Save Game issue between beta and release version.

thewonder76 · 03-22-2016, 08:57 AM

I just updated my version of the game tot the release version. but now i can no longer load my save file?is this a bug or intended?

Markus Heinsohn · 03-22-2016, 09:07 AM

No, it should work if you installed correctly. What is the message you get?

thewonder76 · 03-22-2016, 09:30 AM

i get 2 in succesion

"OOTP cannot load this database because the file world.dat is missing"

"the Loading of the data base failed. it is either corrupt or save game from an old version"

i went back to the last beta client. save worked fine on that version. with the new version both the steam one and the non-steam one i get this. i use windows 10.

thewonder76 · 03-23-2016, 05:59 AM

Ok i found the problem this was not a bug. what happend was that after updating to the new version it showed the option to contiune my old sav file but what i hadn't realized is that the save path had change so that was why my save file would not load.

so no bug.

wonko_the_sane · 06-19-2016, 10:43 AM

I'm having this same problem after I just downloaded the update. How was this problem resolved?

And now I have created a new file to try to find the save location, and I cannot find where the file has been saved. I tried to open the folder from the program and I got an error message that says the location is "unavailable" but somehow I can still continue the game from this new file. I still cant figure out how to use my old file

RchW · 06-19-2016, 10:49 AM

So the update was installed to a different folder path?

wonko_the_sane · 06-19-2016, 11:01 AM

The folder paths all seem the same to me, except this new file I created is nowhere to be found. My old file is there but for some reason it won't load. It says because it is from a previous version......

RchW · 06-19-2016, 11:16 AM

Is the actual data path the same? For example if one were to install an OOTPD direct download version and a Steam version of v17 they would point to different data paths. I have them both pointing to the one you see greyed out (I don't know why) here. Basically D:\OOTP17\data.

wonko_the_sane · 06-19-2016, 11:23 AM

I have the direct download version for both my original download and the update, however I don't have anything listed in that custom data path bar, should there be something there?

Edit: I've reinstalled the update and now everything is there

RchW · 06-19-2016, 11:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wonko_the_sane

I have the direct download version for both my original download and the update, however I don't have anything listed in that custom data path bar, should there be something there?

Not necessarily. If it is blank it will point to where the OOTPxx.exe is and the subfolders below ..\data\saved_games. However if you inadvertently install the exe file to another folder or the default folders after previously using a custom folder as I do, it will build that path given above. I've had a situation where the path to my games was nested under the original path and it took me a while to find them.

My suggestion is; find the saved games you want in your file manager and point OOTP via the screen shot to the data folder above them.

This might not apply to you. Just an educated guess based on what the reported symptoms are.

wonko_the_sane · 06-19-2016, 12:21 PM

I believe what I did was when updating I think I inadvertently made the file path slightly different, because since I reinstalled the update, everything is working perfectly and all my files are present. Thanks for your help!

03-22-2016, 08:57 AM	#1
thewonder76 Bat Boy Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 4	Save Game issue between beta and release version. I just updated my version of the game tot the release version. but now i can no longer load my save file?is this a bug or intended?

03-22-2016, 09:07 AM	#2
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06-19-2016, 10:43 AM	#5
wonko_the_sane Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 6	I'm having this same problem after I just downloaded the update. How was this problem resolved? And now I have created a new file to try to find the save location, and I cannot find where the file has been saved. I tried to open the folder from the program and I got an error message that says the location is "unavailable" but somehow I can still continue the game from this new file. I still cant figure out how to use my old file Last edited by wonko_the_sane; 06-19-2016 at 10:54 AM. Reason: Addition to post

06-19-2016, 10:49 AM	#6
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06-19-2016, 11:16 AM	#8
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto ON by way of Glasgow UK Posts: 15,629	Is the actual data path the same? For example if one were to install an OOTPD direct download version and a Steam version of v17 they would point to different data paths. I have them both pointing to the one you see greyed out (I don't know why) here. Basically D:\OOTP17\data. Attached Images __________________ Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit

03-22-2016, 09:30 AM	#3
thewonder76 Bat Boy Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 4	i get 2 in succesion "OOTP cannot load this database because the file world.dat is missing" "the Loading of the data base failed. it is either corrupt or save game from an old version" i went back to the last beta client. save worked fine on that version. with the new version both the steam one and the non-steam one i get this. i use windows 10.

03-23-2016, 05:59 AM	#4
thewonder76 Bat Boy Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 4	Ok i found the problem this was not a bug. what happend was that after updating to the new version it showed the option to contiune my old sav file but what i hadn't realized is that the save path had change so that was why my save file would not load. so no bug.

06-19-2016, 11:01 AM	#7
wonko_the_sane Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 6	The folder paths all seem the same to me, except this new file I created is nowhere to be found. My old file is there but for some reason it won't load. It says because it is from a previous version......

06-19-2016, 11:23 AM	#9
wonko_the_sane Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 6	I have the direct download version for both my original download and the update, however I don't have anything listed in that custom data path bar, should there be something there? Edit: I've reinstalled the update and now everything is there Last edited by wonko_the_sane; 06-19-2016 at 11:40 AM. Reason: addition to post

06-19-2016, 12:21 PM	#11
wonko_the_sane Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 6	I believe what I did was when updating I think I inadvertently made the file path slightly different, because since I reinstalled the update, everything is working perfectly and all my files are present. Thanks for your help!