Hi everyone!

This patch introduces key improvements to save-game stability, story progression, and overall game behavior.

We’ve resolved multiple bugs causing save-game issues, progression blockers and multiple game crashes.

While this update should prevent new save-game problems, it does not restore previously lost or broken saves. Players affected by these issues will need to start a new Tape 1 save to continue into Tape 2. We understand this is far from ideal and deeply apologize for the inconvenience.

Before patch 1.02.120542, save-game corruption could occur in 2 ways:

1. ***The main save-game file is lost***
- It became too big at one point, failed to perform its next save, and is no more present in the save storage of your machine.
- This would manifest by having the save-game not showing anymore in save slot selection menu.
- This issue had more chance to occur when ending the story while having recorded a lot with the camcorder, or when trying to complete all the collectibles.
- The associated camcorder footages files are still in the save storage of your machine.
2. ***One camcorder footage file is lost***
- The main save-game got a trace of a recorded footage, but the footage itself is no more present in the save storage of your machine.
- This would manifest with blank thumbnails or inability to replay a footage. It would mainly appear in the camcorder memoir menu, but also rarely manifest when recording a footage.
- The issue can occur in multiple ways, just playing story mode, or after manipulating footage in the memoir menu (deleting junk footage, reorganize clips in a memoir, etc).

How can you know your save-game is corrupted?

- The save-game disappeared from the game’s save slot selection menu.
- You notice a blank or broken thumbnail for some footage in the camcorder memoir menu.
- You are unable to replay a footage in the camcorder memoir menu.
- You cannot progress the story in Movie Night chapter, in the garage, when the girls are watching on the TV the camcorder footage that the player has captured in the forest.

If you save-game is corrupted, what to do?

- You have to install the patch 1.02.120542 before doing the next step.
- You must clear the game’s save storage on your machine and restart a new game (only reinstalling the game is not sufficient).
1. First, disable Steam Cloud Sync
1. Open Steam and navigate to your Library
2. Right-click on the game and select “Properties.”
3. Go to the “General” tab and uncheck the box labeled “Keep games saves in the Steam Cloud”
2. Then locate and delete your local save-game files
1. Open your File Explorer.
2. Delete any file or folder in C:\Users\[YourUserName]\AppData\Local\Bloom&Rage\Saved\
3. Upload the new clean save-game to Steam Cloud
1. While the Steam Cloud Sync is still disabled, launch the game to create a new local save.
2. Start a new story, wait for the first dialogue to play, then return to main menu.
3. Exit the game
4. In the game’s Properties, re-enable Steam Cloud Sync.
5. Launch the game.
6. A message will show up mentioning there is a conflict between your local and cloud saves. Make sure to choose to continue with the local save. This will erase your cloud save and replace it with the new save.

If you encounter any issues while playing, please don’t hesitate to report them via our support platform (https://support.dont-nod.com/hc/en-gb/requests/new).

Thanks for your understanding.

***Save-Game Fixes***

- **Save-game size & lost save-game:**
- Save files are now compressed, reducing disk space usage significantly.
- **Camcorder video footage(s) not saved properly:**
- Fixed issues where camcorder footage in Collectible Mode or using memoirs could fail to save properly, become temporarily missing, or cause crashes.
- Fixed an issue where some camcorder footage was temporarily missing but reappeared later in the story.
- Fixed a conditional blocker in the chapter “Movie Night” caused by broken camcorder video footage(s).


***Game Progression Blockers Fixes***

- Fixed a conditional blocker in the chapter “Movie Night” where camcorder footage would not play on the TV, preventing story progression.
- Fixed a conditional blocker in the chapter “Echoes of Summer” where the exit interaction was blocked after filming the hideout.

***Crash Fixes***

- Fixed a crash which may occur while saving (UUNIGameSaveData::Collect)
- Fixed a crash which may occur while reorganizing clips of a memoir (UUNIInGameMenuPageEditMemoir::OnClipReplacementSelected)
- Fixed a crash which may occur while browsing camcorder video footages in the memoir menu (UUNIInGameMenuPageClipViewer::OnMediaOpened)
- Fixed a crash which may occur when accessing a camcorder video footage (UUNIMemoirSubsystem::GetAssociatedUserVideoForCollectibleFact)
- Fixed a crash which may occur when accessing a camcorder video footage (UUNIMemoirSubsystem::GetPossibleReplacementsForCollectibleFact)
- Fixed a crash which may occur due to broken capture data (reflection). (D3D12RHI::VerifyD3D12Result)

***General Fixes***

- Fixed an issue where the player’s choices recap screen at the end of Tape 1 would fail to connect online and gather community choices.
- Fixed an issue where the player’s choices recap screen at the end of Tape 1 did not display correct values for Nora’s relationship level.
- Fixed an issue in the chapter “Riot Grrrrls” where the position of the "Break" interaction on the padlock could lead to unintended choices or consequences.
- Fixed an issue preventing completion of the MothGirl collection due to an incorrect count.
- Fixed an issue where pressing the camcorder input during the camcorder tutorial rendered all in-game inputs unresponsive.
- Fixed an issue where PhotoMode's ****rotation/tilt adjustments carried over to the gameplay camera after closing it.
- Fixed an issue where dates displayed in the camcorder’s footage menu were incorrect by one day.
- Improved the photosensitivity warning, ensuring it displays during the first game boot and providing clearer text.

***Crash reporter improvements***

- Improved Crash Reporter again to provide even more data and context to developers.