OOTP 2006 - Saving A Game?

Coco_Loco · 04-03-2006, 09:27 PM

Wouldn't it be great if the OOTP 2006 version had a feature that
allowed you to SAVE A GAME, so you could come back to it later?

Why not 2006?

Sublimity · 04-03-2006, 09:31 PM

I would be in favor of this.

DamnYankees · 04-03-2006, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Coco_Loco

Wouldn't it be great if the OOTP 2006 version had a feature that
allowed you to SAVE A GAME, so you could come back to it later?

Why not 2006?

If you mean in-game, then good idea. If you mean not in game, then that's what Backups are.

Sublimity · 04-03-2006, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by DamnYankees

If you mean in-game, then good idea. If you mean not in game, then that's what Backups are.

FTR, my endorsement was for in-game, which I was pretty sure he meant.

rudel.dietrich · 04-03-2006, 09:52 PM

In addition I finally hope we have the option to turn that damned auto save off.

Markus Heinsohn · 04-04-2006, 03:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Fallschirmjager

In addition I finally hope we have the option to turn that damned auto save off.

That's in... the in-game save option is not...

Coco_Loco · 04-04-2006, 10:08 AM

Yes, I meant in-game...I'm curious why saving a game in progress won't
be an option for OOTP 2006. It's an option that many quality computer
games possess.

Is it so difficult to program into the new version?

OmahaBaseball · 04-04-2006, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

That's in... the in-game save option is not...

That is too bad that it did not make it into the game - that is one feature that I have been hoping for.

mauboy · 04-04-2006, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Fallschirmjager

In addition I finally hope we have the option to turn that damned auto save off.

Now you finally get to win that championship without tainting your histories...

marky32082 · 04-04-2006, 01:17 PM

My wife just hates it when I give her the good old "Just let me finish this game..." routine. I'm not sure if that makes me want in game saving more or less....probably less.

Jason · 04-04-2006, 01:42 PM

It is a great idea. There has to be some hard coding issue with it or Markus would have put it in by now.

andymac · 04-04-2006, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Dale And Eli's Dad

It is a great idea. There has to be some hard coding issue with it or Markus would have put it in by now.

I think the issue is probably that it would be time consuming to code. If it keeps getting requested I would bet that it gets in eventually, but right now I would guess that the demand for it isn't high enough to implement it considering the time it would take to code.

enuttage · 04-04-2006, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by marky32082

My wife just hates it when I give her the good old "Just let me finish this game..." routine. I'm not sure if that makes me want in game saving more or less....probably less.

That's why I'm voting against it!!

battists · 04-04-2006, 03:20 PM

I suspect this is simply one of the items on the never-ending list of "things we'd like to see" that hasn't quite boiled up to the "OK, gotta do this now" level...

CoachL · 04-04-2006, 03:34 PM

I would vote for this. With a young daughter that can get into all types of things, it would be able to be nice to stop and save the game when I have to chase after her, or when my wife decides it is time for us to go somewhere just as I have started a game.

Malleus Dei · 04-04-2006, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

That's in... the in-game save option is not...

Boooooooooo!

Bonedwarf · 04-14-2006, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by CoachL

I would vote for this. With a young daughter that can get into all types of things, it would be able to be nice to stop and save the game when I have to chase after her, or when my wife decides it is time for us to go somewhere just as I have started a game.

Yep. I agree. Part of the reason I don't play out games in full is that reason. Though I guess you could always just leave the computer on.

I remember the old days on the Amiga with the Action Replay cart, and I've even seen it on some DOS PC titles, where you just hit a button, and it dumps the contents of ram to a file so you can load the save state up. (Kinda like how emulators work.)

Of course, I wonder if you could play inside something like VMWare, save the state, and come back to it later?

But these are all hacks. A real legit save feature mid game would be cool.

OmahaBaseball · 04-14-2006, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Bonedwarf

Part of the reason I don't play out games in full is that reason.

Same here - this would be a great feature to have.

Caporegime · 04-14-2006, 05:10 PM

I agree with the others. The only downside to this feature that I can see is that it would encourage sore losers, like yours truly, to save and replay games until I finally got a favorable outcome.

jm47048 · 04-14-2006, 05:27 PM

I thought this was already discussed and would not be included in this version. Am I wrong?

04-03-2006, 09:27 PM	#1
Coco_Loco Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 6	OOTP 2006 - Saving A Game? Wouldn't it be great if the OOTP 2006 version had a feature that allowed you to SAVE A GAME, so you could come back to it later? Why not 2006?

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Sublimity Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: This thread. Posts: 3,199	I would be in favor of this. __________________ mrs ria: I hereby dub Sublimity the Glorious Upholder of the 5B3. Current leading vote-getter in the Worst Poster in OT History poll.

04-04-2006, 10:08 AM	#7
Coco_Loco Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 6	Saving A Game..... Yes, I meant in-game...I'm curious why saving a game in progress won't be an option for OOTP 2006. It's an option that many quality computer games possess. Is it so difficult to program into the new version?

04-04-2006, 01:17 PM	#10
marky32082 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 283	My wife just hates it when I give her the good old "Just let me finish this game..." routine. I'm not sure if that makes me want in game saving more or less....probably less. __________________ These pretzels are making me thirsty!

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Caporegime All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Borough of Kings Posts: 1,713	I agree with the others. The only downside to this feature that I can see is that it would encourage sore losers, like yours truly, to save and replay games until I finally got a favorable outcome. __________________ "If you don't know where you are going, you'll wind up someplace else." - Lawrence Peter Berra

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rudel.dietrich Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Zürich, Switzerland Posts: 8,608	In addition I finally hope we have the option to turn that damned auto save off.

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Jason Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,855	It is a great idea. There has to be some hard coding issue with it or Markus would have put it in by now.

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battists Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 18,506	I suspect this is simply one of the items on the never-ending list of "things we'd like to see" that hasn't quite boiled up to the "OK, gotta do this now" level...

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CoachL Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Hilmar, CA Posts: 124	I would vote for this. With a young daughter that can get into all types of things, it would be able to be nice to stop and save the game when I have to chase after her, or when my wife decides it is time for us to go somewhere just as I have started a game.

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