No dice. I edited the files you recommended except the first one because it simply isn't there. Instead, I edited
\data\cfg\SaveGames\game#folder\ActiveUserPlayerUn its.upc
as well.
Didn't work. I hope it was the right folder
I was at sea, deleted the couple of saves made there till I had an autosave from entering a port and had the highest numerical value as a folder, hope it's this one. There's got to be a way to do this, some small thing I'm missing.