save game help.

03-07-2005, 05:24 PM	#1
divine_peon	i just want to ask how to disable the save game thingy so that the player can't save his game and can save only through triggers? IE: disabling the quicksave, alt+s.

03-08-2005, 01:09 AM

johnfn

Wow, thats a good question.

There is no way as far as i can see o.O.

The best way would be either to warn them at the beginning in big red letters "DO NOT SAVE YOUR GAME WITH CTRL+S OR THE SAVE GAME MENU!"

Then you could do this

Code:

Exiting on save
    Events
        Game - The game is about to be saved
    Conditions
    Actions
        -------- Oh no, they saved it anyways --------


        -------- Insert saving triggers here --------

        Game - Defeat Player 1 (Red) with the message: The game has been saved to blah, the game will now exit

Honestly thats the only way I can think of, you've got me stumped for a more elegant solution.

03-08-2005, 08:23 AM	#3
divine_peon	hehe... very nice suggestion. but oh well, you can't really stop the players to save their game... :D and yes, i've used that trigger. but well, it did not work, because it will still save the game even though you exit it through defeat. hmm.... jass?

03-08-2005, 11:19 AM

johnfn

There is a way to delete the save game folder... whether thats harsh or not I dont know... Its their own fault in the first place.

Code:

Exiting on save
    Events
        Game - The game is about to be saved
    Conditions
    Actions
        -------- Oh no, they saved it anyways --------
        -------- Insert saving triggers here --------
        Wait 25.00 seconds
        -------- Long enough for the game to be saved --------
        Game - Delete the \save saved-game folder (or whatever)
        Game - Defeat Player 1 (Red) with the message: The game has been saved as blah, and your save game folder has been deleted, it was your own choice.

03-08-2005, 12:44 PM	#5
divine_peon	wow johnfn, it's really harsh. :P i'll try. thnkies.

03-08-2005, 12:52 PM	#6
Elven Ronin	maybe make it so that it throws them out of the game when they load it back up again. I think there's a function for right after a player loads a game, but i'm not positive. When that trips, defeat them. And that's not as harsh as throwing the whole savegame directory to the sharks.

03-08-2005, 01:33 PM	#7
divine_peon	hahaha!! you're a real genius elven ronin!! you've just kicked the hell out of me. thank you!!! :D why hadn't i thought of that... :(