Can't load my save, the load dies at 37%

[Wolfhart]

I have a big problem with playing Civ3; I usually play on huge maps with about 12 civs and I am unable to load any saves from modern time. The load just dies at 37% and the task manager says "Program isn't responding". As far as I know my PC fulfills all the technical requirements and I've disabled all 3rd party applications. So WHY THE H*** won't it load my saves? I want to be able to play until the end of the game!!!

 

[Kingpin]

37% is where, I think, it is loading the units. I have noticed that, as I have been adding units, it pauses significantly at 37%. What speed is your machine? I wonder if one of your units is causing the lack of responsiveness? Or perhaps you just need to give it time? Sometimes I have to wait two or three minutes (and that's with a 1.1 Ghz machine).

 

[Turapen]

This is pretty much my problem, except that after it pauses at 37%, I get some freakin' error message about 'error loading UNIT' or something like that, and then it crashes. This happens on any game that I started after the 1.29f patch. If I open another game and try to load a post-1.29f game from there, I get the error message but the game loads without ANY cities. I just lost my favorite game this morning because of this.

 

[Kingpin]

Turapen,

When you get an "Error Loading Unit" message it means that you have goofed something up while adding a unit to the game.

Let's suppose you are adding a unit called "Long Swordsman" in the editor. You must create a folder in the Art/Units folder called "Long Swordsman" and it must contain the ini file for that unit named "Long Swordsman.ini" If you make a spelling mistake, you'll get that error. If you check any units you've added, I'm sure you'll discover something like this has happened... I've done it myself.

After applying the patch, you may not be able to run pre-patched games.

Wolfhart,

What version of the game are you running?