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This is an old problem with new information discovered. Many will remember my post where I said that my most recent saved files take forever to save/load/clear game data from. Well, I've confirmed that there is a bug in the baldur.gam and/or baldur.sav files of those saved games. I've found through tinkering that the baldur.gam file contains character information (exp + items), area information (exploration of maps and chests), and quest information. I'm not sure what the baldur.sav does exactly. What would happen if I replaced it with the file from a different saved game? It solves my problem, but what would it do to my game? Anyone know how to hack either/both files to try and fix them? I've got my e-mail working, so I can e-mail my saved file immediately to anyone interested in helping me out. I've sent this information to TeamBG and Interplay as well, so I hope I can get this fixed.

P.S. Weasel: I found out what was causing my saved file not to upload on my computer. It was this internet connection accelerator called NetSonic. People that enjoy using attachments SHOULD NOT download this!

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Magus, mighty conjurer, and summoner of hordes of...magical flying swords
----And yes, I am magusg, but I got tired of looking at that silly "pick an alternate name" name

Anyone out there? Hello?

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Magus, mighty conjurer, and summoner of hordes of...magical flying swords
----And yes, I am magusg, but I got tired of looking at that silly "pick an alternate name" name

Hello?

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Alienbob, hunter of the undead, slayer of the unjust, bringer of light, destroyer of evil.

Console Gamers Suck!

Magus if I knew how I would. I know it's something in the Baldur.gam file. Hopeful someone can help you.

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The Defender of Truth

Yeah but not me. ask THE ALL KNOWING, DROW LOVING HUMAN, DRAKRON DU'DARK, WIELDER OF THE BOOK.

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Alienbob, hunter of the undead, slayer of the unjust, bringer of light, destroyer of evil.

Console Gamers Suck!

Weasel: How do you know the bug's in the baldur.gam file? I tried replacing each file with a working one, and it seemed to help load times both instances. Have you figured out something?

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Magus, mighty conjurer, and summoner of hordes of...magical flying swords
----And yes, I am magusg, but I got tired of looking at that silly "pick an alternate name" name

Hey Magus um how fast is your computer?

It sounds like the .gam and .sav files are linked to each other, if so, then you would have to replace both files not just the .sav file. If you replaced one file and not the other the game would probably crash. In order to change the specific information in the files, you would have to de-compile the program because when the program is compiled (made ready to run by the programmers) its format is changed to hex code. I am not a programmer but do have some experience with programming. If there are more knowledgeable people out there, feel free to correct me or give more help.
In conclusion (finally, eh ) I would say wait for Biowares feedback.

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Subtle and insubstantial, the expert leaves no trace; divinely mysterious, he is inaudible. Thus he is master of his enemy's fate.
-Sun Tzu

Alienbob: My computer's Pentium III 850MZ, but that's not the problem. It didn't work on Weasel's computer either. It's an error in one or both of the saved files.

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Magus, mighty conjurer, and summoner of hordes of...magical flying swords
----And yes, I am magusg, but I got tired of looking at that silly "pick an alternate name" name

Out of the two you can swap (Baldur the one that can be open with wordpad) (Baldur.gam) the only one you can change and keep your original group is Baldur.gam right. I thought I e-mailed and told you that??

Alright the one I swaped had the information for all the quest stored in it. This I do know. When I swapped it my computer would run the game fine... Loading and saving..The only thing was all of your quest had been wipe out and had to be done again.

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The Defender of Truth

Weasel: I'm confused, now. I didn't see any wordpad files in there. All I see are portraits, a bitmap image, a worldmap file, and the baldur.sav and baldur.gam files. When I exchanged the baldur.gam file, I had different characters, different items, and different quests, but the areas were current (i.e portions that were not explored in the swapped file were explored in the mixed one) Nothing seemed to happen when I exchanged the baldur.sav file, but I assume none of the areas would have been explored.

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Magus, mighty conjurer, and summoner of hordes of...magical flying swords
----And yes, I am magusg, but I got tired of looking at that silly "pick an alternate name" name

Weasel: Are you using Shadowkeeper? Maybe that's it.

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Magus, mighty conjurer, and summoner of hordes of...magical flying swords
----And yes, I am magusg, but I got tired of looking at that silly "pick an alternate name" name

One of the files either Baldur.sav or Baldur.gam would still slow down my computer. One file I can not get to open.. the other will open with wordpad. No I download it but have not took it out of the zip file yet.

[This message has been edited by Weasel (edited 01-22-2001).]

Weasel: That's odd. I just double checked the swapping thing, and swapping either one fixed the problem. The baldur.gam file seems to carry most of the game info, even though its about 4x smaller. And neither the baldur.gam or baldur.sav files open in wordpad on my computer. Are you sure you didn't download some sort of hacking tool?

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Magus, mighty conjurer, and summoner of hordes of...magical flying swords
----And yes, I am magusg, but I got tired of looking at that silly "pick an alternate name" name

Not that I know of... One of them files does lock my computer up... The file I'm talking about says 'this file is too big and will be open by wordpad' As I said I no computer expert and there is no telling what I have done.. I still got my reboot disc.

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The Defender of Truth

@Weasel & Magus
I apologize if I stepped on anyones toes here. Usually I'm doing homework and/or studying while viewing multiple windows and checking this site. So I can get more than a little distracted and come off sounding like a know-it-all (which I am most definitely not ). I hacked a simple D&D game years ago changing files. Anyway, please excuse me.

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Subtle and insubstantial, the expert leaves no trace; divinely mysterious, he is inaudible. Thus he is master of his enemy's fate.
-Sun Tzu

Originally posted by ltldrgn1:
@Weasel & Magus
I apologize if I stepped on anyones toes here. Usually I'm doing homework and/or studying while viewing multiple windows and checking this site. So I can get more than a little distracted and come off sounding like a know-it-all (which I am most definitely not ). I hacked a simple D&D game years ago changing files. Anyway, please excuse me.

You didn't step on my toes I believe your help is needed..

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The Defender of Truth

Weasel: Uh-oh. Sounds like I messed your computer up... Maybe a file got changed during the transfer. Do all of your saved games have this wordpad file? If they do, maybe wordpad is configured differently on your computer, or you have some sort of program (like Acrobat Reader) that lets you read/edit it.
Itldrgn1: No problem, really. I could really use the help of anybody I can get, and you certainly aren't doing any harm. If you want to take a quick look at my problem, I could e-mail you my saved game. I wouldn't want to impose though, as I'm sure you're very busy, so I won't be bothered if you decline.

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Magus, mighty conjurer, and summoner of hordes of...magical flying swords
----And yes, I am magusg, but I got tired of looking at that silly "pick an alternate name" name

[This message has been edited by Magus (edited 01-22-2001).]

No I did that myself ... It hasn't messed anything up though.. so don't worry..It happen when I tried to open some files beforehand..