I keep getting a strange error playing MM7:

Save game corrupted!
Code=202 in file:D:\mm75rc_erg\MM7\Code\LoadSave.cpp at line number: 793

The number at the end is the first in a series including 802 and 811.
The error occurs when I try to save my game. It doesn’t happen every time, maybe a third to half, but it is annoying enough that it makes the game very hard to enjoy. I have reinstalled, redownloaded and reinstalled both with and without the unofficial patch. I have ran several compatibility modes, and tried with and without administrative rights. I do have the game installed to a different directory than the default. The only solution that I have found is to restart the game and load a previous save.

There were also had similar errors playing MM6, but since I have beat the game several times years ago I let it go, hoping that it was just a MM6 thing.

I am running windows 7(64) on a laptop.

I am trying to figure out how to take a screen shot of the message in case that will help.

If someone knows how to fix this problem, I would be eternally grateful Thank you!.

Thanks, it seems to be working. I don't know how I missed '95. I thought that I had hit them all. I will do some more testing tonight just to make sure the problem is fixed before I mark as solved (if I have a choice).

I have this same error, only for me it happens 100% (no more saves are possible currently). I saved several times successfully before this started happening. I've tried all of the compatibility modes (including '95), no dice.
Below is the error log from the first occurrence of it,be great if someone knew how to get past this error.


ime: 8/12/2015 5:31:44 PM (13.08.2015 00:31:44 UTC)
Windows Version 6.1 Service Pack 1

Exception Exception in module mm7.exe at 00066D63.
Save game corrupted! Code=202 in file: D:\mm7Src_eng\MM7\Code\LoadSave.cpp at line number: 793.

Function Calls:

00466D63 | C:\Old\MM\MM7\mm7.exe + 66D63
0045F826 | C:\Old\MM\MM7\mm7.exe + 5F826
00462001 ? C:\Old\MM\MM7\mm7.exe + 62001
004621D8 ? C:\Old\MM\MM7\mm7.exe + 621D8
77202F68 ? C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll + 32F68
77202B60 ? C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll + 32B60
771EF93F ? C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll + 1F93F
76C3DD5C ? C:\Windows\syswow64\KERNELBASE.dll + DD5C
76C3DDAF ? C:\Windows\syswow64\KERNELBASE.dll + DDAF
76C3DDAF ? C:\Windows\syswow64\KERNELBASE.dll + DDAF
750F3EC2 ? C:\Windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll + 13EC2
750F3EC7 ? C:\Windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll + 13EC7
004CDF4B ? C:\Old\MM\MM7\mm7.exe + CDF4B
004D3EA8 ? C:\Old\MM\MM7\mm7.exe + D3EA8
004CDEAC ? C:\Old\MM\MM7\mm7.exe + CDEAC
004CEDD0 ? C:\Old\MM\MM7\mm7.exe + CEDD0
004CDB67 ? C:\Old\MM\MM7\mm7.exe + CDB67
00462001 ? C:\Old\MM\MM7\mm7.exe + 62001
00460A9C | C:\Old\MM\MM7\mm7.exe + 60A9C
76C414D9 ? C:\Windows\syswow64\KERNELBASE.dll + 114D9
77202F68 ? C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll + 32F68
77202B60 ? C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll + 32B60
750F14A7 ? C:\Windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll + 114A7
771EFDCB ? C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll + 1FDCB
76C43BD5 ? C:\Windows\syswow64\KERNELBASE.dll + 13BD5
004A9569 ? C:\Old\MM\MM7\mm7.exe + A9569
00463021 | C:\Old\MM\MM7\mm7.exe + 63021
004CAC35 ? C:\Old\MM\MM7\mm7.exe + CAC35
004CD889 ? C:\Old\MM\MM7\mm7.exe + CD889
771FE6AB ? C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll + 2E6AB
750F3368 ? C:\Windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll + 13368
77209880 ? C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll + 39880

Registers:

