Oh no, I’m using RPG Maker’s default save and load system, so I can’t get very far with that...
As for fast-forwarding, I’d already thought of that, but it’s a completely open-world game; it isn’t divided into chapters, screens or anything like that – the player simply explores, solves puzzles, collects items and all that sort of thing. Fast-forwarding isn’t an option either.
Hahaha, you had to replay 40 hours of the game??!!! Sorry for laughing, but that seems absolutely mad to me, although it’s clear you really liked the game.
As for the problem, I’m going to try to ‘roughly’ modify the files that were changed from the previous version to the current one directly in the .zip file uploaded to itch… it’s quite a bit of work; I have to work out everything I’ve changed and replace only those files, but I can’t think of much else… If I can’t manage to do this either, I’ll have no choice but to publish a devlog, report on the progress and offer a very sincere apology to the players…
Thanks for your help mate, have a nice weekend! 💖