Corruption of end-of-turn symbols

[alpaca]

You might want to try running the game without file_first and without a mod folder, with the vanilla map. The sd files are known to bug about, especially in mod folders.

[irishron2004]

You might want to try running the game without file_first and without a mod folder, with the vanilla map. The sd files are known to bug about, especially in mod folders.

It is plain version 1.02 without mod folders, no unpacking, no io.file_first. Pure vanilla, map, EDB, EDU. It's all CA's. I Uninstalled and reinstalled everything to get rid of any trace of mods and it still happens. Do you want a copy of my last save games to try it on your machine to see if it is me? Remember, I am down to pure vanilla so it should be pretty easy to run.

[FactionHeir]

Have you started the game (i.e. the the game the save refers to) under a modded install?
Asking because a lot of data is saved permanently into the first save file (and thus all subsequent ones regardless of which mods you install and get rid of in the process), and you can wipe your hard drive, play on a different computer and the game would still be affected by what was saved into it at the very beginning.

[irishron2004]

Have you started the game (i.e. the the game the save refers to) under a modded install?
Asking because a lot of data is saved permanently into the first save file (and thus all subsequent ones regardless of which mods you install and get rid of in the process), and you can wipe your hard drive, play on a different computer and the game would still be affected by what was saved into it at the very beginning.

I have uninstalled Kingdoms, don't need it for this.
I have uninstalled M2TW, being the problem
I have deleted the C:\SEGA folder to get rid of I hope any problems including savegames, mods, etc.
I ran a registry cleaner to get rid of the garbage.
I defragged the disk to get files back where they belong.
I rebooted the system to clean out he memory.
I reinstalled M2TW.
I installed M2TW update 2.
I have not done anything else to it since but play a campaign as the English.
I believe that is as close to a clean install as anyone can get. Is this much agreed? Then if this is true and the savegames I have are from this install, no previous ones, they should be clean of any previous garbage. The offer still stands to send you the saves. I would like you to try them for a second opinion of which is one I do respect.

[FactionHeir]

Upload it on the tw uploader and post the resulting link here.

[irishron2004]

Upload it on the tw uploader and post the resulting link here.

http://files.filefront.com/M2TW+Save.../fileinfo.html. Since TW has a file size limit and this is 3mb I did this way. I hope you don't mind. All this after losing power for four hours and phone line for another six.

Thank you for doing this.

[wilddog]

There is a memory size limitation tied to the .SD files which will cause a memory leak. However if you are using vanilla now that can't be your problem.

What does the log file set as trace say for the bit reading in the shared.sd file. ie what size is it?