No need to apologise @Jip , I'm sure you've got plenty more pressing things on your plate. The only difference i can see is similar to what @camber mentioned before - Any saved game over the 200mb file size seems to cause the crash when loading. Fingers crossed it's something simple - Normal Forged Alliance Skirmish is nowhere near as fun playing FAF Skirmish

Hey @Jip , I know it's been a while but this issue is still happening? I was wondering if you ever found out what might be causing this issue?

Please see the following link for two save games - One that loads (4) and one that doesn't (5)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Pd7Vfw9rb2kcxbjZyXJSyrJrvG8_XEva/view?usp=sharing

Would really appreciate if you could shed a little light on the situation...Do they both load for you?

Thanks David

What do you mean by that @Jip ?

If you mean how do i load the saved game...

I run the patched .exe via
C:\ProgramData\FAForever\bin\ForgedAlliance.exe

Click "Skirmish" and click "Load game" then select the saved game file.

The Skirmish is started the same way, using the patched exe.

Sorry for the delay, Still loosing lots of time with this scenario.

Saved Game:
YSTD - Saved Game Example

TIA @Jip

I don't seem to have this issue when playing via the steam launcher.

I've also re-installed the game and FAF Client but have the same issue when launching via the patched exe.

Do the logs not give any indication as to what might be happening?

Thanks

Updated the original post with a screenshot. The "In Transit" screen does it's thing but it looks like it crashes just before the game renders and then exits to windows.

So to confirm, i do not actually reach "In Game"

and it only impacts some "mid to late game" saved games (usually once a T4 unit eg CZAR, Mavor, Novax) is being built/has been built on the map.

I'm running game patch 3724 and this issue has predated this patch.

Appreciate your responses

To confirm i've also tried the following:

Uninstalled Sonic Studio and tried running the exe without sound as detailed here (https://forums.faforever.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=15689)

Set the graphics to lowest possible.

Run exe as administrator and tried all compatibility options.

Mods deactivated:
Retirement V1.0
Resource Rich V1.0
Nothing But Time V1.0
Chess V1.0
Total Annihilation Music V4.0

And this was a saved game load from last night

V1.6.0 FAF

Savegame file is 222.5mb in size (cant share here due to size and not sure if you can take it and load it to test?)

Still no luck.

This is the only other similar problem i've found...

https://forum.faforever.com/topic/467/offline-saved-game-crash-on-big-maps?_=1633813358665

I've opened the .dmp file from the logs and also have the same problem....What does it all meannnnn?

KEY_VALUES_STRING: 1

Key  : Analysis.CPU.mSec
Value: 4796

Key  : Analysis.DebugAnalysisManager
Value: Create

Key  : Analysis.Elapsed.mSec
Value: 94904

Key  : Analysis.Init.CPU.mSec
Value: 437

Key  : Analysis.Init.Elapsed.mSec
Value: 101054

Key  : Analysis.Memory.CommitPeak.Mb
Value: 121

Key  : Timeline.Process.Start.DeltaSec
Value: 44

Key  : WER.Process.Version
Value: 1.5.0.1

CONTEXT: (.ecxr)
eax=00000eab ebx=00000001 ecx=4c2830ef edx=00000000 esi=00000001 edi=00000000
eip=00a82172 esp=4c283000 ebp=4c28300c iopl=0 nv up ei ng nz na po nc
cs=0023 ss=002b ds=002b es=002b fs=0053 gs=002b efl=00010282
ForgedAlliance+0x682172:
00a82172 ff7510 push dword ptr [ebp+10h] ss:002b:4c28301c=126dd155
Resetting default scope

EXCEPTION_RECORD: (.exr -1)
ExceptionAddress: 00a82172 (ForgedAlliance+0x00682172)
ExceptionCode: c00000fd (Stack overflow)
ExceptionFlags: 00000000
NumberParameters: 2
Parameter[0]: 00000001
Parameter[1]: 4c282ffc

PROCESS_NAME: ForgedAlliance.exe

ERROR_CODE: (NTSTATUS) 0xc00000fd - A new guard page for the stack cannot be created.

EXCEPTION_CODE_STR: c00000fd

EXCEPTION_PARAMETER1: 00000001

EXCEPTION_PARAMETER2: 4c282ffc

STACK_TEXT:
WARNING: Stack unwind information not available. Following frames may be wrong.
4c28300c 00a88a52 4c2830ef ffffffff 126dd155 ForgedAlliance+0x682172
4c283040 00a88c10 4c2830ef ffffffff 00000001 ForgedAlliance+0x688a52
4c283088 00a88c48 4c2830ef ffffffff 00000001 ForgedAlliance+0x688c10
4c2830a0 00905188 4c2830ef 00000001 00000001 ForgedAlliance+0x688c48
4c2830e0 00905692 4c2830ef 00000000 00000000 ForgedAlliance+0x505188
00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ForgedAlliance+0x505692

SYMBOL_NAME: ForgedAlliance+682172

MODULE_NAME: ForgedAlliance

IMAGE_NAME: ForgedAlliance.exe

STACK_COMMAND: ~45s ; .ecxr ; kb

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: STACK_OVERFLOW_c00000fd_ForgedAlliance.exe!Unknown

OSPLATFORM_TYPE: x86

OSNAME: Windows 8

IMAGE_VERSION: 1.5.0.1

FAILURE_ID_HASH: {531ac4bf-c994-a2cb-a384-f91e59c83256}

Followup: MachineOwner

I've installed FAF and play online sometimes but this is playing skirmish via the FA launcher: C:\ProgramData\FAForever\bin\ForgedAlliance.exe