Loading multiplay saves don't work!

[Commandante]

I'm quite new to this multiplaying business, but to my knowledge it should be possible to save MP games and continue them in multiplay later, right? I tried to do this playing with a friend (both 1.06). We played a while, saved the game and tried to load. Doesn't work. I have a feeling that this a common problem with an easy solution... I would be very grateful for any help.

 

[jgbaxter]

Hi there.

You gave the results, but not the events and background leading to them.

You say you saved but it won't work- what does that mean?

You weren't able to select it as a scenario when hosting? You were able to but the other person could not load? etc.

 

[Commandante]

You say you saved but it won't work- what does that mean?

You weren't able to select it as a scenario when hosting? You were able to but the other person could not load? etc.

Ah, sorry. We were two players and my friend saved the game (since he was the one hosting). We quit the game and tried to reload, i.e. restarting/rehosting the game (since that's what you have to do in order to load a saved MP game, right?). Everything works alright; my friend is able to select the saved game in the hosting screen and I can select my country (although I can't see what scenario he has selected). We start the game, but when the scenario is about halfway in the loading process, both our computers freeze. No CTD, they just freeze and we have to restart them again all over. I think we tried it five times but to no avail.

 

[Commandante]

Does anyone have a clue, or am I too much of an MP newbie for this crowd?

 

[unmerged(14249)]

It works for most of us. You're not talking about the freeze while it compresses the save file are you? That could take a while on a slow machine. And transferring the compressed save file can take a while on a slow connection too.

Andrew

 

[Commandante]

It works for most of us. You're not talking about the freeze while it compresses the save file are you?

Nah, the game literally freezes. At least pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete tells me so. The game freezes in mid-loading and I have to restart my computer, since I can't exit back to desktop. Which is a bit annoying.

 

[unmerged(12303)]

Nah, the game literally freezes. At least pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete tells me so. The game freezes in mid-loading and I have to restart my computer, since I can't exit back to desktop. Which is a bit annoying.

I think we did have it happen once or twice. Maybe one of you has a different version or a picture pack or something else installed?
Try to start a new game. Move it a day or two, save it and then reload a game. Does the same thing happen? If no then it could be that one of you has different files.

Maybe do a fresh install and see if it still happens.

F

 

[Rogue78]

try copying the save file manually to your pc (both files the yoursavename.eug and eug.cfg)

i always did this when i had problems with loading saved games in older versions

 

[korny]

Sounds like a corrupted saved game - try using the autosave...

Or one of you is loading the game with the mod-dir option for mods which causes an MP lockup last time I tried it...