A fix for the error when loading someone else's save: "this save data was created with a newer version of the game"...

[syrenie]

For anyone who receives the message "this save data was created with a newer version of the game" when trying to load someone else's DA:I save files...

(And when the standard solution of "change the patch and mod-patch to 13, 14, 15/latest version, etc" doesn't do anything,)

I spent hours driving myself crazy trying to figure this all out. I ended up having to change the numbers to 98 and 99. That was the only thing that worked.

The "version" in the package.mft file in the Patch folder needs to read:
Version 98

The "version" in the package.mft file in the Patch_ModManagerMerge folder (if you have one) needs to read:
Version 99

Step-by-step instructions:
1. Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Dragon Age Inquisition\Update

2. Open the Patch folder

3. Open the package.mft file in Notepad

4. Change the version number to Version 98, so that it looks like this:

 

Name patch
Authoritative
Version 98

5. Go back to C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Dragon Age Inquisition\Update

6. Open the Patch_ModManagerMerge folder

7. Open the package.mft file in Notepad

8. Change the version number to Version 99, so that it looks like this:

 

Name patch
Authoritative
Version 99
ModManager v0.59 alpha

 

Hope this helps somebody!! :kiss:



(It seems that a new "version" is created EVERY single time you update your mods with the Mod Manager. So, if you're someone like me, who is always changing around and updating mods, your "version" number is probably pretty high. If you think you've updated your game with mods more than 100 times, you might need to go higher than the numbers I listed here. I have no idea if that will work, though.)

 

 

EDIT: If the above solution doesn't work for you, jump down a few posts to my other fix.

Edited May 19, 2021 by syrenie

[sbg1990]

It works! You're a legend :)

[Vaeiri]

OMG you're my savior! I was meddling around with a few mods and my save wouldn't load. :laugh:

[DaHALOSHOCK]

My save won't load on any version of the game.

[syrenie]

My save won't load on any version of the game.

A month late (sorry), but if the problem is persisting, try checking to see if you have a folder called "patch" in here:

 

 

C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Dragon Age Inquisition\ModData\Update

 

If so, open the patch folder.

 

Open the package.mft file with Notepad.

 

Change the version number to 99.

 

Save and close.

 

Try launching DAI again.

[Studenten]

The version incompatibility problem do haunt some savegames probably because the uploader use both DAIMODs and Frosty Mods.

 

The MOD folder created by DAI Mod Manager will have patch version number increased by one (11 → 12). This normally won't be a problem since the original Patch folder is unchanged at version 11. To use Frosty MOD, however, the player need to rename "Update\Patch_ModManagerMerge" to "Update\Patch", which lets the game think the patch is updated to a new version (12) and write the minium version requirement to the savegame. Any savegame that was ever saved when running game with non-existing patch v12 will never be able to run in official games anymore. If the uploader changed the mods setup multiple times the version number will just increase endlessly.

 

BTW, I've come up with an idea to manage Frosty MOD and DAIMOD together and posted it on reddit before. The batch script however does not address the "version up" issues. If anyone is interested I'll add that functionality later and post is as a utility here.

[anxioushufflepuff]

The version incompatibility problem do haunt some savegames probably because the uploader use both DAIMODs and Frosty Mods.

 

The MOD folder created by DAI Mod Manager will have patch version number increased by one (11 → 12). This normally won't be a problem since the original Patch folder is unchanged at version 11. To use Frosty MOD, however, the player need to rename "Update\Patch_ModManagerMerge" to "Update\Patch", which lets the game think the patch is updated to a new version (12) and write the minium version requirement to the savegame. Any savegame that was ever saved when running game with non-existing patch v12 will never be able to run in official games anymore. If the uploader changed the mods setup multiple times the version number will just increase endlessly.

 

BTW, I've come up with an idea to manage Frosty MOD and DAIMOD together and posted it on reddit before. The batch script however does not address the "version up" issues. If anyone is interested I'll add that functionality later and post is as a utility here.

I'd very much be interested in that because I use both Frosty and DAIMOD and would love to be able to access my save file again

[syrenie]

The fixes I listed in my first two comments SHOULD work for people who use both Frosty and DAIMOD at the same time... as I use both of them together, too.

Edited April 8, 2021 by syrenie