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English-speaking community => Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star => Topic started by: DDTank on July 08, 2015, 04:13:21 PM



Title: Save games?
Post by: DDTank on July 08, 2015, 04:13:21 PM
This might have been asked before but anyway:
There is a "Save & Exit" option but that is essentially one save slot that you can then come back to, correct?
Would it be possible to add a proper save menu with multiple slots? Currently the game is not very forgiving: if you mess up a turn, that's it and tough luck. On more than one occasion I have spent days / weeks on a campaign only to make a mistake near the end and end up having to start from scratch. Even beyond that, it would be good to have the option just to try different ideas on a specific turn to see how things pan out.


Title: Re: Save games?
Post by: Krabb on July 08, 2015, 04:36:11 PM
No way! What's done is done. :D


Title: Re: Save games?
Post by: DDTank on July 09, 2015, 08:53:02 PM
Okay. That's nice then.


Title: Re: Save games?
Post by: Lemonade on July 12, 2015, 09:35:22 PM
You can do this manually. Just select Save & Exit and back up profiles folder from GTOS Installation Dir\users\ directory. You can rename the backup to whatever you like.
To restore a game "saved" in this manner, just delete the profiles directory (make a backup first!), select one of your backups that you wish to restore, make a copy of it and rename this copy to profiles.

I use it every time after I deploy my units, because sometimes deployment takes a very long time and if I screw something up by accident after deployment (like forget to issue initial orders for some of my units, or set up arty zones) it means I need to restart the battle. And I don't have a whole day to play with GTOS.
I also use it to store some interesting tactical situations in order to replay them.


Title: Re: Save games?
Post by: DDTank on July 13, 2015, 04:25:26 PM
Thanks - I had completely forgotten about that! I already used to do this years ago playing Achtung Panzer but had forgotten (must be an age thing...).