OK Someone rocked up on IRC toay with the same problem. Basically the best solution is to run the game in XP SP2 compatability mode, which makes the game save it's files locally. Because you're running Vista, this is bad for the version that ISNT from steam, because steam messes with it's folder pe...

Oh thanks, but I just found out what was causing it. Darwinia was trying to save in "C://Users/[username]/Saved Games", but I had changed the default games folder to a different one. Just change the Games folder back to the default, and it should work. Wow, nice find :D Do other people ha...

C:\Users\[username]\Saved Games\Darwinia Sound right. Isn't there a way to convert a Steam version to a regular version? Something like copying the file from Steam and installing the patch over it. If you do so, please don't put the directory in Programs Files. Well, it looks like the Steam version...

I broke down and ran it as Administrator... with the same results. I also tried reinstalling it while Steam was running as Administrator then running the game as Administrator... same results.

Sounds like it's a user permissions issue - try right clicking Darwinia.exe and choosing 'Run as Administrator'. I probably should have mentioned: This is exactly what I was trying to avoid. Also, Vista is supposed to redirect files to to the VirtualStore directory if they try writing to their Prog...

OK, first of all, I'm going to note that the Darwinia forum over on the Steam site is fairly... dead. I'll also note that I'm running Vista SP1 with UAC enabled (which is the default). After installing Darwinia from Steam, the game runs great. Except that the game doesn't save when I leave Leave Loc...