loading last saved game freezes SEIV

Wolfman77 · #1 July 26th, 2005, 05:41 PM

Any ideas?

When I use the "resume game" button or when I use the "load game" button and load the last saved game SEIV freezes. I am playing single player using TDM mod right now with the mod launcher. It was working fine for about a week, 60-70 turns, and I have been auto-saving since the 20th turn. I manualy save the game at the end of my session then end the game. None of the manual saves will load, and if I don't manualy save it, the last auto-save won't either. If I manualy save it I can load the last auto-save.

If anyone knows what might be causing this, please let me know.

RCCCL · #2 July 26th, 2005, 05:44 PM

Is it stoping at whatever %, or does it even start loading?

Captain Kwok · #3 July 26th, 2005, 05:53 PM

This does sound odd.

Are you using the mod launcher to select the tdm mod and starting SE:IV prior to attempting to load the game - or are you just starting SE:IV without the mod launcher now and trying to resume the game?

What does your path.txt file point to?

RCCCL · #4 July 26th, 2005, 05:58 PM

The only explanation I can think of, without knowing more, is you might be running to many programs, which will slow down your procesor, which can greatly slow down the speed at which you game is loading.

One time I was loading a game that was so large it took a bit to load. That maybe another reason.

Wolfman77 · #5 July 27th, 2005, 09:50 AM

I just blame windows.

I use the mod launcher to launch TDM, SEIV loads just fine.
The problem is when I click "resume game" or "load game" and select the most recently loaded game. That is when it freezes. As I was saying I use the auto-save every turn, if I save it manually I cannot reload that game, but I can reload the auto-save. If I don't save manualy I usualy cannot load the last auto-save, but the previous auto-save will load.

My first though was memory, I have 128megs, but windows alone uses about 85, and my paging file is fubar so I have no virtual memory. I have never had it shut down in the middle of a game though. I'll have to check tonight to see how much memory I am using with SEIV running. Maybe I'll try shuting off the mod launcher after I use it to open SEIV, it only uses about 3.5 megs but maybe it's interfering with the saves somehow.

thanks for the thoughts.

Fyron · #6 July 27th, 2005, 11:36 AM

Having no paging file is asking for trouble, as it eliminates most of the benefits of virtual memory. This is especially true with smaller amounts of RAM. Try defragmenting your hard drive, then recreating the paging file.

Wolfman77 · #7 July 27th, 2005, 01:24 PM

Thanks. I've tried turning it on a few times, but it won't stay after a restart. I don't think I've tried to defrag it yet though, at least not since before I lost it. I'll see what happens tonight.