Game Progression Glitch(es) ("Chapter <null>") | Estella | Page 1

modern condor Dec 26, 2025, 11:30 PM

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Description:
Starting from the second time I opened the game and ever since I can't properly enter Story Mode. It seems like most of my story progress data is just not recording, I say that because even if I keep the songs I unlocked and my score are still there after multiple sessions, I lost all progress in chapter one and it keeps showing me every menu tutorial/opening cutscene again. Detailed info of the multiple bugged instances will be found below since it will be easier to explain with screenshots attached to them.

It is worth to note that freeplay mode works completely fine and has given me no issues in the slightest (besides the charts destroying my noob hands as usual)

Steps to trigger:
I'm not exactly sure what made this start happening, but my theory is that the game didn't close properly the first time and something was screwed in the save data.

Specs:
OS: Windows 11
CPU: Ryzen 7 7730U
GPU: Integrated Graphics
RAM: 16GB

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Proof that the games opens as usual and not in a "first startup" screen (like, making me do the tutorial and such)

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Chapter selection screen, as you can see, it shows the menu tutorial, even if I obviously have played previously (as shown by the PYKAMIA chapter being available)

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Once I try to enter the a chapter it will show me this as the chapter title and then an empty map with what seems like a "filler" as the selected planet, trying to play can sometimes lead to the game crashing. It also will show me the chapter's opening cutscene even if I have seen it before.

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I can also choose to exit Story Mode and open it again, it will let me access the chapters but without any of my previous progress.

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Trying to play the Estella task track will lead to the game either crashing or "softlocking" (interactive elements stop working, trying to exit with the esc key also makes the game crash)

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This behaviour seems to be unique to the first chapter, as the same thing doesn't happen with the Pianolight Melody task tracks, I was able to play a task track and even after completing it I could close the game and access the track again, that being said, the chart is not available for freeplay mode and the map doesn't seem to remember my clear (the score is for some reason registered anyways)

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(ignore my awful first clear)

modern condor Dec 27, 2025, 12:06 AM

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modern condor Once I try to enter the a chapter it will show me this as the chapter title and ...

Also worth to note that after playing any song it shows me the same "filler" node as it does when I first open a chapter

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(screenshot of the map still prompting me to "unlock" the song even after I clear the task track)

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I also just noticed I lost the 5 fragments the game gave me when I was playing the first chapter

broken mortar Dec 27, 2025, 12:53 AM

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same here

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I was so confused my fragments never changed and when I reopened the game nothing saved

wheat shell Dec 27, 2025, 6:57 AM

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My input is that it happened when i decided to close the application outside of the game instead of clicking the close button in the game

sage cave Dec 28, 2025, 4:54 AM

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can you provide a log file
path: appdata/roaming/estella/logs/godot.log

left creek Dec 28, 2025, 7:02 AM

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i also had the same issue so ill provide mine

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📎 godot2025-12-28T13.50.04.log

visual gazelle Dec 28, 2025, 5:40 PM

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There is a workaround for Windows, you can fix this by deleting Estella folder in %APPDATA%

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broken mortar Dec 29, 2025, 5:28 AM

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visual gazelle There is a workaround for Windows, you can fix this by deleting Estella folder i...

did that but after closing the game and reopning it broke again

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honestly is there any way to just force the game to let me play al the songs

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i dont care for the story idc about save file editing or wahtever

visual gazelle Dec 29, 2025, 5:31 AM

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broken mortar did that but after closing the game and reopning it broke again

can you try again but afterwards dont close the game in story mode?

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like try closing in the title screen

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i'm basing it off this

broken mortar Dec 29, 2025, 5:33 AM

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visual gazelle can you try again but afterwards dont close the game in story mode?

can you give me your save file

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these three

visual gazelle Dec 29, 2025, 5:33 AM

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no

broken mortar Dec 29, 2025, 5:33 AM

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they dont hold anything sensitive

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just songs unlocked

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and fragments

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i cba doing all of the story and tutorial stuff again

broken mortar Dec 29, 2025, 5:34 AM

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visual gazelle i'm basing it off this

im pretty sure i didnt

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after the 1st time it bugged i closed the game properly

sage cave Dec 29, 2025, 9:57 AM

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Should be fixed by now

broken mortar Dec 29, 2025, 4:15 PM

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sage cave Should be fixed by now

lol

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as you said that i relaunched and its still broken

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unless you cleared everything again

sage cave Dec 30, 2025, 2:27 AM

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broken mortar as you said that i relaunched and its still broken

if your file lost then probably the best thing to do is to cleared it again
we fixed the "not saving" bug, so it should be saved once you reopen your game

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someone already deleted all their appdata files so yeah

#Game Progression Glitch(es) ("Chapter <null>")