Problem: You attempt to view a replay in Touhou Meishuugeki ~ Cursed Sweeper and Bewildering Parallel and your replay does not appear in the menu, or you see the following message:
You haven’t saved a replay yet. Create one at the end of a game first.
Solution
The .rpy format is a proprietary file structure developed by Team Shanghai Alice specifically for storing replay data (such as player movements and inputs). Because of this, replays are highly game- and build-specific.
To prevent errors, crashes, or data corruption, please note the following compatibility guidelines:
- Cross-Game Incompatibility: Do not attempt to load
.rpyfiles from Touhou Meishuugeki ~ Cursed Sweeper and Bewildering Parallel into the official Touhou Project games, or vice versa. The data structures developed by Drillimation Systems and Team Shanghai Alice are fundamentally different and incompatible. Attempting to mix them will trigger buggy behavior in the official games and they won’t show in Cursed Sweeper and Bewildering Parallel. - Version and Patch Incompatibility: Replay files for Cursed Sweeper and Bewildering Parallel are strictly tied to the specific patch version and OS they were recorded on. Game updates often introduce tweaks to enemy behavior, hitboxes, or attack patterns, which will cause older replays to desync or fail to load entirely.
- File Modification Risks: Avoid using text editors or external tools to manually alter the contents of an
.rpyfile. Because replay data is encoded in a specific binary or structured format, manual modifications will break the file’s integrity. This almost always results in a strict corrupt data error, rendering the replay completely unreadable by the game engine.
Tip: Always ensure you are trying to view a replay that matches both the specific game, OS, and the exact patch version it was created in.
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