[Resolved in TDM 2.04] Quicksaving

[OrbWeaver]

I also think the two quick saves solution should be enough. This is the way Half-Life does it...

 

I thought Half-life (or at least HL2) just adds a new Quicksave to the end of the chronically-ordered save list, rather than using dedicated "quicksave slots". However I admit I never looked back over the list to see if it was removing old quicksaves when you add a new one.

 

Personally I don't see any logic in separate quicksave slots, but it does seem to be what most people want (and they do play this game a lot more than I do).

[SteveL]

The way we ended up implementing it, I think everyone's wishes are covered. There are no dedicated quicksave slots, and no fixed filenames. The one rule is that all quicksave file names begin with "quicksave", which is how the game recognises them. The player decides how many they want. The default is two. People who want to keep the current setup can set it to one. People who want all quicksaves kept can set it to 100000.

[wesp5]

For my part I think it's definitely worth discussing. I don't remember any previous discussion of what the problem is or what we'd have to do to get it to work. I only remember discussions around the fact that it doesn't, and about workarounds.

Okay, then I will open a new thread. I thought when something as obvious was not working it must have been my fault . As for the save games, the original Half-Live had two, I think HL2 added more of them, at least Bloodlines does which uses the same engine...

[Wallace]

Getting rid of this corruption problem would be great since it happens quite regularly on my computer.

 

Mine too, I always alternate quicksave and hardsave. I vote for having two quicksaves (as others said to avoid clutter)

[SeriousToni]

If you really have to change this, then please don't pollute my HDD with thousands of quicksaves, thanks!

[OrbWeaver]

The way we ended up implementing it, I think everyone's wishes are covered. There are no dedicated quicksave slots, and no fixed filenames. The one rule is that all quicksave file names begin with "quicksave", which is how the game recognises them. The player decides how many they want. The default is two. People who want to keep the current setup can set it to one. People who want all quicksaves kept can set it to 100000.

 

That sounds great.

[Destined]

Would have needed the 2 Quicksafes today :-( I played Sotha's "The Lich Queen's Demise" and at some point climbed onto a cupboard and got stuck. Of course, I quicksaved right before I noticed I got stuck and had only the quicksave for this mission...

[Araneidae]

at some point climbed onto a cupboard and got stuck.

This happens to me often enough that I think noclip is justified to get out of it.

[Destined]

Right, I have totally forgotten about that. Thanks!