Save the Cat!® for Windows

Current Version is 3.1.12 Download

If you currently own Version 1 or Version 2, you can purchase
an upgrade to Version 3 here:
Save the Cat! Website

After you click "Download", Save the file to your computer.
After it has downloaded, you will be prompted to Run the file. Click Run.
You can then select a location where you would like it unzipped.
After selecting a location, click OK.
After it unzips, setup will run automatically. Follow the instructions on the install wizard screens.

What's New in Version 3.1.12?
When opening a scene card in Big Scene View with 250 or more scene cards, an error would occur.

What's New in Version 3.1.11 (3.1.10 skipped)?
Certain character information such as gender was not being saved correctly when changing the interface layout such as showing or hiding the Litter Box.

What's New in Version 3.1.9?
Added hotkeys for adding Scene Cards, Characters, Locations, Setups, Payoffs, Toggling Sections, Full Views/Restore. See the menus for the exact hotkey. All of them use Ctrl-Alt plus a key.
After exporting a script to Final Draft, Save the Cat! will attempt to open the resulting file in Final Draft..
Error downloading from the iPhone queue if a scene's page number was 0..
Error moving to the previous character if the character name was left blank or was changed to a name that sorted to the first name in the list. Same for moving to the next character if the name was changed to a name that sorted to the end of the list..

What's New in Version 3.1.8?
Made some performance improvements when resizing a project window.
If you changed something in Big Scene View such as the description without pressing Enter or Return, then clicked on one of the small scene cards below to change cards, the changes made in the Big Scene View weren't getting saved..
Changes in certain fields then not pressing Enter or Tab, then using the Shut Er Down menu to close Save the Cat! would not get saved..

What's New in Version 3.1.7?
Error when leaving one of the Six Things That Need Fixing blank.
Notes changed in the Big Scene View not showing up in the scene card in Board View..

What's New in Version 3.1.6?
Added an option under Master Preferences to change the location for file backups.
Undo/Redo in text entry boxes had been accidentally disabled. It has been reenabled. And the Undo/Redo of deleting a Scene Card has been moved under the Screenplay menu.
Dragging and dropping a scene card from the Litter Box back to the Board while in Big Scene View resulted in extra scene cards being created on the Board. Only the physical representation of the card was being duplicated. The actual scene information was not being duplicated.
Scene cards in the Litter Box were sometimes not sorting in the correct order.
Dropping an attachment onto the Character Attachments list then using the pointers to move to the next or previous character resulted in an error. Same for dropping an attachment onto the Location Attachments list then using the pointers to move to the next or previous location.

What's New in Version 3.1.5?
Added instructions to the User Guide for converting files from Version 1 or 2.
The Advice Popup for genre when no genre selected was missing.
The first script part in the Script tab of the Big Scene View was not always anchoring to the top of the script page.
Downloading a file from the Cloud or naming a backup without typing the "stcsf" extension caused an error.

What's New in Version 3.1.4?
Adding a character or location and leaving the name blank or entering a name that resulted in the new character or location being first in the list, then clicking the Add a character/location button or clicking the pointer to move to the previous character/location caused an error. This has been fixed.

What's New in Version 3.1.3?
There was a mixup with Chapter 3 from Save the Cat! Strikes Back and only the first page was included. This version now includes the entire chapter for your reading and educational pleasure.
If you tried to import a Final Draft 8 script that didn't have the pages locked, you were presented with a rather ugly message. This has been replaced with a more polite message.

What's New in Version 3.1.2?
In a rare combination of factors, the Activate Via Email would cause an error. This has been fixed.

What's New in Version 3.1.1?
Everything!





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Updated Crystal Reports for Non-64bit Processor Windows. Crystal Reports
If you are running Save the Cat! on a non-Itanium 64bit processor, you will also need to download and install the Crystal Reports for non-Itanium 64bit files. Crystal Reports
If you are running Save the Cat! on an Itanium 64bit processor, you will also need to download and install the Crystal Reports for 64bit files. Crystal Reports


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