saving game crashes. save is .fos.tmp??

[Krux1015]

i was having a problem saving with 1 of my characters, the game kept crashing if it had to autosave, if i quicksaved, or if i did a new save from the menu.

i gave up and made a new character and it was working fine just like the previous character and now again- all of a sudden it won't save and keeps causing the game to crash.

i looked at the save files themselves in the documents/my games/fallout new vegas/saves directory (or something similar) and noticed that ALL of the save files that won't save or overwrite have

the extension .fos.tmp as opposed to the 'so far' working saves that are just .fos

 

does any1 have any idea what .fos.tmp is and how to fix this ridiculous bug??

[davidlallen]

Please let us know which mods you are using, that may cause the crash. If you are not using any mods, please post on the technical support forum. In general, when Windows programs go to save, they start writing a file that ends in ".tmp", and then when the save is done, the file is renamed to remove the .tmp. So the filename does not help any to trace down the problem.

[Greymozg]

I have tsis problem, too. It has been on windows 7 x64 and windows xp x64, plugins are used:

 

AmQuest.esm

Anchorage.esm

Auto Aim Fix v1.1.esp

Bashed Patch, 0.esp

BrokenSteel.esm

BrokenSteel1.esp

BrokenSteel2.esp

CALIBR.esm

CRAFT.esm

DUIF3Extras.esp

EVE Operation Anchorage.esp

EVE.esp

F3FixIt.esp

Fallout3.esm

Fellout-Full.esp

Fix_Vault87.esp

Fix_Vault92_1C.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Anchorage.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Broken Steel.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Mothership Zeta.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC Point Lookout.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - DLC The Pitt.esp

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esm

FO3 Wanderers Edition - Main File.esp

FOOK2 - [DIK] DLC Improvement Kit.ESM

FOOK2 - [DIK] DLC Improvement Kit.esp

FOOK2 - DIK [Hotfix].esp

FOOK2 - Main [Hotfix].esp

FOOK2 - Main.ESM

FOOK2 - Main.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Anchorage.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Broken Steel.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC The Pitt.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod - DLC Zeta.esp

Mart's Mutant Mod.esm

Mart's Mutant Mod.esp

merger fix.esp

PCB.esp

PointLookout.esm

Realistic Death Physics.esp

russian.esm

StreetLights.esm

ThePitt.esm

Vault74.esp

Vault74hotfix.esp

WeaponModKits - BrokenSteel.esp

WeaponModKits - FOOK.esp

WeaponModKits - OperationAnchorage.esp

WeaponModKits - PointLookout.esp

WeaponModKits - ThePitt.esp

WeaponModKits - Zeta.esp

WeaponModKits.esp

Zeta.esm

 

Game crashes after computer's restart or after approximately 2h in game (the last time it was 1.59.24). What should i do?

Edited February 19, 2012 by Greymozg

[Quetzlsacatanango]

The .tmp file is the backup the game makes in case of corrupted save. Rename it and remove the .tmp extension.

[yungskiz]

The .tmp file is the backup the game makes in case of corrupted save. Rename it and remove the .tmp extension.

 

 

i lose lots of saves to corruption, i know they exist but i have never gotten any files with a .tmp extension :verymad:

 

the best defense? back up your saves. i back up after every time i play, and i keep three sets of back up saves (in case i "back up" a corrupted file unknowingly)