Savestates no longer compatible since 5.0-11969

[Ultimatron X]

Hi all, so I found out that after updating to version 5.0-11969 from 5.0-11967, the savestates made in versions up to 5.0-11967 become incompatible and cannot be loaded on 5.0-11969. I am running macOS Mojave, and save states have always been compatible across versions until now. What should I do?

Steps to reproduce:
1. Load up version 5.0-11967 or an older version
2. Make a savestate in any random game
3. Update to 5.0-11969
4. Press the load state hotkey and there will be an onscreen message stating that the savestate was made in an incompatible version

Please help!

[JosJuice]

Hi all, so I found out that after updating to version 5.0-11969 from 5.0-11967, the savestates made in versions up to 5.0-11967 become incompatible and cannot be loaded on 5.0-11969.

That is correct. Savestate compatibility breaks from time to time.

What should I do?

If you want to carry your progress over to the new version of Dolphin, make a normal save instead of a savestate.

[Ultimatron X]

EDIT: I just found out from here that the update had something to do with save states:
“A check has been added to State::doState to ensure savestates with memory configurations different from the current settings aren't loaded. The STATE_VERSION is now 115.”
I’m no developer, but I think that explains why the savestates could be loaded.

If you want to carry your progress over to the new version of Dolphin, make a normal save instead of a savestate.

Thanks for the help JosJuice! However, there are some games with really long levels with many savestates mid-level for progress. What should I do?

[JosJuice]

“A check has been added to State::doState to ensure savestates with memory configurations different from the current settings aren't loaded. The STATE_VERSION is now 115.”
I’m no developer, but I think that explains why the savestates could be loaded.

If that change hadn't been made, you still wouldn't have been able to load old savestates, but you would get a weird error message or a crash instead of an error message telling you that the version isn't compatible.

However, the issue still remains that I want to use those savestates, and there are some games with really long levels with many savestates mid-level for progress.

You can't use those old savestates in newer versions of Dolphin. There is no way around it.

[Ultimatron X]

Okay then, I understand. Thanks for your help!