Official: Epic Games Save Issues
Save Game Problem
Users have reported save games being overwritten or corrupted. This seems to be related to the first game save slot, which contains a character the first time the game is installed with 2 minutes and 33 seconds of playtime. We're working to come up with a solution and will have a patch out ASAP.
Mitigation
In the meantime, to avoid losing your saved game, please do not delete or use the pre-installed knight player save found in the game with 2 minutes and 33 seconds of playtime. This corresponds to the \Program Files\Epic Games\SaltAndSanctuary\savedata\dat0.slv file. If you're already overwritten this file with your own character, or started playing this character and wish to continue, please rename this file to dat1.slv or some other number 1-9. Also, I'd advise making a backup of this file outside of the game's installation directory in case it's corrupted later.
Other Issues
The game configuration has a similar issues which can cause your graphic or input settings to becomes overwritten when Epic Games Launcher verifies the game package. We're already looking to fix this as the same time.
If you're experiencing other issues, please report them here and we'll investigate.
Update
Current ETA for a fix is tomorrow. In the meantime, please avoid using the "Verify" feature on the game package from the Epic Games Launcher as this will cause the file to be overwritten.
Posted Jan 3, 2022, 1:21 AM UTC · edited
...Why is there even a premade save to begin with?
It was mistakenly deployed as part of the package because the game saves data locally to the directory. If done right, the game would save to Documents or AppData to avoid this but sadly it wasn't originally written that way and it wasn't detected until afterwards. Be careful doing any new game SKUs during the holidays.
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