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[justwannadownloadshit]

Hey all. I ran into the "Autosave freezes the game because you have UE4SS installed" issue that happened to a fair number of people a while ago. Well, I solved it with the help of the dev version of UE4SS. SCake's character save file was getting super bloated. It saves every time the game does, so that's the primary cause. Every lag was always it writing to SCake's character save location. It's why I couldn't replicate the issue on a new server during troubleshooting.

 

I use a Pal distance render mod as well, so that likely contributed. 

 

Solution is to delete that file and let SCake remake it. Posting here because I've not found anyone else who has posted a solution. Filepath: ...\Palworld\Pal\Content\Paks\~Mods\SaveConfig

 

So, if you find your save times are getting massive, this is a viable solution if you follow everything within this guide. 

[HowcanIknow]

On 8/3/2026 at 3:13 PM, Lucho_393 said:

I have both _p files in the same folder as you, but they aren't loading in-game.

Could it be because I'm playing via Game Pass?

Yes. I just found this out too, it seems the Xbox version needs UCAS and UTOC files to go along with the .pak, I found a mod called "Palworld PAK Converter" that should help you if you follow the instructions on the mod page and get the other files, I tested this with R345OT's female body mod and it seems to work, but it may not work for some .pak's