You shouldn't need to reset objects. I would try leaving your base and getting far away and seeing if it lets you pause.
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I'll give that a go, thanks, I can't remember if I may have accidentally reset objects before since it's been a while since I've played, hopefully I haven't, another thing is that I have saved the game in the morning while I am outside the base, entering the garage seems to be what causes the whole footsteps running off and the inability to save suddenly (this was done solely cuz I wanted to check if there was anything obvious outside that would prevent saving/sleeping, but there wasn't, it's just simply entering the garage that stops all saving and sleeping), but yeah, I'll give that a go and see if anything happens, if it fixes it then I'll let you know, if not then I guess it's either a bugged save or theres something I'm missing