Source-checkedQuality of life & UI

Pause Menu Save

by AzNean · for Sons of the Forest

Adds a Save button to the pause menu so you can save anywhere, without a shelter. Optional auto-save every few minutes.

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About Pause Menu Save

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Adds a Save button to the pause menu so you can save anywhere, without a shelter. Optional auto-save every few minutes.

Pause Menu Save

Adds a Save button to the pause menu. It opens the same save screen as a shelter, so you can save anywhere.

Multiplayer

  • Single player or host: the button saves the world, like a shelter.
  • Guest: the button saves your character only. The world save belongs to the host.
  • Each player who wants the button installs the mod.

Auto-save

The game saves itself every 10 minutes (single player or host), and the game's own "Game Saved" message confirms each save, where the game shows its messages. A new game is skipped until you save it once yourself.

Settings

Change them in your mod manager's config editor (aznan.sotf.pausemenusave.cfg):

  • [General] ButtonPosition: where the button sits in the pause menu.
  • [Auto-save] AutoSaveEnabled: turns auto-save on or off (on by default); AutoSaveMinutes: minutes between auto-saves (at least 1).
  • [Texts]: button text, messages, how long messages stay (MessageSeconds) and where the pause menu box sits (MessageTop). Leave the texts empty to follow the game's language. The button uses the game's own word for "Save" in every language; the other messages exist in English and French.
  • [Debug] FullLogging: writes every step to the BepInEx log (decisions, values read, failures with their cause), to send with a bug report. Off by default: then only loading, version and errors are written.

Credits

Game class names found by studying MenuSave (GuestChoop666) and SaveAnywhere (ThirtyTwelve). No code copied.

Highlights

From source data

Loaders

Runs on BepInEx.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Last update

Its author last shipped an update today.

Pause Menu Save on Nxeon

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One-click install
Not available. One-click install isn't available for this game's mods yet. Download it and upload it to your server in Files.
Server type needed
BepInEx
Server load
light
Smallest plan we suggest
Sons of the Forest — 4 GB (4 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
Latest build
0.1.17, released 2026-11-04

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
BepInEx

From 14 recorded builds of Pause Menu Save.

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
0.1.172026-11-04n/aBepInEx
0.1.162026-11-04n/aBepInEx
0.1.152026-11-04n/aBepInEx
0.1.142026-11-04n/aBepInEx
0.1.132026-11-04n/aBepInEx
0.1.122026-11-04n/aBepInEx

Dependencies

Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.

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What kind of mod it is

From the catalog
Listed on Thunderstore as “Content”

Quality of life & UI

Small conveniences, tweaks and interface improvements players notice straight away.

Compatibility

Game
Sons of the Forest
Loaders
BepInEx
Requires
One-click install needs a BepInEx server.

Verified at the source

  • ✓ThunderstoreOfficial listing, checked 2026-11-04Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorAzNean, as published on Thunderstore
  • ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree

Pause Menu Save, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Which loaders does it support?

BepInEx.

Is it free?

Yes. Pause Menu Save is free to download from Thunderstore.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

One-click install isn't available for this game's mods yet. Download Pause Menu Save from Thunderstore and upload it to your Nxeon Sons of the Forest server in Files.

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