I can't load my last save at all

When I try to load I just get an Elemental crashing error... "Elemental: War of Magic has stopped working"

Oh well, just gotta start over.

I had a awesome one going but so what, new updates are a good thing, even if I have to start over (:

We're looking into this.  If you find yourself with a stuck turn, quick workaround may be to save the game (under a new name) and then load that save. It appears to resolve the stuck issue.

Thanks for the heads up Varlen. I think I'm just starting a new game, test the patch from the beginning. Thanks again to the dev team (plus... whoever ) for all the hard work.

overall word is that some saves are borked and others are working ok.  My take - the game is going to be in flux for a bit with changes and patches (all for the better) - just expect that if you update, you saves might not work - so don't get into any multi-day games unless you are willing to hold off on the next patch.  Not an awesome suggestion, but one that will FOR SURE enable you to keep playing your games if you don't want to lose them.  Otherwise, you take you chances and can lose your data. 

We were trying to do some fancy footwork to keep 1.05 saves working, but due to it...well...not working, we're going to release a hotfix that will simply disable old versions. Sorry for the hassle, guys.

Expect any patch for just about any game to mess up previous savegames. This has been the case with... almost anything.

Good idea - the campaign isn't incredibly long, so you aren't missing much.  FINISH IT!!!

Jesus, I can't even change settings like the sliders, or quit the game. The mouse/click will not react to the buttons.

BTW, it really bugs me that our settings are reset after each patch.

EDIT: Nope, I can't even enter the game.The mouse does not react to any buttons.

I am using hardware mouse, and disabled fullscreen mode if that helps.

Filthgrinder, what resolution are you running the game at?

Does it respond better at a different resolution?

If it will not let you enter the game, you can try editing your prefs.ini file in notepad.  This file can be found in /Documents/My Games/Elemental/

There is a part near the top for resolution:

[Video]
DisplayWidth=1024
DisplayHeight=768

Try adjusting this to your screen's resolution.  Perhaps with it resetting your prefs, it defaulted to a lower resolution.

Also, in future updates, we will no longer be clearing out the settings.

Scratch my previous joyous post. Now my previous saves are invalid because it simply won't load them. Wow. I didn't see a warning before I updated that it would invalidate my previous saves. It wasn't until I came back to this thread that I saw it has been disabled. I can't believe this game has been released and you as a customer have ZERO faith that anything you save will actually still be playable a day later. Should we gamers just give this game a month off to see if it is patched correctly before we sink hours and hours into gameplay?

Very disappointed by this. I wouldn't have gotten the update if I knew it would invalidate my prior saves.

Calm down? Did I use profanity or act in a childish manner? I've seen you fall on the sword several times defending Stardock. Sometimes criticism is more than deserved.

Your tone was more than enough to warrant the response, and it was very much acting in a childish manner. This is not a case where criticism is deserved.