Game is crashing every time I try to load my save game at turn 169. Tried updating to the 1.0.20 preview but the problem persists.

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Alfredough wrote:

Game is crashing every time I try to load my save game at turn 169. Tried updating to the 1.0.20 preview but the problem persists.

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Hey Alfredough,

Can you post your saved game on this thread? 

Thanks!

It seems to be the same issue I am having.

I uploaded my save: https://www.games2gether.com/endless-space-2/forums/73-tech-support/threads/27206-save-files-won-t-load-stuck-on-launching-game?page=1

Folks,

We have solved some simple load/save issues, but the biggest issue (crash on loading  the saved game) was very vicious. One of our senior programmers, with  the help of Unity, thinks he has found the cause of the crash. We are  working on a fix, but we will probably need a few extra days of testing  before we deliver a preview.

Thanks for your patience!

We will keep you updated. 

The Steam forums linked me to this thread for posting save games that aren't loading, so here I am.

I think my issue is slightly different though, in that I've noticed since last night that I'm not able to load the most recent saves in my most recent game. However, clicking to load these saves doesn't crash the game to desktop, but rather freezes on the load screen, even while the menu music plays. It says "Game launched", but the progress bar just stays still and nothing happens.

I do seem to be able to load other games' saves though, and I only noticed this problem once I'd won my most recent game with a Score Victory then tried to load the final autosave.

Here are the saves that won't load:
Horatio 2a.zip

AutoSave 1865.zip

AutoSave 1864.zip

AutoSave 1863.zip

AutoSave 1862.zip

AutoSave 1861.zip

And here is the save I made at the very start of this game, which I am still able to load:

Horatio 2 (Start).zip

I'm having the same issue as the guy above me. Notably, this first file will load but freezes up on the next turn and nothing works. Do custom factions or galaxy size maybe have something to do with this?

wow2.zip

AutoSave 86.zip

AutoSave 921.zip

AmpliMath, is there any update on this issue? I was hoping there would be an update for ES2 this week so I could play some more, but alas that seems unlikely now.

Has it proved to be a more troublesome bug than you anticipated?

I'm experiencing the same bug described by others with certain saved games (not just Autosaves) - I get stuck on "Launching Game" where the bar is roughly 60% of the way through loading, and I have to force close the game.  Older saves from the same game still work reliably.

Since I was deep into the game, I went back and found a save that could actually load and started saving every turn to isolate when the saves stopped working.  I'm posting here the last save that worked (at the beginning of Turn 145) and the next save that didn't (just after the beginning of Turn 145).  Note that I did not make any game actions between the two saves, except close the notification windows about certain events happening.  Not sure what the game processes while I read and close those event notifications, but it definitely caused the saves to stop working.

Please test these with whatever fix you're working on.  Thanks!

Working Save:   AutoSave 185.zip

Bad Save (same turn):  Save Bug Test.zip