I can confirm the first point, although I didn't realise at first that it had to do with Novigrad.
When I try to load a save file in Novigrad the game just crashes. The funny thing is: Saves in Novigrads cannalisation work just fine.
Since yesterday I lost my game progress with up to 3 hours multiple times just because I dared to save in Novigrad
Edit: I forgot to mention that all auto-saves in Novigrad are also affected
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I get the same error code, but I get it as soon as i launch the game or after the first cut scene. I have yet to actually play the game yet. I have done all the trouble shooting for the error code but, nothing works. I dont believe its a problem with my PS4 since my other games works perfectly fine.
Wasted four days of my life, saves won't load
Same issue, i keep getting the error code when i go to load a save, every save crashes the ps4 with this error code CE 34878-0, i have re-initialized my PS4 as per Sony instructions for when you get this error, reinstalled the game and got saves back from the cloud and guess what error still persists, the game starts loading the save goes through the graphics detailing last major mission gets to static loading screen loads for a bit and then just crashes out of game. So now i have four days worth of gaming that is saved but i can't use, please resolve this issue. Also sometimes when i click a save it asks me to please wait until the required game content is ready before launching game and starts filling a percentage bar, reaches 100% and then does exactly the same as all the others and crashes. Please fix this issue, i really don't want to start again.
Have tried other games, they all work loading their saves, so it is not my console that is having the issue, its the game. All my saves are after the quest where you meet kiera coming down the stairs of that mage tower on the island. I am wondering if the quest is somehow the cause for me. I would upload a save for the devs to look at if that would help.
Same issue, i keep getting the error code when i go to load a save, every save crashes the ps4 with this error code CE 34878-0, i have re-initialized my PS4 as per Sony instructions for when you get this error, reinstalled the game and got saves back from the cloud and guess what error still persists, the game starts loading the save goes through the graphics detailing last major mission gets to static loading screen loads for a bit and then just crashes out of game. So now i have four days worth of gaming that is saved but i can't use, please resolve this issue. Also sometimes when i click a save it asks me to please wait until the required game content is ready before launching game and starts filling a percentage bar, reaches 100% and then does exactly the same as all the others and crashes. Please fix this issue, i really don't want to start again.
Have tried other games, they all work loading their saves, so it is not my console that is having the issue, its the game. All my saves are after the quest where you meet kiera coming down the stairs of that mage tower on the island. I am wondering if the quest is somehow the cause for me. I would upload a save for the devs to look at if that would help.
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I'm curious, are those of us running into this problem people who have also upgraded their HDD? Could it be related to that at all?
Not in my case. I have the stock 500GB HDD that came with my PS4 Bundle.
Not the issue for me, have not changed anything on console since i got it on release day.
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Just noticed something strange, i cannot load any of my saves, so i started a new game and did a couple of small quests to see if i could load these new saves, and the new saves load, but what i noticed was the game doesn't seem to be making auto saves anymore, the only saves are the checkpoint saves and my manual saves, so could this be the problem, because every time you load a save i think the game auto saves. Maybe that is what is causing the crash, the game not being able to auto save. Just a theory.
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Just noticed something strange, i cannot load any of my saves, so i started a new game and did a couple of small quests to see if i could load these new saves, and the new saves load, but what i noticed was the game doesn't seem to be making auto saves anymore, the only saves are the checkpoint saves and my manual saves, so could this be the problem, because every time you load a save i think the game auto saves. Maybe that is what is causing the crash, the game not being able to auto save. Just a theory.
I'm starting to believe you're right. Just now I took a closer look and noticed something: My last working save has also the last autosave file. After that it never again made an autosave. It is also loadable, but every save after that not.
I don't know if this has something to do with it, but saving the game manually doesn't follow with the "game has saved" message in the lower left corner although it is creating a save file and the icon in the lower right is suggesting that it does.
In an act of pure desperation, I went through and initialised the PS4, which wiped everything, and installed afresh. I then downloaded a manual save that I knew to work, which loaded fine. But then I saved a little bit later, and reloaded ... same issue.
Thing is, I know when the problem will occur, because instead of reloading giving me a recap about the most recent events, it gives me a recap about Ciri heading to Novigrad, which I've already seen ages ago. Something is proper messed up in the code for save games.
Come on, CDPR, you need to fix this. This is is an absolute joke.
Thing is, I know when the problem will occur, because instead of reloading giving me a recap about the most recent events, it gives me a recap about Ciri heading to Novigrad, which I've already seen ages ago. Something is proper messed up in the code for save games.
Come on, CDPR, you need to fix this. This is is an absolute joke.
Maybe, just MAYBE, I found a fix. I deleted every save except my last working one. Loaded it and played for about 10 to 15 minutes. It did checkpoints but no autosave.
