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Notice: If you play the online web version! Save files will become inaccessible in the future.
🕑 Added 2023-09-19 13:00:04 +0000 UTCIf you play Succubus Stories or Hex using the online web version, your save files will become inaccessible in the future. This is because Itch.io is changing the domain it uses to host HTML games, and due to security limitations, HTML applications can only access local storage data that is keyed to the domain the file is being served from. However, you can simply use the "save to disk" and "load from disk" options to backup your save files before the change occurs.
This should be a one-time issue. Once on the new domain, saves to local storage should be safe and accessible indefinitely.
When will this change happen?
Itch.io has not provided a specific date yet, only that this change will occur sometime within the next 90 days. When a specific date is provided, I'll announce it everywhere.
Should I create backups now!?
I don't think it's a bad idea to create backups of your save files now, but you have time. On top of that, if you play the game(s) regularly, you probably want to wait to make sure the save you transfer over is as up-to-date as possible. If you don't play regularly, or have save files you don't play regularly, go ahead and back those up!
How do I create these backups?
The "save to disk" option creates a save file of the current game state and downloads it to your device. It does not export save files, so you need to load a save you want to backup first, then open the same menu and click the "save to disk" option. You'll need to manually load each save you want to backup and then create a save file on your local hard disk with this option.
There probably should be an export option as well, or maybe only an export option, but there's no way I'll be able to create something like that in time.
Will there be any way to access old saves after the domain change?
Technically, the save files will remain on your hard disk even after this change, the game just won't be able to access them. Power users can probably use their browser dev tools or even just their file explorer to find these files and recover them, and some applications to get local storage files and move them do exist. These files are temporary though, so will not be recoverable after a certain period of time.
That said, I highly recommend you create backups before the domain change, as this will be way easier for most users, and is guaranteed to work.
