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i need help, i cant play the game, bought it yesterday installed it, and tried to play today,
when i started playing after a few minutes the game froze, and then displayed
Opening package
C:\users\username\appdata\roaming\factorio\saves\_autosave2tmp.zip for writting failed
i assume this was the auto save feature, so then i tried to manualy save the game, to my suprise it also displayed the same message but with the name i chose
(Opening package
C:\users\username\appdata\roaming\factorio\saves\12345.tmp.zip for writting failed)
so has anyone had this issue and resolved it?, i really want to play the game but i dont want to start a new game every time i start the game D:
things i have tried:
new install of the game
changed installation folder to C:\ instead of D:\
deleted the factorio folder in appdata
by the way i have not used any mods.
please help.


EDIT:
just solved it thanks to this
https://wiki.factorio.com/Application_d ... _directory
and by moving my game install directory to my C:\ drive instead of my D:\ drive where i usually store my games

what i did was change the user data directory so default values where this:
[path]
read-data=__PATH__system-read-data__
write-data=__PATH__system-write-data__
this is what i set them to:
[path]
read-data=__PATH___executable__/../../data
write-data=.factorio
now i can play and save hope this helps anyone with the same error!

Have you tried the self-contained zip version of the game? Click here (you need to login to the factorio site) and select the "MS Windows (64 bit zip package)" option.

blackbat wrote:Have you tried the self-contained zip version of the game? Click here (you need to login to the factorio site) and select the "MS Windows (64 bit zip package)" option.

i was in the middle of updating the post, i already fixed it, and yes i did try that version of the game still that did not solve my issue
i will update OP to what i did to solve it, hoping that it will help anyone with the same problem.
thanks anyway