Hey Survivalists!
We've released a patch on the Experimental Branch aiming to fix the remaining corrupted save files and infinite load screens. We hope after some feedback to move this across to the live version as soon as we can.
We had released a patch to the main branch which resolved many of the save corruption issues at the end of December but we've been working hard on another fix for those saves still effected. Thank you all for your patience so far and we're sorry to those still effected.
The last fix post:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/897450/announcements/detail/4135958413714984526
For this patch on the experimental branch we highly recommend backing up your save data which you can find instructions below.
We'd hugely appreciate feedback from those people still effected on the live version.
Installing the Experimental Branch
Warning on save data
If you access the Experimental Branch you risk your save data. We highly recommend backing up your save data before accessing it. Your save data default should be here:
You can just copy this to another folder for safe keeping.
Your current save will be compatible with the new Experimental Branch but likely you will not be able to go back to default with that save. The Experimental Branch will be kept up to date, so you could in theory just play the new branch going forwards. Also you will only be able to play online with other experimental branch players as the default will be incompatible.
Steps to enable Experimental Branch
First right click the game in your Steam Library and select Properties.
Then select the ‘Betas’ tab.
From here select Experimental from the dropdown list.
Once you next try to open The Survivalists on Steam you should automatically download the experimental branch!
Experimental Branch Feedback
Let us know all your thoughts and feedback in the ‘Experimental Branch Feedback’ section on the Steam forums and feel free to report any issues in the ‘Report Experimental Branch Problems’ area.
Thanks again for all your support and feedback so far, we can’t wait for everyone to try out all of the tweaks and new changes!
We'll keep everyone up to date here on Steam when all of the new changes roll onto the new branch and live.
For all the latest news check out these links:
The Survivalists Discord
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May your loot be plentiful and your monkeys well fed!