The Last of Us has a Save Glitch, Here's What You Can Do

A glitch has been reported in The Last of Us which can ruin your progress.

[TheEvilWithin]

Hmm... none of the review people had this problem??? Wonder if its just a fluke will see when I play my copy later tonight...

[Why o why]

Damn, silly goof there nd....im sure they'll get a patch out swiftly. Luckily I cant get to play mine yet..

[Gazondaily]

Actually, its not that bad. Realistically, if you're going to end a gaming session, you just manually save the game anyway. Well, that's what I've been doing.

The auto-save function has been working for me but I don't see why anyone would not save the game before they quit. In fact, the way the game is designed, I found that the natural way to go about saving it just press start and save before you quit to the main menu or shut down the PS3; which is precisely what the game allows you to do.

Anyway, I hope people don't lose their saves. I would hate that to happen to me. The game is brilliant but some bits scared the living feces out of me and I just managed to make it through (playing on Hard here) by running for an exit like a little girl. Bloody clickers.

[Jdoki]

That's not true Septic.

If the auto save bug kicks in it does not allow you to do a manual save. The line 'auto saving please wait' shows next to Save Game, Load Game and Reset encounter options, and they cannot be selected.

I lost about an hours worth of game time because of this bug.

I am now manually saving every 30mins or after significant battles / cut scenes.

If when going in to the menu it shows 'auto saving please wait' , and that doesn't clear after a few seconds the bug has kicked in. Best thing is to immediately quit the game and restart it and keep fingers crossed the last auto save was not too long before.

Hopefully ND patch this soon, but its pretty sloppy that it got through QA.

[Gazondaily]

@Jdoki,

Ah damn man, my bad. I didn't know that. I think I've almost finished the game so I'll be keeping an eye for the auto-saving, please wait prompt.

[seanpitt23]

Yep just played 4 hours this morning loving it and I went to save it just in case the auto save didn't work and it wouldn't let me so I had no choice to turn it off because I wanted to cool my ps3 down. Anyway went back to the game and it didn't save at all for the 4 hours I was playing yes iam pissed off iam just happy it's that awesome of a game so Iam happy to do it all again but be carefull guys its really frustrating.

[StanSmith]

Neogaf users have found that signing out of PSN before starting the game will stop the autosave bug.

Have tried it myself and can confirm it works.

[Blackpool]

Always good to wait a week or 2 after a game comes out because this stuff happens often.

[thechosenone]

they've already fixed the problem so no worries.

https://twitter.com/Naughty...

[limewax]

This bug actually cost me 6 hours of progress earlier. Longest gaming stint I've had in a while too.

Annoying bug but I'm not going to let it ruin the fun for me. I've been having a blast so far anyway and looking forward to seeing how differently some of these encounters play out next time round

[brodychet]

Happened to me, lost my 4 hours of gameplay and had to restart it from the prologue. It's alright though, great game to see twice.

OH, guys there is no patch needed, it was the servers that had an error. So all you needed to do was refresh your game. Mine messed up, and now it works. Trust me!

[Nicolee]

i only lost 1 hour and found out online about this glitch.

[mantisimo]

It's not been fixed yet over on the ND forums people are saying its still happening even after the twitter post.

dont know about the turn on and off of psn before play?

one of the Devs is active(ish) in the thread, but they are working on it as we speak.

http://community.us.playsta...

[stage88]

**** this just happened to me. I lost 2 hours. Not sure whether to start again or wait for the patch.

[isa_scout]

I'd wait for the patch. It'd be kinda distracting to have to pause the game every 20 minutes just to see if it "F"ed up or not. I lost about 3 hours or so of progress this morning, and I was pissed.Hopefully ND fixes this today because I can't see playing the SP until it is fixed. It breaks the immersion to be forced to pause your game to see if it is frozen.

[Virus201]

I lost like 4 hours worth of singleplayer. I had a feeling something was up because when I would pause the game it would say Autosaving...

