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DevastatingTech

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Hi, I need help, friends.

My computer suddenly shutdown-ed because of electrics suddenly were gone while I was playing my Ironman game on EU4.
Than, I re-opened EU4 but my save file is seems like corrupted. How I can fix it. Here's the a screenshot;
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Thanks in advance.
 

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I suppose the only thing you can do is to start over again. It's likely that the computer shut down while EU was busy overwriting your current safe file, corrupting the file.
 

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I had a lot of problems with corrupted save files when I tried to use compressed saves. Honestly the only thing you can do is start again with compressed saves off.
 

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I had a lot of problems with corrupted save files when I tried to use compressed saves. Honestly the only thing you can do is start again with compressed saves off.
this. there's a small, but present, chance that compressed saves will fail some time, even without problems while saving. I've had a save game with >100 hours spent into it just become corrupt one time without any real incident (ie. I properly shut the game down as always). It just happens to the compressed saves.
 
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Guys, compressed save files option was turned off. So, I'm not using compressed save games. You can help me with this info again.
 
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Also had this. Always autosave yearly!
 

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I've just begun to have this problem. The saved file is corrupted, but the autosave works. Everytime I manually save the resulting file is corrupted.

Any ideas of how to fix this?
 

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If the 'corrupted' save is compressed, then it's probably not corrupted at all, and can be manually uncompressed and used. You may have autosaves set to uncompressed but manual saves to compressed.

Note this is unrelated to the OP's issue, which appears to have been caused by his power outage, so his is probably a genuinely corrupted file.
 

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The savegame file is not compressed. Every time I save a file from this game, it can't be opened and the error message says it's corrupted. The autosaves are just fine.

I've not yet been able to test whether it's specific to this particular game, but I'll start a new game tonight to see if I encounter the same problem with a new game.

Ugh. I fear that bad things are happening with the gamebuild.
 
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I am having the same issue. Usually later in the game but I cannot play my saved games but the autosaves are always good to go. It sucks but now I plan to quit for the night around the autosaves instead of when I want to save.
 

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It has been like this since release of 1.8 for me. As I stated earlier, I plan around the autosave. Now for Ironman, I have no idea what to do for that issue. I do not play Ironman. Hate lucky nations!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

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I just had exactly this problem. My game didn't crash and my computer didn't shutdown... I play ironmode with cloud saves.
Moments before Steam's servers went down and the game presented that dialog asking me to refresh... I waited until Steam went back, pressed refresh and i kept playing normally....
Then I "Exit and Save" and nothing strange happened.
Now when I try to load the game I get the error.