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Chris - (not an actual bear)1 year ago(+1)

Well, that’s the thing.

A permission error would be a problem with your device, that for some reason isn’t allowing you to READ files but allows you to WRITE them.

I don’t know if you’re on Windows, Linux or Mac. But it might be that the game can’t access the secondary save location.

WHERE ARE SAVES LOCATED ON PC?

  • PC > Local Disk (usually C:) > Users > USERNAME > AppData > Roaming > RenPy > CorruptedKingdoms-1547378918

WHERE ARE SAVES LOCATED ON MAC?

  • ~/Library/RenPy/CorruptedKingdoms

WHERE ARE SAVES LOCATED ON LINUX?

  • ~/. renpy/CorruptedKingdoms/

I’d say, check the permissions for those folders.

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TotallyNotASimp1 year ago

I'm on Android lol. The file is in android/data/com.domain.corruptedkingdoms.

The game can write a save file and read it no problem. But it somehow cannot read my old save files. Any ideas on why that is?

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Chris - (not an actual bear)1 year ago(+1)

That’s even worse.

I’ve no idea why Android would get fussy over that.

I mean, it’s trying to write to it’s own private folder.

I’d say check in the app settings, give it permission to manage files.

But I don’t know if that would really fix anything…

RenPy and Android don’t get along well.

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TotallyNotASimp1 year ago

This is very confusing. How can it be a permission error when the game can read and write files without any problems.

It has no problem reading a save file that the game created but it doesn't do that for the old save files. I think it's either a version compatibility issue or just android being buggy.

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Angel1 year ago

So, unsure if you figured out the issue, but in some cases when you go to update a renpy game in mobile it can have some weird errors take place. My best example from experience is when I downloaded an update for a different game that refused to update the game, then the next update just installed a completely new game file (basically duplicating the game files with a new one) and the new one couldn't grab the save of the old file. Had to just start over entirely as well, because the save files were incompatible. 

I bring up this example not as a "this is how you fix it" but a "I hope it isn't this bad for you" example of how fucky these games can be on Android ._.

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TotallyNotASimp1 year ago

Also, my old save files doesn't seem to have a "thumbnail?" Or whatever the picture that appears on the save slot.

It quite obvious that it can't seem to read my old save files, which I don't know if it's a compatibility issue? I could only guess cuz I am no game dev lol

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