Fledgling Fyora valharman Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Deciding I didn't like my character I purged my save files (& Recycle bin) & restarted. Now I cannot Save, Quicksave or Autosave. When trying to do so I receive the message "Geneforge 4.exe has stopped working. I've reinstalled steam & even installed demo all to no avail. All my other Geneforge games are OK I don't use Cloud I'm using a Dell Latitude E6410 & Win 7 Prof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk wackypanda Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Do you currently have empty save folders numbered "Save0" through "Save19" and a file named "Geneforge4Settings.dat" in the saved games folder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fledgling Fyora valharman Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 Problem solved. I had deleted the save files & kept the data file (as I had with the other game replays). Unlike the previous games this one needs to have the save folders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fledgling Fyora BetinaMod Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 What Does this mean in Avernum 5? I wanted to start a new team without losing the old team. I wiped out the save games 0 thru whatever and now I get error message 3 that says the game can't be saved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Ess-Eschas Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Hello BetinaMod, I think what's happening here is that Avernum 5 is trying to find the save files you removed, and is giving you an error because it can't access them. Basically, the game will expect to see some save files, and is getting confused because they aren't there. From what you've said, it sounds like you still have your old save files. If you do, the best way to deal with this would probably be to make a copy of those files and then put the originals back in the place you originally found them. For me, this in a folder named 'Avernum 5 Saved Games' in the 'Documents' folder, but this may be different if you're using Windows (the little 'Tech Support' document in the Avernum 5 folder will tell you where this folder is for you if you're having problems). Avernum 5 should then be able to see those files, and the game should be able to save again as normal. You could then save over your old files with saves from your new team, confident that you have a copy of those saves somewhere else on your computer. If you don't have the files any more, you can still fix the problem. Find the file named 'Avernum 5 Prefs' and delete it (although I'd make a copy of it beforehand and store that copy elsewhere, just to be safe). This is the file that stores information about how the game runs on your computer. The next time you start Avernum 5, it will be as if you were starting the game again for the first time. The game will create new saved files for you from scratch, and you'll be up and running again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fledgling Fyora BetinaMod Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 ok I think I got it. saved it a few different places and put the file saved0 - saved19 back where it was. Didn't see prefs file. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Prefs file is usually buried in the Library folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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