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09/05/11 at 01:06:50

Hi,

I have original Unreal and Unreal Mission Pack I, Return to NaPali on two CDs (not Unreal Gold). They are both installed in separate folders on Win7, Program Files (X86).

Today I installed 227h over 227g. The installation went smoothly. I'm also running the latest Hi-End Textures, in both Unreal and in NaPali.

After updating to 227h, both games work properly, except for the Save game feature. When I save a game, and then load it later, I get an error message "Failed to Find File\...Save\Save (with a number after the last Save).

The Load Game window in Unreal displays two Save line items and then the list of saved games. That window should not have two Save line items, as I remember. It should only display the saved games from which to choose.

The NaPali Load Game window is a little different. It doesn't display the two Save line items. It just displays the list of saved games, but when I select the game I want, the game freezes. I can then get no response and no options can be selected, not even Close to shut down.

Something went amiss during the update, but I have no idea what went wrong. I have this condition in both Unreal and in NaPali. Anyone have an idea of what I should do to correct this situation.

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Fred

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[]KAOS[]Casey Oldunreal MasterPoster Offline nedm Posts: 2891 Gender:	Re: Save Not Working After Update to 227h Reply #1 - 09/05/11 at 07:03:38 Unfortunately, due to changes in location of bytes or removal of properties, savegames may not always work between new versions of 227. This limitation has also existed in official versions of Unreal patches as well.
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GreatEmerald Oldunreal MasterPoster Offline The Great Emerald Posts: 5193 Vilnius, Lithuania Gender:	Re: Save Not Working After Update to 227h Reply #2 - 09/05/11 at 12:32:27 Fred wrote on 09/05/11 at 01:06:50: When I save a game, and then load it later That doesn't sound like "between new versions of 227".
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Smirftsch YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 5471 at home Gender:	Re: Save Not Working After Update to 227h Reply #3 - 09/05/11 at 13:37:12 other than that an old, copied over ini file, could be responsible.
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Reply #4 - 09/05/11 at 13:49:35

Hey Smirftsch,

Your idea of an old copied over .ini file being the problem sounds good. Any idea of how to find and to fix whatever it may be in the .ini file. Likely the Unreal.ini file in both Unreal and in NaPali? I'm not aware of what to look for in those files. Or, could it be some other .ini file?

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Smirftsch YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 5471 at home Gender:	Re: Save Not Working After Update to 227h Reply #5 - 09/05/11 at 14:21:21 its a bad idea in general to take over old ini's from other versions, it can cause very weird behavior. But the parts for the saved games are in the User.ini Section [UnrealShare.UnrealSlotMenu]
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Fred YaBB Newbies Offline Oldunreal member Posts: 46 Gender:	Re: Save Not Working After Update to 227h Reply #6 - 09/05/11 at 14:33:42 Thanks, Smirftsch, I'll take a look at those sections in the User.ini files to see what's in there. I'll post back on the results, and also ask for help if needed. Fred
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Reply #7 - 10/05/11 at 18:54:34

smirftsch,

Just an update to say I've not had time yet to review the applicable .ini files. The Unreal games affected are installed in my son's computer, who lives about 35 miles down the road. I'll get there sooner or later to fix the problem. I'll post back when I manage to get that job done. Until then, have a nice day. Tongue

Fred

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Smirftsch YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 5471 at home Gender:	Re: Save Not Working After Update to 227h Reply #8 - 10/06/11 at 06:46:50 np Fred, won't run away I suppose
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Reply #9 - 10/28/11 at 17:07:17

Hey smirftsch,

I'm now at the location where the problem with saved games don't work in Unreal and in NaPali.

The saved games sections in Unreal and in the NaPali User.ini files look good. That is, they both look like the save sections on another system's unser.ini files where the save function works.

When I try to load a saved game in Unreal or in NaPali, I get the following error message:

Failed Launching URL
can't find '..Saved\Saved0.USA'

What should I do?

Fred

Later Edit: The saved game is in Slot 0. I tried other slots and get the same error message, except the error references the applicable slot number. Is this a path problem?

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Fred YaBB Newbies Offline Oldunreal member Posts: 46 Gender:	Re: Save Not Working After Update to 227h Reply #10 - 10/31/11 at 10:34:14 Smirftsch, No idea of what my problem entails? Do you need more information? Fred
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Smirftsch YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 5471 at home Gender:	Re: Save Not Working After Update to 227h Reply #11 - 10/31/11 at 19:17:20 sorry for late reply, had some busy days.... Well, check what files are actually in the "Save" folder in your Unreal directory, the message implies that the file is not there- the filenames depend on the slot they were saved in, so maybe you need to adjust that with your ini entries too.
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Reply #12 - 10/31/11 at 19:51:42

Hey Smirftsch, no problem. No big deal in the delay. I have lots of time.

I'll send your requirement to my son. He's not very good at responding, so I hope he'll come up with the answer as to what's actually in the Save folder. If not, I'll have to take a look the next time I visit him.

It didn't occur to me when I was there to look in the Save folder. Huh

However, I did look in the User.ini file. The two games I saved are posted in the User.ini file. I saved two games as a test, one in Slot 0 and one in Slot 1.

I'll snip a picture of my Save folder and e-mail it to him so he can see what it should look like. The saves in my Unreal version 227h work good.

Until then, have a good Halloween. Careful of the ghosts and goblins.

Fred

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Reply #13 - 12/29/11 at 20:14:30

smirftsch,

OK, I finally managed to get back to the problem of the Save not working in Unreal and in NaPali. See my prior posts for background.

I reinstalled Patch 227h in both games in the hope that that move would fix the problem. It didn't.

You advised in your answer to my prior post to look in the Save folders.

Unreal: The Save folder in Unreal is empty after I save a game. However, the save shows up in the game Load section, and in the User.ini file (in the proper slots).

NaPali: The Save folder in NaPali is empty after I save a game. However, the save shows up in the game Load section, and in the User.ini file (in the proper slots), which situation is the same as in Unreal.

For both Unreal and NaPali, the Unreal.ini files show SavePath=..\Save, which looks good to me.

What should I do now?

Fred

Edit: The games seem to work, as far as I've played them since installing Patch 227h, apart from the save issue.

Also, I have Unreal and NaPali installed separately, as I have an install disk for each (not Gold version).

I've installed Patch 227h on two other systems with no issues, even with save.

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[]KAOS[]Casey Oldunreal MasterPoster Offline nedm Posts: 2891 Gender:	Re: Save Not Working After Update to 227h Reply #14 - 12/29/11 at 21:54:08 Should post your Unreal.log after saving on http://www.pastebin.org so we can look at it.
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Fred YaBB Newbies Offline Oldunreal member Posts: 46 Gender:	Re: Save Not Working After Update to 227h Reply #15 - 12/30/11 at 11:41:37 Casey, Here is the link to the two logs: http://pastebin.com/gnWJGJYS I hope the link works. Yeah, it works. I just tried it. Note that the Unreal log starts on line 5. The NaPali log starts on line 319. Looooong. Fred
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[]KAOS[]Casey Oldunreal MasterPoster Offline nedm Posts: 2891 Gender:	Re: Save Not Working After Update to 227h Reply #16 - 12/31/11 at 18:37:49 To clarify.. you did attempt to make a savegame in there, yeah? The log doesn't seem to say you tried, but there's a line I'm suspicious about.
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Reply #17 - 12/31/11 at 19:04:27

Casey,

Yes sir, I saved in both Unreal and in NaPali. The saved games show in each game's Uner.ini file and in their in-game load saved game area. Each game's Save folder is empty. When I try to load a saved game, I get an error message to effect "can't launch url because can't find the saved game."

What line are you suspicious of? What could it tell you?

Fred

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Reply #18 - 01/01/12 at 03:32:56

Code:

Log: Get PackageLinker for file: Vortex2
Warning: Failed to load 'Vortex2': Can't find file 'Vortex2'
Warning: Failed to load 'Level None.MyLevel': Can't find file 'Vortex2'

It already loaded the map but then it said that.. I know it says getpackagelinker before you save. So this is really odd..

Have you tried moving your unreal installs to c:\ instead of leaving them in program files?

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Reply #19 - 01/01/12 at 12:15:47

Casey,

Well, those lines you refer to are the problem I'm talking about, it seems to me.

I save the game "Vortex2" and when I try to load it later I get an error message similar to, or the same as, one of those on the lines "Warning:"

Keep in mind that the "save" games show up in both games' "user.ini" files and in their "load" in-game areas. That is, in their Game > Load Game areas. The saves just don't show in the Save folders.

I made saves as a test after installing Patch 227h. Unreal was working properly after installing the former Patch 227g. Of course NaPali was also working properly, since no 227 patches were available before h. Those two games have been installed in Program Files for years with no problems.

This "save" problem only started after installing Patch 227h. I have Patch 227h installed on two other computers with the games Unreal and NaPali located in Program Files and with no problems.

So, I think reinstalling everything to C:\ is not necessary, though reinstalling everything may well fix the issue, even if reinstalling to Program Files.

Reinstalling would be a big job, because I have all currently available Hi-End textures by Diehard installed, as well as all the updates for both games. In addition, I have about 40-50 custom maps installed. Everything was working before Patch 227h. Go figure.

Is there no way to fix this? Any other ideas?

Fred

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