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Important notice/old saves not working


Unfortunately, even though I've been trying to fix the last almost 24 hours, due to both big mistakes I've done previously in earlier releases, and overall small story flow/proofreading improvements that this new release is receiving (for ep1 and ep2 content too), many saves are NOT compatible.

As Beta testers have pointed out, there is quite a few spots where they break, and unlike in some games where a simple rollback/ignore fixes it, it doesn't work here. Something got corrupted that is above my levels of fixing knowledge.  

Considering I am not willing to revert to the old scripts as they were, as there are quite a few things the game didn't record (for example I didn't have the game record if you went with Koko or Avis on episode 2 when you meet the thug ), I decided that unfortunately, a saves restart is needed.
I am fully aware that this isn't favorable by many, as this isn't the first time a restart was required.   However, due to how badly Beta broke/corrupted the saves, I'll do quite a few fixes and changes till the next tier gets its release(Tequila tier on Monday), and I'll also try to update the game to newer Renpy while at it.

The old plan was to have Episode 3>Episode 4>Episode 4.5 (ep2 renders rework + code/gui/renpy improvements), however, instead I will do many of the simpler changes I planned for 4.5 now, so even when the ep 4.5 comes with the renders etc. rework, the games save files should  be compatible.
This won't influence the current timetable for releases, and if there are any further fixes from Tequila>Public release I'll let those tiers know. Thank you for reading and patience, and so sorry for the inconvenience.

I've just released the update for Tequila tier, if you wish to play right now you can do so on the link here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/72499486

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I think that's totally OK with early versions of games but still, nice you mentioned in a post.

My saves were broken too, but I really don't mind! I play a lot of VN games, so it's helpful to get a refresher on the story. Just starting over and meeting Koko again sparked my memories, but I don't exactly remember what happened last, so it will be really helpful to start over! I really appreciate it when VN's give a short recap on each major update, but it isn't a big deal if you don't want to do that too. :)

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Did you switch ren'py versions? Many of the games I've played have either broken or wiped out saves when upgrading ren'py.

Initially? Nope. I was on same version. However, for some reasons it kept breaking. Sometimes of first load it would work, on second the same file would be corrupted. There was quite a lot of script changes, however something broke that shouldn't so I decided to call it early and move on, rather than work for it for days, possibly without fixing it.

I did now download new Renpy though, I've been on older version.