Highlight last savegame

zoom · Post by **zoom** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:48 pm

It would be good if there was a way
to see what the last saving slot was.

Sometimes I try several until I find
the most recent one. Or I check the
date of the file.
(or, I play conflux III atm, I check the
water elementals killed , seems they get
down the drain or something)
again it would be nice to see it on
'load recent game' screen .

is it doable without much effort?
do any other people need that?

ian_scho · Post by **ian_scho** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:16 pm

Funny I was just thinking this 'advancement' in Civ IV that I've just started playing. For the first time I've noticed that the save game files are organised by date, in descending order. No brainer to choose the top one.

Post by **Paul Stevens** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:07 pm

How do you envision such a thing might work?
A little extra text on the 'frame' of the menu
telling which file has the most recent date?

zoom · Post by **zoom** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:36 pm

hmm. I don't know. I thought about highlighting the
most recent one, green perhaps?

Post by **Paul Stevens** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:40 pm

That makes sense. I'll see if such a thing is
feasible.

zoom · Post by **zoom** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:32 pm

Thanks

hope this is not too difficult
would the overlay capability be of use?:shock:

Post by **Paul Stevens** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:08 pm

I think the painful part is going to be
opening all the possible savegames,
chacking their 'modified' dates, and
selecting the most recent one.
Not difficult....just tedious.

Post by **linflas** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:55 am

.. or open next to CSBwin an explorer window of your saves directory, list files by date (which is what i do for Conflux)

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:55 pm

Can i just point out the more Paul is looking into this the less he is looking into the wiki stuff

Post by **Gambit37** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:11 pm

Yeah, can't you just put a date as part of the comment when you save? Oh hang on that's only DM2 and RTC....

Post by **Paul Stevens** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 2:17 am

Try CSBwin10_029.exe.

I labeled the saves 'A','B','C', and 'D'.
'A' is the earliest. 'D' the latest.

zoom · Post by **zoom** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 7:18 pm

neat! This is very useful

thanks

edit: I just realised it only displays ABCD when
loading, not when saving. Could you add that
when you have some time, please? it works, but
I guess I got used to the ABCD already, and it is
a shock , to not see the ABCD's when saving!!!

Post by **Paul Stevens** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:04 pm

Does everyone want this? It is easy to
add the labels when saving. (Actually all
I have to do is delete the "Don't Show
Labels Code".) Or I could make the whole
thing an option if other people don't like
seeing this.

Post by **Zyx** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 12:55 am

I think it's useful.

Post by **Paul Stevens** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:23 pm

Overwhelming response! OK.....
http://dianneandpaul.net/CSBwin/CSBwin10_030.zip

zoom · Post by **zoom** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:43 pm

yay

btw,
Have people downloading csbwin
an Idea to what the Letters mean?

Post by **Paul Stevens** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:02 pm

That's one of the puzzles!

I don't think it will get in their way
until they figure it out.