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August 4 Hotfix — Succession and Governance

Family Office Simulator · published 5 Aug 2026, 00:38 UTC

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This hotfix corrects several progression and save-state issues discovered after the August 3 update.

• Fixed cases where saves that had already completed a valid succession could remain locked out of the Founder’s Charter and governance progression.
• Strengthened succession and dynasty-state recovery for older saves while preventing invalid saves from receiving unintended governance access.
• Fixed the regression affecting month-to-month renewal controls.
• Added additional save/load safeguards around succession, governance, and related continuity records.

Existing saves are supported, and no restart is required.

Players whose founder is still alive and who have not yet completed a valid succession will remain subject to the normal heir-readiness requirements.

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