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[Blastbeard]

The cogboys probably mistake them for instruction manuals. Given the complexity of the tech they work with and their own cargo-cult mysticism, it's probably a common error.

[Nikitian]

Odd they'd have magic spellbooks lying around.

I guess seeing them part with those is at least more reasonable than with any Miracles of the Omnissiah. And it's not like they are contractually bound to send any such items found to the Inquisition and/or Scholastica Psykana, what with being a sovereign kingdom within the Imperium and all - as a show of good will at most. And sometimes, presumably, that good will is extended to other friends of the AdMech.

[knife23]

So, anyone know how to deal with corrupted save files?

[Kot]

So, anyone know how to deal with corrupted save files?

Execute (aka remove) those damn heretic save files.

[knife23]

Is there any way to uncorrupt the files or fix the errors that pop up upon loading?

[Puzzlemaker]

Hex editor, computer knowledge, trial and error?

If you decompile CM into assembly you may be able to find the function call that causes it (And maybe even the function name), then find the part in the save file relating to that and fix it?

Look up IDA Pro freeware, they release their old versions of their software for free.

You may get lucky and be able to find whatever is corrupted in the save file itself if you look through it with a hex editor.  Heck, depending on the save format, you could look through it with notepad.  I can't check the format right now, I am not at my home computer.

But yeah, steps to take:

1.  Open save file with notepad, see if it's readable.  If it is, look for anything obvious. 
2.  Open save file with a hex editor, see if anything jumps out at you.
3.  Run chapter master with a decompiler, find the spot where it breaks.  See what it's related to, and try to find the equivilent section in the save file.

With those steps you should be able to figure out what was wrong eventually.  If you are really lucky, it may take ten minutes to fix.  If you arn't, it may take weeks, or more depending on your computer knowledge.

[knife23]

Hex editor, computer knowledge, trial and error?

If you decompile CM into assembly you may be able to find the function call that causes it (And maybe even the function name), then find the part in the save file relating to that and fix it?

Look up IDA Pro freeware, they release their old versions of their software for free.

You may get lucky and be able to find whatever is corrupted in the save file itself if you look through it with a hex editor.  Heck, depending on the save format, you could look through it with notepad.  I can't check the format right now, I am not at my home computer.

But yeah, steps to take:

1.  Open save file with notepad, see if it's readable.  If it is, look for anything obvious. 
2.  Open save file with a hex editor, see if anything jumps out at you.
3.  Run chapter master with a decompiler, find the spot where it breaks.  See what it's related to, and try to find the equivilent section in the save file.

With those steps you should be able to figure out what was wrong eventually.  If you are really lucky, it may take ten minutes to fix.  If you arn't, it may take weeks, or more depending on your computer knowledge.

Just as clarification, the save files are called data.win, right?

[Akura]

...No, that's basically all the game.

I have yet to find where the save files are saved.

[knife23]

Does anyone know where to find the save files so I can fix the problem?

[Sharp]

C:\Users\$Username\AppData\Local\ChapterMaster

[knife23]

thanks

[frankensteins poster]

how do i deal with the disorder vacuum naval infantry anthracite jihad fleet? they have ten battleships, 20 cruisers, and 40 escorts and they dont seem to attrit at all, if i lure them through a couple defense fleets and check them again they have the exact same numbers. at some point they just sit down somewhere and start a demon world that poops out more ships, and i have to be really careful cleaning up after them because if i travel too close to them theyll land at my destination at the same time and splatter me. crusade license gets me like two fleets with one or two battleships and two dozen or something escorts each and those just splatter as well, whereupon were back with the "no attrition" problem. i can deal with the 40 escorts one, but with 10 battleships on top of that there seems to be no way to get rid of them, and they dont seem to leave on their own.

also is there something i can do about demonic incursion short of exterminatus?

[puke]

I think it is well within canon that exterminatus is the only reasonable solution to demonic incursion.

10 BBs? I think you're effed, mate.  They out gun you.  Thats the kind of problem the Imperium would have to call in resources from other sectors to solve, and I don't think that is within the scope of the game yet.

Cheat and buy 20 BBs of your own?

[Zangi]

Personally, I'd cheat the heck out of that.

Space battles are pretty much a lose-lose everything situation.  Where the enemy(everyone else) has unlimited amount of boats that come out of the warp or some sort of heresy... while you literally have to wait years to gather the dosh needed to build a single escort...

[knife23]

Ok, so apparently, this is what a save file looks like: