#3787 SAM: Save game error

[Lucas Arts adven. enthusiast]

I am using the latest version 0.11.1, every time I save the game, the program stops responding (the picture freezes none of the controls work, only way out is to crtl-alt-delete and manually shut down the process). When I restart the game I can open the F5 menu but the moment I click on load it crashes to the desktop. I have the English Talkie CD-ROM, MS-DOS version. It also apparently didn't create a save game directory so I cannot upload a saved game.

[Max Horn]

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To process your bug report appropriately, we need you to
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* ScummVM version (PLEASE test the latest CVS/Daily build)
* Bug details, including instructions on reproducing it
* Language of game (English, German, ...)
* Version of game (talkie, floppy, ...)
* Platform and Compiler (Win32, Linux, MacOS, ...)
* Attach a save game if possible
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0.11.1
every time I save the game, the
program stops responding (the picture freezes none of the controls work,
only way out is to crtl-alt-delete and manually shut down the process)
When I restart the game I can open the F5 menu but the moment I click on
load it crashes to the desktop.
I have the English version
Talkie CD-ROM, MS-DOS version
It also apparently didn't create a save game directory so I cannot
upload a saved game.

[Max Horn]

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You still didn't tell us your OS / platform :)

[Lucas Arts adven. enthusiast]

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I have Windows XP.

[Eugene Sandulenko]

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Please, follow our FAQ #5.6 in order to provide error message you get.

[Lucas Arts adven. enthusiast]

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The "black screen of death" occurs whenever I try to load a saved game. The FAQ 5.6 doesn't tell me what to input after I get an old style dos box to appear. This is what I input. E:\C:\Program Files\ScummVM\scummvm.exe

[Filippos Karapetis]

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Is the save path set correctly in ScummVM's options?

[Eugene Sandulenko]

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tuffylover, please, provide one of the problematic saves.

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[Lucas Arts adven. enthusiast]

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I can no longer even save. The program now crashes now every time I attempt it.

[Max Horn]

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Please tell us:
* Is your savepath set correctly?
* Can you please launch it from a consoe window, then tell us whether it prints any message there just before crashing?

[Lucas Arts adven. enthusiast]

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My save game path is set correctly. I cannot use the dos box as it says one of two things "cannot find path" or not a legitimate bath or exe file.

[Max Horn]

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How exactly did you determine that your savepath is correct?

To run ScummVM from a console window, you have to specify the path to ScummVM, naturally... So don't just type
scummvm
but rather something like

C:\PROGRAMS\SCUMMVM\SCUMMVM.EXE

or wherever you have ScummVM installed... Maybe Kirben can give you a better hint as to what to do, he knows all about ScummVM on Windows ;)

[Lucas Arts adven. enthusiast]

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I rematched both of the save game paths, the primary game path and selected the Windows platform instead of default now I can save! But now it refuses to load. Every time I click load the game crashes to desktop.
File Added: samnmax.s01

[Lucas Arts adven. enthusiast]

Finally it saved!

[Eugene Sandulenko]

What is the status of this item?

[Torbjörn Andersson]

For whatever it's worth, I have no problem loading that savegame on my Linux box. Strange.

[Lucas Arts adven. enthusiast]

I am still waiting for some help concerning this problem. Though with school, I have actually forgotten that I own Sam and Max. Any assistance with this would be appreciated.