[WIP] Nikola Tesla: War of the Currents [NEW UPDATE]

[SirEdmund]

As a big Tesla (the inventor not he company) nerd, you certainly have my attention

I just started the demo and I’m enjoying it so far, can’t wait to play the rest!

@dklindzic

Good shout. I thought Dashingdon had some sort of auto-save feature going on. I’ll look into implementing the additional CJW plugin. Other than the *sm_init command in startup, do I also need to insert the *sm_save command manually at save points throughout the scenes, or does the plugin save automatically?

On Dashingdon you only need to put the *sm_init command in startup file after all of the *create commands and check the “Check to use smPluginMenuAddon save plugin by CJW” box in the game’s settings, Dashingdon will take care of the rest.

As for a save function in the final game, there are a few ways to accomplish this. A checkpoint save system seem like the easiest to me, as it can be entirely done within ChoiceScript without the need of additional tools. There are a few threads around on how to do this, I found this one helpful:

Checkpoint/Saving system

Hello! Today, I’m not going to ask for help for any kind of errors. I’m thinking about how to develop a checkpoint system that allows the MC to get redirected back to the previous checkpoint if they die(With the stats they had previously). I’m thinking of games that had this kind of a system, but can’t really think of many, so I’ll just use the example of Sabres Of Infinity(Along with Guns of Infinity), I think Mecha Ace had a checkpoint system too, though, I might be mistaken. I’m looking for a…

Anyway, keep up the good work!