i can start the new rachel events it keeps saying
let her get used to the ring first
I'm having the same problem. In fact, that was the only problem I had when trying to use my old saves, so I decided to try with the default saves that come with the new update, and I'm still having the same problem.
EDIT: Okay, this was SUPER confusing, because it's been so long since I played the last update, and the way the walkthrough is set up is not clear at all. I finally had to compare the walkthrough from 1.85 to the walkthrough from 1.75 to confirm my suspicions once I started to figure it out. All of the stuff with Rachel, Connie, Mei, Hannah, and the Princess that's in the "1.75-1.85" section of the walkthrough is stuff that already happened in 1.75, and 1.85 only has content for the other characters. So, basically, the current "Play Day" is split up between the two updates, but it's all listed together in one section of the walkthrough.
It would be more clear if the Play Days were numbered and the walkthrough listed its content by Play Day, OR
it would also be more clear if the walkthrough actually fully separated the contents by update.
As it is, the walkthrough lists all the contents of the current Play Day under a heading that's marked with update numbers for two separate updates. I understand that now, someone playing for the first time could do those things in any order within the Play Day, but having the walkthrough written this way while trying to keep up with the updates is just a confusing mess.
What this game desperately needs is the quest tracker plugin., which would SUCK to have to go back through and add in to everything now. Alternatively, maybe list the Play Day in all caps with some flourish in the walkthrough, and then list each update as a sub-heading under it to keep them separate.