Save Game name formats and metadata

OllyMUK

Hi

Is there a way to change the default savename format from "Save X (Date Time)" to something of our choosing?

Ideally I'm just after the "save X" without the time and date.

It would be great if the format could be specified on the SaveList component, and perhaps if there were label types you could use to show the MetaData from the save (time, date, size etc).

Olly

ChrisIceBox

You can configure the timestamp format in the "Save game" section of the Settings Manager.

For full control over a save file's label, use the Save: Save or load Action. A tutorial on this topic can be found here./tutorials/custom-save-game-labels

Additional data from the save in other labels would need to be handled through custom scripting. One approach is to store the intended text in Global String Variables (hook into the OnBeforeSaving custom event to set the values at the correct time). When opening the Load menu, you can then use the ExtractSaveFileVariables function to extract this data from a given SaveFile.