Remember that the RROD warranty is for three years (from purchase, not since last replacement). Just saying. Otherwise I think you're looking for either a new console or a local repair shop. Sorry I don't have any better news.
By default Crusader Kings 2 compresses (a) ironman games and (b) non-ironman games saved using the "Save Game" menu item. There is an unlabeled checkbox (checked by default) that controls the latter.
It does not compress non-ironman games saved by other means. That is, games saved using "Quick Save", "Save & Quit" and auto saves aren't compressed. Enabling "Compress Autosaves" setting in the "Game" options will compress any future auto saves, but "Quick Save" and "Save & Quit" will still create uncompressed saves.
To compress an existing uncompressed save simply load it in the game and then save it again using "Save Game". You can also create compressed save files on the command line, but you'll need a a version of the zip
command that supports bzip2 compression. Something like this:
zip -m -Z bzip2 -X mysave.ck2 autosave.ck2
The -m
option causes zip to delete autosave.ck2
after it compresses the file. Don't try give the compressed save game the same file name as the uncompressed save. If you want it to have the same name just rename it after compressing it. The -X
option tells zip not to include file meta data (eg. permissions) that seem to confuse Crusader Kings 2, at least on Windows.
Another option, if you're using Windows, is to enable NTFS folder compression on the game's save game directory. Windows will then automatically compress all files in the folder automatically, though not as well the game would. There might be similar functionality available for Mac OS X and Linux.
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It sounds like the CRT is damaged. I've never seen the inside of one of those machines, but is the monitor something that could be removed and swapped out with the tube of say an old PC Monitor?
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They've got a lot of info regarding this.