Hotfix for the rare case of players missing items/money
Thanks to your reports we've tracked down a bug that affected a small amount of players, where their items and/or money disappeared with the most recent build. This occurred to players who had a derailed caboose when their game updated. There's more to it, but in short, the derailed caboose would cause an error that would propagate to the rest of the saving process.
[h2]If you're affected (a few players)[/h2]
(your items and/or money are missing since updating to #88, and you own the caboose)
Unfortunately you'll need to roll back to the save before #88, if you wish to retrieve the lost items/money. To do this, follow these steps:
This way you'll have replaced your current save with the latest working backup. Now you should be able to start the game, and it will continue where you left off in #87 without issues. Side note: in the future Derail Valley will feature a proper in-game save manager.
[h2]If you're not affected (most players)[/h2]
(you have all your items/money, don't own the caboose, or you didn't update to #88 yet)
You can continue playing normally. This update won't affect you.
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Despite thorough testing, both internally and with beta testers before releasing updates, this one slipped through. We're sorry for the inconvenience!
[h2]If you're affected (a few players)[/h2]
(your items and/or money are missing since updating to #88, and you own the caboose)
Unfortunately you'll need to roll back to the save before #88, if you wish to retrieve the lost items/money. To do this, follow these steps:
- Update Derail Valley (restart Steam to make sure the hotfix is downloaded and applied)
- In Steam Library right click Derail Valley > Properties > Local Files > Browse Local Files...
- In the new window go to folders DerailValley_Data > SaveGameData
- Rename the file "savegame" to something else (e.g. "savegame-88-broken")
- Make a copy of the file "savegame_old_version5"
- Rename that copy to just "savegame"
This way you'll have replaced your current save with the latest working backup. Now you should be able to start the game, and it will continue where you left off in #87 without issues. Side note: in the future Derail Valley will feature a proper in-game save manager.
[h2]If you're not affected (most players)[/h2]
(you have all your items/money, don't own the caboose, or you didn't update to #88 yet)
You can continue playing normally. This update won't affect you.
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Despite thorough testing, both internally and with beta testers before releasing updates, this one slipped through. We're sorry for the inconvenience!