Saved Campaign mission crashes when loading

[DrBeast]

Originally Posted by timmyg00

Tried the game's graphics settings, no joy. It was worth a try, though i'm not sure how it would have helped, since there was presumably nothing to model yet, since the task force was not in view, and the mission starts in the control room anyway.

PS thanks guys

I wanted to rule out the possibility of the crash being caused by lack of system resources.
Sorry nothing worked for you, but if it's of any consolation you're not the only one affected by the dreaded "saving while having contacts" glitch. It seems to have happened to quite a few people.

[timmyg00]

I went back to a saved game from just before i detected the task force, and saved at a whole bunch of spots, up to and including what i think might be having the whole TF on my radar... I tested that saved game, and it opened fine. Hoping that when i go back to really play it, it still works!

TG

[WernherVonTrapp]

I've been involved in the Marianas Campaign/Operation Forager on several occasions. Only once with my new GPU. My last card, a GForce 9600 was able to handle the real-time graphics load, but unfortunately, I too lost a number of saved games. I'm still not absolutely certain as to why, but I know that at least 1 save with my NVIDIA 9600 was able to restart. The other 4 or 5 went to pot, and after some good kills too.

I think part of the problem is that you're dealing with more than just 1 large TF. In fact, I became wedged between 3 of them on a couple of encounters. I had two in succession on one side while another passed on my opposite side. Depending on your location, whether you've detected them yet, or not, you're dealing with a few large TFs that will put a strain on even the higher end cards. Especially if you save while all three TFs are within your sphere of influence. The only thing that has solved it for me was to upgrade to a better GPU, and so far, I've only tried it once with the new card. Who knows, maybe the next time it will again, fail to start for me.

[timmyg00]

Originally Posted by WernherVonTrapp

I've been involved in the Marianas Campaign/Operation Forager on several occasions. Only once with my new GPU. My last card, a GForce 9600 was able to handle the real-time graphics load, but unfortunately, I too lost a number of saved games. I'm still not absolutely certain as to why, but I know that at least 1 save with my NVIDIA 9600 was able to restart. The other 4 or 5 went to pot, and after some good kills too.

I think part of the problem is that you're dealing with more than just 1 large TF. In fact, I became wedged between 3 of them on a couple of encounters. I had two in succession on one side while another passed on my opposite side. Depending on your location, whether you've detected them yet, or not, you're dealing with a few large TFs that will put a strain on even the higher end cards. Especially if you save while all three TFs are within your sphere of influence. The only thing that has solved it for me was to upgrade to a better GPU, and so far, I've only tried it once with the new card. Who knows, maybe the next time it will again, fail to start for me.

I think you're right about the multiple task forces. But what if they are not yet visible? They weren't in my BAD saved games, and they aren't yet visible in my Good saved games. Presumably there's nothing yet of the TF(s)for the GPU to render, right? Just the 3d interiors of the boat, and maybe the icons on the map?

EDIT: By "visible" i mean completely out of visual range... only detectable by radar on the surface.

TG