[PC] Game Crashes Upon Loading Save

[gracecr]

All of my 5 available saves for my character crash the game when I try to load. Here is a link to the most recent auto save: http://www.filedropper.com/autosave_1
I have no idea why it is doing this, I haven't used any mods or console commands I cant think of anything unusual occurring while playing. I did resign a few times and reload. I have the latest patch and all non-cosmetic dlc and most graphical cosmetic dlc. This is a new save, made after the most recent patch. Also, I re-installed the game and it still doesn't work, so I don't think it has to do with the checksum. Other saves work fine. According to the game log in the user folder the game crashes while "Executing History from 1066.9.15 to 769.1.1" the graphics log says this:

[provincetemplate.cpp:259]: Province 0 has invalid origin
[pdxmapgeneration.cpp:566]: Circular river found at 0, 1895
[pdxmapgeneration.cpp:566]: Circular river found at 0, 1975
[pdxmapgeneration.cpp:566]: Circular river found at 2936, 1456
[pdxmapgeneration.cpp:222]: Too small river found at 1029, 782
[pdxmapgeneration.cpp:327]: Too small river found at 1620.000000, 1447.000000
[pdxmapgeneration.cpp:327]: Too small river found at 1625.000000, 1447.000000
[pdxmapgeneration.cpp:327]: Too small river found at 1559.000000, 1437.000000
[pdxmapgeneration.cpp:327]: Too small river found at 1347.000000, 1211.000000
[pdxmapgeneration.cpp:327]: Too small river found at 1587.000000, 1158.000000
[pdxmapgeneration.cpp:327]: Too small river found at 2181.000000, 1156.000000
[pdxmapgeneration.cpp:327]: Too small river found at 1319.000000, 1017.000000
[pdxmapgeneration.cpp:327]: Too small river found at 2248.000000, 971.000000
[pdxmapgeneration.cpp:327]: Too small river found at 1708.000000, 620.000000
[eu3graphicalmap.cpp:2213]: Invalid port location for province 474, center at 960,1304, port location at 960.000000, 1313.000000
[eu3graphicalmap.cpp:2149]: Province 774 has illegal capital location, x: 1274.000000, y: 1451.000000(Bounds x: 1271-1872, y: 1387-1417)
[eu3graphicalmap.cpp:2213]: Invalid port location for province 910, center at 3070,2, port location at 1427.000000, 191.000000
[eu3graphicalmap.cpp:2213]: Invalid port location for province 935, center at 798,1249, port location at 792.000000, 1262.000000
[eu3graphicalmap.cpp:2149]: Province 1347 has illegal capital location, x: 2389.000000, y: 1425.000000(Bounds x: 2332-3297, y: 533-808)
[eu3graphicalmap.cpp:2149]: Province 1348 has illegal capital location, x: 2421.000000, y: 1438.000000(Bounds x: 3011-3584, y: 925-1200)
[eu3graphicalmap.cpp:2149]: Province 1351 has illegal capital location, x: 2405.000000, y: 1391.000000(Bounds x: 2220-2935, y: 205-769)
[eu3graphicalmap.cpp:2149]: Province 1408 has illegal capital location, x: 1.000000, y: 2047.000000(Bounds x: 2429-3604, y: -247-313)

and the error log says this:

[instanttextboxtype.cpp:92]: Not used, use maxWidth and maxHeight file: launcher/interface/main.gui line: 87
[instanttextboxtype.cpp:92]: Not used, use maxWidth and maxHeight file: launcher/interface/main.gui line: 104
[technology.cpp:718]: Missing Tech seed values:
[technology.cpp:755]: None.
[texturehandler.cpp:181]: Couldn't find texture file: gfx//coats_of_arms//dynasties.tga.
[texturehandler.cpp:181]: Couldn't find texture file: gfx//coats_of_arms//dynasties2.tga.
[texturehandler.cpp:181]: Couldn't find texture file: gfx//coats_of_arms//dynasties3.tga.
[texturehandler.cpp:181]: Couldn't find texture file: gfx//coats_of_arms//dynasties4.tga.
[texturehandler.cpp:181]: Couldn't find texture file: gfx//coats_of_arms//dynasties4_muslim.tga.
[texturehandler.cpp:181]: Couldn't find texture file: gfx//coats_of_arms//dynasties4_indian.tga.
[texturehandler.cpp:181]: Couldn't find texture file: .

 

[AndrewT]

Those errors are normal, everyone gets them.

That save game crashes for me too, so it's definitely bugged. You could try opening it up with Notepad++ and see if you can see nay problems in it; the good folks over in User Mods are often helpful in diagnosing save file problems.

 

[gracecr]

What should I look for in the save file? Also, where should I post it in user mods? I don't see a particular thread for corrupted saves for an unmodded game.

 

[AndrewT]

I'm not particularly experienced in diagnosing save files, but I'd just look for corrupted characters, mismatched brackets sets, that kind of thing. A proper code editor like Notepad++ is good for this sort of stuff.

In User Mods just start your own thread asking for help, no need to tag onto an existing thread.

If anything is found, please come back here and let me know, I can put that in a bug report.