05 July 2018, 09:06 | #1 |
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Civilization AGA German - WHDLOAD corrupt save game files?
Well... I started playing Civ AGA German version under WHDLoad (Emperor level). In the beginning everything worked OK. But approximately on about 1000 BC something went wrong. After ending my turn I saw very weird behaviour. You can see this attached. Moreover, I couldn't build roads, because all squares had railroads (!!!) I didn't developed it yet though. They were not visible, but when I go on this square, I saw "Eisenbahn" (RailRoad). I didn't care and continuing playing. But on about 140 BC game will definitely crash under WHDLOad. I tried to reinstall it (without WHDLoad) and copied save game files, but now I see red GURU after ending my turn on 140 BC. Now I desperately want to repair these save game file because I spent over 6 hours in the night to win this bloody Emperor level...
I played on my CD-32. Attached screenshots and savegame. Can somebody check this? |
05 July 2018, 12:20 | #2 |
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You should save more often then only one time in 6 hours. If the file format of save game is known it might be possible to repair it in reasonable time. If not, it would be better to spend another 6 hours to play it again but with more often saves.
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05 July 2018, 15:21 | #3 |
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No. I saved quite often. Civ saves automatically after each 1000 years, but I saved sometimes after 200 years. I haven't any idea about save game format for Amiga...
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Civ1's save game format is only partially known. Not enough to repair a damaged save i'm afraid.
The fact it seems to fail at a fixed date such as 1000BC makes me think it might be a poorly cracked version. And if it is the case, things can only become worse as you play... |
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05 July 2018, 17:15 | #6 |
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Normally this game does not need Whdload, it's directly HD installable. If you can get past the protection in the normal way, perhaps you can try this method.
I played Civi (ECS version) many times including emperor level and never had such a problem ; i know a few issues but nothing like this. Have you successfully played other, easier games with this program ? |
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Did you tried the original Civ AGA version with/without http://aminet.net/game/patch/CivAGApatch.txt ?
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EDIT - I started new game. I played til 840 BC. Yesterday I loaded save game - the same situation. completely corrupted save game files... |
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Actually, I want to check, these version is really genuine. More years ago somebody uploaded in TheZone! German AGA version. I haven't any access to this version now, but I'm really curious - is the WHDLoad installer issue or the game itself?
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10 July 2018, 10:51 | #13 |
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Run it directly (without whdload) and you will know.
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10 July 2018, 15:45 | #14 |
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Meynaf, i think this game is maybe checksum protected. Because another guy, a french guy reported some years ago that his saves in civilization had a problem.
this should be investigated. |
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That's very possible, that's why i suggested to run it without whdload, i.e. unmodified.
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Well, I will! And report back!
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I installed this version without WHDLoad and I have copy protection question. I saved and after loading everything is ok (for now)...
And German AGA version can be patched too to avoid screen fading! Last edited by OSH; 12 July 2018 at 15:15. |
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