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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0001015AI War 1 / ClassicSuggestion - Campaign Management And SetupDec 21, 2010 4:20 pm
Reporterrhinosaurus Assigned ToChris_McElligottPark  
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
Fixed in Version4.053 
Summary0001015: Info when saving games - invalid characters
DescriptionIt should either display what characters are acceptable in the save game name (the "/" character is not permitted it seems).
It should also tell you when it isn't actually saving a game when you click save.

I saved, quit, launched later and my save game was gone. Lost 4 minutes of gameplay only thankfully since my autosave is low, but still. Resaved without "/" and things were fine.
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has duplicate 0001272 resolvedChris_McElligottPark Save game names are not validated 

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orzelek

Nov 2, 2010 2:01 pm

reporter   ~0002536

Easiest solution maybe to simply limit character entry in file name field to letters and numbers only. This may exclude few useful characters that can be actually used as file name but will solve any potential naming issues.

Toll

Nov 2, 2010 2:13 pm

reporter   ~0002538

This is, at its core, the same as 0000982.

rhinosaurus

Nov 2, 2010 3:24 pm

reporter   ~0002540

Just like to reply that it isn't the same as 0982 in that this does NOT bounce you back to the save screen, it acts like it actually saved and returns to the game. At least it did so in the instance I experienced.

Toll

Nov 2, 2010 3:40 pm

reporter   ~0002541

Ah, so it doesn't. It does, however, save your game; it just saves it in a different folder that you can't load the game from. If you go into the AI War folder and into the Save directory, you can see the new directory created there and the savegame inside that directory. Perhaps a feature for a future release; be able to transverse folders in the "load game" and "save game" dialogs?

Chris_McElligottPark

Dec 21, 2010 4:20 pm

administrator   ~0006693

Thanks!

* Filenames for savegames are now fully validated, avoiding characters that are not allowed, filenames that are not allowed on windows (CON, LPT1, etc), and things like directory path separators that would cause the file to get saved into a subdirectory by accident.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Nov 2, 2010 10:48 am rhinosaurus New Issue
Nov 2, 2010 2:01 pm orzelek Note Added: 0002536
Nov 2, 2010 2:13 pm Toll Note Added: 0002538
Nov 2, 2010 2:13 pm Toll Relationship added duplicate of 0000982
Nov 2, 2010 3:24 pm rhinosaurus Note Added: 0002540
Nov 2, 2010 3:40 pm Toll Note Added: 0002541
Nov 2, 2010 3:41 pm Toll Relationship deleted 0000982
Nov 11, 2010 8:14 am Toll Relationship added has duplicate 0001272
Dec 21, 2010 4:20 pm Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0006693
Dec 21, 2010 4:20 pm Chris_McElligottPark Status new => resolved
Dec 21, 2010 4:20 pm Chris_McElligottPark Fixed in Version => 4.053
Dec 21, 2010 4:20 pm Chris_McElligottPark Resolution open => fixed
Dec 21, 2010 4:20 pm Chris_McElligottPark Assigned To => Chris_McElligottPark