0022930: Edited: Backwards compatibility of profiles. - Arcen Idea Tracker (Bugs and Features)

ID	Project	Category		Date Submitted	Last Update

0022930	AI War 2	Bug - Other		Mar 4, 2020 5:52 pm	Mar 26, 2020 5:38 pm

Reporter	Shnatsel	Assigned To	Chris_McElligottPark
Severity	major
Status	resolved	Resolution	fixed
Product Version	2.007 Speed Boost
Fixed in Version	2.012 Populous

Summary	0022930: Edited: Backwards compatibility of profiles.
Description	I've switched to latest_stable on Steam as advised in the Steam release announcement to work around 0022929. This brought me to 2.001 instead of 2.006 as expected. After launching the game it complained that it cannot load the profile and prompted me to create a new one, which I did. I did not realize the profile also includes saves, and looks like they're all gone now. I've tried opting out of betas and loading 2.007 again, but that loads the newly created empty profile and doesn't let me switch to any other profiles - "switch profile" merely brings up a dialog for editing the name and color of the current profile. Any tips on recovering the saves would be appreciated.
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Chris_McElligottPark Mar 4, 2020 6:40 pm administrator ~0056308	Your saves are definitely still there, they are in the the Saves folder and not in your profile. I need to make the profile more backwards compatible, hmm. Your "most recent save" is the only thing that is linked by the profile, and if you load something else via the Load Game menu under single player, then it will bring that back up.

BadgerBadger Mar 4, 2020 6:45 pm manager ~0056310	Profiles really need to be backwards compatible imho. It means that every time there's a release problem and people go back to the "most recent stable" they lose all their profile settings.

Shnatsel Mar 4, 2020 6:58 pm reporter ~0056314	Thanks for the quick reply! I didn't see the most recent save listed so I assumed they're all gone. Sorry about the false alarm!

Chris_McElligottPark Mar 4, 2020 7:01 pm administrator ~0056315	No worries at all! It's something that I do need to deal with to not have it mess with your settings and profile, at least.

Chris_McElligottPark Mar 26, 2020 5:38 pm administrator ~0056614	Thanks! * Made it so that settings files and input bindings files -- from this version onward -- are now forwards-compatible. ** Aka, if you load a version 2.016 settings file in version 2.012, then it would let you do that. In the past, loading a version 2.012 file in 2.011 would cause it to show an error message and toss out all your settings. * The player profile is now stored in an xml format rather than the char field format that it was using before, which allows for hand-editing if we ever need to and is more flexible in general. The player profile also now is forward-compatible from version 2.012 onwards, like the settings and player inputs. Thanks to a variety of players, but including Shnatsel, for suggesting.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
Mar 4, 2020 5:52 pm	Shnatsel	New Issue
Mar 4, 2020 6:40 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Note Added: 0056308
Mar 4, 2020 6:45 pm	BadgerBadger	Note Added: 0056310
Mar 4, 2020 6:56 pm	Shnatsel	Summary	Switching to latest stable destroyed saves => Switching to latest stable (looked like) it destroyed saves
Mar 4, 2020 6:58 pm	Shnatsel	Note Added: 0056314
Mar 4, 2020 7:01 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Note Added: 0056315
Mar 12, 2020 11:56 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Summary	Switching to latest stable (looked like) it destroyed saves => Edited: Backwards compatibility of profiles.
Mar 12, 2020 11:56 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Assigned To	=> Chris_McElligottPark
Mar 12, 2020 11:56 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Status	new => assigned
Mar 12, 2020 11:56 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Relationship added	related to 0023002
Mar 26, 2020 5:38 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Status	assigned => resolved
Mar 26, 2020 5:38 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Resolution	open => fixed
Mar 26, 2020 5:38 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Fixed in Version	=> 2.012 Populous
Mar 26, 2020 5:38 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Note Added: 0056614