What Is the Incompatible Save Error in Baldur’s Gate 3 (BG3)? Answered
Larian Studios’ much-anticipated CRPG sequel has been a monumental success so far from both a commercial and a critical standpoint. However, due to some niggly bugs, the developer has been busy at work releasing updates to squash them. If you’ve played the game since the fourth hotfix went live on Aug. 16, you may be hit with an error which describes your save file as “incompatible.” If so, here’s everything you need to know about theIncompatible Save Error in Baldur’s Gate 3.
BG3 – What Is the Incompatible Save Error?
[UPDATE: Larian Studios has now re-deployed Hotfix 4, so this issue should now be resolved. Original story follows…]
Essentially, the Incompatible Save Error is caused by adata mismatch problem, which has happened becauseyour game save has taken place on a version of the client that is older or newer than the current version. Don’t worry, you haven’t done anything wrong.
From the looks of things, the Belgium-based studio rolled out a fourth hotfix on Aug. 16 to help fix some bugs and crashes, but it actually created a new compiler issue that was causing many players to crash. As a result, the team has temporarily rolled back the patch, which means that the client is running on the previous hotfix 3 version.
If you were one of the unlucky ones — like us — who played the game and saved it on Aug. 16, your save data is synced with the newer version of the client.
Thankfully, once Larian Studios has figured out a silver bullet fix, they’ll roll out the fourth hotfix again and that should solve any issues you’re having. In short,be patient and wait for the next update from Larian Studios to deploy, and your save progress will be restored.
So, there you have it. We hope this helped to shed light on theIncompatible Save Error inBaldur’s Gate 3. For more, here are10 of the best mods you can download right nowandhow to get past noxious fumes. For everything else, you’re in the right place at Twinfinite.
