Is it safe to update?

[Delay]

Hello!

I'm currently doing a 1.3.1 career that runs really well. Now 1.4 is out and judging from what I've read so far there seem to be lots of issues between 1.3.1 and 1.4.

I'd personally like to use some features of the new version like the lighter 2.5m pod while also being able to continue my savegame.

Can I update to 1.4 without having to worry about these issues too much or should I  stay on 1.3.1? I'm not using any mods so I wouldn't have to wait.

[Geonovast]

3 minutes ago, Delay said:

Hello!

I'm currently doing a 1.3.1 career that runs really well. Now 1.4 is out and judging from what I've read so far there seem to be lots of issues between 1.3.1 and 1.4.

I'd personally like to use some features of the new version like the lighter 2.5m pod while also being able to continue my savegame.

Can I update to 1.4 without having to worry about these issues too much or should I  stay on 1.3.1? I'm not using any mods so I wouldn't have to wait.

I understand your concern.. but!

Just try it.  Install 1.4 to its own folder, so it doesn't touch your 1.3.1 install.  COPY your save game over to the 1.4 install, and play it.  See if there are any issues with it.  If you're good, continue, if you have problems, simply fire up your 1.3.1 install and start your game again from where you'd left it, since nothing with 1.4 had touched anything in 1.3.1.

[Zeiss Ikon]

In my (nearly unmodified -- Better Burn Time is the only mod I use) career save, copying the save to the 1.4 install seems to have had no bad effects, but I haven't played long enough to be certain.  Since I also play with the saves folder as a symlink to a folder on Dropbox, to allow playing the same save on both my desktop and my laptop, if it did cause trouble, I'm wouldn't be sure it was the game vs. the sharing method causing the problem...