mod for saving game?

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[WillieSea]

Why do you need a mod?

You press ESCape, and select to exit the game. Your world is updated on the fly, and your player record when you exit the game normally.

[holdem]

i want to save the game whenever i want and reload the saved game whenever i want.

[DarkFaceGlow]

It defeats the purpose of the devs. If you die, you die. No saving and reloading 10 times to accomplish a difficult task.

[Kyuki]

Only way to really save and reload is to manually go into your Project Zomboid files (usually located under the user, not steam/common) and copy and paste it somewhere for safe keeping. Usually done for the IWBUMS, but to answer your question - is there a save manager mod for PZ, the answer is no.

[Shenji]

I recommended changing the whole cache location(save files included) to the same disk/directory of Zomboid. Makes things easier and faster, especially when you installed game in no-system disk.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/108600/discussions/0/1630789172630807911/#c1630789172630918437

[planetalgol]

1) Modding may not have access to the files, or functions, necessary to implement something like this.

2) PZ Savegames Files get FREAKING GIGANTIC, and, as such, I don't think a multiple save system is at all practical for PZ, as it would cause slowdowns, super long pauses, and probably crashes.

Honestly #2 is the deal breaker; I dunno if this mod is impossible, but, on account of the FREAKING GIGANTIC FILE SIZES, I think it's absolutely unfeasible.

I would compare it to having a quicksave buttton that saves an additional copy of a Minecraft World when playing. The files/directories are just too dang big for something like that to work in any practical sense.

[WillieSea]

There is very little reason to save the map files. Most people are only concerned about the player character files.

That is the only file that would need to be backed up. And that file can be placed in 'any' save game and still work.

[noctoskanan]

Originally posted by WillieSea:

There is very little reason to save the map files. Most people are only concerned about the player character files.

That is the only file that would need to be backed up. And that file can be placed in 'any' save game and still work.

Are you saying i can remove my person's file from the game and drop it in any world?

[WillieSea]

Originally posted by noctoskanan:

Originally posted by WillieSea:

There is very little reason to save the map files. Most people are only concerned about the player character files.

That is the only file that would need to be backed up. And that file can be placed in 'any' save game and still work.

Are you saying i can remove my person's file from the game and drop it in any world?

yes.

Unless you back it up, you will loose the old character that was in that world.

[Sodobean]

Originally posted by DarkFaceGlow:

It defeats the purpose of the devs. If you die, you die. No saving and reloading 10 times to accomplish a difficult task.

So, I am constraint to play the game I purchased with my money the way you or the developers intended?

[Hairy.Mario]

Originally posted by Sodobean:

Originally posted by DarkFaceGlow:

It defeats the purpose of the devs. If you die, you die. No saving and reloading 10 times to accomplish a difficult task.

So, I am constraint to play the game I purchased with my money the way you or the developers intended?

Oh my god... not every game is the same, not every game is going to have the same functionalities, hell if you are going to argue then the whole roguelike genre would have to stop existing.

[blackvoid]

map_p.bin. The only file you need to back up before leaving your safehouse.

[Nwah]

Originally posted by Sodobean:

Originally posted by DarkFaceGlow:

It defeats the purpose of the devs. If you die, you die. No saving and reloading 10 times to accomplish a difficult task.

So, I am constraint to play the game I purchased with my money the way you or the developers intended?

Wew lad, I lost brain cells reading that. Jesus Christ lmfao

[intorpere]

Originally posted by planetalgol:

2) PZ Savegames Files get FREAKING GIGANTIC, and, as such, I don't think a multiple save system is at all practical for PZ, as it would cause slowdowns, super long pauses, and probably crashes.

The folder gets gigantic. The thousands of individual files are tiny. The game currently loads and saves surprisingly fast, considering. The vast majority of those files are map files, and the game doesn't need them until you go to that part of the map. They don't change if you're not there, so it could be that most of the save file isn't saved or loaded at all. Maybe map files load as you go to them, and save only if they've been visited/changed.

[alden.monzon]

This made me curious, is there a way to bring a new character to an existing map besides dying?