This is a common problem, but one generally caused by the user end.

just rename your saves from "savename.tmp" to "savename.zip" and they should appear and work.

There is a better temporary solution than manually renaming the files;

In your save folder make a new text Document (.txt), Inside this file type (or copy and paste)

ren *.tmp *.zip

save the file and then rename it to something.bat when double-clicked it should make all .tmp files to .zip (you may need to press f5 to see the change)

You could place this file somewhere more accessible (such as your desktop) but to do so you must change the code to:

CD /d "C:\Users\username\Documents\Endless space 2\Save Files"
ren *.tmp *.zip

change the content in the "" to your save folder location. Also double check its working fine.

This Issue is normaly caused by something blocking Endless Space 2's access to the save game folder.

It is normally an anti-virus, so check that endless space 2 is whitelisted in your anti-virus settings.

Thanks! Renaming files (deleting .tmp phrase in filename) helped.

But I tried to go deeper. Switching off entire antivirus (Avast Internet Security) does the job but it is of course not what I want to do :) I tried various antivir exclusions on saves folder and game folder (more than 10 combinations), I add ES2 to Avast Game List (or Game Mode?) and still nothing. But still thanks! I can now play the game :)

Hi Rasal,

It seems some antiviruses (Avast among them) do not like the fact that we rename a tmp file to a zip file. In the 1.036 preview patch, we have renamed the saved game extension to .sav, while still allowing the load of previous zip files. It seems to do the trick (we bought an Avast license to check the fix )).

Please check the preview patch and let us know.

Cheers,

It works. The game sees .sav files and loads them :)

Excellent : closing as solved