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RyGuy_McFly

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EDIT: Problem solved! Thanks guys!

 

Hey guys, it's a sad day for me here. I've been playing on one save (yes, I've been backing it semi regularly, but only when I make big changes) for many years, but after stepping away from the game for a few months, my save won't open. After a fresh reinstallation of the game and all my mods, I can get KSP to open, but my save file won't load. Clicking on the save does nothing but make the window close for one frame and reopen. According to my log, the main error seems to be "FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format.", which from my reading on the subject seems to be a very generic error.

I imagine debugging an old save like this is a painstaking process, which is why I'm offering $100 CAD to anyone who is able to get my save working again (preferably paid via Patreon or PayPal. If you happen to live in Canada, Interac eTransfer will do fine). To me, that's a small price to pay for getting back one of my all-time favourite games, so please don't worry about it! I don't expect anyone to pour through my game for free after all, for troubleshooting is hard work. I just want it to be worth your while!

Now for some info:

Running KSP 1.8.1.2694

My player.log: Here. (Google Drive)

My modlist:

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I know it's usually hopeless to try and repair saves, but I'm holding out for some kind of obvious issue that I'm too unsmart to notice. Anyone willing to devote some time to help me? I know with all my mods it's likely a tall order, but KSP is easily the most beloved game to me, and KSP2 seems too far off to wait to get my Kerbal on again. With all the recent buzz about space since the JWST launch, I'm willing to do anything to get this ship rolling flying again!

Thanks in advance guys!

Please let me know if there's anything else you need from me. I can send my entire KSP folder to you if you'd like to see the full install.

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Tundra

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Wow, umm.   That's a lot of mods!:o     Did you try any of the back-ups?      Even if you have to spend a couple hours redoing some work, it will proabably still be worth it if you are willing to give a reward.      You could also always use cheats to get something in orbit.   

 

 

For example if you have the craft file you can put in into orbit using Alt-F12.     Since you already got it there it is more like redoing work that you've already done.    If you don't have the craft file on that backup then you can just take it from the main bugged save.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P.S.   Have you tried turning your computer on and off again?     :wink:

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It's throwing that exception during a call to Int32.Parse from GameParameters+ParameterNode.Load: 

FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format.
  at System.Number.StringToNumber (System.String str, System.Globalization.NumberStyles options, System.Number+NumberBuffer& number, System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo info, System.Boolean parseDecimal) [0x00057] in <ad04dee02e7e4a85a1299c7ee81c79f6>:0 
  at System.Number.ParseInt32 (System.String s, System.Globalization.NumberStyles style, System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo info) [0x00013] in <ad04dee02e7e4a85a1299c7ee81c79f6>:0 
  at System.Int32.Parse (System.String s) [0x00007] in <ad04dee02e7e4a85a1299c7ee81c79f6>:0 
  at GameParameters+ParameterNode.Load (ConfigNode node) [0x0023e] in <9d71e4043e394d78a6cf9193ad011698>:0 
  at GameParameters.LoadCustomNode (ConfigNode node) [0x000b4] in <9d71e4043e394d78a6cf9193ad011698>:0 
  at GameParameters.Load (ConfigNode node) [0x00278] in <9d71e4043e394d78a6cf9193ad011698>:0 
  at GameParameters..ctor (ConfigNode node) [0x00006] in <9d71e4043e394d78a6cf9193ad011698>:0 
  at Game..ctor (ConfigNode root) [0x00a81] in <9d71e4043e394d78a6cf9193ad011698>:0 
  at GamePersistence.LoadGameCfg (ConfigNode node, System.String saveName, System.Boolean nullIfIncompatible, System.Boolean suppressIncompatibleMessage) [0x00030] in <9d71e4043e394d78a6cf9193ad011698>:0

I'm guessing some value under the PARAMETERS section of your save is supposed to be an integer and isn't. Checking one of my saves, that section is only 171 lines, which is probably short enough to share in a forum post if you can find it, maybe in a spoiler block.

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Any chance of sharing the save file itself?  I am wondering if this might be related to an update gone wrong, or something in the save file itself has corrupted that could be corrected with some editing?

Also, any chance of uninstalling those manual mods and installing them through CKAN?

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  On 1/8/2022 at 11:04 PM, Tundra said:

Wow, umm.   That's a lot of mods!:o     Did you try any of the back-ups?

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My back ups are from previousversions of the game. I tested them, and they do open, but so much of my game has changed since then that they don't really work properly. Plus theres soooo many missions that I'd lose, I'd rather not have to. But that will be my last fallback if all else fails.

And yes, I restarted my computer :sticktongue:

  On 1/8/2022 at 11:51 PM, HebaruSan said:

It's throwing that exception during a call to Int32.Parse from GameParameters+ParameterNode.Load:

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I'm guessing some value under the PARAMETERS section of your save is supposed to be an integer and isn't. Checking one of my saves, that section is only 171 lines, which is probably short enough to share in a forum post if you can find it, maybe in a spoiler block.

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I guess that's worth a shot. Do you think that changing that chunk of my save would break anything?

  On 1/9/2022 at 12:29 AM, Scarecrow71 said:

Any chance of sharing the save file itself?  I am wondering if this might be related to an update gone wrong, or something in the save file itself has corrupted that could be corrected with some editing?

Also, any chance of uninstalling those manual mods and installing them through CKAN?

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Here's my entire KSP folder: (link removed)

All the mods that are installed manually are done so because CKAN was giving me problems, so not really.

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  On 1/9/2022 at 12:38 AM, RyGuy_McFly said:

I guess that's worth a shot. Do you think that changing that chunk of my save would break anything?

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Don't change anything yet; we need to see it first to find what's wrong.

  On 1/9/2022 at 12:38 AM, RyGuy_McFly said:

Here's my entire KSP folder

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Can you share just the persistent.sfs file? Downloading a .rar file containing the stock game files would be copyright infringement (and take much, much more network and disk).

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  On 1/9/2022 at 12:42 AM, HebaruSan said:

Don't change anything yet; we need to see it first to find what's wrong.

Can you share just the persistent.sfs file? Downloading a .rar file containing the stock game files would be copyright infringement (and take much, much more network and disk).

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Oop, my bad. Here's the persistent file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jhWftnBs01JGtZe8jzVToAIAZxXaplwT/view?usp=sharing

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