Create a Game Save System for Single Player

[SharpeXB]

Try for one where the company did not fold.

I'm sure they didn't fold because of that feature.

And about every combat flight sim developer has folded by this point. Except two.

[cichlidfan]

I'm sure they didn't fold because of that feature.

And about every combat flight sim developer has folded by this point. Except two.

 

That other company even has a replay system that works reliably but they still don't have a save feature.

[blkspade]

The irony of the lack of saving is that the replay function saves anything you might accidentally do in the replay. If change the view (even by bumping the mouse) you lose what was originally saved. If you quit before the end, that becomes the new end point. That would partially be of some use if the game saved a track of the last flight like it used to. If there were a way to jog through tracks, you can continue from a replay and take control. Its obviously a stupid way to do it, but there are bits of needed functionality half-assed into the sim.

[SharpeXB]

That other company even has a replay system that works reliably but they still don't have a save feature.

Right. But that other sim basically added a "save" at a mission waypoint which allows you to quit there. That system is a bit game-like and requires a simplification of the whole mission design. But it does make the campaign more accessible to casual players.

A better solution would be more flexible and transparent to the player.

 

And I've made this suggestion to them too :smilewink:

[Exorcet]

The irony of the lack of saving is that the replay function saves anything you might accidentally do in the replay. If change the view (even by bumping the mouse) you lose what was originally saved. If you quit before the end, that becomes the new end point. That would partially be of some use if the game saved a track of the last flight like it used to. If there were a way to jog through tracks, you can continue from a replay and take control. Its obviously a stupid way to do it, but there are bits of needed functionality half-assed into the sim.

 

Just FYI, you don't lose anything if you immediately save the track. The reason why you lose data when you watch a track the second time is that it is a temp file. This temp file is overwritten when you watch the track. Tracks that are manually saved don't get overwritten.

[blkspade]

Just FYI, you don't lose anything if you immediately save the track. The reason why you lose data when you watch a track the second time is that it is a temp file. This temp file is overwritten when you watch the track. Tracks that are manually saved don't get overwritten.

 

Nope, this actually happens to saved tracks.