Auto Save Errors for Console Add-ons

spartaxoxo

Is ZOS aware that this is happening? Is there a list anywhere of add-ons causing this issue?

fizl101

I'm not sure that it is a specific list, my very limited playing around, it seems to be more likely to happen the more you have addons with lots of settings such as lazy crafter, much smarter auto loot, mini map and so on. One person in my core group swears it is lazy writ crafter for him (lots of settings but he also has msal, wizards wardrobe arteum group, crutch alerts which are also config heavy) another thinks its the group mod that does it (again with crutch alerts, wizards wardrobe, fancy action bar and so on). I don't know how the autosave is designed, but in my head the theory is that it is timing out/failing because of the large number of additional parameters it is saving with these addons

I have deleted my save/removed addons alot in the last few days, and I am currently doing without lazy writ crafter and auto research (which I would really like to have) because it pushes me into the auto save territory on top of msal, fancy action bars, crutch alerts, mini map, harvest map and wizards wardrobe which for me are currently must keeps

MISTFORMBZZZ

Some guild members of mine hadaparently only the arteum group tool active and it keeps happening all few minutes for them, wich made them uninstall

spartaxoxo

So I literally just saw a couple of guild mates talking about this and apparently one issue is the cloud file can be corrupted (ps5) and the game will keep just re downloading it when you login.

So delete the save, delete the cloud save, and then restart to make those work. I'm going to try it and I hope it works!

MISTFORMBZZZ

spartaxoxo wrote: »

So I literally just saw a couple of guild mates talking about this and apparently one issue is the cloud file can be corrupted (ps5) and the game will keep just re downloading it when you login.

So delete the save, delete the cloud save, and then restart to make those work. I'm going to try it and I hope it works!

Are you speaking in general or about a specific addon ?

spartaxoxo

MISTFORMBZZZ wrote: »

spartaxoxo wrote: »

So I literally just saw a couple of guild mates talking about this and apparently one issue is the cloud file can be corrupted (ps5) and the game will keep just re downloading it when you login.

So delete the save, delete the cloud save, and then restart to make those work. I'm going to try it and I hope it works!

Are you speaking in general or about a specific addon ?

In general. They said they got their add-ons to behave by doing that. I think an earlier poster might have been right about having too many add-ons with lots of settings as well. I tried that and it didn't work. Then I deleted votan's mini map as I already had other lotta setting add-ons. Did the two type deletion again. And this time it appears to have worked out for now. I usually found porting a ton broke the auto save file so I could test it. But after that it didn't break. The real test will be if this holds up for a few days but for now those two things seem to work.

ETA
The long settings list ones I have off the type of my head are

Crutch alerts, Lazy Writ, Fancy Action Bars, and harvest map.

DenverRalphy

It's the same bug that prevents crafting tables to retain their Filters state (ie.. Quest Only, Have Knowledge, etc.) between logins or character swaps. As well as some map settings, last used guild trader at the banker npc, and more.

It was introduced the moment U46 landed on consoles, even before Addon functionality was switched on. After they switched on the Addon functionality, the addons highlight the bug even further in the form of the Autosave error.

I tried compiling a list, but found that often it can be combinations of addons. Because some of the addons that I have zero issues with, for others it triggers the autosave bug. And vice versa.

I've made pleas to various ZOS representatives here on the forums multiple times only to be met with complete and total silence. They won't even acknowledge that they're aware of the issue. So I'm guessing the radio silence is intentional.

DenverRalphy

Got a respones from @ZOS_Kevin today from this thread..
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/8344189/#Comment_8344189

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Hi all, just wanted to follow up on this. We are working on getting some additional reporting tools to help the team resolve this issue. The team is aware and working toward a solution here. We’ll follow up once we have more information.

Timing wise, earliest we are looking at a fix is in U47. But that depends on some tracking factors.

ZOS_Icy

Greetings,

With there already being a thread opened on this subject here, we're going to go ahead and close this one down.

Thank you for understanding.