BATTLETECH - Campaign ave games suddenly failing to load

[Garegaupa]

One line summary of your issue
Campaign ave games suddenly failing to load

What platform are you running the game on?
Steam

What operating system do you use?
Windows 11 Pro

Which version of the game are you running?
1.9.1-686R

What DLC do you have installed?
Flashpoint, Urban Warfare, Heavy Metal

Please explain your issue is in as much detail as possible.
After working flawlessly since launch, I am suddenly unable to load any save games. The game just gets stuck on an infinite loading screen, and I have to kill it via Task Manager. This happens on both my desktop and laptop computers, using the same save games via Steam Cloud.

Have you tried verifying your files?
Yes

Steps to reproduce the issue
Try to load any save game.

Attach DxDiag (PC), System Info log (Mac), or run sudo lshw -html > specs.html and uploaded specs.html (Linux)
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Attach Output Log
Windows: \Users\YourUserName\AppData\LocalLow\Harebrained Schemes\BATTLETECH\output_log.txt
Mac OS: Users >{name} > Library > Logs > Unity > Player.log
Linux: ~/.config/unity3d/Harebrained Schemes/BATTLETECH/Player.log
File(s) attached

If the game crashed, please attach the crash file with the time stamp closest to the crash.
Windows: [Steam library folder]\steamapps\common\BATTLETECH\DumpBox
For v.17 and beyond try here: C:\Users\[YourUserName]\AppData\LocalLow\Harebrained Schemes\BATTLETECH
OSX: Macintosh HD > Users > [username] > Library > Application Support > Steam > steamapps > common > BattleTech > DumpBox
Linux: [Steam library folder]/steamapps/common/BATTLETECH/DumpBox
File(s) attached

If a save game was loaded at the start of the game session, upload it. Please make sure to upload the save game with the timestamp closest to when you loaded it.
Windows:
Steam: [Steam installation folder]\userdata[SteamID]\637090\remote\C0\SGS1
GOG: 'C:\Users\USER_ID\AppData\Local\GOG.com\Galaxy\Applications\50593543263669699\Storage\Shared\Files\C#\SGS#'
Vanilla:'C:\Users\USER_ID\AppData\LocalLow\Harebrained Schemes\BattleTech\C#\SGS#'
OSX:
Steam: Macintosh HD > Users > [username] > Library > Application Support > Steam > userdata > [SteamID] > 637090 > remote > C#> SGS#
GOG: Macintosh HD > Users > [username] > Library > Application Support > GOG.com > Galaxy > Applications > 50593543263669699 > Storage > Shared > Files > C# > SGS#
Vanilla: Macintosh HD > Users > [username]> Library > Application Support > unity.Harebrained Schemes.BattleTech > C# > SGG#
Linux:
Steam: /home/.steam/steam/userdata/[steamID]/637090/remote/C#/SGS#
GOG: /home/[username]/.config/unity3d/Harebrained Schemes/BATTLETECH/remote/C#/SGS#/
Vanilla: /home/[username]/.config/unity3d/Harebrained Schemes/BATTLETECH/remote/C#/SGS#/
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[AndrewT]

I'm pretty sure this is the problem:

Counted 755 save slots

Unity tries to load some data from every save you have so it can display in the game. You may find if you just leave it long enough it eventually loads.

In any case you should delete any saves you don't actually need any more, try to get below 100.

Good luck!

 

[Garegaupa]

I'm pretty sure this is the problem:

Unity tries to load some data from every save you have so it can display in the game. You may find if you just leave it long enough it eventually loads.

In any case you should delete any saves you don't actually need any more, try to get below 100.

Good luck!

Right, yeah, that's probably a bit excessive...

I've tried waiting for 5-10 minutes without anything happening, but maybe it would have shown up eventually.

Anyway, I'll be sure to delete a few saves and see what happens. Thanks for the input!

 

[Garegaupa]

Hello again!

I just wanted to confirm that the problem was indeed an excessive number of saves. Thanks again for your help!