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Graf Paper · 04-02-08, 11:30 AM

I have yet to suffer the dreaded "save game bug" and I count my blessings for every time it hasn't reared its ugly head.

The following info was dredged up from a dusty corner of my brain, so I cannot vouch 100% for its veracity:

In another thread, I was just telling Brag that I vaguely recall SH3 doesn't play nice with some anti-virus programs' resident background monitoring and this can cause CTDs and corrupted saves due to the AV prog having to override every read/write access to check and make sure it's not a virus trying to infect your system.

That includes when SH3 writes a saved game to the hard drive because the game insists that it has total control of the system.

So try shutting down your anti-virus while playing SH3 and see if that helps. You might have to use Window's Task Manager to kill the AV resident monitor completely. Sometimes the core executables are still running in memory despite clicking on the icon in the System Tray and selecting "Close" or "Exit" or whatever.

04-02-08, 11:30 AM	#8
Graf Paper Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Pacific Northwest United States Posts: 1,146 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 2	I have yet to suffer the dreaded "save game bug" and I count my blessings for every time it hasn't reared its ugly head. The following info was dredged up from a dusty corner of my brain, so I cannot vouch 100% for its veracity: In another thread, I was just telling Brag that I vaguely recall SH3 doesn't play nice with some anti-virus programs' resident background monitoring and this can cause CTDs and corrupted saves due to the AV prog having to override every read/write access to check and make sure it's not a virus trying to infect your system. That includes when SH3 writes a saved game to the hard drive because the game insists that it has total control of the system. So try shutting down your anti-virus while playing SH3 and see if that helps. You might have to use Window's Task Manager to kill the AV resident monitor completely. Sometimes the core executables are still running in memory despite clicking on the icon in the System Tray and selecting "Close" or "Exit" or whatever. __________________ Still sailing the high seas, hunting convoys with those who join me.