Load/save bug..... again

**gardibolt** · 08-26-2005, 17:22

There is truth in the OP. In the Battle for Middle Earth game, which I played before RTW, there was much hue and cry in the forums about the memory leak problem in the game. The developers at EA said we hear you and we will fix it in the next patch. Then they issued the patch, without addressing the memory leak problem, saying instead that there is no memory leak problem.

It was about that time I gave up on BFME.

**Mongoose** · 08-26-2005, 17:28

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**ShellShock** · 08-26-2005, 19:11

Originally Posted by mongoose

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AFAIK CA explained the load/save bug was a "feature", in that when a save game is loaded, the AI does a complete reassessment of its position, and as part of this reassessment it decides to lift sieges and go and do something else. This suggests that there is nothing intrinsincally wrong with the save file itself, merely in what happens when a game is loaded. It is therefore possible that Continue Campaign and loading an explicit file have been coded slightly differently, so that the reassessment only occurs for the latter.

Having said all that, I cannot recall any controlled testing that shows that Continue Campaign works differently; there was a lot of ancedotal stories, but nothing that was reproducible or convincing.

Whatever works for you...I stopped playing RTW months ago - I'm saving all my enthusiasm for BI.

**Flippy** · 08-26-2005, 19:21

Originally Posted by mongoose

Sorry, but your wrong.

You are quick to drop to conclusions my friend.

And for the record: no, i'm not.

if I would have said I had a foolproof, watertight workaround for the bug that works for everybody in each and every case, I would have been wrong.

If I would have said I had an explanation, I *probably* would have been wrong.

But I didn't

It's an old discussion, really. I think I mentioned that.
I don't claim anything. I only make the observation that In my case (and my case only) it appears to have beneficial effects to only use 'continue campaign'. I'm weel aware of the fact that this function merely loads an ordinary save.
I still think it's worth trying.

**KSEG** · 08-26-2005, 19:27

Yes, I do experience AI factions expanding much quicker when using "continue campaign" button.
I'm at 220BC playing as Macedons and Seleucids and Cartheginians are expanding like crazy and Ptolemys is getting their arse kicked.

**Mongoose** · 08-26-2005, 21:52

You are quick to drop to conclusions my friend.

And for the record: no, i'm not.

I just ran a test...and your theory is wrong. Continue campaign has no effect on the bug.

Placebos are amazing things

**Flippy** · 08-26-2005, 22:56

Originally Posted by mongoose

I just ran a test...and your theory is wrong. Continue campaign has no effect on the bug.

OK I'll repeat this one more time.
My theory isn't wrong. I don't have a theory.

Continue campaign has no effect for you. I believe you. But it does for me.
As it does for other people apparently. That's not a theory, just a mere observation.

Sorry if it didn't work out for you. If it did work out for everybody, in any circumstance, it would have been known as THE ultimate workaround for a long time. Sadly it doesn't, so it isn't.

**Joe_Nvidio828** · 08-26-2005, 23:06

looks like they r gonna release a patch after BI comes out. should make the game better. and yea, it can be used to ur advantage, but mostly it just stops the AI players from expanding. which is gay./