quick save system for solo play?

[Agent]

so you can make checkpoints

[The Gat]

You'd be defeating the entire point of the game, you ain't Rambo, this is the story of how you died... and possibly in a horrifying way.

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by Poloski:

You'd be defeating the entire point of the game, you ain't Rambo, this is the story of how you died... and possibly in a horrifying way.

Is true, but the game is still in development, so many times things just change between weeks. Like recently the min range for shortblades etc.
Or your character dies cuz of a bug. (Falling through stairs etc.)

But it is still possible to save the game just copy the save file from the folder and keep a backup. Basicly after every game session it is a good idea to back it up.

[The early worm deserves the bird]

Originally posted by Poloski:

You'd be defeating the entire point of the game, you ain't Rambo, this is the story of how you died... and possibly in a horrifying way.

LOL. Usually horrifying ways for me but hey they best time to make big swings and risk it all is in the early game. Seriously just trying to get a washer and dryer in the middle of town I almost died like five times.

[stevasaur]

Originally posted by Poloski:

You'd be defeating the entire point of the game, you ain't Rambo, this is the story of how you died... and possibly in a horrifying way.

The Beta branch is literally called I Will Back Up My Save. It's pretty clear that having back-up saves is an intended behavior for folks on the beta branch.

OP just wants this functionality integrated into the game rather than having to manually copy+paste the save file to some spare folder.

[The Gat]

Originally posted by stevasaur:

Originally posted by Poloski:

You'd be defeating the entire point of the game, you ain't Rambo, this is the story of how you died... and possibly in a horrifying way.

The Beta branch is literally called I Will Back Up My Save. It's pretty clear that having back-up saves is an intended behavior for folks on the beta branch.

OP just wants this functionality integrated into the game rather than having to manually copy+paste the save file to some spare folder.

He didn't mention any specific branch, and not everyone is playing on IWBUMS either.

[Death]

Originally posted by stevasaur:

Originally posted by Poloski:

You'd be defeating the entire point of the game, you ain't Rambo, this is the story of how you died... and possibly in a horrifying way.

The Beta branch is literally called I Will Back Up My Save. It's pretty clear that having back-up saves is an intended behavior for folks on the beta branch.

OP just wants this functionality integrated into the game rather than having to manually copy+paste the save file to some spare folder.

What Poloski said. Not to mention that backing up your save isn't the same thing as create a save whenever you feel like. It means that it is recommended that you manually backup your saves in case of game breaking bugs.

[planetalgol]

The savegames are also GIGANTIC, so making multiple saves would both eat up a big chunk of your harddrive, but also slow down your game as PZ save multiple copies of the world information.

[planetalgol]

It would be comparable to having save points in Minecraft? I don't know if it would even be possible in the practical sense, maybe with a SSD and really high end system?

[holdem]

Originally posted by Oceano:

Originally posted by The early worm deserves the bird:

Seriously just trying to get a washer and dryer in the middle of town I almost died like five times.

Hmmm....yeah just like it would be in real life. I agree with Poloski, the point of the game is for making you struggle to survive, asking for a checkpoint is basically asking to remove the permadeath aspect.

Why not give players the option?
If you like playing with permadeath then that's your choice.
If i want to play with save load system then give me the option thx
I really hate the idea that i spend months building a character and die because of stupid reasons.
This keeps me from playing this game and probably many others.

[holdem]

Originally posted by EnigmaGrey:

Because the inky person with any interest in making save scumming easier is me; and that’s only because I got tired of reading about it and seeing the occasional negative reviews years ago.

Gamers almost always take the easy route. You put something like this in the game and they’ll use it — then complain that the game isn’t as exciting because of their choice.

Sorry but that is bs in my opinion.
There should be an option to turn saving game off or on before you start a new game.
Gamers who don't want the 'easy route' and like hardcore mode simply turn it off.

[holdem]

Originally posted by EnigmaGrey:

Originally posted by holdem:

Sorry but that is bs in my opinion.
There should be an option to turn saving game off or on before you start a new game.
Gamers who don't want the 'easy route' and like hardcore mode simply turn it off.

That’s the wonderful thing about opinions: they’re all bs (non-objective) and can thus be listened to or discounted at will.

Like this: it’s not going to happen.

well give players more options and the game gets more popular so........

[WillieSea]

All you have to back up is your player files. You don't have to backup the entire world, which can get bigger and bigger as you explore more and more of the map.

If you have world problems as the reason for wanting a backup, then you have more problems with your computer that save points will not fix.

My opinion is the way the game saves now is best. It prevents the whiners about how easy the game is, because they can simply go back to a previous save before their mistake, rather than learning from the mistake and starting a new character.

[holdem]

Originally posted by Oceano:

Originally posted by holdem:

Why not give players the option?
If you like playing with permadeath then that's your choice.
If i want to play with save load system then give me the option thx.

It's not about liking or not dude, the game was literally promoted as permadeath years ago, if they insert checkpoints then it's NOT a permadeath game anymore. Btw the game already has a "saveload system", just close the game and you would popup exactly where you were (much better than fuc‎king zumbiU).

Originally posted by holdem:

This keeps me from playing this game and probably many others.

Nah, it's because this game is on early access for many years and they love to complain about this as if the game has absolutely nothing finished yet (even after the 41 build they still use the "early access" excuse to smash the game with negative reviews), the other reason is because people on /v/ started to attack the game and the dev team for "muh reasons" and that spread on the internet like a disease.

I didn't ask to remove permadeath.
All i ask is an option to save/reload for players who choose so.
Players who like permadeath and losing months of progress can disable this option.
More options like this makes the game more accessible for more players = more popular game.

[-MaVerick-]

As a newish player coming from DayZ, I'd say hell NO to a quicksave "option". It defeats the entire purpose of the game and would make it shallow and non-interesting.

This game is for a pretty specific kind of gamer, the one that likes to get through a painful phase of learing by doing and eventually gets better from day to day. So you can either get your butt up and make yourself familiar with the game mechanics or accept that this isn't the game for you.

But please, pleeeeease stop to try changing things when you are clearly not the main audience.

[The Gat]

Originally posted by holdem:

Originally posted by Oceano:

Hmmm....yeah just like it would be in real life. I agree with Poloski, the point of the game is for making you struggle to survive, asking for a checkpoint is basically asking to remove the permadeath aspect.

Why not give players the option?
If you like playing with permadeath then that's your choice.
If i want to play with save load system then give me the option thx
I really hate the idea that i spend months building a character and die because of stupid reasons.
This keeps me from playing this game and probably many others.

Welcome to the concept of hard-core games, you should try Escape from Tarkov as well