So I am in the middle of a GC as the Ottomans. I load up the game last night and click on my save game and get an immeadiate DTD. So I try again, same result. Note I am not starting the game I am simply clicking on the save games filename in the list. After I reboot the computer and get the same result a couple of more times I decide to fall back to the autosave. Same result, DTD. I try this a couple of times, with no luck. So I try the "oldAutosave". Same problem again DTD. I try a save of a different GC that I had kicking around, and this loads without trouble. At this point I wonder if the files are corrupted so I look at them in a text editor. They appear fine, no garbage characters etc... So I conclude I am sunk, and will have to start a new campaign. Before I do this I decide I really should go ahead and get the 1.04 patch. My original plan was to complete a GC in 1.02, 1.03 and 1.04 so I could compare the differences in the game play. I download the patch (nice patch by the way only 2.5 MB) and load it up. I am about to start an entirely new GC, but I say what the heck, and give my old Ottoman save game one more try. It loads and runs fine....very strange.
