Autosave from different games overwrite each other
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Contrary to popular belief, we are not all-knowing-all-seeing magical beings!
If you want help you're going to have to provide lots of info. Like what is your hardware, what is your operating system, what version of GZDoom/LZDoom/whatever you're using, what mods you're loading, how you're loading it, what you've already tried for fixing the problem, and anything else that is even remotely relevant to the problem.
We can't magically figure out what it is if you're going to be vague, and if we feel like you're just wasting our time with guessing games we will act like that's what you're really doing and won't help you.
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masterkark
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Autosave from different games overwrite each other
I played some Doom and already had 4 autosaves, then played Adventure of Square and noticed that its first autosave (auto0) has overwritten Doom's. Is there a way to separate autosaves and manual saves for each WAD listed in GZDoom?
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Korell
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Re: Autosave from different games overwrite each other
You can specify a save folder in the ini file or via the command line, so that each mod/game uses a different folder.
Note that I use a separate ini file for each IWAD, and a separate one for each mod, too. I keep all my ini files in a configs folder and call them via a batch file for the game or mod that I want to play. However, I use my batch files to specify the save folder to use. For example:
START gzdoom.exe -iwad %iwad% -file %addons% -config %config% -savedir %savedir%
Where I specify set values for the iwad, addons, config and savedir parameters.
Alternatively, I imagine that you could use ZDL and specify the -savedir as an extra command line argument.
Note that I use a separate ini file for each IWAD, and a separate one for each mod, too. I keep all my ini files in a configs folder and call them via a batch file for the game or mod that I want to play. However, I use my batch files to specify the save folder to use. For example:
START gzdoom.exe -iwad %iwad% -file %addons% -config %config% -savedir %savedir%
Where I specify set values for the iwad, addons, config and savedir parameters.
Alternatively, I imagine that you could use ZDL and specify the -savedir as an extra command line argument.
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masterkark
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- Joined: Tue Feb 05, 2019 1:02 pm
Re: Autosave from different games overwrite each other
Thank for reply.
I want to avoid batch files and .exe parameters since I want my GZDoom configuration to be fully portable and cross-platform. So I would like to direct save folders in the .ini. However, the "AutoExec" sections are broader than the "Autoload" ones (for example, there is no AutoExec specifically for Blasphemer or WadSmoosh, according to ZDoom Wiki). I want to use the "save_dir" CVAR. Is it possible to somehow use it in Autoload sections instead of AutoExec?
I want to avoid batch files and .exe parameters since I want my GZDoom configuration to be fully portable and cross-platform. So I would like to direct save folders in the .ini. However, the "AutoExec" sections are broader than the "Autoload" ones (for example, there is no AutoExec specifically for Blasphemer or WadSmoosh, according to ZDoom Wiki). I want to use the "save_dir" CVAR. Is it possible to somehow use it in Autoload sections instead of AutoExec?