Saving bug - stuck on loading screen [0.74.13]

[ScarabParamit]

Hi, recently i decided to come back to Kenshi and see how project goes, i played like 8-10 hours in 0.74.10 and encounter only minor game bugs, but only single crash. Recent update to 0.74.13 broke things for me.

First of all, i could LOAD every single save game i had from 0.74.13, but when i saved i could not load this game, i was stuck in loading screen. Zone was in middle of the map...exacly between "Eyesocket" and "Telbooze". Importing game result was no people in squads.

Worst part...game didnt crash so i have no crashdump - only saves i can share and some errorlogs i don't know will point into anything.

After while I decided to start new game and it saved and loaded succesfully, so i make dirty cheat with platoons and imported my squad...game still worked (exept for few people had same portrait_index i could not change in forgotten construction set as it brake saving .platoons), i could play save and load for an hour +/- ...but then again (still same zone) game did the same - and once more saving game is broken! I can load properly everythin before this point.
My main squads ware still in same zone...is it broken or something?

Ofcourse PC restards, validating stem integrity etc. did nothing.

Links:
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Save:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/650c3 ... Ninjas.rar
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Some errorslog (not crashdump):
http://www.mediafire.com/download/9p8ys ... /error.rar

I can't play for now...it hurts =( Regards.

[mafiabaas0]

I'm having the same issue and I'm fairly certain that many others do. I can hear my buttons make ''ingame interface sounds'' like pausing and such. Once pressing the escape button fixed it and popped me into the game. Maybe it will work for you.

[ScarabParamit]

Yea, I heard it to, but ESC didn't helped me when i tried.

Importing such save has interesting results ...sometimes game loads without any characters (while in squad menu their number is properly displayed) ...sometimes game just does nothing with "loading" info on top of screen while in game (looking on desert and being able to rotate camera).

So game just hangs as it lacks info about your characters...?...so this info is disturbed/distorted/broken while saving after certain time.

But then again its extremely interesting ...i was able to extract .platoons files from those "broken saves" and inject them into new games and working saves...all my squads and characters worked flawlessly upo load and their stats and inventory was alright...also was able to save and load properly for like an hour. So this should not be connected to .platoons files...i think.

Thanks either way. Waiting for Dev response and proper fix. As for now 0.74.13 is broken and unplayable. I wonder how many people wasted their saves overwriting before they discovered the problem, i lost like 5 and same ammount of hours yesterday trying to save my squadies of nobodies =P

Regards!

[ScarabParamit]

I found this in "[READ THIS 1ST!] KNOWN PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS" :

Since updating, the game crashes when I try to start/import load a new game on the titlescreen


This is some kind of file mix-up error. You can fix it by doing a fresh install. Make sure to delete the whole kenshi folder first, then install. You can backup the SAVE folder first if you want to protect your savegames.

I am testing right now! Will edit and update this post after midinight.
Regards.

EDIT:

Well...it doesn't help much. But it seems when i ventured away from this area problem stopped.
Maybe this area is bugged somehow, like other NPC's spawn in wrong places?

[mafiabaas0]

Hi! Thanks for your suggestion. I've reinstalled and this didn't fix it for me. : (

[ScarabParamit]

For time being i have not encountered this problem...but i moved AWAY FROM CENTER OF THE MAP.
From time to time i save, exit game, and reopen game to load - this alows me to check if game runs properly and i think alows me to avoid bugs. Maybe save/load spam lead to bugs?
I can help You "save" your team if they can't be imported to "new game".

Import Your last save, when game is loaded check if buildings/research is correctly imported (checkboxes need to be set in import menu) ...then check squads ...if there is no characters - go to save game folder and copy and overwrite "Namelses_xxx.platoons" from Your last NOT IMPORTED SAVE into this imported one. Should work - JUST REMEMBER ABOUT PROPER NAMES - if your platoons are like Namless_6 , _7 , _8 their names need to be exact to those in particular save ...like _1 , _2 , _3 etc... platoons/squad names will always start with "Nameless_xxx" no matter what You renamed them in game.

I was even able to start new game, quickly add like 3 platoons, save...exit game and go to folders, paste my platoons and load game...
Save will still show smaller number of teammates until new save is done.
I also encountered portraits in game are buggy as hell so don't pay much atention to it... thing is if pasting team to new game always rememeber some characters will share same portrait ID. Thats why Importing is proper way, and pasting .platoons files are workaround if somehow characters gets diched.

Regards.