Bug- Disappearing Capital

[Felinis]

Version 2018 DLC - playing as U.S.A.

The problem is that on or after 01 July, 2026, my capital city and it's surrounding area (DelMarVa) disappear from the map. It is almost like the area has been nuked - all cities and facilities surrounding Washington D.C. disappear. but there is no nuclear-cloud icon.

At first they are replaced by a huge obscuring D.C. city icon, but after the game is saved there is nothing in the entire tri-state area - no Capital city, no Annapolis, no bases- nothing.

Could this be a cyber-attack?

Sometimes the city and the area is un-effected - until you save and re-load the game. Essentially, any saved game after 4 July, 2026 does not contain my empire's capital city or its surrounding support faciities.

I have spend nearly a week troubleshooting this problem, including re-installing the game.

The only thing that I know to do is to continue my effort to conquor the world without access to my capital. Who knows - it may re-appear.

I have already incorporated (not colonized) Cental and South America, Japan and Iran. I have bases throughout NATO and the Middle-East and a huge army waiting for me in Liberia. I have a LOT invested into this game...

I have taken Pakistan twice, only to discover that Washington, D.C. has gone missing - Grrrr...

[Felinis]

In desperation I purchased the Modding tool today. It turned out that the real "tool" is me - the software will not mod or edit .SAV games.

I have spent my entire afternoon trying to get it to reliably create a template for my U.S. World Conquoring campaigne. Making changes to a Mod file and then starting a live game that contains the mods has proved to be problematic - some of the mods appear in the .SAV game and some don't. I haven't found any user's manual for the Modding Tool - so I spent my afternoon teaching myself thru trial and error how to add and delete military bases.

The really suspecious thing that I noticed is that as I zoomed in and out on my capital off Washington D.C., the entire DC area seemed to disappear when I zoomed in - just like my IP problem described.

[Rok]

I have the same problem on Tokyo and cities and military bases around. When I had it, I always gave up these data every time, but today I can't stand to restart anymore and I have finally found you, who has the same problem; I don't know how I fix it, however.

I am not good at English, so I possibly misunderstand what you meant. You've fixed it? If so, please tell me:
- What application did you use to open and fix the .SAV file?
- How did you fix it?
- In the first place, is the .SAV file really broken or is there something else?

And I agree that zooming in and out is the radical cause.

P.S.
I've just found the problem often occurs after saving data. Now, other cities in Kyusyu disappeared again.

[Felinis]

When North Korea goes to war with Japan, NK attacks Tokyo with nuclear weapons, destroying Tokyo, its airport and several surrounding cities. This leaves black craters where the cities once stood.

My problem was that Washington, D.C. just disappeared from the map.

I never did fiix the .SAV game. I had to abandon the game and start a new one.

[Rok]

My problem is the same one. I had no attack from any contry and no resistance but they've gone with no reason.

Alright, I'll give up my data too...

Thank you

[Eazycree]

Found a fix right click on the map click filters and just ♥♥♥♥ with it until it works I just turned it on and off again a bunch