diff --git a/src/ScenarioEditor/ScenarioEditorWindow.cs b/src/ScenarioEditor/ScenarioEditorWindow.cs
index a335df3..1ecb6a7 100644
--- a/src/ScenarioEditor/ScenarioEditorWindow.cs
+++ b/src/ScenarioEditor/ScenarioEditorWindow.cs
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ namespace Cthangover.Core.UI.Tool.ScenarioEditor
                 _editTabs.SaveCurrentFile();
                 // The running game caches scenario headers and texts: drop them, so a new or
                 // edited scenario plays on the next entry into its scene without a mod reload.
-                SceneFileService.RefreshGame();
+                SceneManager.ReloadContent();
                 SetStatus(string.Format(ToolUi.Tr("tools/common/saved"), ScenarioFileService.GetDisplayPath(modId, relativePath)), ToolStatusKind.Ok);
                 _infoPanel.Update(text);
                 _thumbPanel.Load(text);
diff --git a/src/SceneEditor/SceneEditorWindow.cs b/src/SceneEditor/SceneEditorWindow.cs
index 989fdc0..237be88 100644
--- a/src/SceneEditor/SceneEditorWindow.cs
+++ b/src/SceneEditor/SceneEditorWindow.cs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace Cthangover.Tools.SceneEditor
     /// one of them — the file of the mod chosen in "Save to": the scene's own file when
     /// that mod defines it, otherwise a new file that adds to a foreign scene without
     /// touching the foreign mod. Backgrounds of the other files are shown locked, with
-    /// their mod. After saving the game re-reads scenes (<see cref="SceneFileService.RefreshGame"/>),
+    /// their mod. After saving the game re-reads scenes (<see cref="SceneManager.ReloadContent"/>),
     /// so a new scene can be entered at once with "Go to scene".
     /// </summary>
     public partial class SceneEditorWindow : ToolWindow
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ namespace Cthangover.Tools.SceneEditor
             }
 
             var created = _isNew;
-            SceneFileService.RefreshGame();
+            SceneManager.ReloadContent();
             var name = _sceneName;
             var mod = _target.ModId;
             LoadSources();
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ namespace Cthangover.Tools.SceneEditor
             }
 
             var path = _target.ModId + "/" + _target.RelativePath;
-            SceneFileService.RefreshGame();
+            SceneManager.ReloadContent();
             LoadSources();
             if (FilesOf(_sceneName).Any())
             {
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ namespace Cthangover.Tools.SceneEditor
                 SetStatus(ToolUi.Tr("tools/common/readonly"), ToolStatusKind.Error);
                 return;
             }
-            SceneFileService.RefreshGame();
+            SceneManager.ReloadContent();
             RefreshAll();
             OpenScenarioEditor(key);
             SetStatus(string.Format(ToolUi.Tr("tools/scene_editor/scenario_created"), key), ToolStatusKind.Ok);
diff --git a/src/Services/SceneFileService.cs b/src/Services/SceneFileService.cs
index 906a2b7..ebdb8b6 100644
--- a/src/Services/SceneFileService.cs
+++ b/src/Services/SceneFileService.cs
@@ -10,11 +10,9 @@ namespace Cthangover.Tools.Services
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Scene files (<c>scenes/**.json</c>) of the loaded mods for the scene editor: reading
-    /// them per mod in load order (the order the game merges them in), writing one, and
-    /// making the running game see the change at once. The game caches scene definitions
-    /// and scenario headers; <see cref="RefreshGame"/> drops those caches and lets
-    /// <see cref="SceneManager"/> rescan, the same steps the scenario studio takes after
-    /// creating a scene in its layer, so a new scene can be entered without a mod reload.
+    /// them per mod in load order (the order the game merges them in), writing and deleting
+    /// one. After a write the caller runs <see cref="SceneManager.ReloadContent"/>, so a new
+    /// scene can be entered without a mod reload.
     /// </summary>
     public static class SceneFileService
     {
@@ -62,15 +60,6 @@ namespace Cthangover.Tools.Services
             return true;
         }
 
-        /// <summary>Makes the running game re-read scene files and scenario headers.</summary>
-        public static void RefreshGame()
-        {
-            ScenarioDefs.Invalidate();
-            ModManager.Instance.GetResolver<SceneDefinitionResolver>()?.ClearCache();
-            AppServices.Current.SceneDefs.Clear();
-            SceneManager.RescanScenes();
-        }
-
         private static void Collect(IModFileProvider provider, string modId, string directory, List<SceneFileEntry> result)
         {
             foreach (var entry in provider.ListFiles(directory))
diff --git a/test_suites/novel_flow/src/NovelFlowTestDriver.cs b/test_suites/novel_flow/src/NovelFlowTestDriver.cs
index afae6b3..0dd19b8 100644
--- a/test_suites/novel_flow/src/NovelFlowTestDriver.cs
+++ b/test_suites/novel_flow/src/NovelFlowTestDriver.cs
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ namespace Cthangover.Tools.Tests.NovelFlow
                     townOriginal = ModFileService.ReadText(Mod, TownScenario);
                     File.WriteAllText(ProjectSettings.GlobalizePath(Backup), townOriginal ?? string.Empty);
                     DeleteParkFiles();
-                    SceneFileService.RefreshGame();
+                    SceneManager.ReloadContent();
                     Check(townOriginal != null && !Scenes.HasScene(Park), "the novel runs in the town, no park yet");
                     OpenToolFromToolbar("tools/scene_editor/title");
                     Next();
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ namespace Cthangover.Tools.Tests.NovelFlow
                 ModFileService.WriteText(Mod, TownScenario, townOriginal);
             File.Delete(ProjectSettings.GlobalizePath(Backup));
             DeleteParkFiles();
-            SceneFileService.RefreshGame();
+            SceneManager.ReloadContent();
             GameLogger.Log("TEST", $"[TEST_RESULT] name=novel_flow passed={passed} failed={failures.Count}");
             GetTree().Quit(failures.Count == 0 ? 0 : 1);
         }
diff --git a/test_suites/windows/src/ToolWindowsExercises.cs b/test_suites/windows/src/ToolWindowsExercises.cs
index 31dd069..a2fe88b 100644
--- a/test_suites/windows/src/ToolWindowsExercises.cs
+++ b/test_suites/windows/src/ToolWindowsExercises.cs
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ namespace Cthangover.Tools.Tests.Windows
             finally
             {
                 DeleteLeftovers(scenePath, scenarioPath);
-                SceneFileService.RefreshGame();
+                SceneManager.ReloadContent();
             }
         }