Jokerace Posted December 10, 2003 Report Share Posted December 10, 2003 I started a new game yesterday and saved it in "save slot 1". Then When I do missions I use "save slot 8" to be able to save/restart. (yes I know this is considered "cheating" but i am still trying to "re-learn the game.) Well anyways I had a problem on a previouis game that if I ever tried to start a new game, after I named my base, I would get a weird "code" screen (with actually code on it) and then it would "auto" load from a previous "saved mission slot"(Not a saved game slot). So what I do now is when I leave the game I "delete" all the info from any "save" folder that isn't an actual game save and it worked for a day or so until now. Well when I did this last night and just tried to re-start my game (about 10 minutes ago and for 5 more tires there after), it went to the weird "code screen" again. But this time it went to a screen that says something along the lines of "No Data in slot_8" and all I could do was hit enter. Then after about 4 times of hitting enter it would go to the mission ending screen, but it would show that I lost everyone (as if you "abort" a mission with all your people outside of your ship). Does anyone know a fix for this or is my game just "trashed" now and I have to start over (yet again)? BTW, I am using the original DOS game not the CE. P.S. Trevelyan I started this as a new thread as it has nothing to do with my other thread. However, if you think it should be added there please just "move" it over and then I will know for the future to add everything else (no matter what is concerns) to that thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j'ordos Posted December 10, 2003 Report Share Posted December 10, 2003 getting the CE seems a good option, if you're able to get it to work, or want to use it . Otherwise, reinstall the game, or use dosbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jokerace Posted December 10, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2003 (edited) Umm... J'ordes, your answer kind of confuses me. You are saying that I should just get the CE game?(which honestly seems a waste since I haev all (3) original games X-XOM 1,2 & 3 already) Also how would DosBox help this error? ( I have been looking for sites fo DosBox for the last 15 minutes or so, however all the sites have a bunch of file D/L's and don't exactly speficy which is for DosBox and which are other "utils") BTW I just ran the game again to get the "exact" error..... "Cannot open game_8/smokbit.datError=no such file or directory" Then I hit "enter" 4 times and it brings up the "failed mission" end screen. P.S. Just for the heck of it, I "copied" everything from "Save folder 1" (where I save the game on the Geospace screen) to "Save Folder 8" (where the game says it is looking for info), hoping that it would just "kick" the game into letting me continue. however, it did NOT work, it still beings up the wierd "code", then tries to find that file in "game_8" and then puts on the "failed mission" screen. Edited December 10, 2003 by Jokerace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puasonen Posted December 10, 2003 Report Share Posted December 10, 2003 This "wierd code" wouldn't happen to contain the word "page" a lot? Something like page=08 ghgvj0w8223332page=08 fdfnvv9vc7v6c ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jokerace Posted December 10, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2003 (edited) Oh the "weird code" goes by so fast I cannot read it. It might contain that tho. If you a "fix" for that I can try it and see if that helps, or if you have a way to to "slow" that screen down I can tell you exactly what is says. All that happens now it the game jumps to a "black" screen and the "weird code" comes up in "green" lines but flys by REAL fast. I would assume that the "weird code" is a listing of files it is "trying" to load/find, but w/o being able to read them I can tell much else. P.S. I finally got a version of DosBOx, v6.0, however after I punt in the lines mount c c:\xcom, then c: , and then xcom to run the game. Then DosBox changes screens lie it is going to start showing soemthing, however it just brings up a "black" screen (like where the Microprose name would come up) and just stops responding and I have to "alt-tab-delete" to close it. Wow I am just feeling so lost now with all this. Edited December 10, 2003 by Jokerace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puasonen Posted December 10, 2003 Report Share Posted December 10, 2003 Sorry, it means your game is corrupted and you must re-install. You can take backup copy from your save though so you don't lose anything.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jokerace Posted December 10, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2003 Oh ok I will just re-install then. Any idea of how this corruption happens? (ie. does saving/restarting a lot on missions make it a higher % of going "corrupt"? Or did I just happen to have bad luck? In that I was ale to get "past" this one time but this time it just stayed corrupt) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puasonen Posted December 10, 2003 Report Share Posted December 10, 2003 You never know when it will corrupt but some say the more you save/reload the higher the possibility. When I had DOS version, my saved games and the whole game corrupted many times.. Thanks to CE the problems hasn't come back, at least yet.. That "page error" problem is only at DOS version though so I highly recommend gettin' the CE version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jokerace Posted December 11, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 Ok thanks Nyyperoid. However that does bring up another question, where can I get the CE versions? The computer stores around me say they don't carry it anymore and cannot order either. I did look for posts concerning the CE on this board, but the ones I found had "dead" links now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puasonen Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 (edited) http://www.xcomufo.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2329 Edited December 11, 2003 by j'ordos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j'ordos Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 I did look for posts concerning the CE on this board, but the ones I found had "dead" links now.Could you tell me which posts that would be? the CE is an updated version of xcom for windows, thus having a higher chance of actually working properly on windows systems (after applying a few fixes). Your problem with dosbox is probably because you have to disable sound in order for it to work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robo Dojo 58 Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 (edited) Perhaps your "Missdat" folder became corrupted?I've only had my game corrupted once, so there may be other things going on. Whenever I did something in the battlescape, I would get code (IIRC), and it'd show me the results of the mission before, and it would return to Geoscape. It probably happens because important files couldn't be deleted or changed between the transition from Geoscape to Battlescape(or vice-versa), so that folder became corrupted. After changing the properties of the folder to get rid of "read-only) and deleting all the files, I got it working again. *Checking my folder* That's right, I made a backup before I did that. Here's my corrupt missdat, if anyone's interested. Note the date that the files were modified. Some were modified a day apart, while dum.bin hasn't been touched at all. I think that is what caused it. Back up your save files before using this! Woah, here's the official file, following safer protocol. If you have dl'ed the old file, you are requested to destroy it. It doesn't have enough warnings. corrupt_missdat2.ex_ Edited December 11, 2003 by Robo Dojo 58 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j'ordos Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 ... it would "auto" load from a previous "saved mission slot"(Not a saved game slot). So what I do now is when I leave the game I "delete" all the info from any "save" folder that isn't an actual game save...I thought he meant the missdat folder with the 'saved mission slot', but I could be wrong . In that case, that could work (deleting the missdat folder, I mean) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jokerace Posted December 11, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 Thank you to everyone for all the help. I have now gotten copies of XCOM 1 & 2 CE games. Hopefully that will fix all my problems and I won't be asking so many questions. I just deleted all my "old" game stuff and am starting over "clean" with the CE editions. Once again thank you to everyone for your help and kindness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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