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Hi all, this was mentioned in the bug forum already... I'm bringing the issue here, however, not to report it (since it is assumed the developers will see it in the bug forum) but to see if there is any kind of solution available at the moment.

I have had two saved games become un-loadable for no apparent reason. When I try to load these saved games (from the main "single player" menu), I get a CTD consistently once the loading bar progresses to "reading scenario...".

I am using patch 1.01, on a P4 1.2 Ghz, on Windows 2000. Game was installed on a freshly defragged drive. Game was patched on a clean install. No saved game files, or any other game files, have been modified by myself in any way.

Is there a way to "fix" these saved games by modifying their files or something? Any solution is welcome, I want these saved games very badly as I was just beginning to do well (and both my own save, and the autosave are "corrupted" as such so I really don't have another option).

Thanks
 
What's the link to your report in the bug forum?
What version of the game do you have? eg Pan or SF
 
Originally posted by Earwicker
Ok it's the SF version then :) If necessary I can email you the files in question.

Appreciate the help.
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Not yet but hold on to them.
 
Since it has been marked known in the bug forum you will not get any further action there. Unfortunately a member who was trying to be helpful posted, and another mod changed the status, I could change it back but that would be bad ettetquet and it is better to deal with this here since the Bug forum is a "little" busy right now.
Let's eliminate the obvious first.
Have you annexed or puppeted any nations?
Has anyone else?
 
I myself have not annexed any puppet nations. I'm playing as Sweden, and I did annex Norway, but that was about 2 game years prior to the save, so I don't think that's the issue.

I don't know if any of the AI nations annexed any puppet nation. Now that I think about it, I do remember Romania annexing a small Asian nation which could have been a USSR puppet - and this happened fairly close to when I saved. I'm not positive though. Is there a way to check (from reading the save file or something)?
 
You could check the log in the save game, Find the name of the nation and then go back in the file to that nation and edit out puppet status, also in the nation that puppeted them. Might be a little complex if you are not fammiliar wit it.

So this sounds like it is probably cause by one of the major CTD bugs. Iwill leave this thread open for a while in case you have further comments or questions.

As far as the bug goes, this is a known issue and we are looking at it. The fact that the cause is know is good news for a possible fix.
 
Ok well I appreciate the help. I'm not overly familiar with HoI files yet, although I've started peeking at them a bit. I used to edit EU files all the time though so hopefully I can figure it out. If taking away puppet status works, I'll post here.
 
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