Do I have to start from scratch each time he updates the game?Yes.Well if you read the comments you'd know theres nothing he can do about that, the game saves get corrupted because of the variables. It's literally not even a big deal, you can just skip half the dialogue or read the patch notes of what's new. Don't complain if you don't know what youre talking about. Although, I wish you could skip the first minute of yap in the intro.
Everything else is nonsense , I have better things to do than spend 1-2 hours of my time every time he updates this game.
As for skiping , it seems you don't get it , each time you have to do the quests, each time you have to make money, each time you have to spend to buy groceries furniture etc. it is tedious.