[stage88]

It wasn't too bad making up the time. I just went back to the game and managed to get up to the same stage again within one hour.

I feel sorry for all those 4+ hours in though.

[Cerv-Clash]

try playing offline. worked for me

[Philoctetes]

This really pisses me off. My copy is out for delivery and will be waiting for me when I get home. I rarely preorder mainly-SP games anymore because you can't trust professional reviews and so many games ship with major bugs and glitches, but I figured I'd be safe this time with Naughty Dog.

Guess I was wrong. Very disappointing.

[RobAlmighty]

You should just throw it in the trash with that attitude.

It is already fixed.

[Philoctetes]

@RobAlmighty -- Yes, I know. I posted before it was fixed.

And no, I won't be throwing it in the trash. :)

[ExitToExisT]

THE GLITCH IS CAUSED BY THE 1.01 patch

I deleted the patch and started playing and the autosave works right now.

Also i just run and i can progress the game without any combat. It is really interesting. (Doing this to go back to the lost save as fast as possible)

[JaredH]

Naughty Dog just fixed it according to their twitter.

https://twitter.com/Naughty...

[Eyeco]

I wouldn't know anyway THE GAME HAS SOLD OUT EVERYWHERE, damn i should have pre-ordered

[Bobby Kotex]

On my lunch break I went to gamestop and they had about 100 in a drawer.

[Eyeco]

I live in London, and I've just managed to snag the last copy at some independent game store , when I went to buy Uncharted 2 day 1 there was an abundance of copies everywhere, it was completely pointless for me to have pre-ordered the game, I thought the same with TLOU and it's proven me wrong.

[trenso1]

happened to me luckly i noticed before i did at alot of progress

[asmith2306]

I lost around three hours due to this. It's definitely in there, the day one patch didn't fix it.

[MizTv]

I lost almost 5 hours of play time
It keep saying autosaving
Had to start over again

[Crazyglues]

Someone update this story the problem has been fixed Naughty Dog reported that on there Facebook...

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[FoxHound_]

From what I've been reading on TLoU forums it's been happening to people who:
A) Are from Europe.
B) Have subtitles activated.

I'm picking up the game in an hour so I can't comment yet but these two things may be a contributor.

[stage88]

I'm from the UK, have no subtitles and still got screwed.

[Jdoki]

Same here. Bug hit me after about an hour of game time, and I lost about an hour.

[FoxHound_]

Forget my comment because it happened to me as well. Live Ontario Canada didn't have subtitles on either.

[Prophet112]

Has this bug happened to anybody that wasn't signed into PSN?

[GentlemenRUs]

Just got hit by this, Lost around 1-2 hours due to it :(
From UK.

Autosaving, Please wait...
Autosaving, Please wait...

Autosaving, Please wait...
Autosaving, Please wait...

That's all I see in the menu, No way to manually save whatsoever... Sadly the game is unplayable till this silly glitch is fixed.

funny though, Autosave must have caught the virus XD

[Hadoukameha]

This is why I like optional manual saves. Want something done right, gotta do it yourself.

[TheEvilWithin]

I missed that with Bioshock infinite. I wonder why they took that out??? I'm just going to back up my save just to make sure.

[GentlemenRUs]

But this bug hits me as soon as I get into the game :(

Also, There is no way to turn off the Autosave.

[Kiddcarter]

The game has a manual save option

edit: I take that back, the manual save is actually just the autosave

[iistuii]

Yeah mine did that just as I met Henry. Also I've not go any trophies yet, dunno if I've earned an yet, but I've been playing for over 6 hours without any.

[icewater85]

On Podcast Beyond they said you wouldn't get that many trophies on the first play through.

[Kiddcarter]

Trophy are hard to come by in this game, for instance there aren't trophies for just progressing thru the story, as icewater said podcast beyond and other web sites have said you wont collect many trophies on your first play through

[omi25p]

Just do what i did, Finish the game in one sitting. Never had to save.

