Multiple In-Game save slots needed!

[LiamLennon]

Aloha!

First of all, as a lifelong fan of Theme Hospital, I love TPH with a deep passion, so thank you for this gem! :)

I only have 1 really complaint: For the life of me, I absolutely do not understand why this game doesn't have multiple in-game save slots? It is soo obvious that games like these just need those! How I would love it to start a level, build whatever I think is necessary and then save the beginning in case I ♥♥♥♥ up later. I'm flabbergasted that this is still not possible?!
I really don't wanna come off rude, but multiple slots are just a fundamental necessity for EVERY simulation game in which things can go horribly wrong at some point. I mean, yes, I could manually copy and save the data, but come on...! Theme Hospital had 8 slots which were totally enough. At this point I would even be happy with only a second slot. I don't want to be dependent on auto saves which tend to save at the wrong time.

So, please, please include separate save slots! Heck, I would even pay for that option if it's money that you want.

Besides that, I wish all of you a great weekend! :)

[KickAir8P]

It's a clumsy (IMHO) attempt to inhibit save-scumming (links below), and the second-most reason I don't recommend this game -- I really wish they'd implement a standard save system. What they have to go through to walk customers through sending in their saves with bug reports? That alone should've convinced them by now. If you go into the settings you can turn off autosaving, which works so long as you don't exit to the map (there's a setting to not autosave when changing hospitals, but it doesn't work) -- that'll at least give you quick-load access to your last save.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=save%20scumming

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SaveScumming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVSgVAoUm8s

[OldGamer]

They do have separate slots. I have two foundations.

[milkygirl]

Originally posted by OldGamer:

They do have separate slots. I have two foundations.

I believe the OP means save slots while a foundation/campaign is in progress. So you could have a save say, when you first open a hospital, and another one an hour or so into playing, and have access to both so you can choose which state you wish to load the hospital in (or go back to if you mess up).

Hope that makes sense!

[branes51]

Mulitple save files have been a factor for most games since I started playing them in 1979. I can't believe in 2024 this game only has one save file. This is egregious.