Fallen Angel Save Games Compatible with Ice and Blood?

[wolfie2kX 528]

My frustrations are mounting...

 

I seem to have a problem with my level 62 Seraphim... The game just boots me out to Windows when I try to load it. Now, I had NO problem what so ever loading the game, playing it for several hours last night. I seem to have gone through this with at least 7 characters so far. Bloody annoying.

 

Now, I've heard that there was a patch for Ice and Blood that was supposed to make it more friendly to Windows 7.

 

So what I want to know - is an upgrade to Ice and Blood going to mean scrapping all of my save games? For that matter, would the EU version of Fallen Angel even load save games created by the US version?

[rnarchlord 0]

My frustrations are mounting...

 

I seem to have a problem with my level 62 Seraphim... The game just boots me out to Windows when I try to load it. Now, I had NO problem what so ever loading the game, playing it for several hours last night. I seem to have gone through this with at least 7 characters so far. Bloody annoying.

 

Now, I've heard that there was a patch for Ice and Blood that was supposed to make it more friendly to Windows 7.

 

So what I want to know - is an upgrade to Ice and Blood going to mean scrapping all of my save games? For that matter, would the EU version of Fallen Angel even load save games created by the US version?

 

Sorry to hear your tale of woe. Your US saved games should load with the Gold or Ice & Blood versions without problems. When you deleted the US version did you check that all traces except the saved games were gone? The game puts bits and pieces in several directories on the drive and a previous file may be glitching you.

 

Originally I had the US version of Fallen Angel and got my seraphim and SW up to level 35 before deciding to get the European Gold version so that I could play Ice & Blood. I deleted the US version after backing up my saved games and then loaded the Gold version. Reloaded my saved games and so far have not had any problems loading or playing them. I also started several characters in Gold so my original toons are at level 48 & 50 so far. I have not patched the game and it is "as it was" out of the box. I did experience a weird glitch the other night though with a seraphim I started in Ice and Blood. Every time I got near the monolith in Clearview the screen would go black and the game would stop responding with a message about not being able to find the client server. I finally had to reboot my computer to clear the glitch! Could be hiccups on the European servers? I have noticed that every once in a while the game would freeze while loading before the character selection screen as if it can't find a server at the other end of the line and I would have to use task manager to shut it down then restart it.

Edited October 1, 2010 by rnarchlord

[wolfie2kX 528]

Sorry to hear your tale of woe. Your US saved games should load with the Gold or Ice & Blood versions without problems. When you deleted the US version did you check that all traces except the saved games were gone? The game puts bits and pieces in several directories on the drive and a previous file may be glitching you.

 

Originally I had the US version of Fallen Angel and got my seraphim and SW up to level 35 before deciding to get the European Gold version so that I could play Ice & Blood. I deleted the US version after backing up my saved games and then loaded the Gold version. Reloaded my saved games and so far have not had any problems loading or playing them. I also started several characters in Gold so my original toons are at level 48 & 50 so far. I have not patched the game and it is "as it was" out of the box. I did experience a weird glitch the other night though with a seraphim I started in Ice and Blood. Every time I got near the monolith in Clearview the screen would go black and the game would stop responding with a message about not being able to find the client server. I finally had to reboot my computer to clear the glitch! Could be hiccups on the European servers? I have noticed that every once in a while the game would freeze while loading before the character selection screen as if it can't find a server at the other end of the line and I would have to use task manager to shut it down then restart it.

 

 

Um.. Maybe I didn't quite explain things quite clearly... I still have the US version installed. I am seriously considering buying the downloadable Gold version. For the moment, I'm still playing in single player mode. I think it'd be quite rude to have to hold up a party because I'm doing some sightseeing, picture taking and wiki editing... The Pause button doesn't seem to work in Multiplayer mode.

 

Oh.. And for what it's worth, I was able to recover from this bleeping PITA problem by using Previous Versions. I was able to recover a file from the day before's restore point. Unfortunately, I lost a boatload of experience points, one rather nice axe with lifeleech and a few dozen completed quests. I also tried all of the tricks you mentioned, with the addition of the Sacred 2 Temp File Cleaner someone in another post recommended. No joy restarting, deleting, etc...

 

Ah well. I think I know where I screwed up. I didn't hit F9 to manually save the game. I merely clicked Save and Exit right after teleporting back to a resurrection monollith (which should have saved the game properly). It didn't. Hopefully, I'll be able to make it out of Artamark which should settle things down a bit. My previous High Elf game was fine after I got out of Artamark. Go figure.