[Gazondaily]

Wait what? You can't manually save?? That friggin sucks! Has this been happening to you from the start of the game or did it just start happening?

[GentlemenRUs]

Good news!

ND are aware and they are currently trying to get this fixed ASAP!

[monkey602]

They would want to be aware ha this hasn't been a very secluded problem. At least I'm enjoying the multiplayer

[monkey602]

Just lost 3 hours progress. Raging!

[sway_z]

Thanks for the heads up...I'm based in the UK, and my copy arrived this morning 8.30am.

Unfortunately, I am at work as I type this (looks left & right for the boss lol), so will have to wait 'til I am free from my pay masters.

But, I'm gonna be turning off my cell phone and home no. for some completely uninterrupted Last of Us as soon as I get home.

Yikes!!

EDIT

There is a temp fix, just hit the start button every 15-25 mins or so, and it will autosave at menu. Sucks, but until there's a patch, it's the best option.

[DOMination-]

Quite a big thing to overlook in testing.

[ThatEnglishDude]

Yeah so much for QA testers. I honestly believe they're so enamored in the whole 'I get to play a cool game early!' mindset that they forget they have a job to do.

[purpleblau]

Who cares about the save glitch? I'ma play it through till the end non-stop tonight!!!

[sway_z]

Lool good for you!!

Kiss the next 18-20hrs goodbye maaaan!

Enjoy buddy :)

[purpleblau]

Thanks bro, still waiting for the USPS. I'm going to dive right in! No worry about the glitch, because the game will be running 24 hours, haha.

[jeremyj2913]

I think it's a problem with the patch. I haven't even been able to make it past the prologue without the game freezing or glitching out on me :-(

[sway_z]

Thanks!

I will reject downloading the patch when prompted...you've possibly just saved me a lot of trouble Jezza.

[icewater85]

If you think that's the problem delete the Game data file and disconnect the internet to play offline.

[jeremyj2913]

i'll try that. thanx for the suggestion. bubble 4 u!

[iistuii]

That's a good point, I actually got the game yesterday, good ol Royal Mail, & it was fine, yet today when I started it patched & then the problem started.

[LightSamus]

See, it was the other way around for me. I got it yesterday pre-patch and the issue happened (after about 4 hours of play D:). Today with the patch, it SEEMS to be fine.

[Sizzon]

I lost 1 hour, but it's okay, will play more tonight, hopefully the glitch doesn't show up.

[CrossingEden]

guess this game isn't so perfect after all -_-

[ThyMagicSword]

Here's the best solution: Not buying it.

Man, the influences from The Walking dead are so evident in this game that you fell ashamed while playing it. You wanted something new, then Shane from Walking Dead series appears on your Screen. Frustrating...

[ifritAlkhemyst]

Not smart to voice any level of dissent regarding this game on n4g.

...lol, I just looked at the disagree rating.

[ThyMagicSword]

The "voice of dissent" doesn't matter to me, the only Thing that matters is the truth about the games you all play! Sorry, but Shane has died for me in the first season, I don't want to have him again...

[mydyingparadiselost]

Does any of this suprise anyone? What game doesn't launch with a game ruining bug now days?

[Kiddcarter]

I downloaded it early this morning around 3am and I am currently having no issues with it hopefully it stays that way, but then again i always manually save my games when i stop playing so this shouldn't be a issue for me even if it pops up

[isa_scout]

The author of the article acts like it's no big deal, but I have four hours of lost progress that says otherwise. Hope ND gets this fixed ASAP. Oh well, at least the MP is working great.

[Corpser]

Not just this glitch, people in neogaf are seeing bad AI and clunky combat

7.5

[ExitToExisT]

Having the same problem. Lost 2 hours of gameplay. And the section i played was quite boring. Now i cannot progress because 'Autosaving. Please Wait... is always there.

