The save system of ME1 sucks. However, you can enable an in-built autosave.
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Version 1.0.0
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In Mass Effect 1, we all have had the experience of starting a mission/visiting a planet, almost finishing it but dying at the end and respawning at the very beginning...
It's over. Surprisingly, an autosave is already implemented in the game, but disabled by default. When you enable this option, the game will do a save every X seconds.
You can configure the time between each autosave (initially it's 300 seconds / 5 minutes).
Notes - It goes very fast to save but pauses the game. - Autosave can't happen in the middle of a fight or a conversation. Autosave can happen while bypass minigame. - There is only one autosave slot.
How to enable autosave Open BIOGame.ini located in %Documents%\BioWare\Mass Effect\Config
Look for m_bDissableAutoSave Set value to FALSE instead of TRUE
You can change the interval of autosave by editing "m_fAutoSaveTime" (time in seconds)
Alternative : if you have ME3 Tweaks Mod Manager, click on "Tools" then open "Mass Effect Ini Modder" Go to "BioGame" then look for "m_bDissableAutoSave" at the bottom and set value to false
How to disable it Set value of m_bDissableAutoSave to TRUE
I didn't see anyone talking about it, that's why I made this post (this isn't really a mod). Enjoy playing Mass Effect :)