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stuntaneous

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Recover a broken savegame?
« on: September 20, 2012, 03:10:45 am »

34.11 - Loading a save I'm being thrown the message, "one of the compressed files on disk has errors on it". I'll cry be very unhappy if that's the end of that fortress. The save/current directory is empty. I see the save listed in game so I assume it's located in the region directory. Which files are associated with this savegame? What could a particularly nosey and keen person find and possibly alter in those files?

edit: Also, what can I do to avoid this happening again?
« Last Edit: September 20, 2012, 03:58:40 am by stuntaneous »
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Re: Recover a broken savegame?
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2012, 04:35:08 am »

Prevention:
There's an option (in the inits, I think) that lets you autosave every season AND create a backup for each autosave (as a new world/region). That's the best way - worst you lose is 15-20 minutes of progress.
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