Old saves dont work ! is so frequent now, any ideas why?

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At least 85% of games in playing, "old saves dont work" START A NEW GAME" (or move this folder to this folder, stand on ya head and re -code the line to 102300854430 !

what is going on ?
 
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Hi,
that is the price to pay to play games in their early development stage - any modification in later versions may alter previous data/paths/whatever and screw your old save.
Or you won't have access to new features because they need a condition not included in your old save. (horizontal Dev)

that's why a lot of Devs warn that their games are in Alpha or early Beta - and that things may change/vary during development.

(Shit happens)
 

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At least 85% of games in playing, "old saves dont work" START A NEW GAME" (or move this folder to this folder, stand on ya head and re -code the line to 102300854430 !

what is going on ?
If it's Ren'py games, it's because their authors didn't take the time to read the doc, or to read the How To wrote by someone who read it. They assume that it's a natural behavior (since too many Ren'py games have it) and don't even care to search if a solution exist.