I didn't want to start another thread on the same subject, so I added to this post. I managed to save a game at the bridge as well. After that initial save, I could only quick save. Before I started game play today, I deleted my one game from yesterday that I did manage to save before today's hot fix. Today, when I added a save, I named it with a date and time and nothing happened, except the first time when I was able to save.
I tried to use the tool recommended at the Steam forum, but the tool could not find my install even though I browsed to the path.
I ran the tool anyway to generate the report and my laptop passed all the specs, but the tool failed the Intel I5 450M 2.40 GHz CPU.
I have a Toshiba Satellite A665, with 4GB of ram; Nvidia 330M video card running windows 8.1 64 bit, FWIW.