Thanks for the tip sp55aa . I think I'll earn back what I'm still missing the "hard" way as that will keep me entertained for a while. I had lots of science kits stockpiled when I hit the tick limit so it was pretty easy to restore all the important stuff. More later

Woohoo, I am up and running again :D ! Thanks SO MUCH for all the expert help with this! I could not have done it with out the help provided here. It will take a little while to recover the flying robot speed and mining productivity boosts I lost to get each of my science kit facilities back up to t...

Thanks for the suggestion:)! I was not able to find or figure out the "import save" feature mentioned, although I was able to make a zero run time copy using the "Convert Save" feature in the map editor (pic attached). Unfortunately, while the new file starts showing zero run tim...

So the good news is I win the bet with my son about the root cause of the problem.

Is there anyway to reset the tick counter (or similar) that would allow this file to continue to be played??

This is a file I have been playing for years and has produced a lot of products, e.g. over 189 billion copper coils. When I load the latest save (Johns_Maxed_Out_Save.zip linked below) I do not have to do anything except wait for it to stop, which happens about four minutes after it is loaded. When ...