[frozenfish]

Damn it naughty dog, you just cost me hours of my life!!! Still love ya though... :(

[frozenfish]

Also has anyone noticed what a workout this game gives the ps3? It feels like the consoles gonna take off into orbit any second on my retro 80gb brick!! This is using 110% of the ps3's power for sure!

[monkey602]

Uncharted 3 was the death of my 60gig. My 160 slim is having no issues with the last of us though

[jokia005]

It seems i lost neary 2 hours,just wondering why autosaving,please wait doesnt stop but coundnt stop playing.
Its ok ill play again.
this gsme is worth to, hate gliches though

[Riderz1337]

I saw the auto saving please wait thing and didn't think anything of it. Been playing for like 3 hours now and I'm scared to turn my PS3 off cause I don't want to lose my progress =/

[TechnicianTed]

Yeah I saw that earlier with the auto saving thing and didn't think much of it, but I just started the game up to play again and the only save I have is about an hour into the game, I was playing for over 4 hours :(

Hope they patch it soon, I don't mind going through it again because I enjoyed it so much, but it's a bit of a pain when you just want to start from where you left off.

[DeletedAcc]

Lost more than 1h...
I played it again and there was no bug anyways i wait for the next patch i dont wanna look every 20mins if the game is f**ked or not

Btw i am at chapter 3.2 :D
Playtime: 3:40h

[vigilante_man]

You CANNOT SAVE!

The auto-save bug will not let you select the save option. You can play for as long as you want but it wont save. When you go to save it is stuck on auto-saving. It is a bug.

Don't know if it is the patch 1.01 or just being connected to the internet. I will start again with patch deleted and no internet connection.

The patch also re-booted my PS3. How on earth did all those reviewers get to play the game with no issues? It seems everyone is having the same problem. I would advice all to wait until the problem is fixed. It caused a weird fuzzy screen when I had to reboot the PS3 to come out of the game. Never seen that before.

[Corpser]

Reviewers probably play it nonstop on one sitting

[Thatguy-310]

just lost 7 hrs of progress!!!!

[ZBlacktt]

A friend of mine said try this. It worked for him and he doesn't have the save issue anymore.

" Steps to getting around the bug:

1. Log out of your PSN account
2. Go to settings -> network -> internet connection -> disable (Optional but doesn't hurt)
3. Play the game without the glitch

It doesn't matter if you've installed the patch or not, simply being signed out of PSN will allow you to play bug free. Disabling the internet connection isn't required from what I read but it doesn't hurt. "

[RedSoakedSponge]

ill try this method. thanks for the idea

[ZBlacktt]

It's fixed now. Issue was with ND servers.

http://i.imgur.com/SN1T5XI....

[RedSoakedSponge]

oh thats good news :)

i did test the offline method and it did work perfectly if it ever happens again.

[RedSoakedSponge]

iv had this happen 4 times on the same part of the singleplayer now and im pretty pissed about it... how the hell did this get past testing?!

[Swiggins]

While this glitch does indeed suck, it's easily fixed with a patch.

Just one flaw in a otherwise perfect game.

[grassyknoll]

I've just had this after 4 hours of play. :(

[ZBlacktt]

It should be fixed now. It was ND servers.

http://i.imgur.com/SN1T5XI....

[RedSoakedSponge]

what i wanna know is why the ND servers have to be involved at all with my single player save game? :/

[Fixlarz]

Yup, happened to me. Lost 3 and a half hours of the 4 hours I played earlier today. Nice glitch for a game that's supposed to be among the best of PS3 games, wonder why I didn't see this in the reviews. Maybe I was too excited to notice a mention of it, I imagine they don't want to mention a glitch this annoying that much.

[yanikins111]

Probably because it was server related and there wasnt half a million reviewers on at one time

[Kronus]

I know this isn't the best of ways to get new friends on PS3 but since it's the last of us and its on one of my favorite gaming news site, why not. as long as PS3 been out i only have a handful of friends i actually play with (family State to state) and in need of more so if you have The last of us and open to adding people, add me. I'm on my way to pick the game up now. i can't promise i'll be on multiplayer soon seeing how you get extra skins and other rewards for multi player after beating the game but i'll give it a try before hand.

