Problem loading games with protected assets

[jbp26]

Hi. I'm trying to play in a friendly civ4 tournament, but I'm having trouble loading the tournament save file. When I try to, I get an error message that says "the file has been protected to ensure that my assets haven't been modified", and then a "load failed" message. If I'm loading from another game, this cause a crash to start screen. If its the first game I'm loading it causes a crash to desktop.

I get this error any time I try to load a game t hat is password protected or has locked modified assets.

I am running WinXp, BtS 3.0.2, no mods. However several other people have had this exact same error running every different configuration of BtS- 3.0.3, Direct2Drive/Steam/CD/DVD version, and so on. Any idea how to fix this problem?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Jamzee]

I have the same problem, except the fact that it worked first. I'm close before my first win on emperor (thanks to you guys) but now I can't load my last two savegames tho an older one is still working. How can this happen? Only thing I did was to start a new game and to move some files from the packed savegames folder. Any suggestions?

Some more thanks in advance...

 

[ori]

did you install any patches in between?
Welcome to CFC

 

[Jamzee]

Unfortunately, nope. I started the game with the official patch and did not update to any other version nor install a mod or something similar. I guess it is due to some in-(save)game error.

btw it is a shame my first post on this incredible site was about a problem. But might not hesitate any longer now to join the other discussions...

 

[ori]

the protected assets check should only give you problems if you altered any game files (e.g. by a patch) - now there have been spradic reports of corrupted saves here - and I fear there is not much you can do since you even if you wanted to break the protection you'd need to open it in the first place. what you can do if you want is post a non-working save and I have a look if it opens for me.