The saving in this game is a complete joke.

[Cyber Kitten]

Just did 5/6 riddles for the Sphinx and was about to do the final one.

I decided to save my game because i wanted to see what would happen if i tried climbing her. She got mad, we fought, the fight was really cool and the music cooler. Then she fled and my game immediately saved after that so now i can't get to finish the riddles and get the final big reward.

Very cool game

So much for wanting to see and experience new things just because of curiosity. ♥♥♥♥ me i guess, this game isn't meant to be enjoyed or appreciated.

[DreamDecker]

Just reload your last inn save.

[Kurague]

Originally posted by Cyber Kitten:

Just did 5/6 riddles for the Sphinx and was about to do the final one.

I decided to save my game because i wanted to see what would happen if i tried climbing her. She got mad, we fought, the fight was really cool and the music cooler. Then she fled and my game immediately saved after that so now i can't get to finish the riddles and get the final big reward.

Very cool game :slimehappy:

That's because defeating her is a riddle. Maybe you should've paid attention to what the NPC you mandatorily speak with during the riddles tells you.

Just in case you're too much of a lazy ass to figure it out, You need to look at the walls and you'll see you need to attack the Sphinx's back legs only, otherwise she will leave at the end. It's a riddle, like EVERYTHING the Sphinx does.

[hounddawg]

I agree, several times the autosave has overwritten my manual save to my disgust. If anyone knows how I can turn off autosave I would do it

Originally posted by DreamDecker:

Just reload your last inn save.

Inn saves can set you back quite a ways. I save early and often in my travels, sometime just to poke my head around a corner and do a bit of exploring when the trail splits

[Cyber Kitten]

I just went on a big ass adventure away from town and my Inn save was hours ago. Actual hours of playtime gone. My jaw dropped.

[Boombastic]

Originally posted by hounddawg:

I agree, several times the autosave has overwritten my manual save to my disgust. If anyone knows how I can turn off autosave I would do it

There is no way to disable autosaving in DD2. But there is always DD2 Save Manager :-)

[Cyber Kitten]

Originally posted by Kurague:

Originally posted by Cyber Kitten:

Just did 5/6 riddles for the Sphinx and was about to do the final one.

I decided to save my game because i wanted to see what would happen if i tried climbing her. She got mad, we fought, the fight was really cool and the music cooler. Then she fled and my game immediately saved after that so now i can't get to finish the riddles and get the final big reward.

Very cool game

That's because defeating her is a riddle. Maybe you should've paid attention to what the NPC you mandatorily speak with during the riddles tells you.

Just in case you're too much of a lazy ass to figure it out, You need to look at the walls and you'll see you need to attack the Sphinx's back legs only, otherwise she will leave at the end. It's a riddle, like EVERYTHING the Sphinx does.

very cool, Mr. Perfect. I don't even get a chance to even learn or try it again. Its funny you call me a lazy ass when you probably saw the answer online and are for some reason decide to excuse the real lazy work which was not implementing an ok save feature.

And just in case your thick skull is too hard to even understand what i even typed, my goal was not even to fight her. I just wanted to see what would happen, dumbass. The problem is i can't go back.

[DreamDecker]

Originally posted by hounddawg:

I agree, several times the autosave has overwritten my manual save to my disgust. If anyone knows how I can turn off autosave I would do it

Originally posted by DreamDecker:

Just reload your last inn save.

Inn saves can set you back quite a ways. I save early and often in my travels, sometime just to poke my head around a corner and do a bit of exploring when the trail splits

Is it possible for the autosave to overwrite the manual save? As far as I know, "manual" saves are just manually triggered autosaves.

Inn saves are the only real saves, and the game recommended doing that often. Like I don't think I've gone more than an hour without resting at an inn.

[GorishiDan]

Agreed. Auto save should not overwrite manual save but that's just how it works sadly. if you can't/don't wanna do a inn save your only option is to manually make a backup from the steam folder which updates in real time so you can backup at any point without exiting the game

[Wiegs]

It's the kind of RPG where if you decide to f*ck around, the game will make sure you find out and deal with it.

Also i don't know what you expected to happen, of course the Sphinx would get mad if a monster-killing adventurer tried to climb on it.

[hounddawg]

I am not asking for a million save files here, just a switch to turn off the autosave

[Cyber Kitten]

I'm so sad. I even lost a super cool Pawn that i had put on my favourites. Now i can't even find them on advanced search anymore and no where in my recent/favourites

[Cryemore]

The entire point of the save system is to make your actions matter. Your actions are meant to have consequences. The entire game is built around managing risk VS reward.

From the health loss system to the save system. To the limited fast travel options to whether you stay out at night or rest until morning.

If you ♥♥♥♥ up a quest you don't get to rewind time and do it over. You eat your L and move on.

This is by design.

[GorishiDan]

Originally posted by hounddawg:

I am not asking for a million save files here, just a switch to turn off the autosave

I completely get that but there's no way. Manual backups or Inn saves are the only way. i'd recommend getting in the habit of playing with the steam save folder open in case you wanna save at a specific moment that way you bypass all the BS. Folder number should be 2054970 > remote > win64_save. Copy that folder and you got a backup of your last saves at that point. And as i said it updates in real time so you can tell by date

[Cyber Kitten]

Originally posted by Cryemore:

The entire point of the save system is to make your actions matter. Your actions are meant to have consequences. The entire game is built around managing risk VS reward.

From the health loss system to the save system. To the limited fast travel options to whether you stay out at night or rest until morning.

If you ♥♥♥♥ up a quest you don't get to rewind time and do it over. You eat your L and move on.

This is by design.

Do you really need this game to be as ♥♥♥♥ as possible to make you feel better when people mess up?

Even just once? A tiny mistake? Hours of fun and progress deleted as punishment? Really?

[World's Strongest Man 1984]

This entire game is a $70 joke. You deserve all you get if you actually paid for this.