Green planet not compatible with my old save

[zhongzihang19]

As title states, my 6.4k and 2.3k colony save both can be opened, but green planet feature just did not appear in the save. I opened new save and it works just not for the old one, I do think it is because my old save both have all sponsor building mod installed. Since this mod only unlocks structures from other sponsors in the base game, I disable the mod and reenter the save, which the green planet feature still didn't show up, so is there a way to fix this? Like going to save log and rewrite cs lines etc

[zhongzihang19]

So apparently I opened one of my old save that does not have mod and it too didn't have terraforming feature??

[Aturchomicz]

You cant terraform mars on old save games

[zhongzihang19]

Originally posted by Aturchomicz:

You cant terraform mars on old save games

wow that fking sucks

[Aturchomicz]

Originally posted by zhongzihang19:

Originally posted by Aturchomicz:

You cant terraform mars on old save games

wow that fking sucks

I heard someone is making a mod wich will allow for that

[captclaw]

Umm, i can flatten ground. And i did it on an old save

[Mnementh]

Originally posted by captclaw:

Umm, i can flatten ground. And i did it on an old save

Some of the free additions, like the landscaping tools, would work in old savegames.

However, most Green Planet features require fresh playthrough. We did make a lot of changes to existing code, which may or would not work with old savegames, and the potential for errors in old savegames was estimated as too unpredictable.

[TiltingMills]

This is the most disappointing thing I've read in ages, how was this not mentioned in any of the dev diaries?? I got up early today to play and take my beloved colony to the next level and now I can't :-(

[killeregon]

It has always been like that in computer games. Since ancient times (of the C64 )

[Aturchomicz]

Originally posted by killeregon:

It has always been like that in computer games. Since ancient times (of the C64 :cinnamon: )

Well the cities skylines dlcs never ruin MY save games even though I have thousands of mods

[ChoGGi]

https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=1743037670

[Tseudonym]

Many DLCs and even some updates don't update savegames retroactively. It's just a technical limitation. However, if the game has infinite procedurally generated worlds (such as Minecraft) then if you travel far enough you could get new terrain gen features.

[killeregon]

Originally posted by Aturchomicz:

Originally posted by killeregon:

It has always been like that in computer games. Since ancient times (of the C64 )

Well the cities skylines dlcs never ruin MY save games even though I have thousands of mods

Mods are no gamebreaking updates with totally new game mechanics ;)

[Тривиум]

Originally posted by Mnementh:

Originally posted by captclaw:

Umm, i can flatten ground. And i did it on an old save

Some of the free additions, like the landscaping tools, would work in old savegames.

However, most Green Planet features require fresh playthrough. We did make a lot of changes to existing code, which may or would not work with old savegames, and the potential for errors in old savegames was estimated as too unpredictable.

You also ruined the old savegames by not testing them with the vanilla Surviving Mars!

[Тривиум]

Vanilla 16.05. update ruins old savegames!

So the vanilla update on SM - NOT counting Laika and Green Planet but the normal SM with Space Race ruined at least several of my old savegames. In one of them as soon as I land a rocket returning from Spec Ops specialists recruitment the game freezes. In another one as soon as I visit a planetary anomaly I receive no reward and I am getting the option to land my Rocket on my coordinates! Literally there is no travel back time for it... Also I get a USA rocket pinned down which I cannot unpin and which is out of the map. When I click on it the camera moves to the lower right corner literally showing me out of bounds grey/white area.
And this is just for a 1-2 hours observation.

[evil]

Originally posted by Тривиум:

Originally posted by Mnementh:

Some of the free additions, like the landscaping tools, would work in old savegames.

However, most Green Planet features require fresh playthrough. We did make a lot of changes to existing code, which may or would not work with old savegames, and the potential for errors in old savegames was estimated as too unpredictable.

You also ruined the old savegames by not testing them with the vanilla Surviving Mars!

Okay, stop ranting. We are working on fixing the waste rock. Off topic, if you don't want autoupdates, you can disable them from Steam, it is an option. We've received your invisible rocket report and all the others. :D