PSN ID: SCAIRKROW (and post your name so we can all add each other and dominate The Last Of Us online)

[tigertron]

I lost about half an hour last night, so I'm just playing the multiplayer right now.

[fsfsxii]

My PS3 froze with this game when i was 10 hours in, and i restarted the systems, then the game tells me i lost the save data due to PS3 crashing multiple times, lost my shit right there, but then i quit the game i rebooted it and the save came back, weird glitches for real

[wishingW3L]

it was already patched anyway. In fact, I'm downloading the patch right now.

[N4Gguy1]

you can't download it it was a server problem you just have to quit to the xmb menu and start it again lol

[Relientk77]

I just got The Last of Us, very excited

oh sweet Naughty Dog patched it, already

damn Naughty Dog are the best

[N4Gguy1]

ost already 3-4h too late lol. but it's patched now^^

[axerated]

Picked up the game today and experienced this 4 hours in, taking me back by an hour and a half, luckily playing through it again revealed to me how differently I could go about things and I played completely differently. Still, what a game...

[manaxknight1]

stupid glitch

[vigilante_man]

So if I had played with no internet connected I would of been okay? Damn!

Never thought I would say this but bad coding from ND. Played all uncharted games with no saving errors ever. Why have they tied saving progress to online servers. Big mistake. I reckon they want to check statistics on how people are playing. Why else would you need server connection for a single player campaign?

By the time I finish the game it will all be forgotten. I actually almost cried in the first 20 mins of the story - like a big cissy.

And the first 5 minutes actually spooked me first time through...

[GamersHeaven]

I'm having this problem erased the patch rebooted it same thing disc drive gets loud nothing loads for me and freezes my console.Going to have to erase all my saves try it out again very frustrating.

[SKullDugger]

Does anyone know how many hours of gameplay there is?

[TOBLERONE538]

I'd say 15-18 I did it in around 15

[SKullDugger]

Thanks man! I was gonna buy a PS3 just for this game but I will save the bucks for my PS4. I gave you a bubble vote for your help.

[sdozzo]

I got around 25 hours... but, I play slow and try to uncover crap. Once you get to that point though, you just want to push through and finish up. It's not a RPG. More action with a little customization.

[TOBLERONE538]

I completed the game then went back to try it on survival. bumped me back 8 hours... If the game wasn't so amazing Ii would be complaining.

[Lucybretnall]

Fuck this shit. I just lost 11 hours, been waiting over a fucking year for this game and they have delayed it so many time and this is what I get!? To play the game for 12 hours and to lose 11 of them!!!!!! Not happy. The game is fantastic, don't get me wrong. But I've lost 11 hours.

[plaZeHD]

The game is AWESOME, AMAZING, BRILLIANT, EVERYTHING A GAME CAN BE. But this is just annoying.

[Run_bare]

I have this issue last night, was wondering if it's only me.

[plaZeHD]

Pretty much everybody is having this issue. If you try to fix it, you will lose your progress.

[sdozzo]

Can't wait to play, but it's funny how SONY and ND got all over this day one... most games go broken for who knows how long. Obviously, this is a major title and both parties are pushing this as one of the last big ones this generation.

[listenkids]

And so, a bug ( now fixed ) has Metacritic retards hailing the game with 1's or 2's, what a joke of a community of "gamers".

[ufo8mycat]

SIGN OUT OF PSN BEFORE PLAYING

I consistently got this bug 3 times in a row since I started.

I ended up disabling my Interent Connection in the PS3 options and ever since then have not had this problem.

[porkChop]

This glitch has been happening to me but it doesn't affect my saves at all. Every time I go to manually save it says about the autosave stuff. After a few seconds it goes away and I can save just fine.

[AlexAdelaide]

UPDATE: It's been fixed.

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