No, changes nothing. But you (metaphorically speaking, not you personally) succeded in making me to ask for my very first refund from Steam. That game is definitely not past beta state.

On what level was the game saved? You can't expect to load a game on 1.0 that was saved during the beta.

In any case, you should open a ticket.

@Lucky Jack: I wouldn't be so pissed if I played a beta, but I bought a game labeled 'finished'. In a beta the kind of inconviences I encounter in 1.0 are something to be expected, not so much in a release game. To be more precise: I started playing with 1.0.
I think the loading problem might be tied to the unit duplication error you encounter if you hypnotize SK units like Fallen apprentices or Shadow Commanders. I did that a few times - perhaps that fu the saves so much it creates the loading problem.

@savegame: okay, I'll do that if at that time I still got an account; it would help if you supplied the most likely savegame path. On Windows, it tends to be all over the system.

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