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Author Topic: Get rid of type "delete" to delete saves  (Read 317 times)

Grievous69

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Get rid of type "delete" to delete saves
« on: February 22, 2024, 11:35:01 PM »
And I'll keep making this suggestion until it gets fixed. Yes fixed as in the current system serves literally no purpose. Every normal game in existence has a simple "Are you sure?" prompt, I don't see why that can't be a thing here.

This post was inspired by me experimenting with something in the game and making a bunch of save copies. Then I got hit with a decision, is my typing speed faster than finding the game files and manually figuring out which saves I need to vaporize. So please can we get rid of this archaic thingy.
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Re: Get rid of type "delete" to delete saves
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2024, 11:40:14 AM »
i deal with this by deleting save files directly from the folder... Figured this out when trying to fix my procgen system...
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Re: Get rid of type "delete" to delete saves
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2024, 11:46:37 AM »
Yeah that's literally what I mentioned in the post, and that is ridiculous that players have to resort to that.
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Re: Get rid of type "delete" to delete saves
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2024, 11:55:29 AM »
you shouldn't underestimate how easy it is to mistake "save game" with "load game" late at night. And I would assume the same thing for "delete", at like 6 a.m. in the morning after a 12 hour long session of testing warthogs against remnants.

Quote from: Grievous69 on February 23, 2024, 11:46:37 AM
Yeah that's literally what I mentioned in the post, and that is ridiculous that players have to resort to that.
sry
« Last Edit: February 23, 2024, 11:57:23 AM by Killer of Fate »
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Re: Get rid of type "delete" to delete saves
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2024, 06:23:52 PM »
Alternatively, maybe one of the following might be a good compromise:
  • allow highlighting more than one save and have us type "delete" only once to delete all highlighted
  • add specific buttons "delete all older saves" (for predecessors of Save Copy) and "delete all older-version saves" (for after upgrading to a newer Starsector version) and have us type "delete" only once to delete all pertaining saves
    - these should cover >90% of all cases where we want to delete several saves at the same time
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Re: Get rid of type "delete" to delete saves
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2024, 08:46:34 PM »
Quote from: Zsar on February 23, 2024, 06:23:52 PM
  • allow highlighting more than one save and have us type "delete" only once to delete all highlighted
Huge fan of this.
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Re: Get rid of type "delete" to delete saves
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2024, 04:10:21 PM »
I can get on board with this. An "Are you sure" button usually prevents most mishaps.
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