Conquest Mode will Not Save Correctly and is Unplayable even with New Games or Mission Restarts
This is not the same issue as a post titled Conquest / windows / DirectX - Bug where conquest wont load and gives black screen. One of my original submissions was incorrectly merged with that post.
Solo Conquest Windows 10 with both OpenGL and DirectX via steam. It is reproducible. All conquest progress has been reset and save system is not working correctly. Game reinstalled, computer reset, files verified with no change. Conquest loads sometimes produce the attached error and sometimes will just cause a complete game freeze. Trying to save sometimes results in an incomplete save with 'saving in progress' remaining on the screen and no save created. Sometimes trying to save will then show no save files existing.
This is happening whether starting a completely new conquest, restarting any given mission, or trying to access one already in progress.
Comments: 24
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08 Feb
Madhatterr MergedWhen I am playing Conquest, solo, I beat a map but and everything seems fine. I quit the game to come back later, but when I load the conquest game, my progress is not saved. The map I just beat shows undone.
I tried going on to the next map, starting it, then saving the game. Once this worked, the next few times I tried this the game hung up on "saving" and never progressed.
I'm running on Windows 11. I have tried with both OpenGL and DirectX, the problem is the same.
I tried uninstalling and then reinstalling but the problem remained. -
09 Feb
tymothee Admin"Conquest Progress Not Saving" (suggested by Madhatterr on 2023-02-08), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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19 Feb
Holly A MergedBug happens in conquest mode. My OS is Windows 11. I run the game in DirectX. This exception pops up frequently after a game in conquest mode. Sometimes, it prevents my game from saving. Here is a copy of what appears:
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22 Feb
GotatsuI started having this issue at the beginning of February 2023 as well. I uninstalled the game, reinstalled the game, verified the files were not corrupt and even went as far as uninstalling and reinstalling Steam. Nothing fixed the bug that wouldn't save the progress after finishing a battle in conquest. I even tested saving during the game, and that had issues.
SysError(Can't open save/udat_Sb6343a06.sav for writing)
I managed to fix the issue by following the steps in this article:
https://www.makeuseof.com/how-to-downgrade-steam-games/
I reverted to an older version of the game from January 2023. I was able to play the next challenge, save the game during the battle, leave, come back, finish the battle, quit the game after finishing the battle, and when I started the game up the battle I had just finished was saved. This is a bug from a recent update. Revert to an older version from January and your game should work fine. -
27 Feb
tymothee Admin"Game crashing once starting conquest" (suggested by OnlyRex on 2023-02-21), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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27 Feb
tymothee Admin"Pop-up comes up" (suggested by Holly A on 2023-02-19), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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08 Mar
HowlCan't progress through Conquest, all saves are missing / don't load and trying to save a game in progress throws up an error.
After match victory no achievement update.
Have tried reinstalling but issue remains.
Win 10
Any seed/map
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09 Mar
Pa1taimon MergedConquest mode bugged saves, unable to manually save or load and when loading the auto saves an error pops up as follows. OS windows 10 and bug found in both DirectX and OpenGL. First mission of Bear Conquest in extreme, has been happening for a while.
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13 Mar
tymothee Admin"Unable to load save in conquest" (suggested by Pa1taimon on 2023-03-09), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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29 Mar
Chad EldredI am having the same issue as others in this thread. The problem started with the most recent DLC and has progressed to the point where no conquest progress is saved. Zero. None. You've taken one of my favorite games and rendered it unplayable. Completely inexcusable.
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02 Apr
mascaretHave met the same problem with windows. Suppose it's tied with latest VCREDIST update.
So, I'm now playing under linux : works flawlessly (although only X11, not Wayland). -
08 Apr
PiperI can't even play any Conquests. Decided to start doing them today. I can choose my clan, click start, the normal load screen pops up "ice lakes blah blah" then the screen shrinks to a small black box, here some crunching noises for a sec, and then.. nothing... no sounds, etc. Can move the mouse around the box only. Cant hit the X or minimise or anything, have to stop the steam program to work. Tried with Kraken first, then tried several more clans, all the same thing.
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09 Apr
Maciej Merged1) Conquest
2) Win 10 64 bit Pro 21H2
3) DirectX
4) Yes - "just" win first Eagle's conquest mission and there is just attached text message. -
11 Apr
tymothee Admin"Resetting conquer each time after loading the game" (suggested by Maciej on 2023-04-09), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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16 Apr
CrainzNot only does all the above happen to me, ALL.MY.PREVIOUS.GAMES.ARE.DELETED. GONE. I have played this since it came out and I kept the old saves/my first run throughs with each clan....even my most recent plays are gone... thank god the achievements weren't deleted but seriously.........also none of the treasures/town hall skins/ are displaying when I attempt to play the game (if I can even get past that stupid grey error box)
1. Conquest
2. Windows 10
3. DirectX
4. After uninstalling game and re-downloading (I have all DLC except the soundtrack), open game, conquest, new conquest, raven / any color / easy , go to next screen, hit play grey error box pops up with a bunch of code and options are 'end' 'dismiss all' 'continue' // end shuts down the game and dismiss all + continue let me play the game but won't 'remember' progress next time I open -
22 Apr
anubisI am also having this issue, I will beat maps, like 2-3 but when I am done for the day/moment and exit the game, then maybe one or no one of those games have registered as complete even though I had progressed through them earlier.
