You could always move your savegame directory, uninstall the game, then reinstall it, and move the savegame directory back in place.
True! but, if the patch was installed with those savegames already there, they could possibly be no good.
i remember when this happened to me in <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/div.gif" alt="" /> with the black maps...my saves were no good... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/puppyeyes.gif" alt="" />
so i deleted them and started fresh...and after that...
i learned my lesson! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />