Hmmmmm... thanks for telling me that, but I don't think my game has such a problem, or could you please tell me about your issue in more detail?
But renpy 7.4 sucks, that's true.
Just below you can see the problem I was facing after your latest public release update... V 10, The game would open and then no mater what I do or where i touch on the screen nothing happens.... I didn't really check out V10D, because the previous V10c already ruined the saves, and with my experience of other games, I already knew that installing the latest update wouldn't really change anything... And at that point I was wondering if the problem was somewhere in my phone which has Android 11 installed in it, so I reset my phone and everything was lost... So I really don't know if V10D works or not, now that I have reset my phone, I'm downloading all the games I had previously installed and going to start fresh.... I'll downlad VIRTUES now, now that I know you have updated it..... Hopefully this time it'll be different....
Oh, I didn't realize it was you, sorry. That unresponsive problem that you have is a bug of renpy7.4 indeed. I know that some users of certain Android devices would have this problem, like Pixel 4 or 5. I hope Renpy can fix it soon.
But the save-ruin thing sounds like a totally different issue and it may be something I can fix from my end. Could you please tell me more about this issue? Like, what makes you think your saves are ruined? Do you receive an error report when loading a save in an old version game? Or did the save files just... eh... disappear somehow?
That's alright.... And I also ended up with the same theory as you, that the problem is not only with Re'npy software version but also with Android 11 version... But I don't think the problem persists for specific devices..... It might be for Android 11 version users in general.....
And about the saves being ruined.... Ok I'll try to explain it to you with an example:
1. Let's just say I had v9 of VIRTUES installed and i completed all scenes in that version and saved.
2. Now I downloaded and installed V10c which you initially released and like I said in my earlier comment, there is no response after the opening page.... No matter where I touch on the screen....
3. Now after fixing a few bugs you release v10d, and again I downloaded and installed the latest version on top of the previously installed v0c. I open the game, the screen goes black and nothing happens for however long you wait. And then you grow impatient and you either uninstall and reinstall the damn thing and all your saves is gone and you have to start the game over or you try to just erase the data in the settings and try to restart the game and then the problem I mentioned on my 2nd point starts again.
And also, like rubbing salt to the wound, you have an option to save your files to some other folder before uninstalling the game or erasing the data, but even if you save it to another folder, there in no way for you to restore it back to the data folder, because it's not allowed by Android 11. It really is a huge pain in the rear...
Thanks for patiently answering. I understand that your saves will be gone after you delete the game, that's normal. But what do you mean by “there is no way for you to restore it” even if you have transferred your saves to another folder? Did those saves still disappear even after you transferred them? Or did you receive an error report when loading your transferred saves in v9 again?
What I mean to say is that Android 11 allows you to copy files or folders from the path Android/ Data/ Re'npy or whatever, but it doesn't allow you to transfer/ copy/move/paste those files or folders back to the same path Android/Data/Re'npy.... If you still have doubts about it I can send you my screen recording....
For example: Suppose I was finished playing V9 and for some reason I have to reset my phone.... So I copy the saved files from the Data folder to a pendrive or a different folder.
Once I reset my phone, I install V9 or the latest V10, open it once and the go back to the Data folder to paste the old files, then Android 11 doesn't allow you to paste it back. It seems Android 11 is designed in such a way that you cannot make changes to the files in data folder other copying from it to a different folder.....
I'm pretty sure Android 11 has no restriction in copy&paste, that is one of the most fundamental functions after all. Maybe it is a bug in Pixel. I assume you were using the Files app to do copy&paste? I suggest you try a different file explorer (I never used any google device before but I assume it allows you to use different file explorers than Files?)
And you can always choose to connect your phone to a pc and copy&paste files easily as you do on a pc.
