If you set the game difficulty in the diagnostic mode it wont be saved without save/load state.
This can be worked around by setting difficulty saving state after boot and loading at every launch.
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If you set the game difficulty in the diagnostic mode it wont be saved without save/load state.
This can be worked around by setting difficulty saving state after boot and loading at every launch.