Savegame names

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What do you call your savegames? I almost use as much time figuring out what to call the save as i do the name of my char. But one of my friends just hit some random keys on the keyboard and then press enter. What do you people do?

 

I'm a quick save freak, but I name my saves after my protagonists. For example my newest save is called 'Sylyana Flameblood' after my Sorceress.

 

Indeed, I use the same method as Blackthorne does. I normally use a savename that says what in what area the save is made. So: Athkala Bridge Destrict or Underdark or Mind Flayers lair. Sometimes I use the name of the quest: Unseeying Eye Cult or Die Bodhi-bitch

 

In every single game I name the saves "YUKK1", "YUKK2", etc...

Only once I stepped out of that rule in BG2. One "interesting" dialog after resting in Firkraag's maze, made my rotten imagination to save the game under title:
"Viccy busted"

 

My savegames have vastly different names. For example, I may write something that contains the PC's name ("Bengt est de Ulm", "So totally Inzane"), only the PC's name ("Darth Gnomer"), the PC's motivations ("Violence for the Greater Balance!"), the type of characters I'm using ("Short Folk"), the name or type of a powerful enemy ("Dragon Slain") or something completely different ("Mooo!")
To sum it up, I write whatever strikes me at the moment.

 

I save my games under very mundane names such as venture1, Venture2.

I have disabled my quicksave, mostly because A.I usually have 2 games going at any given time.
B. Pressing the Q button often happened by reflex or accident..sealing the fate of the the opposite game I previously had on quicksave.

 

I use a mixture of naming conventions for my save games. Some of these include the following, at different times for different reasons:

1. Preface a save game with the character name - ex., Duharrel-xx1, Duharrel-xx2
2. Use rule 1 and situation/location - ex., Duharrel - b4Firkraag, Duharrel - afterFirkraag
3. Use rule 1 and 2 to indicate choice - Duharrel - noJanrescue, Duharrel - Janrescue
4. Generic QuickSave
5. Storyline differentiation - Skaldstory, Duharrel, Lerrahud...
6. Differentiation between party makeups - AllFighter, 3F2C1M, Spellcastercentral
7. Indicating a solo game - Solo-Lerrahud

As with the Paul Simon song, there must be 50 ways (probably lots more) to name my games...and yours too. Whatever works.

 

I use Quicksave all the time, and when i dont use that, i just make short notes of where i am, like before i went to spellhold, i called it "Before Spellhold"

 

I use A1, A2, A3 etc etc as the intermediate saves and use copy 1, copy 2, copy 3 for important milestones.

I use the letter A, because it is the first letter of my name and use the word 'copy', because I copy the important save games to another computer, in case my computer crashes or something like that.

 

I am an avid quicksaver, but for my main game saves I keep the title relevant but witty (or corny depending on how you look at it), such as: Underdark blues, Something's fishy around here (Saemon's ship and the underwater city), Don't tangle with nature (Trademeet/Druid grove), I'll see you in Hell, and such

 

i dont save as often as i should but when i do its something like Trip(my name) and i just keep saving over it but if i need to save something to go back later, i save it as a name pretaining to what i am doing in the game at that time

[This message has been edited by Dark Xan (edited October 08, 2001).]

 

Nothing interesting I'm afraid, just the characters name followed bty a number, or for a milestone in the game, a description of that point. eg: ass whuppin' lynch mob is when me and some buddies go and wipe out Bodhi and her friends. crude, but effective

 

I decided at one point that excessive saving was cheese, so stuck mainly to autosave and one save slot per party. For this I think of a party name eg. Brotherhood of the Sword for my Pally Party, Guttersnipe for my shorty thiefy party, League of Woodsmen for my Ranger/Druid party (which I created teh protagonist for but then couldn't be bothered taking past Candlekeep - that's another thing, I like playing straight through so I've only finished SOA twice and ToB once). Needless to say, I was weak and gave up on this as soon as I got to a tough decision hard bit, and started clogging my drives with saves labelled "Before XXXXXXX fight" and so forth. Particularly bad was the final fight in TOB, but that's not relevant to this Forum, and ToB players can probably guess what I did....

 

quicksave =)

 

I use Excotic names. Often so much that I can't track back which are where. what they do. And why they do it.

"Doomsday of Socrates" is of course reffering to Killing Twisted rune. etc.

[This message has been edited by Nobleman (edited October 09, 2001).]

 

I just tend to have one save game per party, named after the protagonist, and to rely on quicksaves during a gaming session. If I have to make a decision which I'm not sure about (usually this doesn't happen, as I'm happy to go with my instincts), I'll save as <protagonist>2, and use that slot until I decide that what I decided was right, then go back to <protagonist>.

 

I save before Major Events that will affect the gameplay, and name them like "The good guys" for a good party and "Baddies are here" for bad ones... I also use quicksave really often, 'cause I have only two games running and I always save it with a name when I quit, usually in the same slot. I also describe the situation, like: "Got people got weapons lets go" as my first save in the dungeons.

Ara
(Jaw hurting... ow.)

 

i use the name of my main character and the main point of where they are in the game, also including whether its a solo or multi game. if i have decided to restart a game, i jus name it "<the name of the last game> PART 2" so i dont get confused between them.

 

I also use sometimes other names. 2 examples:

- COOOOOFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
(that was early in the morning in the golden ages of my BG addiction )
- Why do my parents always go to bed so early
The computer is very near the door of my parents room. When my mother goes to sleep I have to quit the game for else she can't sleep due to my typing and other noices...