i'm not understanding this though.. i didn't have any hunger/stamina penalties applied, in fact, i had an item bonus.. why don't i get the full value of my charm level? 
ah, understood.
now im having a bit of a weird issue this time..
my saves have gone all screwy.. the thumbnails are for the correct part of the game where i saved, but when i load them, they all go to this one bit where i was talking to Amanda, and then the thumbnail changes to that also.. I've lost a whole lot of gameplay (mostly grinding, a good few hours worth)..
i cant really say much more than that about it .. i really dont know what happened, and while im not an expert, im not new to AVNs or renpy
perhaps there was an error when i put the pc to sleep or somesuch, i havent been able to recreate it yet. yeah, i was on the save screen only taking a screenshot for an example to show, but not when the problem occurred. i'll let you know if it happens again, and maybe why/when/how it happens.
im proceeding carefully from just after where the save broke, checking regularly as i go.
win10
2 years ago(+1)
thanks! Just to be save, try to save only when there is a textbook, or on the map screen :)
Theoretically anywhere should be fine, but that way you absolutely can‘t save while in some kind of temporary loop the game doesn’t write into saves.