Saving Struct to Binary File/Copying Structs

I've tried following the instructions here, but I'm having some trouble loading the files. I think this may be because of the strings and vector I use in my structure, as I found a post while googling that suggested resizable (structures?) as a possible problem.

Anyways, here's the structure:

Code:

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struct _game
{
    std::string plyr_name;

    std::string plyr_class;

    int plyr_x;
    int plyr_y;

    int plyr_health;
    int plyr_maxhealth;

    int plyr_ap;

    int plyr_str;
    int plyr_dex;
    int plyr_per;
    int plyr_end;
    int plyr_int;

    map current_map;

    string shortlog[6];
    vector<string> longlog;

    vector<enemy> enemies;
};

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And here are the save and load functions...

Code:

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void save_game(_game Game)
{
    ofstream savefile("save.dat", ios::out | ios::binary);

    savefile.write(reinterpret_cast<char *>(&Game),sizeof(_game));

    savefile.close();
}

void load_game()
{
    _game loadgame;

    ifstream loadfile("save.dat", ios::in | ios::binary);

    loadfile.read(reinterpret_cast<char *>(&loadgame),sizeof(_game));

    loadfile.close();
}

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The program compiles fine, but when I try to load a game it breaks ("Your Program has encountered a problem and needs to close")... saving seems to work fine, but I'm thinking the problem is with the syntax somewhere in there, as I have no idea how most of the stuff in the read and write functions works...

That being said, even when I do get a game loaded, how would I go about copying the information from the loaded structure to a pre-existing one used to play?

Thank you for your time, sorry if this comes across as immature, but I'm tired, and have things I need to do before I go to sleep.

Timothy

Yes, the vectors and strings are a problem because their information doesn't (technically) exist in the struct. The only way to do it is to load/save each member at a time. When you get to the strings and vectors, you must then figure out how many objects there are in them (by reading a value) and then looping through them all.