Cannot load save game. Log file attached in thread.

[chikkc]

Hello Support,

I could not load by save game. I have played in the morning, everything was fine, then at night when I tried to load the save game C:S gave me an error. The map was empty (and lacked textures?) and I had to terminate the process to quit the game because the game stuck on a never-ending loop while quiting.

Between the sessions I did not install any new mods or assets, though some assets/mods might have been auto-updated by Steam. I tried disabling all assets/mods before loading the map, but the same error appeared.

Attached is the output log:
output_log.txt: http://pastebin.com/MbaXYuvY

Please help. It would be so devastating to throw the city away after almost 100 hours working on it.

 

[Photonic210]

The same thing happened to me

 

[AndrewT]

I tried disabling all assets/mods before loading the map, but the same error appeared.

In Steam right-click on this game and choose Properties. Click on Set Launch Options, and paste this in there:
-noWorkshop -disableMods

 

[chikkc]

In Steam right-click on this game and choose Properties. Click on Set Launch Options, and paste this in there:
-noWorkshop -disableMods

The same error still popped up (attached jpg).

Object reference not set to an instance of an object [System.NullReferenceException]

Details:
No details
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
at NetManager.SimulationStepImpl (Int32 subStep) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at SimulationManagerBase`2[Manager,Properties].SimulationStep (Int32 subStep) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at NetManager.ISimulationManager.SimulationStep (Int32 subStep) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at SimulationManager.SimulationStep () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at SimulationManager.SimulationThread () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 ​

Can't exit the game without terminating the process in Task Manager.
I could start a new game without problems.

output_log.txt is 12MBs, too large for pastebin to handle, but the last 11 MBs seem to be a loop of the same error. I cut off most of the loop: http://pastebin.com/FscXR3rR

EDIT: I checked Steam workshop and it seems only the Cross the Line mod was updated before the crash http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=498386331. Though in the comments the mod author replied that the mod shouldn't cause corurpted saves.

 

[AndrewT]

This error happens when you start CSL, or try to load a particular save game?

If the latter,l is it Halcyon-5_Data by any chance? If so it seems that a rogue mod or asset has broken that save game, unfortunately.

 

[chikkc]

The error happens when I load a particular save game (Halcyon-5).

At least I have a backup made a week ago... Would any old assets I subscribed to before the week break the save game as well? I plan to backtrack my subscriptions to isolate the one asset that caused the problem.

EDIT: I've successfully loaded an Autosave that was corrupted. I was testing with the new assets I've subscribed in an old save. It seems once the game loaded the rogue asset in a clean save, the corrupted save could be loaded again? (sounds weird I know)

I'll create a new save without the rogue assets. Thanks for the quick response Andrew. Paradox rocks!