Unable to load existing games or previous civilizations

September 22, 2002 4:34 PM from

When I try to load a saved game or a previous civilization Beta 2 crashes to desktop. This is a consistent crash. I uninstalled and reinstalled the program. I am able to create a new civilization and play the game, just can't open a saved game. And I was just a few turns from winning!

My drivers are up to date. I have the debug file if u want to have it.

System info:
Microsoft Windows 98 4.10.1998
Upgrade using Full OEM CD /T:C:\WININST0.400 /SrcDir=G:\WIN98 /IZ /IS /IQ /IT /II /NR /II /C /U:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
IE 5 6.0.2800.1106
Uptime: 0:01:14:56
Normal mode

AuthenticAMD AMD Athlon(tm) Processor 750
128MB RAM
64% system resources free
Windows-managed swap file on drive E (384MB free)
Available space on drive C: 7585MB of 13087MB (FAT32)
Matrox G400 video card

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Reply #1 September 23, 2002 3:05 AM from

Stardock Forums Top

If your save games are from Beta 1, they don't work. But Beta 2 save games work just fine for me.

Reply #2 September 24, 2002 10:13 AM from

Stardock Forums Top

We try to keep save games backwards compatible across builds, but it doesn't always work, particularly when there are significant changes.

You could try re-naming your current save game folder, then save a new game to make sure that your build will save and load properly. If it doesn't, then zip and send your save game folder to me and I'll see if I can find out what is causing the crash.

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