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[Details Inside]

Hi, I'm new to this forum and this game but I'm already addicted.
The problem I have prevents me from loading a game.
When I try loading a game a dialog box pops up and gives me an error such as "Missing Creature Definition: LIZARD" when it says "Importing World" the game closes and returns me to the desktop
At first I thought it was a problem i created by using object tiles so I reinstalled without the tiles and restored my backed up save, it loaded fine and i could continue playing but after i saved and tired to load again it gives me another missing creature error.
To play i have to reinstall and restore my back up save.
Does any one else have this problem?
Sorry if this has been answered before but i couldn't find a solution.

[Core Xii]

Sounds like a modded creature has been deleted, but is still cached, or something. Try a clean install of DF?

[Details Inside]

Do you mean reinstall but keep the save or get rid of the save and start from scratch?  starting from scratch wouldn't be a problem my fortress just collapsed killing my miners and leaving 2 dwarves trapped inside.
I also found out that if I keep trying to load the game it will eventually load after about 4 tries.
Thanks for the quick response by the way.

[edit]: nope scratch that it wont load unless i reinstall every time i want to play

[ August 29, 2007: Message edited by: Details Inside ]

[ August 29, 2007: Message edited by: Details Inside ]

[Toady One]

What sorts of mods have you done aside from the object tiles?

This just means that it isn't finding LIZARD in the data/objects folder, which is filled by info from raw/objects.  LIZARD is there from the beginning.

I haven't heard of anything strange triggering this kind of message, but other observations are welcome.

[Details Inside]

I didn't touch anything other than the tiles and Init file.  It happened even unmodded i.e a clean install

edit: I think i fixed.  I was fiddling with the anti virus and added dwarfort.exe to the exceptions and i can load! YAY! i hope this stays this way.

[ August 29, 2007: Message edited by: Details Inside ]

[SquidDNA]

This happens to me on a fresh install. Admittedly, I changed the WINDOWED, SOUND, and INTRO values in the ini.