After an update, old saves load into a scene that moved or is gone

You fix a typo, rename a scene or cut a chapter, and the people who saved yesterday cannot continue. This entry shows how to bring an old save to the nearest honest place in the new story instead of a crash or a wrong line.

Why this works

A saved position is only a pointer into words that have since changed. The one spot that is certainly meaningful is the start of a scene that still exists, so repair in a fixed order and never trust a position you have not checked.

When not to use it

Skip it for a game that is short enough to replay in minutes, or one that never changes after release. If an update rewrites everything, an honest fresh start with an apology beats a clever repair that lands people mid-sentence.

In the full entry

• What to build, step by step
• Starting values and the reason for each
• 3 common mistakes and the fix
• 35 lines of example code with 4 checks that pass
• How your AI shows you that it works

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Use the Spielerando entry "After an update, old saves load into a scene that moved or is gone" (read_entry old-save-points-into-a-patched-story) in my game. Build it step by step, and show me how you checked that it works.

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