Fix app not starting when the savegames were corrupted - there is now a better error message

src/js/application.js

@@ -14,13 +14,10 @@ import { Vector } from "./core/vector";
 import { AdProviderInterface } from "./platform/ad_provider";
 import { NoAdProvider } from "./platform/ad_providers/no_ad_provider";
 import { AnalyticsInterface } from "./platform/analytics";
-import { ShapezGameAnalytics } from "./platform/browser/game_analytics";
 import { GoogleAnalyticsImpl } from "./platform/browser/google_analytics";
+import { NoGameAnalytics } from "./platform/browser/no_game_analytics";
 import { SoundImplBrowser } from "./platform/browser/sound";
-import { StorageImplBrowser } from "./platform/browser/storage";
-import { StorageImplBrowserIndexedDB } from "./platform/browser/storage_indexed_db";
 import { PlatformWrapperImplBrowser } from "./platform/browser/wrapper";
-import { StorageImplElectron } from "./platform/electron/storage";
 import { PlatformWrapperImplElectron } from "./platform/electron/wrapper";
 import { GameAnalyticsInterface } from "./platform/game_analytics";
 import { SoundInterface } from "./platform/sound";
@@ -36,7 +33,6 @@ import { MainMenuState } from "./states/main_menu";
 import { MobileWarningState } from "./states/mobile_warning";
 import { PreloadState } from "./states/preload";
 import { SettingsState } from "./states/settings";
-import { NoGameAnalytics } from "./platform/browser/no_game_analytics";
 
 const logger = createLogger("application");
 

src/js/changelog.js

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export const CHANGELOG = [
             "You can now configure the camera movement speed when using WASD (by mini-bomba)",
             "Selecting an area now is relative to the world and thus does not move when moving the screen (by Dimava)",
             "Fix bug regarding number rounding",
+            "Fix app not starting when the savegames were corrupted - there is now a better error message",
         ],
     },
     {

src/js/states/main_menu.js

@@ -366,11 +366,19 @@ export class MainMenuState extends GameState {
         this.app.adProvider.showVideoAd().then(() => {
             this.app.analytics.trackUiClick("resume_game_adcomplete");
             const savegame = this.app.savegameMgr.getSavegameById(game.internalId);
-            savegame.readAsync().then(() => {
-                this.moveToState("InGameState", {
-                    savegame,
+            savegame
+                .readAsync()
+                .then(() => {
+                    this.moveToState("InGameState", {
+                        savegame,
+                    });
+                })
+                .catch(err => {
+                    this.dialogs.showWarning(
+                        T.dialogs.gameLoadFailure.title,
+                        T.dialogs.gameLoadFailure.text + "<br><br>" + err
+                    );
                 });
-            });
         });
     }
 

src/js/states/preload.js

@@ -138,15 +138,10 @@ export class PreloadState extends GameState {
             .then(() => {
                 return this.app.savegameMgr.initialize().catch(err => {
                     logger.error("Failed to initialize savegames:", err);
-                    return new Promise(resolve => {
-                        // const { ok } = this.dialogs.showWarning(
-                        //     T.preload.savegame_corrupt_dialog.title,
-                        //     T.preload.savegame_corrupt_dialog.content,
-                        //     ["ok:good"]
-                        // );
-                        // ok.add(resolve);
-                        alert("Your savegames failed to load. They might not show up. Sorry!");
-                    });
+                    alert(
+                        "Your savegames failed to load, it seems your data files got corrupted. I'm so sorry!\n\n(This can happen if your pc crashed while a game was saved).\n\nYou can try re-importing your savegames."
+                    );
+                    return this.app.savegameMgr.writeAsync();
                 });
             })