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Bugs in older version (2.3.1) / Re: savegame compatability

« on: November 22, 2010, 12:48:54 pm »

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

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Bugs in older version (2.3.1) / Re: savegame compatability

« on: November 22, 2010, 10:15:43 am »

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

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Bugs in older version (2.3.1) / Re: savegame compatability

« on: November 21, 2010, 02:51:50 pm »

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?

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Bugs in older version (2.3.1) / Re: savegame compatability

« on: November 21, 2010, 12:27:22 pm »

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?

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Bugs in older version (2.3.1) / Re: Unable to transfer anything between bases

« on: November 21, 2010, 12:13:29 pm »

thanks, reported to bug tracker
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3114381&group_id=157793&atid=805242#

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Bugs in older version (2.3.1) / Re: Limit of 64 aircraft

« on: November 21, 2010, 11:45:25 am »

Thanks, ticket opened
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3114362&group_id=157793&atid=805242

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Bugs in older version (2.3.1) / Unable to transfer anything between bases

« on: November 20, 2010, 07:06:31 pm »

using 2.3 stable
I have been able to transfer a lot of items between bases - I was using this mainly for antimatter and aliens where I did not have containment
Suddenly no transfers were possible -- all looks OK from the UI but clicking on the transfer button does nothing
is this a known bug?

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Bugs in older version (2.3.1) / Limit of 64 aircraft

« on: November 20, 2010, 07:03:45 pm »

there seems to be a limit of 64 aircraft (a lot I know)
but adding new aircraft seems to remove ones off the end of list
is this a known problem?

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Bugs in older version (2.3.1) / savegame compatability

« on: November 20, 2010, 07:01:54 pm »

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?

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Windows / Re: Win32 Development Binary Installer Links

« on: November 20, 2010, 04:44:21 pm »

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

This game is awesome. I have so much respect for the talent and time that the developers have put into this.

I have been playing 2.3 stable on Windows for several weeks and encountered some bugs, before I reported them I wanted to try them out in the latest version of 2.3 to see if they have already been fixed, but I am having difficulty getting my old saved games to work.

I have probably done something stupid and I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction.

This is what I did...
I copied my .savx files to another directory and installed this update using the full installer above and installed to the game directory I had used before.
But when I started the game I got an error message about running 2 different versions it said the version of the scripts did not match (sorry I did not note the exact error message). So I then uninstalled the game, checked the game directory had been deleted and installed from scratch. I started a new campaign, saved and exited so I could see exactly which folder is being used for save games. I copied one of my old save games into the new directory but most of my game is missing. I have bases but no aircraft, no employees, no money, and I cannot advance the time.

Please help

In case it is relevant the bugs I was experiencing were 1) I could no longer transfer anything between bases 2) I had more than 64 aircraft and the last ones on the list seemed to disappear. I had got to about 1100 UFOs and 650 missions done.