Save multiplayer with 0 lives and i can´t continue

[pilmax]

I have  the 1.21 version of the game and i have a problem with the save in multiplayer. I was the host of the game with 3 friends. In the game i died with 0 lifes, they went down a stairs in to a chamber with boss switch and collected a life, i returned but after a friend died and we decided leave the match and load it again but when i load the game(I was the host), shows me the game over screen because i had 0 lifes, my friends have reconnected and they collected again the life, but i don't returned (still in the game over screen) and they can´t press the boss switch and continue. I think the issue is when i load my game and is over before my friends reconnect.

[Videotapes]

I just encountered the same issue with a friend.  Load up the save, 0 lives and I'm at the game over screen, but he can still interact (brokenly) with things in the dungeon.  Is there a way to edit the .hws files and restore the number of lives to 1?

EDIT: Made a couple new games and fiddled around with the .hws files in a hex editor.  Changing the hex value for the lives for each player will allow you to start the game again and fix this issue (Ex. changing the value from 00 to 02 for each player subtracts one life when the host loads the game, bringing the host back in and leaving you with 1 life).  The hex values you're looking for are something like this 6C 69 76 65 73 06 02 and there will be one of these for the modifiers and also for each player.  You only want to change the last value for each player (02 in the example there, but your broken save should have 00 at the end).   It is important that you change the value for all players in the save file because the number of lives is a shared value.  If anyone has this problem and isn't sure what to do, feel free to upload your save file somewhere and I'll have a look at it for you if I have time.