Hitogata Happa
Sp3tzn4z 28 Aug, 2013 @ 1:22am
Crashing after startup.
I did not launch the game for a long time and it had updated since I last played it.

Then I was unable to launch the game succesfully and I started to check what was goeing wrong. First I tried to see if disabling Steam Cloud and deleting the local files would work, it did.

In order to be able to use the Steam cloud again I had exit Steam "corrupt" the local files. Delete the remotecache.vdf file, launch Steam, delete the local files and then upload local files (empty folder so nothing got uploaded to the Steam cloud, but got the previous files -- that were causing issues -- on the Steam Cloud deleted).

Similar to what is shown in this video (not one of my videos):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JADsIv2RUSw

Now I can launch the game, play it and use the Steam Cloud again. The problem is most likely caused by settings that were saved in the hhconfig.cfg but are no longer compatible with the current version of the game.

[EDIT] By local files I mean the files located in "Steam\userdata\SteamID\92210\remote"
Last edited by Sp3tzn4z; 28 Aug, 2013 @ 1:26am
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Отиум 11 Jun, 2017 @ 12:50am 
You're a life saver/light saber. Thanks.
Works like a charm!
Sp3tzn4z 11 Jun, 2017 @ 10:36am 
Originally posted by Xymox:
You're a life saver/light saber. Thanks.
Works like a charm!

I'm happy I helped someone :), enjoy the game.
Miraglyth 12 Jul, 2019 @ 3:11pm 
Thanks for this, I needed to do it as well.

The replay folder for me was blocking the clc command, so I needed to remove that temporarily. The upshot was that I could return it later and retain my replays, even though this operation eliminates other aspects of the save file (unlocked dolls and game modes).
Miraglyth 17 Dec, 2020 @ 9:58am 
Annoyingly this seems to still happen from time to time. Maybe caused by Windows 10 Updates? Either way, I couldn't get a saved hhconfig.cfg to work, so it looks like I've lost a save file that had every mode unlocked and Solo Voyage completed with all dolls.

Fortunately Hitogata Happa doesn't take that much to unlock the modes. Just 4 distinct clears to get the extra dolls and unlock Destiny 13. Still a good hour plus restarts though, and no guarantee it'll last very long.

On the bright side I found that just copying hhconfig.cfg from the game's install folder to the cloud save folder seems to get the game working again (if with a reset save) without most of the complexity of forcing Steam Cloud save corruption.
Miraglyth 26 Dec, 2020 @ 1:29pm 
So another save file corruption has caused me to need to restore manual backups again. The trouble is it generally doesn't work.

After you do something difficult or progress in Solo Voyage, my advice is to manually make backup copies of the hhconfig.cfg file from both places it is kept:

* The game's install directory: \steamapps\common\Hitogata Happa
* The local Steam Cloud folder: \userdata\[userid]\92210\remote

If (when) the save file gets corrupted and the game no longer starts, the solution that seems to be most effective for me is to:

1. Delete hhconfig.cfg from both of these locations.
2. Start the game up once to confirm it loads into the main menu again (and maybe reset the online Steam Cloud save?)
3. Delete hhconfig.cfg from both locations again.
4. Copy one of the old backups into the local Steam Cloud folder only, leaving none in the game's installation folder.
5. Start the game again.

For some reason restoring the game in the game's install directory either makes the startup failure return or makes the game treat it as a fresh save (I've had both happen).

This is just early experience having to restore a backup though. I may find more as I need to. If anyone else can provide any more information I'd be grateful.
Last edited by Miraglyth; 26 Dec, 2020 @ 1:31pm
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