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Yee, an explanation on the - and + would be nice in a future update...

Another nice QoL would be a faster way to traverse the map, areas like Risetti and Biscotti are so massive, that back tracking to a save point can take multiple minutes, assuming you manage to avoid every single encounter with only one party member still alive...

Also, another feature that would be very nice to add is a saves directory in the files, so you can back up your save data or send it to friends and stuff- when I encountered that "bug" with Vuu, I ended up accidentally deleting all of my save data by renaming data.win to troubleshoot, right after getting up to the 4th area and getting my party up to rank 2... TwT

It ended up coming back somehow, but I think that would be a very useful QoL feature- or even just the ability to import and export save data in the file select?

Oh! And one more thing- I did encounter a single fatal error crash in the first area of the game (Sablee)
I don't remember how it happened exactly, but I ended up moving 2 rooms rather quickly while an item was despawning, which I think was what crashed it...

Like I said, as I encounter things and play more of the game, I'll be sure to reply to this thread for suggestions, reports, and ideas! ^w^7

EDIT: I also encountered another bug I'd like to report! If you try to capture a soul sometimes after a fight, if you click and then click again, the audio may bug out and play the noise for longer than it's supposed to. It's kinda a silly bug reminiscent of the Genesis era, but I think it's worth mentioning!

EDIT 2: As if to karmically prove my point, my PC just bluescreened and corrupted all of my savedata and the game itself, to the point that I need to completely reinstall the game since I keep getting the following error every time I try to open the file select:

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ERROR in action number 1

of Create Event for object obj_file_select:

DoDiv :2: undefined value

at gml_Object_obj_file_select_Create_0

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gml_Object_obj_file_select_Create_0 (line -1)

Reinstalling did not help, either, so that's one helluva way to lose 15 hours of savedata QmQ
Completely uninstalling and reinstalling didn't help, either, since it keeps crashing...

NoseBecc6 days ago

Huh, that's a lot... Let's answer everything one by one!

I do plan on adding a fast travel system in the future, which will be unlocked later in the story! no worries there ^^

I definitely don't recommend renaming the files...! I'm kinda surprised it still worked after that. More info about the save files below!

The game does have some rare crashes that instantly close the game, without an error log... I'm still trying to figure this out, but these happening as you move into a new room correlates with other reports I've heard. Thank you, I'll see what I can do! I think it might either be a VRAM issue or a problem with GameMaker itself at this time.

Noted for the soul capture, thank you!

As for the bluescreen, I don't expect this was caused by the game since I've never heard of something like this before, but it could have been some real bad timing for sure which corrupted your save...
So, the save files are located in "C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\BE_Witches" where XXX is your username. I assume you chose the first save slot, in which case your corrupted save should be named "Save file 0", if possible, do you think you could zip that folder and upload it on say, MEGA, and I can take a look at it? It might be useful to prevent this kind of save file corruption in the future, and with a bit of luck I might also be able to fix your save!

NightlyStrax72746 days ago

~~Huh, I can't find a folder by that name anywhere in my AppData\Local folder... Is it possible that the Itch app's sandboxing might have put it in a different directory?~~

Turns out, the way Itch.io handles sandboxing is that is makes an entirely separate user account on your PC that's hidden, with very few permissions outside of the bare minimum. Who knew?

Anyway- here's (https://mega.nz/file/CA1kjS5D#NHu1dPmtSMdGn5NwLFMuowg_vknd2y1Bf72Z-kdqS8M) a full copy of the BE_Witches folder, which includes Save File 0 as well as my settings file, in case that's somehow messing things up- unless Notepad++ was failing to display things properly, though, the MainSave.sav file was filled with [NUL} on the entire line, so there's a pretty good chance any data there is lost for good...

If you don't mind me asking- is there any way you could implement an automatic backup/restore system into BE witches? Maybe keep a log of your most recent auto save and/or your most recent manual save, as well as some error tracking, so that if one of the folders creates an error and forces the game to hang it's able to identify it and replace it with one of the backups? Granted, I'm far from an expert on coding, so I have no idea how difficult this would be to implement (at least on the Itch version, since I know Steam handles save files a bit differently due to their cloud saves), but that would be a real life-saver in cases like this TwT""

Also- the crash in Sablee did have an error message in my case, although I forgot to report on it at the time- sorry about that! I tried to recreate it, though, and had no success, so it seems that it's probably an edge-case somewhere...

NoseBecc5 days ago(+1)

That's odd, Itch.io doesn't really do anything like that, it just lets you download the files really. GameMaker specifies where the save files are located, but I've no idea why it would put it on a different user account... Maybe some obscure setting on your side?

In any case thank you very much! This is wild, I've never ever seen a save get borked like that, this definitely seems to be beyond repair sadly... The only solution for the game not to crash on the loading screen might be to remove your corrupted save file entirely... I just tried crashing the game on purpose right as it's saving and even that couldn't replicate this issue, that blue screen must have really happened at the worst timing imaginable

I did consider adding a backup system before but that since I'd never seen corrupted / lost saves before, it didn't feel worth the effort. Since both you and someone else just had a save issue though, I'll work on adding that soon! It might be a bit primitive though, as in having to go in the save folder and replacing the files manually, but it's better than nothing

Oh that Sablee crash had an error! Damn, it really must have been a rare one then. I guess I've got some work ahead of me still...! Sorry I couldn't get your save back, but also, thank you!

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