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07-08-21, 10:43 AM | #1 |
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String of corrupted saves and crashing
I'm having a string of corrupted saves that crash and been having the program crash when I save and exit to windows, with the usual window's window of Silent hunterIV has stopped working or words to that effect searching for solution to problem ect. Pissing me off. I haven't changed anything, been running the same campaign for a long time with FOTRSU 1.3
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07-08-21, 02:01 PM | #2 | |
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it is very frustrating. here is a list of actions to try, no guarantees: 1. reboot. you may have fragmented memory. re-launch SH4 and your savegame. 2. delete the files in C:\Users\YourUserName\Documents\YourThreeLetterAcr onym\data\cfg. Keep only only the RichSavedGames and SaveGames folders. launch SH4 and reset your options. exit. relaunch sh4 and reload the game. 3. if you have been applying and reapplying mods/fixes, you can try the Mod Soup fix. if not, then skip on down to #4. 4. delete all of the savefolders/files and relaunch your career. good luck!
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07-09-21, 08:44 AM | #3 | |
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07-09-21, 11:30 AM | #4 | |
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totally unexplainable. i had a similar experience...kinda sorta the opposite cause: i sank a ship, saved and very shortly thereafter CTD. the saved game would NOT reload. i had to retreat to the save prior to the sinking and then NOT sink that ship when it passed by. very odd. HOWEVER (notice the caps ) this occurred with a prior release of FOTRSU and has not occurred with either 1.46 or the recently released Preview Edition.
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07-10-21, 09:49 AM | #5 | |
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07-10-21, 10:58 AM | #6 | |
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i myself had this problem earlier in the year: SH4-FOTRSU was running fine and then poof...CTD's for no apparent reason. after much-gritting and gnashing of teeth, i re-ran the Compatibility Wizard and some settings were changed and things ran (and are running) more smoothly. one more item, FOTRSU is now at 1.46 AND there is a beta update 1.46 Ver 16. go to Page One of that forum and check it out. good luck, Herr Kaleun!
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07-10-21, 02:32 PM | #7 | |
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07-10-21, 03:49 PM | #8 |
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07-12-21, 05:52 AM | #9 |
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07-12-21, 11:27 AM | #10 | |
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07-13-21, 08:34 AM | #11 |
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07-16-21, 07:31 PM | #12 |
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You went to an earlier save and was able to restart the game. That's good. The problem you described is well known from way back when the game was new. The save file is very complicated. If you save over existing files too much, you'll eventually corrupt the file. The solution is to save each time in a new file, and save frequently. For instance, "fireftr1,""fireftr2," etc.
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07-17-21, 10:32 AM | #14 | |
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Do you have a gazillion saves? best to delete some older ones. I always keep a few recent 'good' saves.
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07-17-21, 04:18 PM | #15 |
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Yes that's a great idea! But ever since I backtracked and even updated FOTRSU without deleting the save file like we're supposed to it's been running nonstop no problems. Weird glitches. Thanks Mike BTW, I appreciate your posts!
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