EA Install / Demo uninstall question to Devs

[Divine Manifest]

Dear Devs,

Can you please confirm that the inZOI Demo should be uninstalled before installing the EA release?
or, will installing the EA release automatically uninstall the Demo?

Also I am assuming that the game data in %Appdata% and "...\Documents" folders will be (optionally) retained when the Demo is uninstalled and will carry over to (be used in) the EA installation.
Do confirm this too.

Thanks!

[koinzell]

im assuming you'll need to move files manually similar with the sims 4 demo. and then after moving the files, uninstall the demo.

the demo has denuvo and the EA release claimed to not have that, so its probably 2 separate files, one is for the demo and the other is the EA game.

[fob]

I assume from other games that the demo is a separate software from the game itself so you will need to uninstall it manually, but if you made a character/building in the demo, the safer way is uploading it to use in the early access

[Divine Manifest]

In Steam Library, the Demo is a separate installation. So it has to be uninstalled. The question - is the demo automatically uninstalled from Steam Lib when EA is installed?

The user created data in %Appdata% and Documents folder is not a part of the demo installation files (nowhere in these paths is anything suggestive of Demo). Therefore ideally the same folders should be reused by the EA installation. Question arises, if the demo is uninstalled before installing the EA (which is the correct way to do, clearing all the registry entries and setting the stage for a fresh install of EA) - will the user created data folders be retained or will they too be removed when the Demo is uninstalled?

Most ideal way would be -
(a) EA installation should uninstall the demo from Steam Library. And retain the user data in %Appdata% and Documents folders.
(b) For those who do not purchase the EA, and choose to remove the Demo installation, an uninstall of the Demo should optionally delete the %Appdata% and Documents folders. The option to retain these folders during uninstall is in case the user purchases the game at a later date (an incentive, because the data is unusable in any other case).

Hence the ques to the devs. For only they can answer.

Personally, I have uploaded the creations to Canvas.
However, I do like a clean installation, without residue of software I won't be using. So I would first uninstall the demo, clearing the registry (and leave the user data folders situation to whatever happens). And then install the EA.

Thanks for reading this thru !

[Divine Manifest]

To close this thread,
I first uninstalled the demo from Steam. The saves and config were retained (not uninstalled).
Restarted Windows.
Started steam. The library still shows the demo entry. Ignore it.
Installed the EA game. Started the game.
The config settings, builds and characters were automatically added in the game. Had no need to import (download) from Canvas. Though I tried and that works too.


Thanks