Error in DesignsShip LoadMe Procedure

[sith1144]

Hey,

I very frequently get this error when playing the game, across multiple playthrough, so I wonder what it does and if anyone else is affected. I wonder if it has something to do with either sometimes accidentally reverting back in time a bit because I load the outdated save out of normal save/autosave (I often forget to save the game before closing), or if its because I leave the game open for hours without looking at it. I just checked, and the file its trying to load does not exist.

Does anyone know what it does/wether its safe to ignore it, or how to prevent it? it usually seems to happen after pressing end turn, though I think ive also seen it happen at the start of battles (not at war atm so cant check.)

[christian]

ive also been getting it quite a bit no idea why

[trenton59]

I've noticed the same, I think only in a save where I updated mid-game though, sadly don't have that one anymore to check.

[wknehring]

Me too. I notice that, when I save the game, play a few months further and than quit without saving (because of taking 5 tension within 3 months against an oponent too strong for me). And I think it has something to do with designs done by the AI during your played time that exist in the background, but if you quit without saving and restart, these designs still exist, but are not used.

[ck07]

Apr 13, 2020 3:02:44 GMT -6 wknehring said:

Me too. I notice that, when I save the game, play a few months further and than quit without saving (because of taking 5 tension within 3 months against an oponent too strong for me). And I think it has something to do with designs done by the AI during your played time that exist in the background, but if you quit without saving and restart, these designs still exist, but are not used.

Me too.

[director]

Either the design does not exist or it contains something incorrect for the tech level. I believe it happens while the AI is generating navies.

The game continues to run and the results are good, so I ignore it - inconvenient but not critical.

[dracfan]

Seeing the same thing in RTW3 now as well.

[dorn]

Did you close the game without saving previously.
With standard settings, the game deletes ship files after some time they are not used anymore.

If you close the game without saving and reload older savey, there can be ships still in use but already deleted.

[dracfan]

No I did not (I don't think I did). I made that mistake in another save that started showing this error. I am more careful not to do that now.