I'm pretty sure old saves have issues. particularly with triggering events More has change than immediately apparent. I start a new game with every new version, no matter how sad I am to abandon those characters.
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Yeah it's a bummer because I don't want to have to grind out my perfect stable of characters every time. I set up a save with maxed out mansion and fully trained characters then I can play trhough the story parts with minimal fuss. I'll find a workaround I guess. Sometimes I've found that by creating a new save it overwrites the old and corrects itself. Hopefully I can repeat the feat.