DW7 and natural saves

Zeke_D · November 26th, 2001

Ok this only started happening during the liberation of dune. I would perform a natural save, and I would get a message like "good god, failed to save" and the previous journal is now corrupted. sometimes it takes as long as 5 attempts to get a good save. At first I wasn't too worried, because I had savestates, but after a journal was corrupted, if I loaded a previous save state, it would ask me to format the entire memcard. I have since started with 2 memcards saving alternately to them, but I still get the "good god failed to save" message.

I recently installed XP pro on my system, but that was back at rexwood, and the problem didn't start until dune. any ideas? I am using an iso and pete's soft .54 and eternal spu.

**Zephon** · November 26th, 2001

Try pressing F4. It helps most memory card problems.

Zeke_D · November 27th, 2001

I am not against F4 or anything,I am just curious why the problem has just now started...

Amberion · November 27th, 2001

It's a symptom of continually loading and saving save states. When you save a state from a a game you've loaded from a savestate what you're really doing is copying a copy, sort ofl. Not exactly, because the state IS different, but small errors in the state can build up over time to make big errors.

That's my guess anyway.

Amberion

**Zephon** · November 27th, 2001

Quote:

Originally posted by Amberion
It's a symptom of continually loading and saving save states. When you save a state from a a game you've loaded from a savestate what you're really doing is copying a copy, sort ofl. Not exactly, because the state IS different, but small errors in the state can build up over time to make big errors.

That's my guess anyway.

Amberion

Man, you're confusing. But I think that Zeke_D is saving naturally from the memory card, not from save states, so I don't think that is the problem.

Zeke_D · November 28th, 2001

I pressed F4 and it has never happened again, I am guessing that I might have pressed F4 at sometime without realizing it, and pressing it again fixed the problem

November 26th, 2001	#1 (permalink)
Zeke_D 100% emulated freak Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Ari-fu ckin-zona Posts: 1,026	DW7 and natural saves Ok this only started happening during the liberation of dune. I would perform a natural save, and I would get a message like "good god, failed to save" and the previous journal is now corrupted. sometimes it takes as long as 5 attempts to get a good save. At first I wasn't too worried, because I had savestates, but after a journal was corrupted, if I loaded a previous save state, it would ask me to format the entire memcard. I have since started with 2 memcards saving alternately to them, but I still get the "good god failed to save" message. I recently installed XP pro on my system, but that was back at rexwood, and the problem didn't start until dune. any ideas? I am using an iso and pete's soft .54 and eternal spu. __________________ AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ \| 2.0GB PC3200 \| Maxtor 120GB sATA\| GeForce 6800 GS 256MB Insignia IS-CM100751 19" \| XP Pro SP2 \| LG 16x Lightscribe DVD+/-RW \| Realtek Audio Last edited by Zeke_D; November 26th, 2001 at 13:50.

November 26th, 2001	#2 (permalink)
Zephon Key To The Universe Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Stratosphere Posts: 2,706	Try pressing F4. It helps most memory card problems. __________________ But there is someone who remembers you Someone waiting for a sign that leads the way to you There is someone who will die for you Keep that in mind when the hope fails

November 27th, 2001	#3 (permalink)
Zeke_D 100% emulated freak Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Ari-fu ckin-zona Posts: 1,026	I am not against F4 or anything,I am just curious why the problem has just now started... __________________ AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ \| 2.0GB PC3200 \| Maxtor 120GB sATA\| GeForce 6800 GS 256MB Insignia IS-CM100751 19" \| XP Pro SP2 \| LG 16x Lightscribe DVD+/-RW \| Realtek Audio

November 28th, 2001	#6 (permalink)
Zeke_D 100% emulated freak Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Ari-fu ckin-zona Posts: 1,026	I pressed F4 and it has never happened again, I am guessing that I might have pressed F4 at sometime without realizing it, and pressing it again fixed the problem __________________ AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ \| 2.0GB PC3200 \| Maxtor 120GB sATA\| GeForce 6800 GS 256MB Insignia IS-CM100751 19" \| XP Pro SP2 \| LG 16x Lightscribe DVD+/-RW \| Realtek Audio

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November 27th, 2001	#4 (permalink)
Amberion +5 Holy Avenger P90 Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: St. John's, NFLD, Canada Posts: 128	It's a symptom of continually loading and saving save states. When you save a state from a a game you've loaded from a savestate what you're really doing is copying a copy, sort ofl. Not exactly, because the state IS different, but small errors in the state can build up over time to make big errors. That's my guess anyway. Amberion