when manual save button???!!?!?!??

[elgato]

when

[Drizzt]

i am going to guess never

because the saves are very large and made of a very large number of small files and it could freeze your game for minutes while it copies those thousands of files

but it is a simple process to manually back up your save

plus there are plenty of mods that can allow you to respawn with all (or some) of your experience - and some even might give you your gear as well (but not sure how well that feature works)

but i wouldn't suggest waiting for a manual save feature to be integrated into the game any time soon

[fuze]

Never.

This was never meant to be a game where you can save, because you could easily save scum doing that. Oh and I don't know how the auto saves work, but I never had a problem after crashing or losing electricity on this game. It barely rolls back time.

[Drizzt]

Originally posted by Fuze:

Never.

This was never meant to be a game where you can save, because you could easily save scum doing that. Oh and I don't know how the auto saves work, but I never had a problem after crashing or losing electricity on this game. It barely rolls back time.

i don't think it really matters if people can save scum - that's their choice

i think the point is that save scumming is simply not possible in this game in the way it is in other games, since it takes increasingly long amounts of time to copy a save the longer you play the game for - you just don't notice when you play since it isn't copying the save - it is continuously modifying the single copy of the save

people can manually copy their save folder - and a manual save button would do the same - but the game would have to be paused, so that the save was not being written to (since if you are copying the save files and some of them change the copy will be corrupted, and possibly unloadable) - and then the player would have to wait several minutes while the save got copied

and so not really much compelling reason to add the feature - since people would almost certainly complain about it - better they just complain about it not existing

personally i would prefer to see a "copy" option in the load menu - as well as a "rename" option

these would be added conveniences for save file management - especially since the load screen is a flat directory space - whereas in reality there are multiple folders (Survival, Sandbox, Challenges etc)

but obviously i can live without them - ctrl c, ctrl v and then rename is pretty easy to do - and a staple of using a PC lol :-)

[The early worm deserves the bird]

HA! Good joke

[Puppers]

Never I hope. you can make a new character on the same world and if you use the skilljournal mod you have your skills indefinitely.

[Quill]

Game auto saves constantly

I haven't really found any reason to have a manual save besides save scumming because even when the game has crashed on me it still saved to the point of the crash.

If you're worried about game corruption use Backups

[Sleepykitty]

Learn to back-up your saves, because the game is riddled with bugs. Such as how lately, melee attacks just don't seem to land even if the target is green and in front of you. Fun!

[=JpS=Red5]

Originally posted by StormK9:

Learn to back-up your saves, because the game is riddled with bugs. Such as how lately, melee attacks just don't seem to land even if the target is green and in front of you. Fun!

Yup. Backups are your friends, especially when using mods.

[xAlphaStarOmegax]

Backups are nice, but the more places you visit and loot in the game the longer it takes to backup your files.

[attack turtle]

Originally posted by Fuze:

Never.

This was never meant to be a game where you can save, because you could easily save scum doing that. Oh and I don't know how the auto saves work, but I never had a problem after crashing or losing electricity on this game. It barely rolls back time.

well, technically irl you never get a second chance either. But tbh, you would be tough only if u delete the game when u die according to this logic. Mb start new from 0(this is a second chance actually), not using the same map.
Also sandbox should be considered as cheating then, cuz u just make it easy for yourself? But then if you want very realistic implementation, why not get successful irl instead?

[skinnywattie]

Theres no save-game in Chess, I think it kinda works like that. Treat it more like a strategy game than a point and click shooter.

Save games would kinda ruin the challenge of it.
Save before you dash into a building, die, then load up the save. There'd be no tension, no worry and you wouldn't bother thinking tactically/strategically which for me is the pure joy of this game.

[Mr_Purple]

For a game that has so many adjustable variables in custom difficulty setting, lack of manual saving is... questionable. To be honest, this "you are going to die" thing grows old on people really quickly. Only wonder how many people "CBT" direction of Zomboid have pushed away. How many people shelved the game forever because they have limited time to play and don't want their playthroughs end up as a huge waste of time. Sometimes they are not even to blame for their mistakes. The world won't end if they make manual saving an optional thing for solo games.
Edit: Or hey, give us an "I am Legend" virus immunity option, that would work too. It's a good idea to let players play the game how they want to play the game. People who play the game like they want to are usually happy, happy players stick around for a long time.

[REDACTED]

Originally posted by skinnywattie:

Theres no save-game in Chess, I think it kinda works like that. Treat it more like a strategy game than a point and click shooter.

Save games would kinda ruin the challenge of it.
Save before you dash into a building, die, then load up the save. There'd be no tension, no worry and you wouldn't bother thinking tactically/strategically which for me is the pure joy of this game.

Honestly, this game is nothing like Chess in any way. One day is one hour IRL. It just took me 11ish hours to get to day 20 or so. They SHOULD give us an Iron man option for the sweats that sit at home all day and play video games and 20 hours being wiped out just doesnt matter.

Theres so many people that will never get to the best parts of this game because there is no save button. I mean, without mods... who wants to put 100 hours into a save and have all their hard work deleted when they get bitten once.

I can tell you the overwhelming majority of PC players would want a save feature in this game. Just make it optional "iron man" style. Then you can and should be proud of going really far.

For now, yeah I just backup my saves. Losing several hours sucks, no thanks on losing 100 plus.

[Mushroom Steve]

Originally posted by D.B. Cooper:

Originally posted by skinnywattie:

Theres no save-game in Chess, I think it kinda works like that. Treat it more like a strategy game than a point and click shooter.

Save games would kinda ruin the challenge of it.
Save before you dash into a building, die, then load up the save. There'd be no tension, no worry and you wouldn't bother thinking tactically/strategically which for me is the pure joy of this game.

Honestly, this game is nothing like Chess in any way.

You view the board and move accordingly. Chess is analogous. Both are games played for fun. Generally, it takes a bit of forethought into both to succeed.

Originally posted by D.B. Cooper:

They SHOULD give us an Iron man option for the sweats that sit at home all day and play video games and 20 hours being wiped out just doesnt matter.

You should manually backup your saves if you feel it's necessary. Otherwise, plan accordingly. You've got work in 15 minutes but really want to play Zomboid? Accept the consequences.

Originally posted by D.B. Cooper:

I can tell you the overwhelming majority of PC players would want a save feature in this game. Just make it optional "iron man" style. Then you can and should be proud of going really far.
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How does a save you can roll back to add to the pride of making it 365 days or whatever? Wouldn't that, instead, diminish the reward of actually completing it?

"Oh wow, I finally built the base. Took only a day! I only had to die 10 times, load 15 saves, and spawn in my old inventory!" Vs "I struggled for this base. I've lost people. This place is both my home and a rememberance for those who've fallen. They're buried over there."

[Labra]

Originally posted by Mr_Purple:

Or hey, give us an "I am Legend" virus immunity option, that would work too. It's a good idea to let players play the game how they want to play the game. People who play the game like they want to are usually happy, happy players stick around for a long time.

That's already a thing, just set "Transmission" to "None" in custom sandbox mode.