Marceror Posted September 5, 2014 Posted September 5, 2014 I'm a save game freak, I'll just come out and admit. I've been at this for long enough, that I can't count the number of times I've lost hours and hours of progress due to a bug, save game corruption, or because I just foolishly made a decision that screwed my game. Or perhaps I just want to go back to a point in the game later and try a totally different path than I did the first time. So I make lots of save games these days. In order for me to sort those save games out, I'm in the habit of naming them in a way that will tell me what I need to know when I look at them later. "Before choosing to kill NPC Y rather than save them", or something along those lines. I would like to respectfully request that an option to name our save games be added in a future patch. That is all. 15 "Now to find a home for my other staff."My Project Eternity Interview with Adam Brennecke
Hiro Protagonist II Posted September 5, 2014 Posted September 5, 2014 I agree. Also, I'd like the option where I can list them in order of date/time played. It should be fairly easy to have some save game options by selecting date/time, areas, etc. 1
Tartantyco Posted September 5, 2014 Posted September 5, 2014 Yup, missing this. "You're a fool if you believe I would trust your benevolence. Step aside and you and your lackeys will be unhurt." Baldur's Gate portraits for Pillars of Eternity IXI Icewind Dale portraits for Pillars of Eternity IXI Icewind Dale 2 portraits for Pillars of Eternity [slap Aloth]
mutonizer Posted September 5, 2014 Posted September 5, 2014 +1 Even now during beta, I have to keep a text file with timestamps for each save and what they mean so that I can properly test stuff, load, test again, come back to it later on.
Marceror Posted September 5, 2014 Author Posted September 5, 2014 They are currently sorted alphabetically, which is the LAST way want my save games to be sorted. 4 "Now to find a home for my other staff."My Project Eternity Interview with Adam Brennecke
illathid Posted September 5, 2014 Posted September 5, 2014 While on the subject of saves. Could we have saves sorted by character rather than character name? I tend to name all my characters the same thing, and I'm pretty sure all my saves were in the same folder last I checked. "Wizards do not need to be The Dudes Who Can AoE Nuke You and Gish and Take as Many Hits as a Fighter and Make all Skills Irrelevant Because Magic." -Josh Sawyer
Ineth Posted September 5, 2014 Posted September 5, 2014 I agree. Also, I'd like the option where I can list them in order of date/time played. It shouldn't be an option, they should always be ordered like that. 2 "Some ideas are so stupid that only an intellectual could believe them." -- attributed to George Orwell
Ink Blot Posted September 5, 2014 Posted September 5, 2014 I asked for this in another thread (I think the general suggestions one), but I'm going to +10 it here in a thread dedicated to the idea. I really want this. Especially important in a game where there are supposed to be multiple paths to solve quests, IMO.
ctdavids Posted September 5, 2014 Posted September 5, 2014 (edited) I have no problem with naming saves. For me it's not a necessity, but it's fine and I completely understand why people want it. Also, easy to implement. Like, trivially easy. For me it's way more important that the saves be ordered chronologically (I'd suggest newest first, but newest last would still be way better than alphabetically). I mean, ordered alphabetically? I doubt that anyone made an intentional decision to sort them that way so I can only assume they just loaded the files from the directory and accepted the default ordering (alphabetical). Should be trivial to change it. As it stands, I have to squint to look at the (ludicrously tiny) font describing the real-world date of the save. Can't even rely on the time-played text, because it's often wrong (shocking!) Anyway, spend 30 minutes and change the sorting + allow custom names. Edited September 5, 2014 by ctdavids 3
Gfted1 Posted September 5, 2014 Posted September 5, 2014 Im sure Im misunderstanding but Ive been able to name my saves. For example I name each one for whatever "main" Im trying. Have one named "Paladin", one named "Wizard", etc... Are you referring to a character limit or something like that? "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Marceror Posted September 5, 2014 Author Posted September 5, 2014 Im sure Im misunderstanding but Ive been able to name my saves. For example I name each one for whatever "main" Im trying. Have one named "Paladin", one named "Wizard", etc... Are you referring to a character limit or something like that? Are you talking about Pillars of Eternity? There is some text on the save that says "new game save" and that's where I would expect to enter my save game name. But when I click on it it just saves my game. You have a method for this, please do share it. "Now to find a home for my other staff."My Project Eternity Interview with Adam Brennecke
Gfted1 Posted September 5, 2014 Posted September 5, 2014 Im sure Im misunderstanding but Ive been able to name my saves. For example I name each one for whatever "main" Im trying. Have one named "Paladin", one named "Wizard", etc... Are you referring to a character limit or something like that? Are you talking about Pillars of Eternity? There is some text on the save that says "new game save" and that's where I would expect to enter my save game name. But when I click on it it just saves my game. You have a method for this, please do share it. Ill take a look in a few hours when I get home from work, and perhaps it changed in V2 (haven't tried V2 yet), but I remember it being pretty standard. Choose save, click in the save name field, type whatever you like. Oh, are you referring to Quicksave (F5)? "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Marceror Posted September 5, 2014 Author Posted September 5, 2014 Im sure Im misunderstanding but Ive been able to name my saves. For example I name each one for whatever "main" Im trying. Have one named "Paladin", one named "Wizard", etc... Are you referring to a character limit or something like that? Are you talking about Pillars of Eternity? There is some text on the save that says "new game save" and that's where I would expect to enter my save game name. But when I click on it it just saves my game. You have a method for this, please do share it. Ill take a look in a few hours when I get home from work, and perhaps it changed in V2 (haven't tried V2 yet), but I remember it being pretty standard. Choose save, click in the save name field, type whatever you like. Oh, are you referring to Quicksave (F5)? Nope. If we had to name our quicksaves than by definition they wouldn't be quicksaves anymore. "Now to find a home for my other staff."My Project Eternity Interview with Adam Brennecke
vril Posted September 5, 2014 Posted September 5, 2014 (edited) I think what Gfted might be talking about is, saves are categorized by your character name. So I named my characters like Priest - Normal puts them in a different category to Cipher - Easy. I have no doubt we'll have named saves at some point but probably not a big priority. Edited September 5, 2014 by vril
Gfted1 Posted September 5, 2014 Posted September 5, 2014 Just checked and my bad, cant change the individual save file names. I was thinking what the post above describes. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Night Stalker Posted September 6, 2014 Posted September 6, 2014 I would also like to be able to name my saves.
Kaz Posted September 6, 2014 Posted September 6, 2014 I think this makes a lot of sense. Certainly not high on the priority list but I will try to get it in. And by try I mean go over to a programmer and wine. 6
Marceror Posted September 6, 2014 Author Posted September 6, 2014 I think this makes a lot of sense. Certainly not high on the priority list but I will try to get it in. And by try I mean go over to a programmer and wine. Thank you Kaz. Your whining is muchly appreciated! "Now to find a home for my other staff."My Project Eternity Interview with Adam Brennecke
ctdavids Posted September 6, 2014 Posted September 6, 2014 I think this makes a lot of sense. Certainly not high on the priority list but I will try to get it in. And by try I mean go over to a programmer and wine. Thank you Kaz. Your whining is muchly appreciated! By us at least, if not your co-workers
Ashen Rohk Posted September 6, 2014 Posted September 6, 2014 i would like an auto-save when area transitioning please. 5 You read my post. You have been eaten by a grue.
Silent Winter Posted September 6, 2014 Posted September 6, 2014 ^yep - just saved me from having to redo an awful lot in BG. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Casts Nature's Terror* , *Casts Firebug* , *Casts Rot-Skulls* , *Casts Garden of Life* *Spirit-shifts to cat form*
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