Where is the auto save game?

If you installed the game, deleted it, and then re-installed it in a different directory, you may be looking at the wrong one. I think I have encountered a problem before where the computer will register file associations in a certain place. If you have two installs, both .exes will run the same files, so you may think you are using a certain group of files, when you are not.

I will be off for a couple of answers and will not be able to answer questions till later.

No, I havent installed it before, or more than once

:blink: There's no saves to load from the menu? You've never saved your game progress? Or am I getting confused? My brain is running roller coasters today, so I might just be reading wrong.

--IronDuke

Perhaps you could attach a screenshot that shows the problem?

Even if you haven't saved your game progress, the game automatically creates the Autosave when you dock to your base, so the folder shouldn't be empty.

I know of a bug where the saves folder doesn't get created at all. It only happens with the GOG version and only a few users experienced it. I don't know what causes it.

The symptoms you have sound exactly like a missing saves folder. Try deleting and creating it again, maybe it's a problem with write permissions in this directory.