I've spent a ton of time on several games, only to have to throw them away. Sometimes, I can replay a game from the crash point. But sometimes when I crash, and load the latest autosave file to replay the turn, I realize it's gone back more than one turn. I have had to modify my CivilizationIV.ini to change to autosave=1 about 6-8 times in the past year. It keeps reverting to it's default (autosave=4 or maybe 5, I forget).
Sometimes this happens after I try to install Warlords, or Vanilla (which is frustrating but understandable, since the .ini file probably gets overwritten). But sometimes this happens out of the blue, usually after I've dumped a ton of time into a Time Victory (Crashes are more likely to happen to me after I've been playing a long time, or on a big map, or in a game with lots of units. Am I'm cursed to wander around Tiny Quick Settler maps for all eternity?)
Does Civ or Buffy have some weird thing after a crash where it tries to "fix" itself my returning to the default .ini file?
I'm on Windows 7, and have done all of the recommended Vista/Win7 changes (I end up redoing them every time after attempting/failing to install Warlords).
Any suggestions?
Thanks, HammerTime
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