Minor glitch - crash after save

Jonah Falcon · 04-03-2007, 03:47 PM

Occasionally, the game will crash when I save it, but the save file remains uncorrupted and there's no damage.

(shrug) An annoyance, and not a fatal error - just an unseemly glitch. Unfortunately, it's not something I can capture for review by the patch team. It seems to happen after I back up the league file, tho.

Solack · 04-07-2007, 01:47 AM

Can you tell where it crashes? What part of the save process? Still having this issue with the new patch?

Mach_1 · 04-07-2007, 02:26 AM

If I may jump in here...

I have a similar crash when trying to quit the game... For me the progress bar gets to "Closing Database ... 94%" hangs for a bit and I get a Windows pop-up message "OOTP2007.exe has encountered a problem and must shut down" ... I've just been saving right before I quit and it has not harmed my universe (that I can tell)

This has happened to me before the patch and after installing the patch, and with multiple universes. It does not seem to happen if I only sim a day or two at a time, but longer than that and I get the crash during quit. (I don't recall for a fact, but it seems to happen if I sim through the end of a year into the next)

My system:
2.08 GHz Athlon
512 Mb RAM
GeForce FX5200 128Mb

disdaman · 04-07-2007, 02:53 AM

Had the same problem here once so far out of two quitting attempts. Happens just like the previous reply said at 94%. However, there wasn't any corrupted files when reloading.

Gorinski · 04-07-2007, 11:24 AM

I've had the same thing happen to me several times, both before and after the patch and haven't noticed any corrupted files.

Jonah Falcon · 04-07-2007, 01:38 PM

It usually happens after I've backed up the game.

fantom1979 · 04-24-2007, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Mach_1

If I may jump in here...

I have a similar crash when trying to quit the game... For me the progress bar gets to "Closing Database ... 94%" hangs for a bit and I get a Windows pop-up message "OOTP2007.exe has encountered a problem and must shut down" ... I've just been saving right before I quit and it has not harmed my universe (that I can tell)

I have this exact same problem.. It has happened to me at least half a dozen times. As far as I can tell, the league saves properly and their are no problems.

My system:
Pentium 4 3GHZ
1.5 GB of Ram
20GB free HD Space
ATI Radeon X300 SE 128MB

pappyzan · 04-24-2007, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by disdaman

Had the same problem here once so far out of two quitting attempts. Happens just like the previous reply said at 94%. However, there wasn't any corrupted files when reloading.

this exact thing happens to me every so often. it seems to happen when the game has been running for more than 30 minutes at a time.

Solack · 04-24-2007, 09:28 PM

I think these crashes during saves have, for the most part, to do with Facegen and the faces.dat file. I know Andreas has been working on getting Facegen to work better with OOTP and I'm sure that the future patch(es) will address a lot of the problems.

Next time one of you crashes, before opening the game again, do you think you can check your faces.dat file and see how large it is? I know there's a problem where if it's 0kb the game won't load the league, so just curious to see what it's size is after a crash. Might not be relevant, though, but never know.

King10Sooted · 04-24-2007, 11:40 PM

this has happened to me a lot. almost every time it tries to save. and it always corrupts the save and makes the game pretty much unplayable.

Solack · 04-24-2007, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by King10Sooted

this has happened to me a lot. almost every time it tries to save. and it always corrupts the save and makes the game pretty much unplayable.

Does it happen while saving faces, about 94% through? If so, try to delete the faces.dat file and see if the league can then be opened.

King10Sooted · 04-24-2007, 11:57 PM

my faces.dat file still seems to be 9KB. my game ussally freezes towards the end of saving. But it will also do it at other times... when simming sometimes and sometimes just when you click something. then i can never re-open that save file.

Nutlaw · 05-13-2007, 10:21 AM

Are any of you experiencing these crashes after installing the beta patch?

cavebutter · 05-14-2007, 01:38 PM

Has also happened to me about half a dozen times. Don't have the current patch installed. It only started happening after I expanded my world to 200-some teams, from 60-some.

pappyzan · 05-14-2007, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nutlaw

Are any of you experiencing these crashes after installing the beta patch?

yessir, i am.

Nutlaw · 05-14-2007, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pappyzan

yessir, i am.

Any saved game or just one in particular?

Mach_1 · 05-14-2007, 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nutlaw

Are any of you experiencing these crashes after installing the beta patch?

I've not had any so far, though I just finally decided to install the beta patch yesterday...

Russ · 05-14-2007, 08:39 PM

I have this problem, too, and it has nothing to do with the faces.dat file. When I reload the game, it gets stuck on "finalizing" for at least 15 minutes.

Nutlaw · 05-14-2007, 08:57 PM

Okay, guys. Enough people are bringing this up that I've given it TT 3568.

If anyone can find any pattern as to when their game is crashing while saving, please post information here.

If a few people would like to upload their league files which are crashing, please follow the instructions at the link below and post the name of your zip file here. Thanks.

cavebutter · 05-14-2007, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nutlaw

If a few people would like to upload their league files which are crashing, please follow the instructions at the link below and post the name of your zip file here. Thanks.

You can use cavebutter.zip that I ftp'd for a different issue. As noted above, I also have this issue.

04-03-2007, 03:47 PM	#1
Jonah Falcon Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 281	Minor glitch - crash after save Occasionally, the game will crash when I save it, but the save file remains uncorrupted and there's no damage. (shrug) An annoyance, and not a fatal error - just an unseemly glitch. Unfortunately, it's not something I can capture for review by the patch team. It seems to happen after I back up the league file, tho.

04-07-2007, 01:47 AM	#2
Solack All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Nashville Posts: 656	Can you tell where it crashes? What part of the save process? Still having this issue with the new patch? __________________ Roger aka Khalin Solack

04-07-2007, 01:38 PM	#6
Jonah Falcon Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 281	It usually happens after I've backed up the game. Last edited by Jonah Falcon; 04-07-2007 at 01:44 PM.

04-24-2007, 09:28 PM	#9
Solack All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Nashville Posts: 656	I think these crashes during saves have, for the most part, to do with Facegen and the faces.dat file. I know Andreas has been working on getting Facegen to work better with OOTP and I'm sure that the future patch(es) will address a lot of the problems. Next time one of you crashes, before opening the game again, do you think you can check your faces.dat file and see how large it is? I know there's a problem where if it's 0kb the game won't load the league, so just curious to see what it's size is after a crash. Might not be relevant, though, but never know. __________________ Roger aka Khalin Solack

05-14-2007, 08:39 PM	#18
Russ All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Essex HON! Posts: 1,923 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	I have this problem, too, and it has nothing to do with the faces.dat file. When I reload the game, it gets stuck on "finalizing" for at least 15 minutes. __________________ If you don't love Russ, you don't love America. This post brought to you by Carl's Jr.

04-07-2007, 02:26 AM	#3
Mach_1 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 42	If I may jump in here... I have a similar crash when trying to quit the game... For me the progress bar gets to "Closing Database ... 94%" hangs for a bit and I get a Windows pop-up message "OOTP2007.exe has encountered a problem and must shut down" ... I've just been saving right before I quit and it has not harmed my universe (that I can tell) This has happened to me before the patch and after installing the patch, and with multiple universes. It does not seem to happen if I only sim a day or two at a time, but longer than that and I get the crash during quit. (I don't recall for a fact, but it seems to happen if I sim through the end of a year into the next) My system: 2.08 GHz Athlon 512 Mb RAM GeForce FX5200 128Mb

04-07-2007, 02:53 AM	#4
disdaman Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 21	Had the same problem here once so far out of two quitting attempts. Happens just like the previous reply said at 94%. However, there wasn't any corrupted files when reloading.

04-07-2007, 11:24 AM	#5
Gorinski Minors (Single A) Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 78	I've had the same thing happen to me several times, both before and after the patch and haven't noticed any corrupted files.

04-24-2007, 11:40 PM	#10
King10Sooted Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Windsor, NY Posts: 44	this has happened to me a lot. almost every time it tries to save. and it always corrupts the save and makes the game pretty much unplayable.

04-24-2007, 11:57 PM	#12
King10Sooted Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Windsor, NY Posts: 44	my faces.dat file still seems to be 9KB. my game ussally freezes towards the end of saving. But it will also do it at other times... when simming sometimes and sometimes just when you click something. then i can never re-open that save file.

05-13-2007, 10:21 AM	#13
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,538	Are any of you experiencing these crashes after installing the beta patch?

05-14-2007, 01:38 PM	#14
cavebutter All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,163	Has also happened to me about half a dozen times. Don't have the current patch installed. It only started happening after I expanded my world to 200-some teams, from 60-some.

05-14-2007, 08:57 PM	#19
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,538	Okay, guys. Enough people are bringing this up that I've given it TT 3568. If anyone can find any pattern as to when their game is crashing while saving, please post information here. If a few people would like to upload their league files which are crashing, please follow the instructions at the link below and post the name of your zip file here. Thanks.