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Pocket DinosNewsSave Improvements and Cheaper Research
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Save Improvements and Cheaper Research

Pocket Dinos · published 23 Aug 2026, 08:34 UTC

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Recently a save was impacted due to a power outage, which had knock-on effects for the way saves were implemented. This build brings a lot more fallbacks and robust saving to the game, and also moves it off the main thread to keep the game running smoothly. You shouldn't notice any changes day to day, but if your saves are corrupted due to power outage or your computer turning off halfway, this should make it seamlessly use your backups without any work from you, allowing you to keep playing.

If for any rare reason your saves are wiped or missing, there are manual fallbacks in place to rectify and rollback (so reach out to me asap if you ever encounter this).

Research was also a little too high for the amount casual players earn. As such, all the top end prices have been brought down (capped to $1,000) so that it's a little less waiting for completion.

Thanks all, keep the feedback coming.
- Diesel

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