EAX = 02F679E1
EBX = 00000000
ECX = 004D86F0
EDX = 02F67931
ESI = 0018FD3C
EDI = 004E946C
EBP = 0018FAB4
ESP = 0018FA70

Stack Trace:

0018FA70: 0018FABC
0018FA74: 00000000
0018FA78: 02F67931
0018FA7C: 0000000F
0018FA80: 0000001F
0018FA84: 00000030
0018FA88: 0040E300
0018FA8C: 02F90691
0018FA90: 00000023
0018FA94: 0000003F
0018FA98: 00000319
0018FA9C: 006A06A0
0018FAA0: 0018FA74
0018FAA4: 0018FA88
0018FAA8: 0018FF78 | TExcFrame.next
0018FAAC: 004D7BB4 | C:\Old\MM\MM7\mm7.exe + D7BB4
0018FAB0: 00000000
0018FAB4: 0018FD44 | Last EBP
0018FAB8: 0045F82B | C:\Old\MM\MM7\mm7.exe + 5F82B
0018FABC: 00000000
0018FAC0: 02F679E1
0018FAC4: 0000005F
0018FAC8: 0000005F
0018FACC: 004E946C
0018FAD0: 00000319
0018FAD4: 0018FE78
0018FAD8: 00000001
0018FADC: 006A06A0
0018FAE0: 70616863
0018FAE4: 00726574
0018FAE8: 00462006 ? C:\Old\MM\MM7\mm7.exe + 62006
0018FAEC: 0069BBE8
0018FAF0: 00000120
0018FAF4: 00034828
0018FAF8: 00000000
0018FAFC: 0000004D
0018FB00: 0018FD44
0018FB04: 004621DD ? C:\Old\MM\MM7\mm7.exe + 621DD
0018FB08: 006A06A4
0018FB0C: 00000000
0018FB10: 0018FE78
0018FB14: 00000000
0018FB18: 006A06A0
0018FB1C: 2E646F6C
0018FB20: 00706D74
0018FB24: 000010E1
0018FB28: 03072F54
0018FB2C: 03070000
0018FB30: 03072238
0018FB34: 00000000
0018FB38: 00000000
0018FB3C: 03072238
0018FB40: 010B4E38
0018FB44: 03072348
0018FB48: 010B4DD0
0018FB4C: 00000F9F
0018FB50: 00000000
0018FB54: 03072238
0018FB58: 0000077F
0018FB5C: 02F91678
0018FB60: 000000D5
0018FB64: 000007FF
0018FB68: 01000000
0018FB6C: 00000201
0018FB70: 000002A8
0018FB74: 0101FB8C
0018FB78: 0018FAB0
0018FB7C: 76C711E4
0018FB80: 00000000
0018FB84: 41000041
0018FB88: 0307FAE0
0018FB8C: FFFFFFFE
0018FB90: 77202F6D ? C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll + 32F6D
0018FB94: 77202B65 ? C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll + 32B65
0018FB98: 00000000
0018FB9C: 000007FF
0018FBA0: 771FDF95
0018FBA4: 9B08BD2E
0018FBA8: 02F91678
0018FBAC: 00000001
0018FBB0: 0018FC34
0018FBB4: 3074756F
0018FBB8: 646F2E31
0018FBBC: 02F8006D
0018FBC0: 02F87978
0018FBC4: 02F87973
0018FBC8: 00021C00
0018FBCC: 00000000
0018FBD0: 03070000
0018FBD4: 0100001C
0018FBD8: 0018FB20
0018FBDC: 00000042
0018FBE0: 0018FCA0
0018FBE4: 77243145
0018FBE8: 771EF945 ? C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll + 1F945
0018FBEC: 76C3DD62 ? C:\Windows\syswow64\KERNELBASE.dll + DD62
0018FBF0: 0000037C
0018FBF4: 00000000
0018FBF8: 00000000
0018FBFC: 00000000
0018FC00: 0018FC2C
0018FC04: 02F85968
0018FC08: 00000200
0018FC0C: 00000000
0018FC10: 76C3DDB4 ? C:\Windows\syswow64\KERNELBASE.dll + DDB4
0018FC14: 9E6BB31D
0018FC18: 0018FCBC
0018FC1C: 61746164
0018FC20: 77656E5C
