Save Game is screwed! 14.7

[Mr_Cyberpunk]

For some reason my game crashes during a save game. I can upload the save game file for testing.
I didn't get a log file this time which is odd. So would you like the save game file. It keeps f**king up every time I load it. (this could be a bug)

 

[com hill]

How dose it crash? or when?
Is it after you have just boarded and taken tree ships, and then return to the sail map (or whatever it is called) and try to sail to a port to sell your loot?
If so this problem is know to happen (a lot, actually). On last count it was because of the game engine, so there is really not much to do (or so I was told). I haven't tested it yet, but I do belive it has something to do with the fact that you have a totalt of four ships, it dosen't seem to happen when you have fewer then four ships.

 

[Mr_Cyberpunk]

Yeah thats exactly what is happening. I just took over an entire fleet and on the map screen the game crashes.

 

[com hill]

Then there are two things to do: (my little experiment with only taking two ships did not work, the game still crashes <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/urgh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":urgh" border="0" alt="urgh.gif" /> )

1. Reload an old save - sorry but if you in completly open waters this is the only option.

2. If you are close to land - best if you acturaly have the "sail to" option when you are in sailmode - sail to an harbor, any harbor, and repair your ship and sell the left overs. Make a new save and off you go <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/keith.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="keith.gif" />

This sounds easy, but it is not. The game, mostly dose not, but can crash whatevey you do until you have repaired your ship and sold the rest (don't ask why, it just works). The best thing is to go and sell your loot, then go to the shipyard, but apperently build alpha 7 sometimes makes the game crash when sellling (have not seen this before, so I am asuming it is Alpha 7).

Apperently this "bug", or whatever it is, dose not happen to all players, it happens to only a few (but a lot to those selected few, O joy), but when it happens..... grrrr

 

[Mr_Cyberpunk]

Option 2 won't work, I saved on the Map screen and now when ever I load that save it crashes.

Option 1.. Already done. I decided to restart my game.

 

[com hill]

to Mr_Cyberpunk:
Bugger, oh well a new game is always fun <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="icon_wink.gif" />

To anyone who know a lot more about the game then I do:
I had that "bug" happen again, but this time had errorlog turned on, and this is what is say:

RUNTIME ERROR - file: seadogs.c; line: 759
Save - ARef to non existing attributes branch

As stated before, an earlyer try to fix this "bug" was unsuccesfull do to engine restrictions. But as I remember it, there wasn't any errorlog at that time (don't ask why, there just wasn't), so mayby something can actualy be done. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dunno.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="dunno.gif" />

 

[fudge dragon]

Eh! That's really strange. line 759 is a bracket!