SORX - Question about load/save feature
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I usually have 2 hours to play a game in a day usually I get 3 days a week, those 2 hours are split into 30 minute sessions so I definitely need the save features, the SORX Shiva run took me two days to record.
If I didn't have that feature I probably wouldn't play it, one of my actual pet peeves in games is restarting from the beginning of the level, I just don't have time for it as an adult.
If I didn't have that feature I probably wouldn't play it, one of my actual pet peeves in games is restarting from the beginning of the level, I just don't have time for it as an adult.
I like save game as a concept - but not the engine's native version. That's one of those thigns that's pretty much impossible to handle correctly as a native feature, and the various issues encounted by people using it are proof. IMO adding it was one of the biggest mistakes we made. I'd reccomend using filestreams instead.
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Yeah, it's really a good point. In this case I will maintain the save feature, even if I create some custom way.
I think the same as you, and after the last report I received from @neon5916 about loading a cleared game and counting as a finished game, I'm thinking of using filestreams to create a custom save/load feature. The only problem is, these files can be easily cheated by people, I need first to make a way to lock, hide or encrypt it.
I haven't written an implementation yet or I'd give it to you, but my own plan was to use bitshift and hex codes, then add a check sum. Easily breakable by someone who knows what they're doing, but an impassible roadblock for the quick and dirty cheaters.
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Hex codes are an interesting idea, if I'm not wrong the old secure pack code works this way by reversing the password string order and then converting to hex. I will do some tests, thanks for the idea.
Yes, and OpenBOR script can read hexadecimal numbers (although it can't write them unless you script a numeric to text converter). That right there will put an instant stop to a lot of cheaters.
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Great! I didn't know that, I though that it only works in the
rgbcolorfunction.
oldyz
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just my two cents:
1 - i like it because i can continue later at a different time,
2- There are some games that are tough as nails, and a lot of people will just quit, adding the save feature was beneficial, because other-wise lots of people will miss out
Konami knew that if a game is tough , you usually give players a password system or a cheat code to get lives, most players i have known have the tendency of beating a 60+ minute game in one seating after playing the game for the 4th time using saves or codes...
i would like to find out how the engine could save current state and position of a sound-track tho
1 - i like it because i can continue later at a different time,
2- There are some games that are tough as nails, and a lot of people will just quit, adding the save feature was beneficial, because other-wise lots of people will miss out
Konami knew that if a game is tough , you usually give players a password system or a cheat code to get lives, most players i have known have the tendency of beating a 60+ minute game in one seating after playing the game for the 4th time using saves or codes...
i would like to find out how the engine could save current state and position of a sound-track tho
Not at all. Any numeric parameter in any function will accept a correctly formatted hexadecimal input, and by extension that means you can read them from filestreams.
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machok
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I've got double maybe triple that so Lucky me
*btw (oot) I want quick save (save every where) feature
I've got double maybe triple that so Lucky me
*btw (oot) I want quick save (save every where) feature
If I choose less sleep I can get extra hours
I either go to sleep late or wake up super early but I usually reserve that for the weekend and other hobbies. Save state feature would be great but only on games where the levels are long, I think for SORX save anywhere feature would NOT be a good idea.
oldyz
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bah - amateursIf I choose less sleep I can get extra hours
try not sleeping for days because your body gets so uncomfortable/painful you can't rest at all...
(it really messes with how you manage/use your "free time")
i wish i had regular sleep cycles tho, mind is less cluttered after a good rest.
anyway , as for save states, i appreciate them very much, it helps on the developer side of things a bit when you are combing trough stuff or testing certain things - i know they are helpful when developing texture packs .
@machok , theoretically, you can have save states if you play openbor games in an emulated windows xp/7 machine, just be prepared with extra 500mb or so everytimt you use it
oldyz
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i have run 7 using 7 in virtualbox, but who knows how openbor would perform ....
w 10 runing virtual w 10? perhaps it might run openbor well in a machine that is not older than 5 years ago, you can even try an optimized windows 10 for gaming - like this one
Ghost Spectre Windows 10 Superlite Version | TechLatest
We are going to show you a Windows build named Ghost Spectre Windows 10 Superlite Version, with a lot of useless features truncated from it like Windows Update.
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i had another iso with a similar "optimized" system.. but i cant remeber if it was win8 or 7, i ran them becasue of the weird ACdsee phenomenon i cant figure out on this blasted machine...