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From my testing, unless you've already gotten to the event where you can start earning money; triggered by trying to buy something from Aero before you'd normally have money; you're stuck. I've also tried getting rid of the money by passing out in the Western District a little over 2 dozen times so far with no change. I can think of 3 possible reasons for this: 1) It's not actually taking the money, 2) The flag in the code for having money can't go away the way it currently is, or 3) The rate of money loss for passing out is either extremely slow, or fractional, the latter potentially meaning you can't lose all money that way. I'll be curious if they provide any explanation in the changelog once it does get fixed.

So, best guess is that it has to do with the 100 coin gift. Maybe the game detects the player has money and that prevents triggering the event for you to start earning money, which as far as I can tell is the gateway into pretty much everything else.

As a test, I reverted to a save before getting PATS, then tried getting rid of the coins by repeatedly passing out in the Western District, then occasionally saving and trying to buy something from Aero, reverting to the save when it doesn't work. There's nowhere for me to see how many coins I currently have, and I've no idea now much is lost per incident. I've done it a dozen times so far, but still get the same result when trying to buy something; it doesn't give me a price, but acts like the purchase was successful.

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I can't find any way to progress into the main story quests. I've gotten through the coded door, got PATS,  and have now spent over a month in-game time running down every interaction possible, but there's no information on how to move forward. The wiki mentions leveling up through training, but there's no option to train at the gym or anywhere else, only to 'hang out'. I've tried buying things at Kuri's, Aero's, and Foxxuck's; when an item is selected it doesn't give a price, just has a 'Done' button, and when that's clicked it claims I've received the item, though nothing shows up in any of the three inventories. No new text messages since Trald's "I got my guy on the case!...", and no interactions give any clue on how to proceed. I've resorted to saving and reloading at least half a dozen times for each interaction to try and get whatever I'm missing. As far as I can tell I'm at the point where I'm supposed to receive a call from Zorro but as it seems I've exhausted every option it's gotten frustrating. It's a new game as of the latest build (23.04.16). It's as likely as anything that I'm missing something very obvious; wouldn't be the first time; but any help would be very much appreciated.