Engine Limitation Saving game errors

[Tingyun]

I have gotten the below error when saving, twice without a crash (saving standing on a dock), and once with a crash (saving in a tavern). It isn't too frequent, but seems to happen every once in awhile, mostly without crashes. EDIT now another time saving in a tavern, this time without a crash.

(all saving shortly after character creation of julian mcalister as quatermaster start)

RUNTIME ERROR - file: seadogs.c; line: 749
Save - ARef to non existing attributes branch

Here are the lines, 749 is the very last one with only a }

Is there anything obviously wrong with this that would cause it?

void OnSave()
{
Set_inDialog_Attributes();//MAXIMUS: VERY strange, but it's needed
seadogs_saveFrom = "";
if (IsEntity(&worldMap)) {
seadogs_saveFrom = "world map"; //Was "seadogs_sav From" ccc mar20
return;
}
if (bSeaActive) {
seadogs_saveFrom = "sea";
SaveAtSea();
return;
}
int ldLoc = FindLoadedLocation();
if (ldLoc < 0 || ldLoc >= nLocationsNum) {
trace("OnSave() -> unknown character location");
return;
}
seadogs_saveFrom = "location";
SendMessage(&Locations[ldLoc], "l", MSG_LOCATION_SETCHRPOSITIONS);
LAi_group_SaveInfo();
PostEvent("SeaDogs_ClearSaveData", 200, "a", &Locations[ldLoc]);
}

 

[Pieter Boelen]

RUNTIME ERROR - file: seadogs.c; line: 749
Save - ARef to non existing attributes branch

That happens pretty much all the time, even in the original game.
Near as I can tell, it doesn't cause any real trouble.

 

[Levis]

it's a known error and as far as I tried before not easy to fix.
flagged this as engine limitation