[0.805][Beta3][BUG] Loading game stucks in an infinite loop

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when I try to load the following game http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5057853/beta3_load_stuck2/stuck.EleSav the memory used by elemental is growing. When I killed it after it used 1 Go, the debug.err file size was 83 Mo . I reload it and kill the process when the debug.err size was 8Mo. Here it is http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5057853/beta3_load_stuck2/debug.zip

When looking into the debug.err file, there are a bunch of the following messages:

Debug Message:  WARNING: Couldn't find quest location type , not loading this quest location
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And just before the first of these messages

DebugMessage:  Overran end of MemBuffer.
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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

I've been unable to load any saved game in .805.  Either I get the loop like you describe here, or I get a crash.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Mightg be coincidence, but I wasn't able to load when I played custom faction & sovereign (it hung, but I didn't check memory before I killed it), but it loaded just fine when I played the built-ins.

xp sp3, 32-bit, 3gb ram.

No dump file.  The last several lines of the debug file are:

Debug Message:  WARNING: Elemental Sub Pack 'K_Soldier_Mounted_Warg_AttackSpearKill_Animations' was set to unrecognized animation type: 'AttackSpearKill'
Debug Message:  WARNING: Elemental Sub Pack 'K_Soldier_Mounted_Warg_AttackBowKill_Animations' was set to unrecognized animation type: 'AttackBowKill'
Debug Message:  Campaign Def is overwriting an opponent at ID 1.
Debug Message:  Campaign Def is overwriting an opponent's leader at ID 1.
Debug Message:  Campaign Def is overwriting an opponent at ID 2.
Debug Message:  Campaign Def is overwriting an opponent's leader at ID 2.
Debug Message:  Campaign Def is overwriting an opponent at ID 3.
Debug Message:  Campaign Def is overwriting an opponent's leader at ID 3.
Debug Message:  Campaign Def is overwriting an opponent at ID 4.
Debug Message:  Campaign Def is overwriting an opponent's leader at ID 4.
Debug Message:  Campaign Def is overwriting an opponent at ID 5.
Debug Message:  Campaign Def is overwriting an opponent's leader at ID 5.
Debug Message:  Faction Ability RaceType is Unknown: Being Purged from Ilyan Orekeepers
Debug Message:  Faction Ability RaceType is Unknown: Being Purged from Settlers of Lujhahn
Debug Message:  Faction Ability RaceType is Unknown: Being Purged from Polapel Mystics
DebugMessage:  LoadCoreXMLData finished
DebugMessage:  Create setup screens.
Debug Message:  Started Load Game XML Thread
DebugMessage:  LoadGameXMLData
DebugMessage:  No string tables in C:\Games\Stardock\Elemental\Data\English\*.tips
DebugMessage:  Set mouse.
DebugMessage:  Set update timer.
DebugMessage:  Popup Manager Update: Unhiding FullScreenBink
DebugMessage:  Popup Manager Update: Unhiding LoadWnd
Debug Message:  LOAD GAME: Loading Quick Data
Debug Message:  Finished Load Game XML Thread

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

I haven't tried a custom sovereign or faction in .805, but today when I've had all the failures loading a saved game I've been playing as one of the provided Fallen sovereigns.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

I was getting frequent crashes, even when playing a built-in Kingdom Sovereign.  About 1 (or 2) out of 3 save loading attempts actually work, the rest result in the game going into "Not Responding" mode and having to be killed off manually through Win 7 Task Manager.  The game is just too unstable at the moment.

Best regards,
Steven.