Actually I fixed it already. Nothing that complicated. Just read a walkthrough to know the event points and predicted some flags. Turns out if u edit stats without doing all the actions before the event, u lock yourself out from some scenes.
Tell us something we don't know.
Maybe not that complicated for you but it is for others and as you wrote your little guide as to how to cheat the game others are going to try it and like you run into a brick wall and they're not going to be able to fix it like you. Just like you they will come here looking for help and expect us to fix it and will get the same response.
We're not being unreasonable when we say don't edit the save file as you have found out you run into problems when you do, we do it to save ourselves time and effort going through saves to find out what's gone wrong.
I can tell you now you're not the first and definitely won't be the last to be caught out.
Oh and you're welcome for all the help
I might go and do some yoga with Claire now