[Bug][Saved game] Saved games not loading

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With Beta 3A I was unable to load a single saved game. With 3B i've only succesfully loaded one. Anyone else in the same experiencing this?

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Yes, loading saves sometimes requires 4-5 attempts. 

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

I've had this happen to me several times, but I got an error while trying to load. All these errors generated a .zip file with a dump inside, did you check your folders to see if you have this? Do you just hang while loading a save? Does it crash? I think you need to give a bit more detail in order to understand your problem.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Civfreak, reply 2
I've had this happen to me several times, but I got an error while trying to load. All these errors generated a .zip file with a dump inside, did you check your folders to see if you have this? Do you just hang while loading a save? Does it crash? I think you need to give a bit more detail in order to understand your problem.
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Oh I've already posted about my problem with a .zip file and such. Just wondering how many other people were experiencing this with 3B.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Game hangs.. more specifically I see the art pan towards the city in the mountains and then stay there indefinately. No crash results from this. I have to manually force a shutdown via the task manager. However.. trying again often gets the game to load.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting CdrRogdan, reply 4
Game hangs.. more specifically I see the art pan towards the city in the mountains and then stay there indefinately. No crash results from this. I have to manually force a shutdown via the task manager. However.. trying again often gets the game to load.
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Yes, same except the game doesn't load. Alas.

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

4 to 5 attempts? I've had this problem too but didn't keep trying 5 times.

I don't understand how a save game can sometimes load and sometimes not. Either the file is corrupted, not corrupted or something else is going on?

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

Same problem here.  This existed under the 3A but not nearly so badly

Reply #8 from Elemental Forums Top

in 3A it seemed you had to wait about 30 seconds, in 3B it seems you have to wait 4-5 minutes before loading =/

Reply #9 from Elemental Forums Top

I have had this issue in 3b but not previous versions, ie after loading an autosave game background scrolls & music plays for too long (over 10 minutes) had to end task in task manager, have not tried to re-load the save that locked up the loading

harpo

 

Reply #10 from Elemental Forums Top

I'm having this same problem as well. I have loaded my last save 7 times already with no joy. I'm just going to start a new game, but there is something definately broken in the load game routine.

Reply #11 from Elemental Forums Top

I have found on my computer that 97% of my load game attempts work when "Skip Intro Cutscene" (Gameplay option) is checked.  I don't know why that happens, just that it seems to work almost all the time when that option is checked and none of the time when it is unchecked.  I think it's worth trying for the moment to see if it helps you load games successfully. ^_^  But I definitely agree that there are problems with the loading game system as it is in 3B.

Best regards,
Steven.