you can more easily get the right save.

The tricky thing is this issue doesn't seem to make any sense.
We'll keep looking into it on this end but if you gain any more insight, or have any more info, please let us know!

 

Nope, doesn't help.

Starting the game this time, it isn't updating to my latest save at all, after maybe 10 minutes of waiting. So, I'll be copying over the save file.

 

On a separate note, I moved the game to my SSD C: drive. Doesn't seem to have fixed it.

I've got new info!

I've confirmed that there are two mods folders, similar to how there are two saved game folders. By installing (but not turning on) the non-steam mod "automapsharing" from toolsnotincluded.net, I discovered that the mod only existed in the mod list half the time, depending on which folder the game is using for my saves/mods.