How Quicksave works and why I refunded this game

[Wig Bang]

It deletes your save file first. Then creates a new one.

It doesn't make a backup or make sure the save finished before deleting. It just deletes it.

I assume they did this to ensure that by the time you finish the game and have suffered 100 crashes, at least one or two will have deleted save progress of hours of playtime.

This artificially lengthens playtime.

The HD version was not made by the same people and therefore not with the same integrity as the people who made the original game.

I will keep a very diligent eye out for these guy's work in the future and do MORE than just not buy their games.

[Wig Bang]

But some do it well and some do it poorly and the least I can do is never give any money to the ones that do it poorly.

If I could do more, I would. If I were the ruler of the world for example, I'd probably have them executed.

[Exiled Alchemist]

This is why I never use quicksaves, or auto saves unless a game forces it. They always have a high chance to become corrupted due to it always overwriting the same file repeatedly. Thus is why it is always better, and smarter to keep making a new manual hard save. That way you are not overwriting the same files, and if it becomes corrupted you always have another hard save to fall back on. As an extra level of protection I keep a backup copy of the save folder incase something happens between gameplay sessions.

Call me paranoid if you want, but I have ran into my fair share of save corruptions in my lifetime. I've had it happen with extreamly stable PC games, console games, and even handheld games. It doesn't matter who made these games, or how they made the save system it always has the possibility to become corrupted. That is why I always find away to create some kind of backup of my save files, or save in the way that I have said above. Taking that extra step of caution has saved me so many times that it isn't even funny.

[Wig Bang]

You're not paranoid. I have written batch files and even scripts that bind to hotkeys that I'll use WHILE in game that will make backups of save files before initiating a quick save keystroke.

Not paranoid at all. ♥♥♥♥ developers that force us to jump through hoops like that.

[Harlequin]

You're paranoid as ♥♥♥♥ if you think this was intentional, honestly. Bioshock 1 was made on a trashbin bootstrapped version of UE 2 (dubbed UE 2.5) with some of UE3's features, hence its myriad issues.

The quicksave issue, as insane and stupid as it seems, is probably just one of those things where a programmer never considered what would happen if things went wrong during the saving process. As someone who's worked in both mechanical and software fields, I can assure you with great faith that redundancy and "What if it ♥♥♥♥♥ up?" is an issue that most people don't consider.

If I could do more, I would. If I were the ruler of the world for example, I'd probably have them executed.

See a therapist.

[Wig Bang]

Originally posted by Howl:

As someone who's worked in both mechanical and software fields, I can assure you with great faith that redundancy and "What if it ♥♥♥♥♥ up?" is an issue that most people don't consider.

As someone who works in software development, I can tell you that that is something they ALWAYS consider. Your fake credentials didn't help salvage your fallacious and stupid argument.

See a therapist.

No thanks. I'd rather inferior people be extinguished.

[Harlequin]

Whatever you wanna tell yourself to sleep at night, pal.

[Wig Bang]

Originally posted by Howl:

Whatever you wanna tell yourself to sleep at night, pal.

I don't need to tell myself anything to sleep at night. I just go to sleep.

[Mecha]

this thread was incredible. A man wanting to murder developers for their implementation of a quick save. Amazing

[chumface]

Originally posted by Shifty Chips:

this thread was incredible. A man wanting to murder developers for their implementation of a quick save. Amazing

I want to murder people for almost killing me on the highway everyday...it is just called "venting"!

[Wig Bang]

Originally posted by chumface:

I want to murder people for almost killing me on the highway everyday...it is just called "venting"!

Thank you for getting it. Christ.

[chumface]

Originally posted by Wig Bang:

Originally posted by chumface:

I want to murder people for almost killing me on the highway everyday...it is just called "venting"!

Thank you for getting it. Christ.

LOL you are welcome...I never use quick save though. Perhaps that is why I never have the problem you encountered