Fix: Sons Of The Forest Progress Not Saving

Sons Of The Forest players observe that the game does not save when they want to load the in-game save file. If you are facing suchaproblem, you can findasolution by following the suggestions below.

1. Sons Of The Forest Why No Progress?
2. Sons Of The Forest Progress Not Being Saved How To Fix
   1. Delete Save File
   2. Turn Off Antivirus
   3. Verify File Integrity
   4. Run Game as Administrator

Sons Of The Forest Why No Progress?

Failure to save in-game progress can often occur with antivirus blocking it.

Of course, you may encounter such an error not only because of this problem, but also because of many other problems.

For this, we will try to solve the problem by telling youafew suggestions.

Sons Of The Forest Progress Not Saving How To Fix

To fix this error, you can find the solution to the problem by following the suggestions below.

1-) Delete Save File

Corruption in the save file may cause in-game progress to not be saved.

What we need to do in order to correct the corruption in the file is to delete the save file and ensure that it is reconfigured.

For this, we can configure the save file by following the steps below.

• Type "Run" into the start search screen and open it.
• Type "%localappdata%low/Endnight/SonsOfTheForest/Saves" and press enter.
• Back up the folder with the Steam ID in the folder and delete it.

After backing up, run the game and check if the problem persists.

2-) Turn off Antivirus

Disable any antivirus program you use, or delete it completely from your computer. If you are using Windows Defender, disable it. For this;

• Open the start search screen.
• Open the search screen by typing "Windows security settings".
• Click on "Virus and Threat Protection" on the screen that opens.
• Click on "Ransomware Protection" in the menu.
• Turn off "Controlled Folder Access" on the screen that opens.

After this, let's turn off real-time protection.

• Type "virus and threat protection" into the start search screen and open it.
• Then click on "Manage settings".
• Turn Real-time protection to "Off".

After performing this operation, we will need to add the game and save file as an exception.

• Type "virus and threat protection" into the start search screen and open it.
Under
• Virus and threat protection settings, select Manage settings, and then under Exclusions Exclude select add or remove.
Select
• Add an exclusion, and then select the game folder "Sons Of The Forest" and the "Saves" folder saved on your disk.

After the process is complete, verify the game file by applying the sub-title Verify game file integrity below.

3-) Verify File Integrity

We will verify the game file integrity and scan and download any missing or incorrect files. For this;

1. Open the Steam program.
2. Open thelibrary menu.
3. Right click on the  Sons Of The Forest game on the left and open the Properties tab
4. Open the Local Files menu on the left side of the screen that opens.
5. Click on the button Verify integrity of game files in the Local Files We Encountered menu.

After this process, the download will be performed by scanning the damaged game files. After the process is finished, run the game and check if the problem persists.

4-) Run the Game as Administrator

The fact that the game does not run as an administrator may cause us to encounter various errorslike this.

For this, we can eliminate the problem by running the game as administrator.

• Right-click on the Steam app and open the "Properties" menu.
• Click on the "Compatibility" option on the screen that opens.
• Then enable the "Run this program as an administrator" option and tap the "Apply" button.

After this process, let's set the Sons Of The Forest game to run as an administrator.

• Access the Sons Of The Forest game folder.
• Right-click the "SonsofTheForest.exe" program in the folder and open the "Properties" menu.
• Click on the "Compatibility" option on the screen that opens.
• Then enable the "Run this program as an administrator" option and tap the "Apply" button.

After completing the process, you can run the game through Steam and check if the problem persists.

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