[Wish] savegames by IWAD

Killo Zapit · Post by **Killo Zapit** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 1:51 am

What's wrong with autosaves? There are only 4 slots for them and they are always on the top!

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 4:24 am

Killo Zapit wrote:What's wrong with autosaves?

I think you answered it yourself:

There are only 4 slots for them

I'd really like to have more. The number should be made a CVAR.

Your Name Is · Post by **Your Name Is** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 9:55 am

That would help with the wierd thing that happens to me where ZDoom has to be reinstalled every time I accidentally do that. Maybe that problem is just me. Also, fix that bug when you delete the saved game that ZDoom freezes

Post by **Enjay** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 10:10 am

The advice about how to disable them was wrong. I can't check the actual values ATM, but there is a console command/ ini option called disableautosave (or similar). By default this is set to 0 (ie don't disable). If you set it to 1, it disables something and 2 disables even more. I *think* 1 disables the autosaving at the start of a level, but will still autosave if a map author has used an autosave line type or script. Setting it to 2 means autosaving will never happen. At least I think that's it.

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Your Name Is · Post by **Your Name Is** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 10:17 am

Hmm.... I should set it to 1 then.

Killo Zapit · Post by **Killo Zapit** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 12:53 pm

Graf Zahl wrote:
Killo Zapit wrote:What's wrong with autosaves?
I think you answered it yourself:

There are only 4 slots for them

I'd really like to have more. The number should be made a CVAR.

So he wants to disable autosaves because there isn't enough of them? Yeah, that makes a lot of sense.

Post by **TheDarkArchon** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 12:58 pm

The opposite can be true: 4 slots can be too much for some people.

Your Name Is · Post by **Your Name Is** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 2:02 pm

Why does deleting a saved game screw up ZDoom?

Post by **TheDarkArchon** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 2:31 pm

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Killionaire · Post by **Killionaire** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 3:09 pm

Enjay wrote:The advice about how to disable them was wrong. I can't check the actual values ATM, but there is a console command/ ini option called disableautosave (or similar). By default this is set to 0 (ie don't disable). If you set it to 1, it disables something and 2 disables even more. I *think* 1 disables the autosaving at the start of a level, but will still autosave if a map author has used an autosave line type or script. Setting it to 2 means autosaving will never happen. At least I think that's it.

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Yep, well im not completely out of it, and i checked on the Wiki

disableautosave

1. On
2. Only when required (some PWADs like to autosave in the middle, ZDCMP 1 had this)
3. Never

I set it to 3 and im fine, i save frequently enough anyways.