Save game and auto save don't work

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It's a very good game at this alpha stage but I have an annoying problem. I couldn't save my game. The auto save also had a problem. In the debug.err file, I found these lines:

DebugMessage:  Deleting save game.   Curr. Memory Usage: 1351553024 bytes
Debug Message:  Attempting to allocate memory of size: 53477376 bytes
Debug Message:  Allocation successful
Debug Message:  Game Saved.
DebugMessage:  Error writing save data to file D:\Users\Jean-Rémy\Documents\My Games\GalCiv3\Saves\\~save1.GC3Sav.
DebugMessage:  Deleting save game.   Curr. Memory Usage: 1408122880 bytes

and the auto save:

DebugMessage:  About to auto save.  Memory: 1419354112 bytes
DebugMessage:  Deleting save game.   Curr. Memory Usage: 1419354112 bytes
Debug Message:  Game Saved.
DebugMessage:  Error writing save data to file D:\Users\Jean-Rémy\Documents\My Games\GalCiv3\Saves\\~Auto Save.GC3Sav.
DebugMessage:  Deleting save game.   Curr. Memory Usage: 1419788288 bytes

Why is there a "\\" ? If I try to create the file with notepad, i can only open it if the path has only one backslash. I wiped the prefs and redownloaded the game but it didn't change anything.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I notice your username has an accent in it

If you are able, can you try creating a username that doesn't have any weird characters? Then try saving\

I've seen other games where users with non-ascii characters in their username can cause some issues

 

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

It works with a an ascii username. But why are the prefs working using a non-ascii username and the save game is not?

 

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Depends on the save routine I suppose.

Hopefully the devs read this and address your problem