savegame compatability

[Grufff]

Are savegames from 2.3 stable compatible with latest 2.3 dev version?
ufoai-2.3-dev-30387-Debug-pentium3-O1-sse-7z-small-win32.exe

If so can I just copy a .savx file to the new folder?

[geever]

Are savegames from 2.3 stable compatible with latest 2.3 dev version?
ufoai-2.3-dev-30387-Debug-pentium3-O1-sse-7z-small-win32.exe

If so can I just copy a .savx file to the new folder?

Yes, they are.

-geever

[Grufff]

The attached save game is from 2.3 stable and loads fine in 2.3 stable. But when I load in 2.3 dev 30387 most of the game is missing. I have bases and buildings but no aircraft, no employees, time won't advance.

I see this error in ufoconsole.log

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2010/11/21 11:19:17 2010/11/21 11:19:17 Load 'slot1' 18 subsystems
2010/11/21 11:19:17 ...Running subsystem 'base'
2010/11/21 11:19:17 ...subsystem 'base' - loaded.
2010/11/21 11:19:17 ...Running subsystem 'research'
2010/11/21 11:19:17 ...subsystem 'research' - loaded.
2010/11/21 11:19:17 ...Running subsystem 'campaign'
2010/11/21 11:19:17 ********************
2010/11/21 11:19:17 ERROR: BS_InitMarket: Could not add item flashbang to the market - not marked as researched in campaign easy
2010/11/21 11:19:17 ********************
savegame and ufoconsole.log attached

should I post to bug tracker?

[geever]

The attached save game is from 2.3 stable and loads fine in 2.3 stable. But when I load in 2.3 dev 30387 most of the game is missing. I have bases and buildings but no aircraft, no employees, time won't advance.

It's not a 2.3 save. 2.3 never had flashbangs.

30387? Don't use SVN, it's closed! The latest fixes - even for 2.3 branch are only in Git!

-geever

[Grufff]

thank you very much for responding but I don't understand how this savegame could not be from 2.3.

I have only installed 2 versions of UFOAI
1) 2.3 stable from the download page
and
2)  2.3 dev 30387 posted by Muton on November 9

Game only, no Radiant, no sources
W2k support (Windows 2000)
no Admin right needed to install and uninstall
Will update the Official installer too

Full installer
ufoai-2.3-dev-30387-Debug-pentium3-O1-sse-7z-small-win32.exe

Will update any installer >= 30387
ufoai-2.3-Update-30387-to-1288002986-Debug-pentium3-O1-sse-7z-small-win32.exe

Watch out its not a dev release anymore
choose the right installpath!
Install over your current installation

I have not compiled any versions myself, or tried using SVN or GIT

In the ufoconsole.log that I attached it says...

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2010/11/21 11:19:16 Loading savegame xml (size 227610)
2010/11/21 11:19:16 Loading savegame
...version: 4
...game version: 2.3
...xml Size: 2958993, compressed? y
I am no expert but I think this save game is from 2.3 - could it be that the savegame is corrupted?

is there any other information I can provide to help diagnose this?

[Muton]

means last commit on 2.3 branch at
Mon, 25 Oct 2010 10:36:26 GMT

[Grufff]

I have since noticed that while 2.3 stable can load this savx, when I play further and save the game crashes to desktop. So I don't think I am experiencing an issue with savegame compatability between 2.3 stable vs 2.3 dev 30387. To me (not a developer) it seems like the savegame is corrupted and that the way 2.3 dev 30387 is reading the file is different i.e. it is realizing there is a problem and stops loading the rest of the game while 2.3 stable continues loading.

And I guess the cause for my save games being corrupt is me having more than 64 aircraft.
Bug 3114362 http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3114362&group_id=157793&atid=805242

Is there any way I (as a non-developer) can edit a .savx file and try to find / fix what is corrupted?

Any advice/help welcomed as I am a long way into the campaign (650 missions) and would like to finish the campaign before trying 2.4

[geever]

You can open a ticket on the bugtracker for this one too, and I'll investigate it.

-geever

[Grufff]

Reported on bugtracker
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3115394&group_id=157793&atid=805242

geever, thank you very much for any help you can provide