OK, let's talk (Patreon)

Hi there everyone.

let's first say:
If something is not working for you after getting a new repack and you contact me, for the love of god, tell what's wrong, the following helps nobody:

Your "Update" wrecked my game. Now waiting hours to reload A.I. 10

I actually need to know what supposedly wrecked your game. I very much would like to fix whatever problem the update caused, but here's the thing:

The packs have been ready for almost a week before release, and I used the time in between to test stuff for both games in between. Usually this isn't too bad, since the amount of mods is reasonable... it absolutely weren't this time. I did miss the BonesFramework, that's very much on me (that is currently being sent out as a hotfix via KKManager/the update button in the launcher if you have yet to grab it), but some stuff will slip beyond my testing every so often, that's just the way of it.

Now, how do we address this?

I do have a tier that's meant for testing stuff I'm especially dodgy about releasing, I could start to use that more actively (Only used twice during my time here, once for KK and once for EC during updates that were super far reaching), BUT that would mean gating packs... I don't really want that, as that may end up being a case of "Well, I want the newest, so I guess I'll pay for it", and I don't want anyone to feel obligated to pay me, this is supposed to be optional to support, not the purchase of a product...

Or I can simply recommend that you enter new updates with caution, some stuff might've slipped my testing. I am one person, and I perform the testing by my lonesome, and this release shows that... no matter how much time I put into testing, there may be something I'm missing that someone will experience when they get the pack proper. I am addressing problems as I'm made aware of them, issuing hotfixes and the like, but that will take some time... report, testing, replication, troubleshooting, distributing hotfix...

There is one thing you can do by yourself if you updated from let's say AIS R10 to R11, AND ALLOWED THE UPDATER TO BACKUP YOUR OLD FILES:

- Move away the existing BepInEx folder
- In your game folder you will find a backup folder ([BR]R10 Backup) in this case
- Move the contents of the backup folder to your game folder
- There, you're back at the previous version more or less

I would love to hear what you all think about this. I am now dealing with continual updates for 6 games, that's a lot to keep straight, but I'm trying my level best here...

Related, one or more of the packs may need to start looking towards Discontinuation for the betterment of the remaining ones unfortunately... I like all of these games, so I really don't want to, but only so many hours in the day, and key packs are taking far too long to get around to... feel free to share your thoughts on this as well...