Edit Hotspot does not save startup view

I have created a bunch of vtours with version 1.20.11 and wanted to update them now and add the startup view to the hotspots.

But if I set the startup view on the hotspot (in the krpano Tools - Editor) it does not save it to the tour.xml.
It works, when I initially click on it to get to the next scene, but trying it a second time does not work.
Saving the tour.xml after the edit also does not save the startup view of that hotspot.

Only, if I make a new hotspot and define the startup view there, it saves it.

Additionally, when I change in the tour.xml the hotspot to have a linkedscene_lookat="0.00,0.00,120.0", save it, load it and then try to edit the startup view from a hotspot that has this added, it works fine.
It feels like, the krpano Tool - Editor can not add the linkedscene_lookat to existing hotspots that do not have it.

Any way that can be fixed in a near future version?

EDIT: For the time until this gets fixed, I made a tool that adds the missing linkedscene_lookat to all hotspots. After that you can edit the hotspot and edit the Target Startup View as normal in the krpano tool.

https://dirkfedermann.github.io/krpano-linkedscene_lookat-adder/

oh ya, forgot to say, that I'm also using the 1.21.2 (build 2023-12-11) version but the vtours are made with 1.20.11

Quote from captmike

I'm having the same problem. The start up scene does not save after setting it. When I add a hot spot the start up scene act like it is not saved. What is the proper sequence to 1. Save a "Start Up " view that actually gets saved. 2. Save a Target Start up View. Very frustrating that I cannot find a way to consistently save a "Start Up view" and a "Target Start up View" for a scene. Please advise.

For now you have to delete the hotspot and then add a new one directly and set up the Target Start up View before saving it.

Ok, this issue bugged be so much now, that I made a tool that adds linkedscene_lookat to every hotspot in the provided xml.

For everyone with the same issue, you can use it for free here: https://dirkfedermann.github.io/krpano-linkedscene_lookat-adder/
It is not pretty, but it does the job.