1.7 causes CTD

[Chris_92]

After the 1.7 update I downloaded the LoR-DLC and continued playing my (older) savegame. Everything worked fine but when I started today, the game crashes within the first or second minute I play. I don't know what causes this problem or how to fix it....

What I do know is, that the devs wrote in the patch-notes that older savegames are "semi-compatible" but they recommend starting a new game. Maybe that's the problem but I don't want to start a new game. I'm doing pretty good right now....

I also use the Sword of Islam DLC and both Dynasty Coat of Arms packages, maybe this causes the CTD.

 

[Dracko81]

Is the crash always happening at the same time? For example always crashing on a particular date?

There were a few bugs which could cause CTD pre 1.07, but I am not sure if they were all fixed.

 

[Chris_92]

Yeah that's the problem. My savegame is on september 28th and the game crashes on October 1st.... but I'd guess this would happen every month, not just october.

I thought it would be a problem with the autosave (monthly), but changing it didn't make a difference

 

[Dracko81]

If you post a savegame, I can try and find the issue. But I have seen a couple of old savegames that have this problem, and I have not been able to make them work. Third times a charm?

 

[Chris_92]

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thx for looking into it

 

[Dracko81]

I stripped the save of all wars, all possible events and triggers that would occur on 1278.10.1, even the pregnancies.

Still crashes on 1278.10.1. My guess is old saves are broken.

 

[unmerged(425486)]

Even saves from after 1.7 are broken.
My Byzantine save won't go beyond the first of the autosave month.

 

[Dracko81]

Even saves from after 1.7 are broken.
My Byzantine save won't go beyond the first of the autosave month.

Prehaps it is caused from monthly autosave? I use yearly and have not had the issue, and all the reports I have seen have said they used monthly autosave...

 

[Chris_92]

you're right! I've loaded an older autosave, changed the autosave-rate into yearly and tad-aaah!, it works. Even better, I then changed back to monthly autosave and it still worked after a month went by (in my case November)! No CTD anymore. So I guess, the uploaded savegame is kind of ruined, but the rest is good to go.

Though I can not say if it won't crash in the next few months. I'll post an update, if this happens. If not, well, then we've found a solution for this particular case...

 

[unmerged(425486)]

Prehaps it is caused from monthly autosave? I use yearly and have not had the issue, and all the reports I have seen have said they used monthly autosave...

Even without the autosave on it still crashes.
It's fine if I start a new game, but my current savegame is unusable.

 

[Chris_92]

can't you play an older autosave, like I did? Maybe this will work for you too

 

[unmerged(425486)]

can't you play an older autosave, like I did? Maybe this will work for you too

Yeah, I tried that.
Didn't work.

I'll just bite the bullet and start again, thanks for the help both of you.

 

[Dracko81]

Did you load the older save, and change the autosave rules like chris?