Slitherine

Hi,

My save files for the game suddenly got corrupted and I really don't know why. The game crashed randomly while playing and now I can't load a bunch of my previous save files.
Bug reporter tool says

Crash report comprise diagnostics files
Version: 1.03.971
Files:
STEAM_FATAL_1.03.971_2024_05_09_19_15_04.dmp
game.log

I am not sure what is happening here. Checked the steam forums and some people were having issues with it too

I’m too have this issue. The save from before the patch will load on the same map. Specifically Tortuga. But all auto saves after the patch will not load. I’ve sent a support ticket.

Just posting here to tell you you are not alone or insane.
The problem seems to be related to a memory leak caused by some database cell expanding the scope of the matrix. This results in all saves at this point to be unreadable for the game engine.
There will be usually a point during mission where new objects spawn, call the data cell and cause all saves from this point (until end of mission) to be corrupted, resulting in an unintended ironman mode.
All saves before that point are safe tho.

Someone on Steam forums proposed to send savefiles to support so they edit that data out, but I see no reaction from them for a week now.
I don't know where to ask about my support ticket then, but this problem seems to be caused by recent patch, so they can be so swamped by requests that they decided to wait for another patch.