How do I save the game

[unmerged(143846)]

Please tell me I can save the game.

How do I do it?

 

[bouzoulll]

Press escape

 

[SA_Avenger]

In menu but only out of combat (so when you are on map)

 

[unmerged(143846)]

Thanks. Help me understand. Why do they not have a quicksave or save function where you can save the game whenever you want during a battle?

Is it a design feature? If so, why?

 

[Peter Ebbesen]

Is it a design feature? If so, why?

Yes, it is a design feature.

Why? That is anybody's guess. My guess, but it is only my guess, is that it is a combination of a) they didn't particularly want to spend the considerable extra resources on an in-battle save/load when they already had a save/load function working in their KA game engine and make no mistake, NeoCore is a small developer and these things are expensive to do (and test) the first time around, and b) that it is known that having an in-battle save/load detracts significantly from the tactical challenge of a game and breaks up the flow of gameplay, so for whatever reason they wanted to present something a bit more like old-style challenges - contrast for instance with MechCommander 1 or Dark Omen.

At a guess, should NeoCore survive the next few years their next game engine overhaul will feature in-battle save/load, but it is doubtful that it will be added in the games developed to milk the existing game engine and make it turn a profit.