[BNW] [SOLVED] Edit mod list of save (fixing corrupted save)

[StormHUN]

Greetings!

One of my saves got corrupted in a weird way: The list of active mods was replaced with a list of just one, causing my save to reconfigure Civ with only that one mod every time I load it (even if I load mods first) resulting in a corrupted, glitchy game.

I tried to use a hex editor to copy the mod list of another save into the corrupted one and replace the list there. However, Civ 5 simply crashes the instant I select the modified save from my saves list.

Can anybody help me fix that save?

Optionally, if I can somehow force Civ 5 to jsut load my game with the mods I selected without reconfiguring based on the modlist in the save, that would work around the issue too.

I attached my corrupted save file and a correct one from a different game with the proper mod list.

P.s.: I had to rename my files from .Civ5Save to .civ5save because the stupid predefined file upload dialog only accepts them as valid files with lowercase...

 

[Troller0001]

What you can do is set <AffectsSavedGames> to 0 in the .modinfo file of every mod that you need to load. The game won't disable those when you load a game, even if they're not in the save-list.

 

[StormHUN]

What you can do is set <AffectsSavedGames> to 0 in the .modinfo file of every mod that you need to load. The game won't disable those when you load a game, even if they're not in the save-list.

That worked! Thank you very much! It was tedious but worth it.

On the other hand, several of the mods were already set like that, which means the game treats the question black and white: Either there is no conflict and it doesn't reconfigure, or it will reconfigure completely to the list in the save, disabling even mods that are set as not affecting saves. :/

 

[StormHUN]

Addendum: re-saving with the proper mods loaded still didn't add these to the mod list of the save... :/ So I have to keep the above hack until I finish this game.