Error loading saved game

[fabiotk]

hi guys, I'm having a bug when loading saved games
the first strange thing that happens is that when I click to load the game tells me that it must restart to load the RI mod, which is strange since I'm already inside the mod
then, it reloads the program but when starts loading the saved game the program crashes with no error message
first I thought that it might be related to Steam but then I reinstalled RI with a CD version patched to 3.19 and the error continues. I'm running it in Windows 11 in case it makes difference

 

[Walter Hawkwood]

Did you rename the folder where the mod is kept?

 

[fabiotk]

Did you rename the folder where the mod is kept?

no, just installed into BTS folder as instructed in the installer, I've changed nothing

 

[Walter Hawkwood]

So again, is your mod installed in Sid Meier's Civilization 4/Beyond the Sword/Mods/Realism Invictus ? What version are you installing and where did you get it? How are you launching the mod in the first place?

 

[fabiotk]

So again, is your mod installed in Sid Meier's Civilization 4/Beyond the Sword/Mods/Realism Invictus ? What version are you installing and where did you get it? How are you launching the mod in the first place?

the Mod is installed at:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Realism Invictus

I'm currently using the latest version 3.6.1, I downloaded it in the resources page:

Realism Invictus (full version)

Realism: Invictus is the Beyond the Sword version of the Civilization 4 mod that was formerly known “Total Realism” when it was being developed for Warlords expansion pack of Civilization 4. Our mod has been with Civ since the earliest days; it...

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I can launch it by directly clicking the Realism Invictus executable on desktop or either launching BTS first then loading the mod, both ways results in the same error

 

[Walter Hawkwood]

That's very mysterious. From what you wrote, everything should be fine. Try running Civ 4 as admin?

 

[fabiotk]

That's very mysterious. From what you wrote, everything should be fine. Try running Civ 4 as admin?

I'll try and return to you
another thing I forgot to mention, is not every game that crashes when loading
games that I save in the very beginning don't display this bug and can be loaded normally
something happens along the game that makes them unusable, I'll attach one saved as an example, maybe there is some corruption on the file

 

[fabiotk]

btw, running as admin resulted in the same error

 

[Walter Hawkwood]

I can confirm the save crashes. I can't check that myself, but retrospectively, is the save size smaller than, say, the previous autosave?

 

[fabiotk]

I can confirm the save crashes. I can't check that myself, but retrospectively, is the save size smaller than, say, the previous autosave?

unfortunatelly I lost the autosaves :')

 

[Walter Hawkwood]

Then there is nothing useful we can get from this particular save

 

[45°38'N-13°47'E]

@fabiotk I tried loading your save, running Win11 and Civ4 Steam version. Beside the fact that it asked me to reload the mod although I was already in (strangely, it asked the mod like "\\Realism Invictus" with that double backslash), the game loaded fine and I passed one turn (I did nothing, just clicked EoT and saved). Here's your next turn if you wish to try and see if it works.