From 786f9d43153ce842a3b8077e019e5eb6719ced5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jeboo <jeb00o@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2026 00:30:35 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix savestate used flag in Limited mode

---
 patches/ips/savestate.ips | Bin 1018 -> 1029 bytes
 patches/src/savestate.asm |   5 +++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/patches/ips/savestate.ips b/patches/ips/savestate.ips
index fa51201371e977162695218bfb882ebbaa72f3a4..b0c1fe050e241f62d1604d5a68fc31de848ceb97 100644
GIT binary patch
delta 156
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delta 118
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diff --git a/patches/src/savestate.asm b/patches/src/savestate.asm
index b53546314..718f27eaa 100644
--- a/patches/src/savestate.asm
+++ b/patches/src/savestate.asm
@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ post_load_state:
 {
     JSR post_load_music
     
+    ; Mark the savestate as existing and consume Limited mode's save opportunity
+    LDA !savestate_state
+    ORA #!savestate_exists_mask|!savestate_save_used_mask
+    STA !savestate_state
+    
     ; If sounds are not enabled, the game won't clear the sounds
     LDA !DISABLE_SOUNDS : PHA
     STZ !DISABLE_SOUNDS