Game opens, crashes whenever i press Continue or Load Game

[cylon]

As stated in the title i cannot access my previous save file, i can start a new game. is there any way to get my old save back?

[kdodds]

Step back to previous saves until you find one that works. Sounds like the last one is corrupted.

[_KC76_]

Originally posted by cylon:

As stated in the title i cannot access my previous save file, i can start a new game. is there any way to get my old save back?

-How old is the save, a week ago, or 2 years ago?
-Have you made any changes to FO3, like add or remove a mod?
-Have you made any changes to your Computer since you last played/saved, like update Windows, other drivers, or your anti-virus software?
-Hardware changes, like new video card since last save?

[cylon]

Originally posted by KingConrail:

Originally posted by cylon:

As stated in the title i cannot access my previous save file, i can start a new game. is there any way to get my old save back?

-How old is the save, a week ago, or 2 years ago?
-Have you made any changes to FO3, like add or remove a mod?
-Have you made any changes to your Computer since you last played/saved, like update Windows, other drivers, or your anti-virus software?
-Hardware changes, like new video card since last save?

the save is a few months old.
i've never used mods in this save.
i dont think i have?
and no hardware changes.

[cylon]

Originally posted by kdodds:

Step back to previous saves until you find one that works. Sounds like the last one is corrupted.

This worked, thanks a lot man

[_KC76_]

Originally posted by cylon:

Originally posted by kdodds:

Step back to previous saves until you find one that works. Sounds like the last one is corrupted.

This worked, thanks a lot man :espresso:

Good to hear.

It may help reduce the chance of corrupted saves, if you do a manual full save before exiting the game. I am not assuming how you do close the game, but letting the game do an auto-save when you click exit, then trying to "continue" next play, rather than "load" a manually saved file, OR loading the "exit" save can cause corruptions that get carried forward until it just gets too corrupted to open anymore.

[cylon]

Originally posted by KingConrail:

Originally posted by cylon:

This worked, thanks a lot man

Good to hear.

It may help reduce the chance of corrupted saves, if you do a manual full save before exiting the game. I am not assuming how you do close the game, but letting the game do an auto-save when you click exit, then trying to "continue" next play, rather than "load" a manually saved file, OR loading the "exit" save can cause corruptions that get carried forward until it just gets too corrupted to open anymore.

i think my pc just switched off from a powercut last time and thats what led to it

[_KC76_]

Originally posted by cylon:

Originally posted by KingConrail:

Good to hear.

It may help reduce the chance of corrupted saves, if you do a manual full save before exiting the game. I am not assuming how you do close the game, but letting the game do an auto-save when you click exit, then trying to "continue" next play, rather than "load" a manually saved file, OR loading the "exit" save can cause corruptions that get carried forward until it just gets too corrupted to open anymore.

i think my pc just switched off from a powercut last time and thats what led to it

If you only had to go back one save, that is indeed probably the case, and would definitely corrupt a save.

[cylon]

Originally posted by KingConrail:

Originally posted by cylon:

i think my pc just switched off from a powercut last time and thats what led to it

If you only had to go back one save, that is indeed probably the case, and would definitely corrupt a save.

yeah i only lost like 2 minutes or something

[Shodan]

You can always try verifying game files by right-clicking the game in your Steam library and going to Properties. I had the same issue in New Vegas earlier and that fixed it. It used to be perfect, then it would suddenly crash every few seconds, then it was perfect again. It happens. Save regularly and in multiple slots, rather make new slots and delete the old ones than overwrite. I rely on auto saving most of the time because I don't want to spend more time on saving than playing, but I remember to make a manual save every now and then to have backup in case something goes wrong.