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Save Bug

A topic by RealRabbitRoe created 22 days ago Views: 550 Replies: 9
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I came across a bug when I try to load a previous save. I get locked in an infinite loading loop and can't load any previous saves.

Hello there,
have you tampered with the save file, using a downloaded save, or extracted/moved the save folders

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Not at all, I've no idea how I'd go about doing that to begin with. I started after the update, I can start a new game just fine but whenever I try to load a save it goes into the "Now Loading" screen and doesn't advance after that. I tried running different compatibility settings (even though that was never an issue) just to try and see if that fixes it, but no luck.

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If you just start new game or load another save, is it fine? Try checking if when you right click the saves folder it has a checkbox to "unblock", otherwise it could be the file somehow got corrupted. Another thing, when you say, previous save... from when?

I don't get any option to "unblock" when I do so, but I did add itch.io and all program files related (mainly this game's files" to bypass my antivirus security halts. Also the problem is loading any save file, from new to old one's (that includes saved games I create to this date).

Hmm that's really weird to happen, but the save folder might have gotten corrupted. Go ahead and delete the save folder as well as the game folder, download again and start a new game. 

Pass a couple of in game days, save, close and reopen, then try to load, see if it still gets stuck.

Developer

Can you try to delete your save files and start a new game, save and load and tell us if it works?
Make sure to back up your save files before so they aren't lost.

Save files are located in appdata/locallow/arvusgames

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This has happened to me also can you give a more in depth way to fix it. I have not done anything to the files beside make them not read-only

No, the issue is the "Now Loading " screen as far as I can tell, any new saved files I create to this date  or old saved files are just deadlocked into the infinite loading.

Update on everyone's replies:

No it has nothing to do with the saves themselves, they are not corrupted or have been tampered with any any sort of way. The problem originated with the new update's introduction of a loading screen (as opposed to the previous waiting until the game changes to the loading save). The game ran absolutely fine and without any major hiccups or bugs before the newly introduced loading screen. I have now tried uninstalling and reinstalling, completely shutting off all forms of antivirus detections & halting that involve the itch.io programs (including itch.io program itself), I tried creating some new game and saving the game only for the newly saved game files to be deadlocked in the infinite loading screen as well, I know it is not a compatibility issue either because the game launches and runs just fine (save files are the main issue due to the newly introduced "Now Loading" screen. Honestly, I'm kind of at the end of the rope here on what to do, I'm basically be playing without any saves now.