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I've had BottomFeeder copying the current data files to a backup directory - so as to preserve a "known good" rev of the data before startup for awhile now. yesterday, I took a look at that code and realized that the code was making an invalid check - and thus could possibly overwrite a good backup with a blown save file. That's not good. So, I took a look at the startup sequence, had the typical who wrote this crap? Oh yeah, that would be me kind of reaction, and fixed it. The dev update has a much cleaner startup now, and it'll attempt to read the backup date if the normal save file is blown - and won't, in fact, overwrite the backup data in that circumstance. Should be cleaner and safer (although you should still backup the data yourself as well).
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