I have listed the details of the save and load functions for vivid/stasis in Chapter 5 in this guide.
SAVE and LOAD Functionality Inside of Chapter 5
This mechanic is a bit tricky to understand. Here is a summary of where you should save/load and where you should save/load.
Note: You need to SAVE on Saturday for every save. Saving any of the other characters will not advance you, but you may need it at some point in the next part of the Final Chapter.
Story Locks
Story Lock 1: Chapter X6
- In relation to the provided hint: When it talks about listening to the burdened girl, this means you need to pay attention to the dialogue near the end of X6.
- Extra Hint: You will need to restart your game at some point.
- Solution: After Dawn fires the gun, there will be dialogue that says something along the line of “RESTART TVO NOW!!”. That’s your cue to ALT+F4 and relaunch the game.
Story Lock 2: Chapter X7
- This is when the game actually explains to you how to properly SAVE and LOAD.
- SAVE POINT: Inside of X7, as Saturday calls for Allison in the burning building. The screen should be black.
- LOAD POINT: Inside of X6, as the dialogue box mentioning the earthquake with a red glitchy screen appears.
Story Lock 3: Chapter X8
- SAVE POINT: Any time at 2:30AM (in-game) should work for this.
- LOAD POINT: In X8-A, when Saturday mentions how similar the office is to her dad’s office in the real world.
- Extra: If you’re stuck after doing this on the part where it tells you to SAVE Saturday, try to SAVE then immediately LOAD. Worked for me.
Story Locks 4-6: Chapter X9
- SAVE POINT: At the black screen at the end of X9.
- LOAD POINT: Go back to Chapter 2, Episode 8. Immediately LOAD. (Sometimes it flashes red but it should work. If not on 1st dialogue, try it at the 2nd dialogue before she wakes up.)
- Continue through Chapter 2, Episode 8 on this alternative route.
- SAVE POINT 2: At the end of Chapter 2, Episode 8.
- LOAD POINT 2: At X9-A, when Saturday exclaims something about “We can load!”.
Story Lock 7: Chapter X10
- Don’t need to spoiler this, just read X10-A, X10-B, X10-C. The lock will automatically unlock (this shouldn’t be an issue if you’re actually reading the story. You really should read the story).