diff --git a/artifacts/ddraw.ini b/artifacts/ddraw.ini
index 32a5c2ab..26d9edd5 100644
--- a/artifacts/ddraw.ini
+++ b/artifacts/ddraw.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;sfall configuration settings
-;v4.2.0
+;v4.2
 
 [Main]
 ;Change to 1 if you want to use command line args to tell sfall to use another ini file.
diff --git a/sfall/Modules/BugFixes.cpp b/sfall/Modules/BugFixes.cpp
index f6738b91..43483c3a 100644
--- a/sfall/Modules/BugFixes.cpp
+++ b/sfall/Modules/BugFixes.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ void BugFixes::DrugsSaveFix(HANDLE file) {
 bool BugFixes::DrugsLoadFix(HANDLE file) {
 	DWORD count, sizeRead;
 	ReadFile(file, &count, 4, &sizeRead, 0);
-	//if (sizeRead != 4) return true;
+	if (sizeRead != 4) return false;
 	for (DWORD i = 0; i < count; i++) {
 		DWORD pid;
 		ReadFile(file, &pid, 4, &sizeRead, 0);
diff --git a/sfall/Modules/LoadGameHook.cpp b/sfall/Modules/LoadGameHook.cpp
index 04fedf56..bd96c719 100644
--- a/sfall/Modules/LoadGameHook.cpp
+++ b/sfall/Modules/LoadGameHook.cpp
@@ -229,8 +229,10 @@ static bool LoadGame_Before() {
 		if (uID > UniqueID::Start) Objects::uniqueID = uID;
 		ReadFile(h, &data, 4, &size, 0);
 		Worldmap::SetAddedYears(data >> 16);
-		if (size != 4 || !Perks::load(h) || script::LoadArrays(h)) goto errorLoad;
-		if (BugFixes::DrugsLoadFix(h)) goto errorLoad;
+		if (size != 4 || !Perks::load(h)) goto errorLoad;
+		long result = script::LoadArrays(h); // 1 - old save, -1 - broken save
+		if (result == -1) goto errorLoad;
+		if (!result && BugFixes::DrugsLoadFix(h)) goto errorLoad;
 		CloseHandle(h);
 	} else {
 		dlogr("Cannot open sfallgv.sav - assuming non-sfall save.", DL_MAIN);
@@ -245,12 +247,13 @@ static bool LoadGame_Before() {
 	} else {
 		dlogr("Cannot open sfalldb.sav.", DL_MAIN);
 	}
-
 	return false;
+
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////
 errorLoad:
 	CloseHandle(h);
 	dlog_f("ERROR reading data: %s\n", DL_MAIN, buf);
+	fo::func::debug_printf("\n[SFALL] ERROR reading data: %s", buf);
 	return (true & !isDebug);
 }
 
diff --git a/sfall/Modules/Scripting/Arrays.cpp b/sfall/Modules/Scripting/Arrays.cpp
index 045667af..b2332c7b 100644
--- a/sfall/Modules/Scripting/Arrays.cpp
+++ b/sfall/Modules/Scripting/Arrays.cpp
@@ -183,12 +183,13 @@ bool LoadArrayElement(sArrayElement* el, HANDLE h)
 	return (el->len) ? (unused != el->len) : (unused != 4);
 }
 
-static bool LoadArraysOld(HANDLE h) {
-	dlogr("Loading arrays (old fmt)", DL_MAIN);
-
+static long LoadArraysOld(HANDLE h) {
 	DWORD count, unused, id;
 	ReadFile(h, &count, 4, &unused, 0); // count of saved arrays
-	if (unused != 4) return true;
+	if (unused != 4) return -1;
+	if (!count) return 0;
+
+	dlogr("Loading arrays (old fmt)", DL_MAIN);
 
 	sArrayVarOld var;
 	sArrayVar varN;
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ static bool LoadArraysOld(HANDLE h) {
 	for (DWORD i = 0; i < count; i++) {
 		ReadFile(h, &id, 4, &unused, 0);
 		ReadFile(h, &var, 8, &unused, 0);
-		if (unused != 8) return true;
+		if (unused != 8) return -1;
 
 		var.types = new DWORD[var.len];
 		var.data = new char[var.len * var.datalen];
@@ -226,23 +227,25 @@ static bool LoadArraysOld(HANDLE h) {
 		arrays.insert(array_pair(id, varN));
 		savedArrays[varN.key] = id;
 	}
-	return false;
+	return 1;
 }
 
