updates not applying to older games

[tkobo]

Is this just a short temp thing,or is this going to be for a lot of the dev time ? What besides the equip file is affected ?

I ask because it kind of makes bug/issue reporting at high risk for wasting effort and time.And it saps my will to play,because i dont want to start a new game for every fast.

[Balthagor]

When we update, there are sort three ways it can go;

- Feature update, should work with older savegames
- Feature update that relies on new data, 50/50 we can keep compatibility. If a new feature looks at existing data in new ways (AI choices for research for exampe) it stays compatible. If it's new data, such as a unit flag for "this ship is a survey ship", then there is no way to keep it compatible.
- Data update, never compatible, but sometimes you don't care. If we add new alert messages, no big deal if they are not in your game. If we rebalance unit stats (which I'm working on today) you might care.

[tkobo]

k, thanks