Leviosaurus Posted April 22, 2002 Share Posted April 22, 2002 I'm in The docking platform of the Cairn installation, and the game works just fine, but I can't save. I play for an hour or two, get almost to the doomgiver, die accidentally in some idiotic manner and then return to the docking bay on Cairn, because none of my subsequent saves have worked. Anyone heard anything about this? When I try to save, the picture on the save page doesn't change, but some text appears at the top of the screen saying "jk96 saved successfully" or something along those lines. I'm surprised no one else has seen this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_BZA Posted April 22, 2002 Share Posted April 22, 2002 when you save, make sure you either 1)type a new savegame name, up above the list of previously saved games it will say something like "--->Cairin Bayxxx" well delete that and type "I Love Yoda" or ANY OTHER STUPID THING that will be the name of the new save file. and press save...then, after the save is complete a new screenshot thumbnail will appear at the bottom. a second mouse fumble can cause this also. make sure you are physically clicking the TOP MOST SAVED GAME before clicking save. if you accidently click a previously saved game it will just make a copy of that and put it at the top of the list. this is a REALLY minor issue and could have been easily figured out if you had just clicked around a little more. always name your saved games, it ensures that you are saving a current location and you will never get lost. also, try "quick save" default is F12, it works too. and by the way, if you have been unable to save the game to this point then i am very impressed, you made it all the way to this point with out NEEDING to save. impressive, most impressive. just rename your save files in-game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leviosaurus Posted April 22, 2002 Author Share Posted April 22, 2002 Thanks, BZ, I'll give renaming a try. I was saving just fine up until this point, so no, I'm not that good. I am also checking that I'm not carelessly clicking the wrong game, but I can understand why you might conclude that I was. I'm pretty sure this is some kind of code level problem. Typically this kind of functionality is one of the last things developed before a product gets shipped and isn't always as thoroughly tested. Case in point: I'm doing the same actions to save as I was doing earlier, it's just not working now where it worked before. Renaming might effectively work around the broken code path though. I didn't realize you could rename, thanks for pointing that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leviosaurus Posted April 24, 2002 Author Share Posted April 24, 2002 Well, that didn't work. I can quicksave, but that's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiles4 Posted April 25, 2002 Share Posted April 25, 2002 Leviosaurus, the symptoms you're getting are the exact ones I get when I have a sh@tload of saved games. When the game wouldn't save, I delete a ton of saved games and it works again. I'd guess it has problems when you have between 100 and 150 savegames but I'm not sure. if you accidently click a previously saved game it will just make a copy of that and put it at the top of the list. WTF is that???!!! I've had that happen many a time and it pisses me off! Is this a bug or Raven's idea of a sick joke? And what's the deal with that @ssinine pointer. Sometimes the games scroll when you don't want them to and don't scroll when you want them to. Why couldn't they just make a sensible and easy-to-use save menu like Deus Ex. I love JK2 but I think the savegame menu is a joke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demolisher Posted April 25, 2002 Share Posted April 25, 2002 I agree, the save menu is weird. Instead of just saving over your last save, like Elite Force, the game makes multiple copies which is good to some extent but the game goes overboard with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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