If you launched on 210.14 and upgraded your game, your saved game should have Cache.db_upgradebackup_397.gz and Primary.sav.gz_ugpradebackup_397.gz which can be renamed Cached.b and Primary.sav.gz to return to play on 209.46.

I'm not seeing those backup files, unfortunately. My save folder contains the following files:
Cache.db
Checkpoint.json
Checkpoint.save.gz
Checkpoint.save.gz.bak
CheckpointCache.db
Primary.json
Primary.sav.gz
Primary.sav.gz.bak

UPDATE: Deleting Checkpoint.save.gz and Primary.sav.gz, then removing the .bak from Checkpoint.save.gz.bak and Primary.sav.gz.bak did the trick.

Originally posted by thesporkwithin:

I'm not seeing those backup files, unfortunately. My save folder contains the following files:
Cache.db
Checkpoint.json
Checkpoint.save.gz
Checkpoint.save.gz.bak
CheckpointCache.db
Primary.json
Primary.sav.gz
Primary.sav.gz.bak

UPDATE: Deleting Checkpoint.save.gz and Primary.sav.gz, then removing the .bak from Checkpoint.save.gz.bak and Primary.sav.gz.bak did the trick.

Yeah in *most* cases simply going to 209.46 and renaming the .baks will work, the _upgradebackups_ are just extra failsafe protection we just added to be super deluxe sure nobody ever loses critical data.

we've definitively sourced one cause of mac CTDs and serialization failures to unity's brotili implementaton in unity 6 on macos: https://bsky.app/profile/unormal.bsky.social/post/3lpv5rlerls2f

We should be able to get a prospective workaround hotfix up tomorrow.

beta branch now has a propsective hotfix for both the steam deck capitalization issue and macos zone freeze/thaw issues if anyone wants to take them for a quick spin. (210.17)

I only see 210.11 (and older).

Originally posted by Wärmepumpe mit Brötchenaufsatz:

I only see 210.11 (and older).

The most recent is just "none"; and should be fixed up.

Thank you, but unfortunately, this crashes immediately.
The last thing I see is sth like "[...] Conversations.xml".

Can you send your player logs to support@freeholdgames.com?

https://wiki.cavesofqud.com/wiki/File_locations

Done.

I've identified a root cause here in some cases as a permissions issue enumerating to the Saves directory, though I have no clue why that would start happening on MacOS 15.5, maybe check your permissions there?

Spent a couple of hours on this.
Current state, "almost there" :'-)

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3488326082