Just a warning when you start a new game
Rapscallion
Member Posts: 81
I just had a hair-pulling experience when starting a new game in BG:EE and wanted to share it with you so you do not make the same mistake.
I rolled up a new character (a Berserker that I will dual to Mage) and was surprised that I got amazing stat distribution on my 2nd roll. I finished character creation and started the game, bought my supplies from Winthrop and did a few bits around Candlekeep. At some point I decided to check out the option menu, to see what had changed in BG:EE but I accidentally hit Load Game.
So what happened? Without any kind of popup message, I was taken to the Load Game screen where every slot was totally blank. I clicked Back and was taken to the Main Menu. That was it, my character and my progress had completely vanished because I hadn't quicksaved yet. There was nothing to import my character from so it was like he never existed, no auto-save, nothing. I had to reroll from scratch.
This is probably my own fault, yes, but I always remembered BG (at least BG2 did) making an auto-save right after character creation. It should also warn you that you'll lose progress if you enter the Load Game screen.
I rolled up a new character (a Berserker that I will dual to Mage) and was surprised that I got amazing stat distribution on my 2nd roll. I finished character creation and started the game, bought my supplies from Winthrop and did a few bits around Candlekeep. At some point I decided to check out the option menu, to see what had changed in BG:EE but I accidentally hit Load Game.
So what happened? Without any kind of popup message, I was taken to the Load Game screen where every slot was totally blank. I clicked Back and was taken to the Main Menu. That was it, my character and my progress had completely vanished because I hadn't quicksaved yet. There was nothing to import my character from so it was like he never existed, no auto-save, nothing. I had to reroll from scratch.
This is probably my own fault, yes, but I always remembered BG (at least BG2 did) making an auto-save right after character creation. It should also warn you that you'll lose progress if you enter the Load Game screen.
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I HAVE noticed that the game doesn't Auto-Save as much as the vanilla game. As such, I quickly started abusing the Quick Save button, and "Q."
If it makes you feel better, on my 10th roll, i got a good roll, enough to set stats to 18 for 4 stats with a 7 and an 8 left over. i saved it, rolled 2 or 3 more, you never know, and then said i was ready to play. Instead of clicking recall, i clicked store on a roll that would't even get 1 stat to 18.....
spent the next hour rerolling. My fault totally, but i lost an awesome roll and took awhile to get close to what i had, but enough to make me happy. :P then i quick saved first thing, just in case
The non-existant autosave after starting in Candlekeep is *really* annoying.
I left the game on last night when i went to work, so it's still the release version. Are you sure it didn't pop up for you?
Tricksey business.
I *love* the Quickload now that I know it's there though.
1. Game should make autosave right after new game starts
2. After hitting "load" button, the game asks if you want to do so, or else you will loose your current game.
3. Autosave before leaving Candlekeep would be nice too.
Hopefully now my next lucky roll won't go to waste when my fat fingers click the wrong button.
You know, now that I think about it... The Load screen shouldn't first exit your game. Which is to say, when you open the Load Game screen from a current game, you should be able to click "Cancel" and return to the game.
This was something that always kind of bugged me about the vanilla game, too. I can't think of any other games that make you lose your game just by opening the "load" screen.