[General] Missing Graphics on Loading a Game

[Soul Reaver]

I've noticed this multiple times - it happens sometimes when I start Warcraft III anew, then load a old single-player game from my custom campaign (or in some cases, any skirmish game) - some graphics/special effects are just missing. In standard skirmish games, for example, the animation glowy green effect that's supposed to play for summonig undead buildings doesn't appear.

Some facts I know:
- If you start a map new and just keep playing, this won't happen, no matter how often you save/reload
- However, if I quit Warcraft 3, restart my computer, then start Warcraft 3 anew and load one of those old games then (even if loading that saved game worked fine during that earlier single session) the problem happens every time with that saved game.

I saw a reference to a similar problem on the DotA forums when I searched (see http://www.playdota.com/forums/showthread.php?t=116842), but the suggested solution (restarting my PC) didn't help - the same save game still stuffs up every time.

Any idea what causes this?

 

[Lambdadelta]

This doesn't really help you understand it, but I've experienced glitches with saved games too. For example, multiboard titles lose their colouring and become white, certain visual effects (I noticed starfall caster effect) don't properly show all aspects of it, etc. I suppose it's just something to do with saved games.