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Download Cheat Engine for fun to mess around with a game, and now can't go back to normal leveling up...

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I downloaded Cheat Engine to mess around with a game called Octopath Traveler to get some crazy EXP boost multipliers and stuff, just for fun, and now I want to remove Cheat Engine but for some reason, the EXP multiplier is still being added and I tried everything that I could think of to remove it. I tried uninstalling Octopath Traveler through steam, control panel, doesn't work. I tried searching my entire C: drive for anything "cheat engine" related and deleted that, didn't work. I am really confused as to how to fix this... I don't intend to play the game cheating, I just wanted to have fun for an hour or so and then just continue where I left off before but I somehow broke the game. Any help please. Thank you. 

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My guess is you'll need to do a clean install with a new character. 

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1 minute ago, Shykoh said:

My guess is you'll need to do a clean install with a new character. 

A new character? What do you mean? 

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New save file or at least a save from before you used Cheat Engine.

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4 minutes ago, Shykoh said:

New save file or at least a save from before you used Cheat Engine.

Alright, I made a new save file and it levels up normally, but does that mean that my original save file is just f*cked then? I am gonna have to restart the entire 20 hours I put into the game? lol I didn't go far into the game so if I have to, then so be it, maybe it's a lesson to mess with cheats lol 

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1 minute ago, cwgzz said:

maybe it's a lesson to mess with cheats lol 

Yup, lesson learned. 😁

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I believe so if you don't have any separate save points form the before. I know Octopath Traveler uses autosave and save points. Always make save backups when modding or especially when using programs like Cheat Engine. Live and learn.

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If you are restarting, I'd do a clean install to be safe. 

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4 minutes ago, Shykoh said:

If you are restarting, I'd do a clean install to be safe. 

I'll just delete the save files that I have in the steam folder or wherever it's at and just start over.... 

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