So, game keeps saying it was not designed to run on windows or there was an error, preventing me from playing in full screen which offsets the buttons to the point that I cannot play one of the later shark hunt levels. Not sure why this is happening but thought it was important to let you know.
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Hi, I had the same issue with the file error, and was able to solve it by just deleting the README.txt file entirely (remaking it didn't do anything); I've been playing for a bit and nothing seems to be broken.
I didn't try compatibility mode or have your issues there, but if you right click on the .exe you should be able to select Properties, go to the Compatibility tab, and uncheck "Run this program in compatibility mode for... (whatever windows)".
If your progress is still gone after that, I think from trying to troubleshoot the file myself earlier that save data might be stored in hungrymermaidcruise.ini, so if you have a copy of that file from an older version of the game you can try renaming or deleting the .ini with the same name that comes with the new version and pasting the old .ini file into the new game folder. I can't guarantee that'll work either, but I think it would be worth a try if disabling compatibility mode doesn't fix everything already (also, just in case: if after everything you're still missing the other modes, I would make sure you didn't redownload the demo version by accident).
Running the game in compatibility mode and trying to troubleshoot it was what got the game to screw up. Removing the readme file fixed the file error, but even after deleting the ini file and redownloading the game, it still only gives me the cruise option and none of the other game modes and shows only the one mermaid, not even the other's silhouette.
Hi, just as a heads up, I'm able to reset my save by switching out the .ini file right in the normal game folder (the downloaded folder with the .exe) and it generates new .inis there too, so I think it might be reading from that folder right now, at least for me. Not a problem or anything at all, just thought I should let you know!
Yep, there's a hungrymermaidcruise.ini file in the game folder for me! If I rename it to force the game to generate a new one it resets my save, so it seems to be reading from there too. I am using the previous release where I had to delete README.txt, if that matters, but I haven't had any problems saving and loading, so I'm completely fine with just copying the save into whatever folder it needs to be in for any future releases.
Do you still have your downloaded folder for the last version of the game? It sounds like it somehow overwrote your save file with a fresh one before when you were in compatibility mode (though I'm not sure why it would do that), so just deleting the new .ini will only make the game create a new fresh one. If you can, you want to take the old .ini from the version of the game you played before and copy/paste it into the new folder to replace or overwrite the new .ini.
Unfortunately, if you don't have an old .ini, you might have to start over, but if the game is working properly you should at least be able to unlock the other modes again through playing.
I just want the game to work. The save file doesn't matter any more. Unless the game is meant to be like how it was half a year ago when it was first released when you first start without even the passive mode it isn't working, which is what I was trying to say when I stated it only gives me cruise, no other game modes, and there's not even silhouette's of the other mermaids.
Windows troubleshooting when I was trying to fix the initial error essentially bricked the game.