Progress removed

[BasicKarma]

I found this editor mid-game, so I don't know if that's related, but everytime I used the editor, all of my progress got removed like quest line, interactions and character unlocks... Like even though I'm already at Myrellion, the probe loc got reset to Mhen'ga Loen (H) - 3Hrs 48Mins, 23 Days - Myrellion, Sindathu.txt

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I see. If you can, can you also post the save before editing it if you still have it?

[BasicKarma]

unfortunately no, I override the original save

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What browser were you using?

[BasicKarma]

I was using opera gx

[BasicKarma]

right so i've restarted for testing, and this is the save before putting in the editor: Before edit.txt

And this is the save after putting in the editor, without changing anything at all: After edit.txt

This is the .json Save.zip

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So far here's what I got.

I haven't been able to reproduce the issue on my side. I downloaded and tried on opera gx too but no luck.

• The editor keeps its internal list of flags, but can't catch every single flag. If there are flags on your save that aren't part of the internal list it'll add them to the end. I just tried it by adding a fake test flag and you can see it got added below, I saved and the flag wasn't removed.

  

• I noticed the save files you posted seem to be from a slightly older version, the latest version being 0.9.048. I looked through the diff between the versions and some things were changed here and there but nothing that should affect the flags.

• I might be wrong on this but it seems like they pushed out an unannounced update today because I loaded a fresh save I created this morning into the game and re-saved it immediately and some of the 'Sera' creature properties changed somehow. I highly doubt this has anything to do with the flags issue, though.

• I tried opening and saving the posted saves on the editor but they came out exactly the same on my end, except the saveEdited flag which is always set by the editor regardless.

So, unfortunately, some more steps:

• Did you at any point transfer the save from the flash version?
• What operating system are you using?
• What build and version of the game are you using? (Downloadable/Browser) I'm assuming you're using the downloadable version otherwise the new save would have been produced using the latest version

[BasicKarma]

I used window, I directly transfer the save from the game into the editor. Below is the process of me exporting the save, transferring it to the editor, and import it into the game. (I have used the browser version in this vid):

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/128219192/230753136-d7e24a8e-25fa-40bd-b526-1fbfcc315f97.mp4

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That video was incredibly helpful, thank you.

I think the issue is the editor not being able to handle multiple saves on top of another. I briefly mention this here but didn't do a good job at explaining better. Essentially, when you load a save on the editor when another is already loaded, it currently will not fully reset its state and will use some of the same properties the last save had. In your case it is (probably) using the old save's flags and replacing the ones of the save you just dragged.

I never got around to fixing the issue and kinda just forgot it existed tbh.

Just to confirm this is the issue, can you do the same test of loading the undedited file but without any save loaded in the editor? Just refresh the editor page or open a new tab.

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It is the case it seems. I was able to reload the save with the flags intact. And to retest the problem, I load another save into the editor and indeed the old flags have replaced the new flags. Not loading saves on top of each other also solve the duplicate perks issues, as an additional note.

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Cool, working on a fix now.

Not loading saves on top of each other also solve the duplicate perks issues, as an additional note.

That makes sense in hindsight.

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Found some time to work on this, loading saves on top of each other should work now