Old saves reset to mission start after update.

[whorrak]

Due to the frequent crashes at game save, I racked up near 20 saves during my current playthrough of Requiem (an excellent mission, btw). After installing the recent Dark Mod update, every one of those saves frustratingly resets me back to the start of the mission. This is not occurring with any newly created (post update) saves in other missions.

 

I've posted a copy of my most recent save (well, most recent save not corrupted by the old / still-existing save crash bug). Perhaps the dev team or other users can try to load it and see if it resets them as well?

 

The save files are zipped into a file located at whorrak.com/dark/

[Springheel]

Saved games from previous versions aren't expected to work after updating.

[whorrak]

That's... unfortunate. Was there a post about this that I missed? The update notes I read only said the issue with crashes at saving were resolved (which, btw, they don't appear to have been).

[grayman]

The 2.01 announcement includes a statement that saved 2.00 games won't work.

 

Crashes at saving weren't addressed. A potential crash at loading was.

 

Crashes at saving are probably due to memory usage issues, which is why they mostly occur with large maps that you spend a lot of time in per session. We'll be trying to fix those in 2.02.

[New Horizon]

That's... unfortunate. Was there a post about this that I missed? The update notes I read only said the issue with crashes at saving were resolved (which, btw, they don't appear to have been).

 

Save games are rarely supported by any game after an update. It introduces far too many issues in terms of instability. We always include a note informing users the previous save games won't work.

[whorrak]

My mistake. I read condensed (and apparently erroneous) release notes in an article on a gaming site. I should have looked for the official notes before posting. Sorry for wasting everyone's time!