[Spoiler] The file named "persistent"?

[nothing ever happens enjoyer]

I've been manipulating the save files a little and I've noticed that Act 1 and Act 2 persistent files are different in size. I tried switching between one and another and it actually is responsible for the acts. The lower 19 KB file loads act 1, while the higher 70 KB file loads the act 2. Since it is an unnamed file, could it actually be read or stuff? Opening it with Notepad gives you just gibberish.

[nothing ever happens enjoyer]

It's located in your AppData > Roaming > RenPy > DDLC - (numbers) folder.

[just.dont.do.it]

It's a binary settings file for renpy engine - it stores game settings as well as some important stuff (like you being eligible for "secret" ending or not).

[nothing ever happens enjoyer]

Originally posted by just.dont.do.it:

It's a binary settings file for renpy engine - it stores game settings as well as some important stuff (like you being eligible for "secret" ending or not).

Oh, I see. Thanks for the answer.

[rockmedved]

Also, if your persistent file does not match the act of your manual save, trying to load that save will give you a cute little message from Monika.

[nothing ever happens enjoyer]

Originally posted by rockmedved:

Also, if your persistent file does not match the act of your manual save, trying to load that save will give you a cute little message from Monika.

I know, tried that already.

[Braden]

Okay you know what? I take serious issue with this ~/.renpy/ ♥♥♥♥. If I download a portable distribution (PD) of any program, I expect EVERYTHING to stay in the directory I extracted out of the archive it came from, no exceptions. I do not tolerate PDs that write to the registry, or write to an outside directory. That is overstepping the boundaries implied by putting the software in a *portable distribution*. The whole point of a PD is to be able to be moved between different filesystems on different computers and still work as long as the underlying software is compatible (ABI, interpreter). The whole point of standardized config directories (and by extension, the windows registry) is to provide a place for installed programs (IP) (the kind you get from an installer image or package manager) to keep their config regardless of where they are located, to keep things organized. IPs and PDs are two completely different methods for releasing software. I don't care if you're trying to be meta, or clever, or whatever, you do NOT mix these up. That is sloppy practice, and you will piss off every sysadmin who gives a ♥♥♥♥ about keeping their filesystem at a certain standard of cleanliness. Like myself.

Think of it this way. What do I do when I want to remove a PD program? Easy, right? You just delete the directory, and it's gone. That's it. But when a PD writes outside of its directory, you have a problem: it won't clean up after itself. So if I decided to delete the game, the .renpy directory will still be there. This is a huge oversight and a huge problem, and quite frankly qualifies the game as malware in my book.

[nothing ever happens enjoyer]

This post is from October 31, move on.

[xae-chan]

So, we're going on six months since the game was released and just now you blow the whistle?

You've decompiled and found the smoking gun of writing to the registry etc. and so forth?