0018FC24: 646F6C2E
0018FC28: 00000300
0018FC2C: 00000000
0018FC30: 0000017B
0018FC34: 0018FC14
0018FC38: 00000000
0018FC3C: 0018FC84
0018FC40: 76C67000
0018FC44: E8B5C779
0018FC48: FFFFFFFE
0018FC4C: 76C3DDB4 ? C:\Windows\syswow64\KERNELBASE.dll + DDB4
0018FC50: 750F3EC7 ? C:\Windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll + 13EC7
0018FC54: 0000037C
0018FC58: 02F85968
0018FC5C: 00000200
0018FC60: 0018FCBC
0018FC64: 65766153
0018FC68: 6D616720
0018FC6C: 6F632065
0018FC70: 70757272
0018FC74: 21646574
0018FC78: 6F432020
0018FC7C: 323D6564
0018FC80: 7E003230
0018FC84: 0018FF78
0018FC88: 751946E3
0018FC8C: EB7C7198
0018FC90: FFFFFFFE
0018FC94: 750F3ECC ? C:\Windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll + 13ECC
0018FC98: 004CDF51 ? C:\Old\MM\MM7\mm7.exe + CDF51
0018FC9C: 0000037C
0018FCA0: 02F85968
0018FCA4: 00000200
0018FCA8: 0018FCBC
0018FCAC: 00000000
0018FCB0: 0000017B
0018FCB4: 7EC30410
0018FCB8: 00000007
0018FCBC: 0018FD14
0018FCC0: 004D3EAE ? C:\Old\MM\MM7\mm7.exe + D3EAE
0018FCC4: 03070960
0018FCC8: 004CDEB1 ? C:\Old\MM\MM7\mm7.exe + CDEB1
0018FCCC: 00000007
0018FCD0: 00000007
0018FCD4: 004F2830
0018FCD8: 00000064
0018FCDC: 00000718
0018FCE0: 00003108
0018FCE4: 00000200
0018FCE8: 00000000
0018FCEC: 004CEDD6 ? C:\Old\MM\MM7\mm7.exe + CEDD6
0018FCF0: 03076290
0018FCF4: 0018FD20
0018FCF8: 004CDB6C ? C:\Old\MM\MM7\mm7.exe + CDB6C
0018FCFC: 00000000
0018FD00: 74726170
0018FD04: 69622E79
0018FD08: 0000006E
0018FD0C: 00000001
0018FD10: 00000000
0018FD14: 00016238
0018FD18: 00000000
0018FD1C: 00000000
0018FD20: 00000001
0018FD24: 00462006 ? C:\Old\MM\MM7\mm7.exe + 62006
0018FD28: 00000001
0018FD2C: 06A10020
0018FD30: 00034828
0018FD34: 00000000
0018FD38: 0000004D
0018FD3C: 004D86AC
0018FD40: 00000000
0018FD44: 0018FEC4 | Last EBP
0018FD48: 00460AA1 | C:\Old\MM\MM7\mm7.exe + 60AA1

I changed the compatibility but it didn't work here.
My Windows is 8.1
what can I do?

Using Windows 8.1; changing the compatibility did not work for me either. It is the same problem for MM6-8. Help please!

In my case, this error is caused by my McAfee Security Real Time Scanning. I have to disable Real Time Scanning in the McAfee management software in order to play MM7 or MM8.

McAfee complains about it. I have to override it and tell it to not turn itself back on. I always manually turn it back on after a play session, in case it does something useful besides crash MM game saves.

Can't you just add MM executable to the exception list? I'd rather not turn off the antivirus.

That didn't work for me when I tried it. Maybe it will work for other people. I don't turn off the whole security suite, just Real Time Scanning.