Twinsen LBA 1 - Save-Load from different locations

[ENGLISH]

Twinsen's Little Big Adventure 1 has a rather confusing and hostile save system.

Every time the screen / zone / area is changed, the game automatically saves the game with the name that we have put at the beginning of the game. It always overwrites that file, which is a nuisance because if we die or life / clovers are taken from us, when we load the game we will have that last state, causing great frustration and wasted time.


[ESPAÑOL]

Twinsen's Little Big Adventure 1 tiene un sistema de guardado bastante confuso y hostil.

Cada vez que se cambia de pantalla / zona / área, el juego automáticamente guarda la partida con el nombre que hayamos puesto al principio del juego. Siempre sobrescribe ese fichero, lo cual es un fastidio porque si nos quitan vida, tréboles o morimos, al cargar la partida tendremos ese último estado, provocando una gran frustración y pérdida de tiempo.

English

To solve that, I have followed a series of steps:

1 - Disable Steam Cloud from the game so it doesn't interfere.

2 - From *within* the game, let's copy the save each time the screen changes, assigning it a different name, to have different return points.

3 - It is also interesting to make backup copies of the files from *outside* the game. The route is:

C:\Users\UserName\Saved Games\2point21\tlba-classic\Save

The problem is that when loading/continuing the game it will automatically overwrite that file every time the screen is changed, within the game. If we later want to return to the starting point, it will not be possible because it will have already been saved several times as the area changed.

To solve this problem, the ideal is to manually make 2 copies of the game from within the game. We will always use the same one to load the game and the rest as copies in case something goes wrong.

Savegame file - Proxima Island

You can test it by downloading the following file, which is a savegame of my progress on Proxima Island[drive.google.com], just at the moment where you can follow the steps to get the pirate's treasure. If done correctly, a character will give us a coffee pot, unlocking one of the achievements.

Español

Para solventar eso, he seguido una serie de pasos:

1 - Desactivar Steam Cloud del juego para que no interfiera.

2 - Desde *dentro* del juego copiaremos la partida cada vez que cambie la pantalla, asignándole un nombre distinto, para tener diversos puntos de retorno.

3 - También es interesante hacer copias de seguridad de los ficheros desde *fuera* del juego. La ruta es:

C:\Usuarios\NombreUsuario\Juegos Guardados\2point21\tlba-classic\Save

El problema es que al cargar/continuar partida va a sobrescribir ese fichero automáticamente cada vez que se cambie de pantalla, dentro del juego. Si más adelante queremos volver al punto inicial, no será posible debido a que ya se habrá ido guardando varias veces conforme cambiaba el área.

Para resolver este problema, lo ideal es hacer manualmente desde dentro del juego 2 copias de la partida. Siempre usaremos la misma para cargar partida y el resto como copias por si algo sale mal.

Fichero de partida guardada - Isla Próxima

Puedes hacer una prueba descargando el siguiente fichero, que es una partida guardada de mi progreso en Isla Próxima[drive.google.com], justo en el momento donde se pueden seguir los pasos para conseguir el tesoro del pirata. Si se realiza correctamente, un personaje nos entregará una cafetera, desbloqueando así uno de los logros.

[Gequi]

Thank you, I will check it out

[yaBoroda]

It is app for tracking, branching and rollback to any previous state of files in selected folder. It commonly used by proggrammers for safely storing program code. You maybe heard of github - 'git' part in it is this app. There link for several implementations of it
https://git-scm.com/downloads/guis

[Gequi]

I'm not familiar with git, what is that? can you share a link?

[yaBoroda]

I did use git for rollback profile in Darkest dungeon. There it was cheating, but in LBA it can be just little bit more convenient way to manage profile, if you already familiar with git.

[Gequi]

Gracias a ti por comentar!

[Mad Prophet]

Thank you!
Gracias!

[Gequi]

Of course ! you're welcome

[Dr. theLarom]

This worked great! Thanks.