[rnarchlord 0]

Um.. Maybe I didn't quite explain things quite clearly... I still have the US version installed. I am seriously considering buying the downloadable Gold version. For the moment, I'm still playing in single player mode. I think it'd be quite rude to have to hold up a party because I'm doing some sightseeing, picture taking and wiki editing... The Pause button doesn't seem to work in Multiplayer mode.

 

Oh.. And for what it's worth, I was able to recover from this bleeping PITA problem by using Previous Versions. I was able to recover a file from the day before's restore point. Unfortunately, I lost a boatload of experience points, one rather nice axe with lifeleech and a few dozen completed quests. I also tried all of the tricks you mentioned, with the addition of the Sacred 2 Temp File Cleaner someone in another post recommended. No joy restarting, deleting, etc...

 

Ah well. I think I know where I screwed up. I didn't hit F9 to manually save the game. I merely clicked Save and Exit right after teleporting back to a resurrection monollith (which should have saved the game properly). It didn't. Hopefully, I'll be able to make it out of Artamark which should settle things down a bit. My previous High Elf game was fine after I got out of Artamark. Go figure.

 

Well I'm glad you were able to recover despite the lost points and items.

 

I have noticed that if you quickly click exit and save just after the game does a teleport or changes to a new screen (e.g. after exiting a cave) the game will freeze and often times the progress you made since the previous automatic save will get lost. I've taken to counting to 5 before hitting escape to exit after a teleport to give the cache time to write to disk after the auto save.

 

Yeah, the manual states that pause is available only in SP and not MP. In the old days hitting the pause button on the keyboard would stop the computer in its tracks until you hit the pause button again so that gave you time to get screen shots or pause games that didn't have a pause command. Not so anymore. Most games now disable several of the keys including the pause key when they load.

 

As I said before, your US saved games will work with the Gold version if you decide to get it. You won't have to start from scratch building characters.

[wolfie2kX 528]

Well I'm glad you were able to recover despite the lost points and items.

 

I have noticed that if you quickly click exit and save just after the game does a teleport or changes to a new screen (e.g. after exiting a cave) the game will freeze and often times the progress you made since the previous automatic save will get lost. I've taken to counting to 5 before hitting escape to exit after a teleport to give the cache time to write to disk after the auto save.

 

Yeah, the manual states that pause is available only in SP and not MP. In the old days hitting the pause button on the keyboard would stop the computer in its tracks until you hit the pause button again so that gave you time to get screen shots or pause games that didn't have a pause command. Not so anymore. Most games now disable several of the keys including the pause key when they load.

 

As I said before, your US saved games will work with the Gold version if you decide to get it. You won't have to start from scratch building characters.

 

Very cool.. I'd really hate to have to rebuild the Seraphim build I've got now. If I did.. I could easily have lost not only an almost complete Niokaste's set (missing 2 items - shoulders and arms), a nearly complete Endijian's Artifacts plus all the assorted set items I've had dropped my way.

 

Given how difficult it would seem to be to find these set items in the span of one game (the ONLY set I've managed to complete is the Keyser's Luck 2 ring set - and that was quite the chore!), I'd really really hate starting over.

 

I normally don't trust the auto saves all that much. I generally hit F9, then wait 10 seconds or so before I hit the Esc key myself.

 

I think, however, that part of the problem lies in the region. I can generally make it through the elf region without too much hassle and once I get into the Orc region and beyond, I seldom have issues. But in Artamark - all bets are off.. I have to be very, VERY careful. Of course, Artamark is the largest area.

 

I even posted another thread - with similar issues - on here.

Edited October 2, 2010 by wolfie2kX

[rnarchlord 0]

I think, however, that part of the problem lies in the region. I can generally make it through the elf region without too much hassle and once I get into the Orc region and beyond, I seldom have issues. But in Artamark - all bets are off.. I have to be very, VERY careful. Of course, Artamark is the largest area.

 

I even posted another thread - with similar issues - on here.

 

I don't know about problems with the Atamark region as I transferred my saved games from the US version to Gold when my characters had gotten to Dragonmaw Pass. Have been playing the seraphim and the SW in Atamark without any major glitches. Had a minor glitch at the Kuffer... castle though finishing the dark crusade quest line. Clicked on the guard after killing the guardian demon way too quickly and now he tags along with the seraphim but doesn't do anything! He doesn't fight or get attacked or aggro mobs but just shadows her everywhere. Hopefully he'll drop off with the next escort quest.