Issue saving projects

[kmb]

I don't know if anyone else has this problem, but my copy of Pokemon Essentials won't allow me to work on multiple Pokemon games in the same version of Essentials at once. If I do, it treats all of the Pokemon games I work on as if I was working on the game I most recently worked on! It looks like something in the data tries to override all of the projects I was working on and replace it with my most recent project. It means I usually have to start over with saving my test games. It's pretty annoying. It also sometimes causes other bugs.

Any ideas on how to fix this? Why can't I save my projects without Essentials trying to override them with the most recent one I've worked on?

 

[Deo]

Make sure to change the game title of your project.

In RPG Maker XP, from the top bar select Game, then Change Title. Games with the same title will use the same save data, so anything called "Pokemon Essentials" will end up reusing the same save file. It's very important that you change this, especially before releasing a demo to the public.

 

[kmb]

I'm pretty sure they're sharing data somewhere, but I changed the title of my project, and that didn't completely get rid of the problem.

It looks like a copy of the game I was working on was randomly generated into the folder of my other game when I re-started my computer. I don't know how it got there, but this isn't the first time it's happened. It also looks like it erased the other game that I was working on in that folder.

I tried to import some additional tile sets--maybe that's what caused it?

I'm using Windows 10--do you think it could be automatically syncing data from the games when it updates?

 

[Mr. Gela]

If they no longer have the same title name, they shouldn't have conflicting savefiles. If it's somehow moving files back where they shouldn't be, maybe some Dropbox or other external software is related? Never heard of such a thing happening.

 

[kmb]

If they no longer have the same title name, they shouldn't have conflicting savefiles. If it's somehow moving files back where they shouldn't be, maybe some Dropbox or other external software is related? Never heard of such a thing happening.

It might be something I did, but, yeah, there was an extra copy of the game I was working on in a previous game's folder. I'll try to keep better track of the error if it happens again. The issue appears to be resolved for now.