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New film viewer won't load previous film files
« on: September 11, 2026, 11:15:46 AM »
With new film viewer, if I load a previous film file, it waits a bit, then exits without any messages.

Should it load them, or is it new films only?

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Re: New film viewer won't load previous film files
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2026, 11:29:50 AM »
I just ran a film from 2018 and it ran with out an issue.

Id try a reinstall of the game right over the game and try again. Allways back up the settings folder.

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Re: New film viewer won't load previous film files
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2026, 11:49:54 AM »
With new film viewer, if I load a previous film file, it waits a bit, then exits without any messages.

Should it load them, or is it new films only?

Not sure if same issue, but trying to open a new film from the viewer has generally crashed it, so I close the viewer and open the new film from file manager. Been like that since I came back a few years ago. 

It does still play older dated films with some wonkiness due to old maps and time settings.
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Re: New film viewer won't load previous film files
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2026, 01:22:39 PM »
Not sure if same issue, but trying to open a new film from the viewer has generally crashed it, so I close the viewer and open the new film from file manager. Been like that since I came back a few years ago. 

It does still play older dated films with some wonkiness due to old maps and time settings.

I forgot I use to do that too. There is an issue between the game and Nvidia cards that causes crashes and terrain abnormalities. Since I switched to an AMD video card all those problems Ive had with the film viewer seem to have gone away. <crosses fingers>

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Re: New film viewer won't load previous film files
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2026, 02:21:51 PM »
Is there a updated film virwer?
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Re: New film viewer won't load previous film files
« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2026, 02:44:03 PM »
I just ran a film from 2018 and it ran with out an issue.

Id try a reinstall of the game right over the game and try again. Allways back up the settings folder.

I tried uninstall and reinstall.  Still same problem.

Here's a film that won't load:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UH09NLGwSfuoUEoZvLf81tLkdMcbh_3l/view?usp=drive_link

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Re: New film viewer won't load previous film files
« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2026, 05:02:22 PM »
Send me a film that is crashing.

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Re: New film viewer won't load previous film files
« Reply #7 on: September 12, 2026, 09:56:46 PM »
One time I moved copies of my films to another folder, some didn't play after that, the original did.

could be a fluke
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