Georgedcc Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I've read a bit in here about game files corrupting, so what I want to know, is it inevitable that at some point my save file will corrupt? Game files used to corrupt fairly regularly on the last Fm i played (Fm 05) and I was wondering whether it had been fixed, and if not is there any way I can minimise the damage of a corrupt? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter-evo Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 It still can corrupt and has done at random moments to many people. Best thing to do is have a 3 file rolling save that automatically saves after two weeks. That means that when your save corrupts, you will have a save to bounce-back to and you won't lose too much game time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahmufcwafc Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 It doesn't always happen, it's fairly random as far as I know. Now idea what the chances of your file being corrupted though, it's only ever happened to me once in about five years playing the game. You can lower the chances of the file becoming corrupt by using the incremental autosave option in pereferences (well, it doesn't lessen the risk but it keeps a copy of the save before it was corrupted) and by un-ticking 'compress save files' in preferences. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgedcc Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share Posted July 28, 2009 Ah cheers you two. I'll go and do that at some point. Thanks:thup: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter-evo Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 You're welcome matey. It's never happened to me though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan-Toon-Army Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 It's happened to me about 4-5 times , in the last 3 years ive been playing the game , more frequently this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdawsoniv Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 How does unticking the compress option affect gameplay? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lomedae Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Over the years I've lost more savegames to corruption than I would care to remember. Simple solution is to use 3 different save games. It's the same principle as the rolling autosaves but you can do it more frequent to make sure you never lose anything to power autages, corruption or other misc. occurences. Oh, and the compress option doesn't affect gameplay, but uncompressed savefiles are less likely to get corrupted. Alledgedly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
COOPER_NUFC Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Over the years I've lost more savegames to corruption than I would care to remember.Simple solution is to use 3 different save games. It's the same principle as the rolling autosaves but you can do it more frequent to make sure you never lose anything to power autages, corruption or other misc. occurences. Oh, and the compress option doesn't affect gameplay, but uncompressed savefiles are less likely to get corrupted. Alledgedly. Simple solution? In my latest corruption of my main game, ALL three of the auto saves are corrupted also at the same time. Now this has lead me to believe that the message "Saved game could not be loaded" doesn't necessarily mean corruption, because how can ten saved games become corrupt at once? (in my case). Any suggestions to my problem? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neji Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Cooper NUFC - have you reinstalled the game recently for any reason? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekman Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Simple solution? In my latest corruption of my main game, ALL three of the auto saves are corrupted also at the same time. Now this has lead me to believe that the message "Saved game could not be loaded" doesn't necessarily mean corruption, because how can ten saved games become corrupt at once? (in my case). Any suggestions to my problem? Making absolutely sure that your game has been saved before you switch off your computer should help with the 'saved game could not be loaded' problem. I also think that regularly checking your hard drive for errors and defragging should also help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
el sid Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I've personally only lost one save due to 'save game could not be loaded'. This was in FM07 iirc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
COOPER_NUFC Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Cooper NUFC - have you reinstalled the game recently for any reason? No, not when the ten saves stopped loading, i have since to try and correct the problem though, still no joy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnefc22 Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Cooper, are you sure that you are not just on a different patch (playing a newer patched game on an older patch)? I have not had one save game corruption in 10 years of playing FM/CM, so it can't be that frequent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
COOPER_NUFC Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Cooper, are you sure that you are not just on a different patch (playing a newer patched game on an older patch)?I have not had one save game corruption in 10 years of playing FM/CM, so it can't be that frequent. I dont think so, i am on 9.3 and dont really know how i could be on a different patch? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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