[0.9.142] Cursed Mobile save

[ProtoDot]

This save is just cursed. Bricks the game on my linux desktop, refuses to get sent over discord somehow, everything about this save file confuses and terrifies me. I won't blame anyone for being unable to even touch this, but I figure I better post it.

 

[Theron]

Did you do any save editing?
Was it converted from the Flash version?

 

[ProtoDot]

No, and no. This was a completely ordinary (albeit slightly cheated) save, moved directly from my phone to my pc. I even double checked to make sure it didn't get corrupted in transit.

 

[Theron]

At first glance, it loads correctly in Windows 10, Edge.

I didn't get an error message, at least.

 

[ProtoDot]

Not the dread "works on my machine"

 

[Theron]

What browser are you using?

 

[ProtoDot]

This is a local installation, so electron.

 

[Theron]

You can create a new save and play normally on your desktop, right?

Was your phone a browser version? If so, what browser (and/or model phone)?

 

[ProtoDot]

Yup.

Nope, apk.

 

[Theron]

Just to be clear, you can create a Save-to-File and then load it with the Linux Electron version?

Will your phone load a save made on your desktop?

 

[ProtoDot]

Yup, just double checked.

...probably? I think it has before. I'll make sure.

 

[Theron]

Have you tried other saves from mobile to desktop? Is it just this one that causes problems?

Is there a specific error message, or does the program just hang or crash?

 

[ProtoDot]

Okay, yes, it works. It also works for most other mobile saves, it's just that this one specifically is bugged.

 

[ProtoDot]

Well, yes, it hangs, but it still responds to the close button just fine, it just also stops rendering any UI for some reason.

 

[Theron]

I see you went and meemed your storage maximums. But you probably did that for all your saves, right?

 

[ProtoDot]

It's a call I made for this character fairly early on, way before this save. I'll probably do it again later.

 

[Theron]

Do you have other saves for this character?

 

[ProtoDot]

A bunch, and they all work fine, just not this one.

 

[Theron]

How far back is the next most recent? If it's fairly close, it might help narrow down the cause.

Or possibly re-play up to this point and see if it happens again. You'd probably want to fork a test-save occasionally.

Edit: A Hail Gedan. I loaded your save, then did a Save-to-File.
If this actually works, there is probably magic involved.
I could also run a few tests for you, like move around and save on different tiles.

 

[Skunkupine]

JSON is a very brittle file "format" (scare quotes because I really don't feel it deserves even that much respect). It's very easy to damage a JSON file since there is no redundancy.
If you have access to a Linux system, you might see if running your save through json_pp (JSON pretty Printer) might clean it up enough to load - if so, then there's some bad formatting somewhere that is crashing the game's load routines. I don't know if json_pp is available in Windows as it is a command line only tool.

 

[ProtoDot]

How far back is the next most recent? If it's fairly close, it might help narrow down the cause.

Or possibly re-play up to this point and see if it happens again. You'd probably want to fork a test-save occasionally.

Edit: A Hail Gedan. I loaded your save, then did a Save-to-File.
If this actually works, there is probably magic involved.
I could also run a few tests for you, like move around and save on different tiles.

Downloaded save still borks the game. Gonna try pretty printing the save and see if that works.

 

[ProtoDot]

JSON is a very brittle file "format" (scare quotes because I really don't feel it deserves even that much respect). It's very easy to damage a JSON file since there is no redundancy.
If you have access to a Linux system, you might see if running your save through json_pp (JSON pretty Printer) might clean it up enough to load - if so, then there's some bad formatting somewhere that is crashing the game's load routines. I don't know if json_pp is available in Windows as it is a command line only tool.

I am on a linux system, so json_pp is available, and it looks like that did the trick.