DD/Saving and loading
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Proposal
Summary
The save and load features can be accessed via the ingame menu.
The save dialog has to provide a possibility to enter a name for the save game and should display other saved games, so that they can be selected and overwritten.
Similarly to the save dialog, the load dialog displays all saved games. The user can select one and load it via a click on a confirm button.
Implementation related note
There are three types of savegames: autosave (automatic saves every n minutes), quicksave (saved by hotkey) and regular saves (saved via the save dialog in ingame menu). Everyone of those has it's own directory, which makes them easy to distinguish. In the load dialog, all of them are displayed.
Open Questions
| Open question: Should it be possible to load a game via doubleclick on an item of the savegame list? totycro |
| Suggestion: Why not LinuxDonald |
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| Suggestion: As used in most modern games you should have the possibility to activate an item in a list via doubleclick and additionally via a GUI button, because this is a matter of accessbility for people who are not able to doubleclick due to a physical handicap. --dauerflucher 01:00, 9 August 2008 (UTC) |
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| Open question: Should the save dialog ask for permission before overwriting another savegame? totycro |
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| Suggestion: Yes LinuxDonald |
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| Open question: Should the save dialog also ask for permission before overwritting the quicksave file? totycro |
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| Suggestion: Yes LinuxDonald |
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| Open question: How can the user quicksave? totycro |
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| Suggestion: By using an empty name in the save dialog or via a shortcut (possibly F5, because a number of other games use this key. totycro |
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| Suggestion: Just want to mention this being a topic for another page... --dauerflucher 01:07, 9 August 2008 (UTC) |
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| Open question: What should happen after the game is saved? Continue the game or display the ingame menu? What should happen when the user presses cancel on the save dialog? totycro |
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| Suggestion: When the game is save the user should still be in the save game menu having the option to decide wether to return to game or to main menu. If the save dialog is canceld the same should happen. Most likely via additional buttons within the menu. --dauerflucher 01:00, 9 August 2008 (UTC) |
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| Open question: Can the user delete a savegame? If yes, how? totycro |
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| Suggestion: Yes, this should be possible. I think an additional button within the menu might be the easiest and savest way. The user select the save game, press on the button and a popup window will ask him/her to confirm the action. --dauerflucher 01:00, 9 August 2008 (UTC) |
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| Open question: Should the map name and or or the time be included in the savegame-name, that is automatically proposed? (like this: MyMap, 13:37) totycro |
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| Suggestion: Nope. The user can choose an individual name for each save game excluding "quicksave" and "autosave". This name will be displayed in the save game list and all other details (date and time, map and scenario name, maybe name of user profile, and a thumnailed screenshot) are featured in an info box next to the save game list. --dauerflucher 20:07, 10 August 2008 (UTC) |
