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Post by tommyg on Feb 19, 2023 17:27:29 GMT -6
Hey there, so I'm wondering whether there's a way to mod the game to only allow one single save, and remove all the auto saves?
I know it's probably not possible, but I thought I’d ask, I’ve been trying to do a play through on Insane mode, challenging myself not to save/load and redo any battles that went wrong. But the game autosaves so often, and it's so easy to abuse, I find myself loading my save rather than accepting my loses.
Stellaris, a popular sci fi strategy game has an "Ironman" mode which can be enabled, and it only allows one save game per play through, so any mistakes you make are permanent. It makes the game so much more fun and engaging knowing you can't just load and repeat. So if you lose your highest level Champion thief to a Dark Javelin thrower, that's it she's gone, no going back, you have to just accept your loses. Makes for a far more interesting play through for experienced players.
I’ve also noticed it is possible to avoid any unwanted attack from an enemy marauding party or other enemy faiths, simply by clicking "Last save" from the menu. The game loads prior to the attack, but the enemy won't attack you again, so you can avoid any attack.
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Post by Boaster on Feb 20, 2023 5:49:51 GMT -6
Hey there, so I'm wondering whether there's a way to mod the game to only allow one single save, and remove all the auto saves? I know it's probably not possible, but I thought I’d ask, I’ve been trying to do a play through on Insane mode, challenging myself not to save/load and redo any battles that went wrong. But the game autosaves so often, and it's so easy to abuse, I find myself loading my save rather than accepting my loses. Stellaris, a popular sci fi strategy game has an "Ironman" mode which can be enabled, and it only allows one save game per play through, so any mistakes you make are permanent. It makes the game so much more fun and engaging knowing you can't just load and repeat. So if you lose your highest level Champion thief to a Dark Javelin thrower, that's it she's gone, no going back, you have to just accept your loses. Makes for a far more interesting play through for experienced players. I’ve also noticed it is possible to avoid any unwanted attack from an enemy marauding party or other enemy faiths, simply by clicking "Last save" from the menu. The game loads prior to the attack, but the enemy won't attack you again, so you can avoid any attack.
It's very doable. Create a variable, possible in 'gs/gameutil5.gs' for it, and go to all of the places where savegames generate, create a condition that checks against what the variable is set as and proceed accordingly. Also, it can be done with the menu as well, where the savegame button is unclickable based on the same method above. |
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Post by lemminkainen on Feb 24, 2023 11:41:38 GMT -6
I've been doing this myself, using only my own discipline to accept losing the game and starting from scratch whenever lord died.
I haven't updated it for a while sadly, I have less time for gaming these days.
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Post by tommyg on Apr 1, 2023 14:48:20 GMT -6
I've been doing this myself, using only my own discipline to accept losing the game and starting from scratch whenever lord died.
I haven't updated it for a while sadly, I have less time for gaming these days.
Nice that you logged the challenge in pictures, I’ve read through it, this is exactly what I want to do! But it takes a lot of willpower not to load the last save after a defeat, also using the auto resolve is not an option. The auto resolve can give such random results, you just can't risk it. I tried playing "Ironman" mode using just my own willpower but after losing my highest level made to an arrow just at the end of a really long, difficult battle, where I'd carefully managed not to take any loses, I just gave up and reloaded my save. I don't have your level of willpower! [Laugh out Loud]
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Post by tommyg on Apr 1, 2023 14:52:28 GMT -6
Hey there, so I'm wondering whether there's a way to mod the game to only allow one single save, and remove all the auto saves? I know it's probably not possible, but I thought I’d ask, I’ve been trying to do a play through on Insane mode, challenging myself not to save/load and redo any battles that went wrong. But the game autosaves so often, and it's so easy to abuse, I find myself loading my save rather than accepting my loses. Stellaris, a popular sci fi strategy game has an "Ironman" mode which can be enabled, and it only allows one save game per play through, so any mistakes you make are permanent. It makes the game so much more fun and engaging knowing you can't just load and repeat. So if you lose your highest level Champion thief to a Dark Javelin thrower, that's it she's gone, no going back, you have to just accept your loses. Makes for a far more interesting play through for experienced players. I’ve also noticed it is possible to avoid any unwanted attack from an enemy marauding party or other enemy faiths, simply by clicking "Last save" from the menu. The game loads prior to the attack, but the enemy won't attack you again, so you can avoid any attack.
It's very doable. Create a variable, possible in 'gs/gameutil5.gs' for it, and go to all of the places where savegames generate, create a condition that checks against what the variable is set as and proceed accordingly. Also, it can be done with the menu as well, where the savegame button is unclickable based on the same method above.
Uh well, at the risk of sounding thick I have no idea how to do that, I'm not bad with computers but I'm not in any way a coder. I know event triggering from Warcraft 3 but it was a very simplified way of coding, this is beyond me unfortunately, but I thank you for the suggestion!
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Post by lemminkainen on Apr 2, 2023 13:52:40 GMT -6
I've been doing this myself, using only my own discipline to accept losing the game and starting from scratch whenever lord died.
I haven't updated it for a while sadly, I have less time for gaming these days.
Nice that you logged the challenge in pictures, I’ve read through it, this is exactly what I want to do! But it takes a lot of willpower not to load the last save after a defeat, also using the auto resolve is not an option. The auto resolve can give such random results, you just can't risk it. I tried playing "Ironman" mode using just my own willpower but after losing my highest level made to an arrow just at the end of a really long, difficult battle, where I'd carefully managed not to take any loses, I just gave up and reloaded my save. I don't have your level of willpower! [Laugh out Loud]
Hehe thanks, though I still have to beat the game without last save in the latest insane mod released by Boaster though.
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