I think starting at episode 3 the game sometimes crashes when saving, later it crashes on every save or quick save. Happily the save file is always there after restart. I'm using Windows 10 and the version 1808 but played the version before with the same save files. Crashing means the game closes immediately without a message.
it's very strange that there is no message 🤔
so far I have trouble reproducing it, and only got hunches what could cause it:
does it only happen on episode 3?
is there a screenshot for the save files?
do you see a file called "tempsave.sav" in the game dir?
also are you using the itch.io app to play and if not does that make a difference?
I'm not using the itch.io app, I have a folder on my desktop. There is a screenshot and there is no tempsave.sav. It started in episode 3 but I havye savegames from episode 4 and 5 where the bug is reproducable (at least for me). Just load a corrupted save files (this works) and then save again (quick or normal) and then it crashes after saving.
sounds tricky - so the saving seems to work and a corrupted value could be causing a crash?
still it doesn't make sense why there is no error popup of any kind on crash 🤔
(I guess if it's truly corrupted save I will be able to reproduce it, but just in case:
so if you start a new game on episode 3 with the level select and save the game then it works ok?)
Can I post a link here to the zipped save files? There are no DM on itch.io.
Update: I fixed it by deactivating Avast Antivirus, in windowed mode I could read the message. It didn't like the game writing in a desktop folder and asked for permission. Strange thing was, the save files were also written before but with a crash after.
Sorry for the false alarm, antivirus and firewalls can be annoying. It's probably not best practice to run an application on the desktop, but most of the time it works. But I wonder if it gets better under c:/programs/, save games should actually be stored under AppData\Roaming\... or AppData\Local\..., sometimes also in the documents folder.