Opened 16 years ago

Closed 15 years ago

#3787 closed defect (invalid)

SAM: Save game error

Reported by: SF/tuffylover Owned by:
Priority: normal Component: Engine: SCUMM
Version: Keywords:
Cc: Game: Sam and Max

Description

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.

Ticket imported from: #2001947. Ticket imported from: bugs/3787.

Attachments (1)

samnmax.s01 (26.4 KB ) - added by SF/tuffylover 16 years ago.
Finally it saved!

Download all attachments as: .zip

Change History (29)

comment:1 by fingolfin, 16 years ago

To process your bug report appropriately, we need you to provide the following additional information:

* 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 * If this bug only occurred recently, please note the last version without the bug, and the first version including the bug. That way we can fix it quicker by looking at the changes made.

This should only take you a little time but will make it much easier for us to process your bug report in a way that satisfies both you and us.

Thank you for your support!

comment:2 by fingolfin, 16 years ago

Summary: Save game errorSAM: Save game error

comment:3 by SF/tuffylover, 16 years ago

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.

comment:4 by fingolfin, 16 years ago

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

comment:5 by SF/tuffylover, 16 years ago

I have Windows XP.

comment:6 by sev-, 16 years ago

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

comment:7 by SF/tuffylover, 16 years ago

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

comment:8 by bluegr, 16 years ago

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

comment:9 by sev-, 16 years ago

tuffylover, please, provide one of the problematic saves.

comment:10 by sev-, 16 years ago

Status: newpending

comment:11 by SF/sf-robot, 16 years ago

Status: pendingclosed

comment:12 by SF/sf-robot, 16 years ago

This Tracker item was closed automatically by the system. It was previously set to a Pending status, and the original submitter did not respond within 14 days (the time period specified by the administrator of this Tracker).

comment:13 by SF/tuffylover, 16 years ago

Status: closednew

comment:14 by SF/tuffylover, 16 years ago

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

comment:15 by fingolfin, 16 years ago

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?

comment:16 by SF/tuffylover, 16 years ago

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.

comment:17 by fingolfin, 16 years ago

Owner: set to Kirben

comment:18 by fingolfin, 16 years ago

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 ;)

by SF/tuffylover, 16 years ago

Attachment: samnmax.s01 added

Finally it saved!

comment:19 by SF/tuffylover, 16 years ago

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

comment:20 by sev-, 15 years ago

What is the status of this item?

comment:21 by Kirben, 15 years ago

Owner: Kirben removed

comment:22 by eriktorbjorn, 15 years ago

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

comment:23 by SF/tuffylover, 15 years ago

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.

comment:24 by fingolfin, 15 years ago

Well, we can't reproduce your problem, it works for everybody else, even with your test game. So, I am afraid, there is relatively little we can do.

One last thing: Kirben, does the savegame work for you under Windows?

comment:25 by fingolfin, 15 years ago

Owner: set to Kirben

comment:26 by Kirben, 15 years ago

Yes, the attached saved game loads fine under Windows on my system.

I'm unable to reproduce the issues with saving in Sam and Max, even when manually setting the save game directory to location that isn't writable.

comment:27 by Kirben, 15 years ago

Owner: Kirben removed

comment:28 by sev-, 15 years ago

Resolution: invalid
Status: newclosed
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