Game crashes on loading a save.

[tymshey]

Hello,

I've been playing C2C quite much, but today i bought Civ IV on Steam.

I am experiencing a new problem that i didn't saw in my whole career in C2C.
When I start a new game or load a save loading screen crashes after ~5 - 10 seconds.
I have the lastest C2C installed and I am 100% sure the C2C folder is in right directory (steamapps/common/Sid Meier's Civilzation IV Beyond the Sword/Beyond teh Sword/Mods).

Log file says:
[21157.640] DBG: CIV Init
[21157.640] VERSION: App: D:\Gry\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization IV Beyond the Sword\beyond the sword\Civ4BeyondSword.exe
[21157.640] VERSION: Build: Thu May 29 04:28:49 2014
[21157.640] VERSION: 3.1.9.0 (128100)
[21168.171] VERSION: Mod Loaded: Mods\Caveman2Cosmos\
[21168.187] DBG: FILE Cat Init

Thanks for help

 

[raxo2222]

Your save is corrupted, load earlier autosave.

 

[JosEPh_II]

Please read this thread and follow it's instructions on how to play BtS/C2C on Steam. https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/for-those-who-use-steam-to-play-c2c.639734/

 

[tymshey]

Your save is corrupted, load earlier autosave.

As I said, it is no matter if I load a previous save or start a new game.

 

[Yudishtira]

As I said, it is no matter if I load a previous save or start a new game.

Your path to the exe is extra long, it's possible that some paths in the mod exceed the OS' length limit.

Otherwise, it sounds like your install of C2C is somehow corrupted. Have you tried loading vanilla BtS (to rule out a problem with that install)?

 

[raxo2222]

@tymshey also use English language (to rule out problems with other languages), and never overwrite old version of mod with new one.

 

[tmv]

Your path to the exe is extra long, it's possible that some paths in the mod exceed the OS' length limit.

As long as it is at least Windows 10 Anniversary, the limit of 260 characters can be disabled (set to 32767 instead): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...ng-paths-in-windows-10-version-1607-and-later

Edit: This might not work - it seems this requires a set property in the application manifest, and that's part of the exe - go figure.

 

[tymshey]

Okay, I found solution. I simply had installed an old version of C2C.
I only had to reinstall C2C to a newer version (i am using the newest one now).