save tool

[gambla]

Hi,
do you know if there is a save-tool (press button x and quick-save) for ArmA out yet ? There was one for OFP and i love it.    (It simply renamed the save-file, so you could save again.)

I know i got unlimited saves on "easy" but i want to play in "veteran"-mode.

cheers,
gambla

[Baddo]

Save tool?

Hold left shift and press minus from numpad, then let them go and type 'savegame' doesn't that work...?

Look more from:
http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ArmA:_Cheats


By the way this works for OFP too 


Edit: noticed your other thread about the same subject in BIS forums and also a comment from MaddMatt that the savegame cheat doesn't work... and I tested it in version 1.05.5136 and I couldn't get it to work. I am sure I used it in ArmA already in some earlier version so it has become broken as a result of some patch I think.

[h-]

savegame cheat doesn't work in 1.02, 1.04, 1.05, 1.07.51xx beta nor in the latest 1.07.5157 beta.
So it's safe to assume it doesn't work in 1.00 either..

Although I haven't tried using it in 'easy' mode, maybe it works there and is bugged and not working in veteran..

[Baddo]

Well then I guess I remembered a dream of mine or something 

No it doesn't work in Cadet mode either.

It's something that should get fixed by BIS, but not with a high priority though. It's not a showstopper.

[h-]

And doesn't work in 1.08 either..

Aa-and we're drifting sooo off-topic:

I never have considered savegame as a cheat though, it's SP only feature and good for mission debugging..
Plus it's a computer game..
Although I wish in RL there would be buttons like delete, retry and esc 

Anyways, if one really wants to have multiple saves in Veteran mode you can always do the following (in windows XP and lower, dunno about Vista):
- Play the game in windowed mode (to avoid CTDs or complete systems hangs that may happen due to alt+tabbing)
- Save the game when you feel the need
- When you want to save again, put the game on pause (esc)
- Enter Windows, goto 'My Documents' -> 'ArmA' -> 'Saved' -> depending on are you playing a campaign or a single mission select either 'campaigns' -> 'campaign name' or 'missions -> 'mission name', find the file save.ArmASave and delete it (you can make a backup of it first if you wish)
- Enter ArmA, un-pause and then pause the game again and you have the 'Save' button back..