I have tried reinstalling the game but doesn't seem to work. -
25 Apr
ScruffdadSame deal, Conquest save is completely broken. It's tied for my favorite steam game, but until this is fixed, our (conquest-focused) play group is actively ignoring Northgard.
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27 Apr
guntramhere i post some log, occurring on starting a random map in conquest mode, this one is with lion clan:
SysError(Can't open save/udat_S94d6b6.sav for writing)
Called from sys.io.$File.write (D:\projects\shiroTools\haxe\std/hl/_std/sys/io/File.hx line 70)
Called from sys.io.$File.saveBytes (D:\projects\shiroTools\haxe\std/hl/_std/sys/io/File.hx line 55)
Called from mpman.$Storage.write (mpman/Storage.hx line 99)
Called from local function #39192 (mpman/Storage.hx line 248)
Called from hxd.$Save.save (hxd/Save.hx line 138)
Called from mpman.$Storage.setUserData (mpman/Storage.hx line 222)
Called from mpman.client.LocalInventory.save (mpman/client/LocalInventory.hx line 172)
Called from mpman.Inventory.query (mpman/Inventory.hx line 751)
Called from mpman.client.LocalInventory.localQuery (mpman/client/LocalInventory.hx line 283)
Called from mpman.client.LocalInventory.query (mpman/client/LocalInventory.hx line 327)
Called from ExpeditionManager.query (ExpeditionManager.hx line 516)
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27 Apr
guntramhere's some more of the stack trace:
(system is win11, directx, ryzen5, gtx3080m, happens over and over again - any difficulty)
Called from gamesys.cosmetic.Cosmetic.refund (gamesys/cosmetic/Cosmetic.hx line 126)
Called from $HExpedition.makeEquipmentConsistant (HExpedition.hx line 92)
Called from $HExpedition.loadEquipment (HExpedition.hx line 62)
Called from gamesys.conquest.Battle.startGame (gamesys/conquest/Battle.hx line 418)
Called from ui.menus.conquest.ConquestMapMenu.startBattle (ui/menus/conquest/ConquestMapMenu.hx line 320)
Called from ui.menus.conquest.ConquestMapMenu.checkReady (ui/menus/conquest/ConquestMapMenu.hx line 283)
Called from ui.menus.conquest.ConquestMapMenu.updateStartBtn (ui/menus/conquest/ConquestMapMenu.hx line 222)
Called from ui.menus.conquest.ConquestMapMenu.setReadyBattle (ui/menus/conquest/ConquestMapMenu.hx line 147)
Called from ui.menus.conquest.ConquestMapMenu.~initContent.1 (ui/menus/conquest/ConquestMapMenu.hx line 105)
Called from ui.elt.TipElem -
27 Apr
guntrammore:
Called from ui.elt.TipElement.~setEnableInteractive.4 (ui/elt/TipElement.hx line 89)
Called from h2d.Interactive.handleEvent (h2d/Interactive.hx line 181)
Called from h2d.Scene.handleEvent (h2d/Scene.hx line 570)
Called from hxd.SceneEvents.emitEvent (hxd/SceneEvents.hx line 168)
Called from hxd.SceneEvents.checkEvents (hxd/SceneEvents.hx line 365)
Called from hxd.App.mainLoop (hxd/App.hx line 191)
Called from hxd.$System.mainLoop (hxd/System.hl.hx line 76)
Called from hxd.$System.runMainLoop (hxd/System.hl.hx line 158)
Called from hxd.$System.runMainLoop (hxd/System.hl.hx line 142)
Called from haxe.$Timer.~delay.0 (D:\projects\shiroTools\haxe\std/haxe/Timer.hx line 149)
Called from haxe.$Timer.~__constructor__.0 (D:\projects\shiroTools\haxe\std/haxe/Timer.hx line 81)
Called from sys.thread.EventLoop.loop (D:\projects\shiroTools\haxe\std/sys/thread/EventLoop.hx line 183)
Called from sys.thread._Thread.$Thread_Impl_.processEvents (D:\projects\shiroTools\haxe\std/hl/_std/sys/threa -
27 Apr
guntramand the last line:
Called from sys.thread._Thread.$Thread_Impl_.processEvents (D:\projects\shiroTools\haxe\std/hl/_std/sys/thread/Thread.hx line 83)
funfacts:
- reinstalling and verifying gamefiles does not help.
- setting the exe to "start in admin mode" does not help. -
27 Apr
guntramfunfact2: - the file udat_S94d6b6.sav exists and was saved approximately at the correct time.
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05 May
guntramIt is NOT fixed!
OK, the error does not show up anymore,
BUT: conquest mode still does not save!
For example, I was doing the mission where you have to reach highest value of fame in 5 yrs.
I finished it.
Next day I loaded this conquest and the mission was not finished (showing crossed swords in the selection).
I continued it, and I was in a grey state (timeline was grey) - and it was after 5 yrs.
I could endlessly play this mission it would not end and is not finishable anymore.
NOT FIXED ;) -
06 May
dagdaI am not sure what would be here a fix. But the save files are still sitting on my local drive, and I still cannot load them.
After the bug got me lose 5+ days of advance (not to mention the 60+ days I lost with the clans where I finished conquest), I would need a bit more convincing feedback from you guys to get back to the game. What is fixed?
