save games/load game problems...

[Lastman]

Originally Posted by fireftr18

Patience young padawan. People have jobs or other real life activities to tend to and Subsim is down on the list. You need to give people time to get on, read it, then help.

Normally, the problem is a corrupt save. That's usually caused by saving the game over and over in the same file. The save system is rather complicated and if you overwrite the same save file too many times, you'll corrupt it. Save each time in a different file. While still in the office screen, I'll make a master save. For instance "fireftr18." Then, while on patrol, I'll add a number ("fireftr18 1","fireftr18 2", and so on).
When you saved was a problem on older computers. I never had a problem, but other have. After discussions, a safe way to save was developed. Try to save during day, on the surface, in clear weather, with nothing within sensor range.

thanks for your answer...but i load an old save game near a resupply ship, it work, but when i save whit a new save game name and try to load it,the game CTD

[fireftr18]

Originally Posted by Lastman

thanks for your answer...but i load an old save game near a resupply ship, it work, but when i save whit a new save game name and try to load it,the game CTD

The file may still have corrupted. Try abandoning that patrol and starting a new one.

[TorpX]

Lastman, can you verify that the save game files/folders are not "Read Only"? The reason I ask, is that Windows Vista is known to be stubborn about allowing you to change the status of files/folders.

[Lastman]

Originally Posted by TorpX

Lastman, can you verify that the save game files/folders are not "Read Only"? The reason I ask, is that Windows Vista is known to be stubborn about allowing you to change the status of files/folders.

as i said in the first post, I saw that the folder is in read only, but everytime i try to change it, if i reopen the proprietes of the folder, it still stay in read only!

P.s
I have windows 7 64 bit....

[desertstriker]

try clicking on apply before clicking ok. though if you have installed the game to the defualt directory that can also be causing some issues.

Originally Posted by Lastman

as i said in the first post, I saw that the folder is in read only, but everytime i try to change it, if i reopen the proprietes of the folder, it still stay in read only!

P.s
I have windows 7 64 bit....

Check your user group permissions, Security tab, it should allow for modify and write, mine shows complete control. The folder properties does show Read Only on mine but the user groups, System and mine, show complete control.

[Lastman]

Originally Posted by jldjs

Check your user group permissions, Security tab, it should allow for modify and write, mine shows complete control. The folder properties does show Read Only on mine but the user groups, System and mine, show complete control.

i did it... but it didn't work, it stay in read only mode....

Originally Posted by desertstriker

try clicking on apply before clicking ok. though if you have installed the game to the defualt directory that can also be causing some issues.

i did it...

[QUOTE=Lastman;2132527]i did it... but it didn't work, it stay in read only mode....

The folder used for the game saves may show, as you say, Read only, but if the user permissions (System, your user name, etc.) allow for writing, modifying, etc, then your saves will be written. Mine are when I run under Win 7!
I have experienced corrupt saves for as long as I've played this game, though most of these were caused by bad modding on my part, installing mods that aren't meant to work together or incorrectly entered into the Mod folder. The frequency has also diminished significantly since I installed the Large Address Aware fix. This permits the game to get at least 3gb of Ram even on 32 bit Windows. I find the version 1.5 to be very stable.