REQUEST: Option to load save games from in-game, and option to change mods from menu

[Strager]

2 requests here:

#1- Can we PLEASE get the option of loading a saved game from the in-game menu? It could be a basic load option (you cant change countries etc.) but it would save so much time for modders, and even players who like to cheat a little and save/load often. PLEEEASE give us this

#2- Would it be possible to put an option on the main menu somewhere to load a mod/change the mod your in/reload the mod? This would be extremely helpful for both modders and players. Players who use more than one mod would be able to change mods on the fly. Modders would be able to test mods quicker (no need to close/reopen the game - even if every file had to be reloaded you would still save time finding the games icon, picking the mod out of a menu, etc.) by reloading when the make a change, changing between various things they want to test (each could be in its own mod folder) etc.

What does everyone else think about this?

 

[Burning]

loading a savegame ingame would shurely be usefull & nice.

i dont think that request 2 is possible or usefull, i would rather reload the complete game, to be shure that it REALLY switched to the new/changed mod...

 

[hildoceras]

differents mods have different databases with different values for many variables, sometimes different graphics. It has to be reloaded entirely I think.

 

[Strager]

differents mods have different databases with different values for many variables, sometimes different graphics. It has to be reloaded entirely I think.

That would be fine - the option to do so from within the game though shouldn't be too hard to code. Even if it just shuts down the game and relaunces it with the proper mod it would be fine.

 

[Nikolai]

Loading saves ingame was in earlier titles, I guess they didn't want people to save and reload all the time or something.

 

[unmerged(22461)]

Loading saves ingame was in earlier titles, I guess they didn't want people to save and reload all the time or something.

Actually there was the little problem of becoming the nation you were playing in your initial game in the loaded game. This led to all kinds of errors when you tried to load a game as a country that had been annexed in that game.

 

[Strager]

Actually there was the little problem of becoming the nation you were playing in your initial game in the loaded game. This led to all kinds of errors when you tried to load a game as a country that had been annexed in that game.

That can be fixed by simply setting the game to remeber who the heck you are when you save. That should be the only nation you can load as from the menu.

 

[unmerged(22461)]

I think it may have been a long time flaw with the old EU game engine. Why it was never fixed, I have no idea, but since I believe EU3 got a revamped engine it may no longer be a real issue.

 

[unmerged(61606)]

one game (vicky i think) had the option to load savegames while already in another, however this caused problems with variables, AI, etc

 

[minority]

Yeah, the old EU2 engine met with problems when reloading from within a game, starting in as the previously played country amongst others. EU2 and HoI both would still have this feature.

I had thought that whatever problems they might have would have been fixed for the new engine though.

cheers

 

[alvaro]

I'd love to have a load option within my games.