Save Game Errors?

[ignignokt]

First time poster, just wanted to ask if anyone has encountered this.

In combat (w/ the slaver in the Den) and suddenly get Black screen of death. I had been saving (every turn lol) and when I go to load it, i get an error. Funny thing is is that I saved on two files, but they both got corrupted. I dont really feel like this is much of an issue for this particular game, but I would hate to get to a much further along point and have it happen again. So, can it be fixed, will it happen again, and what can i do to prevent it?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Silencer]

Greetings.

Clearly, it is a sign of daemonic savegame corruption. It does seem to happen to everybody from time to time.

Uh, you wouldn't be running any mods, do you? And have you patched the game? This error is in my experience caused most frequently by bad maps or scripts. (I assume by the Black Screen of Death you mean the "Application Error" window that is invisible black on black background until you alt+tab back into Windows?)

 

[Per]

I think it's more of a freak event than a known problem. The usual advice would be to:

1) avoid saving during combat, and

2) make archived saves at regular intervals.

 

[Silencer]

1) avoid saving during combat.

Alas, Per, that's the most failure-prone part of the game

The issues about saving in combat I'd be most concerned about are the ring fights, where it can lead to nasty bugs, but other than that, it's not that risky... Of course, you'll often find that the enemies sequence before you after reloading.

 

[Per]

Sheesh, I've told you not to contradict me in front of the noobs.

 

[Silencer]

Sheesh, I've told you not to contradict me in front of the noobs.

Forgive me, Master....

@N00bs: Per's THE MAN. Check out his walkthrough - The Walkthrough - if you can't take my word on that.

Hell, I'm quoting the guy in my sig

 

[ignignokt]

Awesome, thanks for the quick reply guys. Dont worry this time I made 5 save games and slaughtered Metzger and crew w/ spiked knuckles and back to back knock outs on all his guards =D (Although I did dig up the graves near the church and now I have grave digger on my karma bar =O ) Oh and I dont have any mods, but Im not sure what version I have. I bought the bundle pack and FO1 was v1.1, so Im assuming this one is 1.2, just cant check atm. Anyway, thanks again!

 

[Silencer]

Although I did dig up the graves near the church and now I have grave digger on my karma bar =O )

I don't think I will be spoiling anything if I tell you know that it has no in-game effect - no extra dialogue options or quests. Although you'll be able to get a pair of Mirror Shades with no fuss.

The Karma drop from digging graves, however, may affect things, if you let it go down too much.

Oh and I dont have any mods, but Im not sure what version I have. I bought the bundle pack and FO1 was v1.1, so Im assuming this one is 1.2, just cant check atm. Anyway, thanks again!

The version number is on the main menu screen, mind you however, that it doesn't change with mods. I don't know which one you have, but for example mine still has to have the bundled patch installed separately.