"could not open file for writing"

[wtiberon]

out of the blue this error appears every time I attempt to alter a scenerio. It still executes the commands but it says "could not open file for writing" every time and its very annoying. Can anyone help short of reinstalling?

 

[GRM7584]

I'm not sure if theres a civ-specific way to fix it, perhaps you should post the .biq so that other people can try and see if they get the same error?

 

[Drift]

Having two editor windows open causes that. Doesn't really affect anything AFAIK, it's just annoying.

If the message pops up even though there's only one editor window open, I can't tell what's causing it.

 

[GRM7584]

Well it would do it if any two programs were using the same file, so if maptweaker or some other Civ utility was using the .biq I imagine it would do that; I suppose I shouldn't have assumed it wasn't that simple, though...

 

[wtiberon]

ok thanks drift that was it.

 

[Paasky]

It's because civedit can't create the temp files for undoing stuff (civedit creates a folder called temp in the civ folder when anything is changed, it deletes the temp folder everytime you quit it. So, if it crashes for some reason remember to make a copy of the newest file in the temp folder before reloading civedit ). Either something is using the files or you've run out of diskspace.

 

[tjedge1]

Thanks guys. I get this all the time with the Mystara biq, but never paid much attention to it since my mod always worked anyway.

 

[Nate1976]

It doesn't do anything to it. Click ok and go on.