Crash loading old save game with 1.08

Discussion in 'Bugs' started by Brian Futrell, Dec 12, 2011.

  1. Brian Futrell

    Brian Futrell Member

    I've been playing 1.06 (HIB/Steam) and have a few save games. I noticed this morning that the program was updated to 1.08. When I try to load any of the saved games it encounters an error and closes.

    Are older save games compatible with 1.08? This is on XP Pro SP3.
     
  2. TheKorn

    TheKorn Member

    Exact same experience here, v1.06 last night, v1.08 auto-upgraded (THANKS STEAM), now every save game I have CRASHES the game. Win7/64 here.

    This is *hourrendous* if it's unrecoverable, since I wasn't given a choice of when (or whether!) to update!
     
  3. Vykk Draygo

    Vykk Draygo Member

    TheKorn, as a Steam user, you should know that games update automatically, you can disable this function, but it's not the developer's fault specifically.

    That said, post your skills etc, if you can. I haven't had trouble loading old saves from 1.07, or 1.06. The devs have been pretty careful about this since a fiasco with the first Steam update. :oops:
     
  4. Adam

    Adam Member

    I am having a similar issue... But I was playing this morning fine. The autosave and the file crash, some characters are working, some are not. Below are the nots.

    Axe/Shield/Master at Arms/Golem/Math/Perception/Alchemy
    Staff/Archery/Golem/Math/Prometh/Alchemy/Tink
    Dual Wield/Golem/Math/Viking/Assassin/Fungal/Alchemy

    These fellows Load fine, though.

    Axe/Shield/Berserk/Master at Arms/Golem/Perception/Fungal
    Staff/Archer/Promethian/Learning/Alchemy/Wand Lore/Archaeology

    I'm starting to see a Mathemagic pattern.

    The game is also beginning to crash in the load game menu. When I 'Roller Ball Scroll' in the load game menu it crashes without fail.
     
  5. ChaoGuy2006

    ChaoGuy2006 Member

    I'm having the exact same problems.

    - I'm in the mine level, in front of a Footy.
    - Skills: Dual Wielding, Burglury, Archeology, Swords, Perception, and Smithing (I'm 99% sure. Might have dodging in there too)

    Could it be adding the new abilities? (i.e. adding an ability that goes in the middle of the old skill tree?)
    Should we email the logs/any other related files?
     
  6. Wormflush

    Wormflush Member

    hi there,

    I'm having the same problem. Yesterday I saved my game, after the steam update, it won't load again. Another one of my savegames loads without any problems.

    Swords/Axes/Dual Wielding/Berserker Rage/Master of Arms/Deadshot/Smithing

    I realized that "Deadshot" is no longer in the list of Skills. May that be the reason for the crash?


    EDIT: Windows XP SP3, by the way ;)
     
  7. Brian Futrell

    Brian Futrell Member

    Axe/Crossbow/Master of Arms/?/Promethean/Perception/Tinkerer.

    I can't identify the fourth icon from the save game. It appears to be an arrow shot through an apple on top of a monster's head.
     
  8. Wormflush

    Wormflush Member

    That's "deadshot", this skill seems not to exist anymore.
     
  9. Wormflush

    Wormflush Member

    negative, my other character that loaded successfully has this skill. ;)
     
  10. Adam

    Adam Member

    You mean I didn't fix it and save Christmas? Curses!

    ...I can e-mail save files to whoever needs 'em.
     
  11. Muzicjohn

    Muzicjohn Member

    Same error here:

    Axe/Dual Wielding/Berserker/Dodge/Master of Arms/Viking Wizardry/Smithing

    Plz lemmie finish this game, cuz I was doing pretty well ^^. Maybe some unofficial 1.0.6 files, just to end current games?
     
  12. Jadian

    Jadian Member

    Some of my old games have been crashing as well.


    Maces/Master of Arms/Perception/Assassination/Wand Lore/Smithing/Tinkering (I'd finished the old Assassination tree)
    Swords/Duel Wielding/Master of Arms/Vampirism/Astrology/Perception/Fungal Arts (older game, not sure what was skilled up. Was still v1.06 though, first played in november. May have mastered Perception tree?)
     
  13. Nicholas

    Nicholas Technology Director Staff Member

    Send all crashy saves to contact@gaslampgames.com and I'll see if we can get some of them running in tonight's hotfix.
     
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  14. Nicholas

    Nicholas Technology Director Staff Member

    Please stop sending me save games that crash. I have thirty of them now. :)
     
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  15. Brian Futrell

    Brian Futrell Member

    Well you said to send all save games that crash. :D
     
  16. TheKorn

    TheKorn Member

    I'm aware of that, but disabling auto-updating of games is a feature that's really really broken in Steam. Known issue, they don't care. (It works for a while, then Steam will forget about it the next time a game update is pushed and you'll get the update even though the game is marked as don't update. Really sucks if you happen to be on a slow or metered link!)

    I'm not familiar enough with the game to decode what the icons mean, hopefully someone else can:

    [​IMG]
     
  17. Nicholas

    Nicholas Technology Director Staff Member

    Fixed this locally. *Somebody* renamed a monster and didn't tell me.
     
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  18. Rob Abrams

    Rob Abrams Member

    Hi Nicholas,

    So what's the verdict ?? Do our 1.06 savegames get FIXED ? :)

    Rob.
     
  19. Muzicjohn

    Muzicjohn Member

    It's working now.
    I died on lvl 10. Thank u very much.
     
  20. Nicholas

    Nicholas Technology Director Staff Member

    Excellent. If anybody else has problems with savegames, we're always happy to take a look.
     
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