I created a manual save and was able to load it. I' going to play it a litte further and test it again.
Edit: Did you download only your manual save? Because then you would have done the same. But in my case it seemed to have worked (for now)
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I have a stock hard drive also, but i still get the error after the opening cut scene or a few seconds after i launch the game.
I get this error code frequently and it's beyond frustrating. Can't play Gwent, I get it on occasion when shopping at vendors, and I've got it when just running around. I find it impossible to believe no QA employees played through this game without getting this error code frequently. Playing this game with paranoia now and saving constantly and I hate doing that.
I have been through all the recommend solutions, nothing works, i reinitialized the console, i delete the game and reinstalled with update, been trying all kinds or things nothing seems to resolve it and all i know is my saves don't work they just crash and the game doesn't seem to be creating auto saves no more even with a new game i created.
This is beginning to get on my nerves, the fact that i reported this to support, no contact. Reported on the forums where others are now coming forward with the same issue happening at all kinds of different point in quests. And yet no contact or support from any development staff to say we are at least looking at the issue, would upload a video of problem, but PS4 starts recording and then delets what it recorded when the game crashes so i can't show it, only video of the crash the console saves is for the error report to sony.
Just recorded the error on my phone sorry for low quaility.
[video]https://youtu.be/Q2IrEhcTIIw[/video]
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Just received this email response to my contact to support yesterday about this issue,
Hello,
Thank you for the contacting our technical support.
To solve the error you encountered, please follow the following steps:
Step 1: Close the application, install the latest system software and game update, and restart the system.
Step 2: If a PS Camera is connected to the system, remove it and reboot the system, then go to [Settings] > [User] > [Login Settings] and turn "Enable Face Recognition" OFF.
Step 3: If you have upgraded the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) in your console, please re-install the original HDD.
Step 4: If the error occurs again, back up your saved data, and then go to [Settings] > [Initialization] and choose [Initialize PS4].
Step 5: If the error continues and occurs with every application, or as soon as the application starts, please contact PlayStation Support.
Kind regards,
Karol Pyziak
and no offense meant to any support staff but copying and pasting the PlayStation support info you get from sony for this issue is not very helpful, especially if you have actually looked at the forums stating most of us have already tried this solution no help. Also this solution makes it sound like it is the console not the game, every other game i own on the ps4 saves and loads it saves, this just seems to be isolated to witcher 3 in this particular instance. Why am i beginning to think that the devs for this game believe this is nothing to do with their code but the hardware it runs on. Just hope this is not true and they are working on this issue. I will not contact playstation support unless this happens with another game.
Just found out this save issue is also affecting the xbox one, so why tell us to contact playstation support, when it is quite clear this is an issue with the game itself.
Just recorded the error on my phone sorry for low quaility.
[video]https://youtu.be/Q2IrEhcTIIw[/video]
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Just received this email response to my contact to support yesterday about this issue,
Hello,
Thank you for the contacting our technical support.
To solve the error you encountered, please follow the following steps:
Step 1: Close the application, install the latest system software and game update, and restart the system.
Step 2: If a PS Camera is connected to the system, remove it and reboot the system, then go to [Settings] > [User] > [Login Settings] and turn "Enable Face Recognition" OFF.
Step 3: If you have upgraded the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) in your console, please re-install the original HDD.
Step 4: If the error occurs again, back up your saved data, and then go to [Settings] > [Initialization] and choose [Initialize PS4].
Step 5: If the error continues and occurs with every application, or as soon as the application starts, please contact PlayStation Support.
Kind regards,
Karol Pyziak
and no offense meant to any support staff but copying and pasting the PlayStation support info you get from sony for this issue is not very helpful, especially if you have actually looked at the forums stating most of us have already tried this solution no help. Also this solution makes it sound like it is the console not the game, every other game i own on the ps4 saves and loads it saves, this just seems to be isolated to witcher 3 in this particular instance. Why am i beginning to think that the devs for this game believe this is nothing to do with their code but the hardware it runs on. Just hope this is not true and they are working on this issue. I will not contact playstation support unless this happens with another game.
Just found out this save issue is also affecting the xbox one, so why tell us to contact playstation support, when it is quite clear this is an issue with the game itself.
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Thanks for the video. I have definitively the same bug, looks just the same.
All my other games work perfectly, too. Digital and physical games. Only The Witcher 3 has this bug and I'm currenlty playing The Old Blood, too - no CE-34878-0 error or broken saves there.
The Xbox One bug is known for several days. Some online game magazines already had news about it. But no word what's up with the PS4 Version. Could be the same bug since it is related to the autosave mechanism.