-bool LoadArrays(HANDLE h) {
+long LoadArrays(HANDLE h) {
 	nextArrayID = 1;
 
-	if (LoadArraysOld(h)) return true;
-
-	dlogr("Loading arrays (new fmt)", DL_MAIN);
+	long result = LoadArraysOld(h);
+	if (result) return result;
 
 	DWORD count, unused, elCount;
 	ReadFile(h, &count, 4, &unused, 0); // count of saved arrays
-	if (unused != 4) return true;
+	if (unused != 4 && !result) return 1;
+
+	dlogr("Loading arrays (new fmt)", DL_MAIN);
+	if (unused != 4) return -1;
 
 	sArrayVar arrayVar;
 	for (DWORD i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-		if (LoadArrayElement(&arrayVar.key, h)) return true;
+		if (LoadArrayElement(&arrayVar.key, h)) return -1;
 		if (arrayVar.key.intVal == 0 || static_cast<long>(arrayVar.key.type) >= 4) { // partial compatibility with 3.4
 			arrayVar.key.intVal = static_cast<long>(arrayVar.key.type);
 			arrayVar.key.type = DataType::INT;
@@ -250,12 +253,12 @@ bool LoadArrays(HANDLE h) {
 
 		ReadFile(h, &arrayVar.flags, 4, &unused, 0);
 		ReadFile(h, &elCount, 4, &unused, 0); // actual number of elements: keys+values
-		if (unused != 4) return true;
+		if (unused != 4) return -1;
 
 		bool isAssoc = arrayVar.isAssoc();
 		arrayVar.val.resize(elCount);
 		for (size_t j = 0; j < elCount; j++) { // normal and associative arrays stored and loaded equally
-			if (LoadArrayElement(&arrayVar.val[j], h)) return true;
+			if (LoadArrayElement(&arrayVar.val[j], h)) return -1;
 			if (isAssoc && (j % 2) == 0) { // only difference is that keyHash is filled with appropriate indexes
 				arrayVar.keyHash[arrayVar.val[j]] = j;
 			}
@@ -267,7 +270,7 @@ bool LoadArrays(HANDLE h) {
 		savedArrays[arrayVar.key] = nextArrayID++;
 		arrayVar.keyHash.clear();
 	}
-	return false;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void SaveArrays(HANDLE h) {
diff --git a/sfall/Modules/Scripting/Arrays.h b/sfall/Modules/Scripting/Arrays.h
index f2a457c9..0d2ccfd4 100644
--- a/sfall/Modules/Scripting/Arrays.h
+++ b/sfall/Modules/Scripting/Arrays.h
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ extern DWORD arraysBehavior;
 // saved arrays: arrayKey => arrayId
 extern ArrayKeysMap savedArrays;
 
-bool LoadArrays(HANDLE h);
+long LoadArrays(HANDLE h);
 void SaveArrays(HANDLE h);
 int GetNumArrays();
 void GetArrays(int* arrays);
diff --git a/sfall/version.h b/sfall/version.h
index d31d22a3..33d512a4 100644
--- a/sfall/version.h
+++ b/sfall/version.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #define VERSION_BUILD 0
 #define VERSION_REV 0
 
-#define VERSION_STRING "4.2.0"
+#define VERSION_STRING "4.2"
 
 //#define CHECK_VAL  (4)