# My Saves Aren't Working Right
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/my-saves-arent-working-right/7217
**Category:** The Garage
**Created:** [August 30, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/my-saves-arent-working-right/7217 "2014-08-30T20:00:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Sneak](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sneak)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/my-saves-arent-working-right/7217/1 "2014-08-30T20:00:09Z")
Is there something wrong with saves in Cataclysm? I’ve gotten this problem with the latest stable and experimental versions. What happens is that if I save the game and then die or delete the world, then quit the game and come back the world and the character are still there and the character is at the exact same point as when I saved the game.
Is there any way to fix this problem?
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### Author:  [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/my-saves-arent-working-right/7217/2 "2014-08-30T20:16:59Z")
Would help to know your OS as well. Be advised that some folks really really want saves to NOT be deleted on death, too.
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### Author:  [@Sneak](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sneak)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/my-saves-arent-working-right/7217/3 "2014-08-30T21:09:58Z")
I use Windows 7.
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### Author:  [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/my-saves-arent-working-right/7217/4 "2014-08-30T23:22:31Z")
Just checking, but you:
1. Are not running from inside the zip file
and
2. Have read/write access to the Cataclysm Folder?
If the game can’t write to the save folder it might be preventing it from deleting the old saves to clean them up.
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### Author:  [@Sneak](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sneak)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/my-saves-arent-working-right/7217/5 "2014-08-31T01:20:18Z")
Yes, I do run the application from inside the zip, but I’m not sure about the second one. Clarify, please?
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### Author:  [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/my-saves-arent-working-right/7217/6 "2014-08-31T01:30:50Z")
> [@Sneak](#):
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> Yes, I do run the application from inside the zip, but I’m not sure about the second one. Clarify, please?
Well, that’s probably the problem there. Windows might be able to add files to the archive, but removing them is another story. Let DDA have its space and your saves ought to properly clean up.
(Read/write access means that you haven’t locked the folder. Check the folder properties and possibly DDA’s permissions.)
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### Author:  [@Sneak](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sneak)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2014, 4:05am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/my-saves-arent-working-right/7217/7 "2014-08-31T04:05:32Z")
Thanks for the help, folks, but I figured out the problem. It turns out I just needed to extract the files from the zip first.
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### Author:  [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2014, 5:55am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/my-saves-arent-working-right/7217/8 "2014-08-31T05:55:50Z")
> [@Sneak](#):
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> Thanks for the help, folks, but I figured out the problem. It turns out I just needed to extract the files from the zip first.
That… pretty much exactly what we were saying. 😛
And yeah, don’t ever run games or other things from inside of zip or other compressed files. Always extract them first.