V7.21.6 - Ground Combat / Game suddenly started crashing at 90% on load screen every time

[TheAmazingRatboy]

Description:
I was trying to load a saved game to pick up where I left off in a ground mission and the game crashes at 90% on the loading screen.

What Happened:
I was playing an alien abduction mission vs cleaners and some skittering 4-legged thing. The save games for the ground mission have suddenly stopped working. I can load the very start of the ground mission, but I can't load the last turn I was on. I can't load manual saves, nor can I load autosaves. I can load the geoscape save prior to the battle just fine, including the pre-battle autosave.

Further information:
I am playing a brand new game on version 7.21.6 so these are not old save files and they are not in the old directory (or, at least, they shouldn't be).
Please find attached logs, etc.
No mods are installed.
 

[TheAmazingRatboy]

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[Kouki]

10 hours ago, TheAmazingRatboy said:

Description:
I was trying to load a saved game to pick up where I left off in a ground mission and the game crashes at 90% on the loading screen.

What Happened:
I was playing an alien abduction mission vs cleaners and some skittering 4-legged thing. The save games for the ground mission have suddenly stopped working. I can load the very start of the ground mission, but I can't load the last turn I was on. I can't load manual saves, nor can I load autosaves. I can load the geoscape save prior to the battle just fine, including the pre-battle autosave.

Further information:
I am playing a brand new game on version 7.21.6 so these are not old save files and they are not in the old directory (or, at least, they shouldn't be).
Please find attached logs, etc.
No mods are installed.
 

Thanks for the report! This is a known issue that should be fixed in a future patch

[TheAmazingRatboy]

Happy to help

[Gam]

Same for me.

V7.21.6 - Ground Combat

Terror mission.

After the turn 4 save, all new saves seem corrupted and crash on load. I cannot progress with the mission. Manual or auto saves have the same behavior.

Reapers, Sebillians and Mantids.

[Gam]

Once I updated the game to the latest experimental version, the issue was fixed.

[Kouki]

On 5/15/2026 at 6:06 PM, Gam said:

Once I updated the game to the latest experimental version, the issue was fixed.

Thanks for the update! Good to know that it works for you