Console to PC saves. (Do I need to restart or no?)

you shouldn't have to open ports cause your on the network with your PC, may need to restart the PC and console but that was all I had to do.

Have you tried fully shutting down the console to flush the RAM?

Instant on mode is like a PC sleep mode and the console doesn't really shut down. If you are having crashing you need to do a cold restart.

To do that switch the console into energy saving mode then turn it off.

After its finshed shutting down wait about a minute then switch it back on. It will take about a minute to reboot then try the game again.

Hello. I’m good, thanks. I install games from Game Pass and connect periodically. I purchased the Xbox console (not a PC), I save locally, so why the requirement to connect? And why randomly in the middle of playing a game? The main reason I play offline is that whenever I’m online and auto-save kicks off it freezes me console, all I can do is restart.

Are you in quick on mode or energy save mode? If you are using quick on you really havnt shut down the console at all. Change settings to energy saving, then power down completely and unplug to be sure. Wait the 5 mins or so and restart the console. I've
gotten hung up on things as well and the standard shut down never worked for me, so I always do this type of restart if I need to fully reset my console for anything. Good luck

nope gamepass ultimate is not required for cloud saves on PC. you don't even need gamepass for cloud saves on PC as i have many games that save to the cloud without any subs and are usable on console.

but that game is a play anywhere game and the whole deal with that is you get to play your game on console and windows 10 pc and your save goes with you, regardless of sub.