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KomA

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Loading game?
« on: August 14, 2010, 04:30:37 am »
Sometimes after playing DF i cant load my savegame. DF dont list the newest savegame. After looking and comparing a working savegame whit my newest not working savegame i notice a different. In the not working savegame is only a world.dat (9mb) and not a world.sav (24mb). Is this a bug? I use dwarftherapist. Closing dwarftherapist during saveing?

Please help me, because its very boring only build new fortress without a possibility to load my work. :(
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Re: Loading game?
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2010, 04:52:46 am »
Try turning off save compression in the init file?
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Re: Loading game?
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2010, 07:03:51 am »
Only a world.dat? No other .dat files? No raw folder? (Assuming you are playing 0.31.x)
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KomA

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Re: Loading game?
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2010, 03:59:12 am »
Same problem with Save compression turning off. :(

@mini

the other files and the raw folder are here. im playing 0.31.x

i realized, that the autosaves, changing from spring to summer... always works.
but saving a few minutes later, the game only update the "region1"  and the "current" folder. current folder is always empty.
also i see now different between using "save game" and "abandon fortress". both brings me to the start interface and i cant continuing playing because the savegame isnt there. :(
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Re: Loading game?
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2010, 04:22:38 am »
I once had a similar problem and found that I was just loading the wrong save game. I know this is how 31.12 works, but I'm not sure how far back this applies. When you save a game your save is placed in the same folder you loaded from. Auto saves are given the folder name you started from with the season-year appended to it. If you are starting a new game you will save to "region1" by default but each new world will raise the number the folder ends in by 1. (aka your second world is region2, third is region3, ect)

So if you started your game from "region1" (the default first save on an install with an empty data\save folder) and then save it normally it will be in "region1" the next time you view it. If you load from an auto save, lets say "region1-spr-1055" the next time you save the game it'll be placed in "region1-spr-1055"
Lets say you've loaded from "region1-spr-1055" and your summer auto save pops. Your auto save will now be in a folder "region1-spr-1055-sum-1055"
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