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• ChrisIceBox

  May 9

  This is too complex a logic chain to deal with in one go - we'll need to start at the beginning and work from there.

  I have a grid of 20 slots, with fixed Save ID (each numbered from 1 to x)

  Is this to say you have 20 separate SavesList elements, each with Fixed Save ID only? checked?

  If so, the main difference with this and the tutorial is that the tutorial relies on slot indices - rather than IDs.

  If you clear the ActionList after saving? option, and re-check Save when click on?, do saves then get stored in the correct slot?

  If so, undo the above changes, but leave out the "overwrite" logic.

  When saving, check the Console window - it'll print details when a save is created. You can use this to confirm which save is being written to.

  The change you've made to the Save: Save or load Action (relying on "Set Save ID") looks correct. Check the value of your "Save slot index" (rename this to "Save slot ID" if that's what it represents) after saving as well to check if it's the correct value.
• Dev_Martas

  May 9

  Is this to say you have 20 separate SavesList elements, each with Fixed Save ID only? checked?

  Correct.

  If you clear the ActionList after saving? option, and re-check Save when click on?, do saves then get stored in the correct slot?

  They don't. No matter what slot I click, the saves get saved continuously from the first slot onward. Overwriting a specific slot does work, however.
  In console, the saves are getting numbers starting from 1 onward. When overwriting, the save corresponds with the number of the given slot (so save3 for third slot for example).

  The change you've made to the Save: Save or load Action (relying on "Set Save ID") looks correct. Check the value of your "Save slot index" (rename this to "Save slot ID" if that's what it represents) after saving as well to check if it's the correct value.

  This works; both the console and Save slot ID show the correct values for the specific saves.

  Now how can I please check if the Slot is empty or needs to be rewritten?
  And how can I implement saving from the "overwrite" popup menu?
• ChrisIceBox

  May 9 edited May 9

  They don't. No matter what slot I click, the saves get saved continuously from the first slot onward. Overwriting a specific slot does work, however.

  Open up AC's MenuSavesList script and look for the following (around line 864):

  if (newSaveSlot && _slot == (numSlots - 1))
  

  Replace with:

  if (newSaveSlot && !fixedOption && _slot == (numSlots - 1))
  

  Does that fix the empty slot issue?

  Now how can I please check if the Slot is empty or needs to be rewritten?

  The Save: Check Action's Is Slot Empty condition is the one to use - but you'll need to set the "Save ID" field to match the intended slot, either manually or via a parameter.

  And how can I implement saving from the "overwrite" popup menu?

  Generally the logic looks OK - save ID field otherwise. We'll need to ensure the above are working first, however. I appeciate your patience with this multi-layered issue.
• Dev_Martas

  May 10

  The change in the code fixed the empty slot issue. I unchecked Save when click on? and added the AL back again with the Save: Check - Is Slot Empty.

  

  All seems to work properly now! The saves are saved in the selected position, and the overwrite popup menu appears only when the slot is occupied. Thank you!

  Now, only the last issue remains. I tried to switch and move the Save and Variable Actions in the Overwrite menu and partially to the Overwrite Check Menu, but nothing seems to work. The saves that were supposed to be overwritten do not appear in the specific slot but instead appear from the first slot onward again (the console also confirms this), and the Variable Save Slot ID turns to -1.
• ChrisIceBox

  May 11

  Return to the ActionList when click asset that runs when the SavesList is clicked on, and have it run the Variable: Set Action that transfers the "clicked ID" parameter to the "Save slot index" variable.

  This is then set - and should not need changing for the rest of the process. Remove any other instances of this Action.

  If the logic for the Overwrite menu is in a separate ActionList, you can use the ActionList: Set parameter Action to do the reverse, i.e. set its own "clicked ID" parameter from the variable.
• Dev_Martas

  May 13 edited May 13

  I am still experiencing issues. For example, when I save on positions 2, 13, and 15 (in that order), I can overwrite only 13 and 15, and when I click 2, it saves on position 13 instead. The same, however, happens when I click the same slots in a different order. I checked the settings of the slots, but they are all set the same way.
  I noticed it happens on various other slots too, the global variable changes correctly but the saves is on a different slot.

  Here are my ALs for Save and Overwrite menus:
  Save:
  

  Overwrite:
  
• ChrisIceBox

  May 13

  Looks like a case of the save index - not the ID - being referred to, in the Save_RealySaveYes assets' Save: Save or load Action.

  Set the Save to overwrite to Set Save ID, and then override it with the parameter.
• Dev_Martas

  May 14

  I tried that before. When I change to what you suggest, the overwritten saves are saved consecutively from the first slot onwards into every unoccupied slot instead of the specific clicked slot.
  The global variable changes correctly, but the console writes the incorrect save number (1, 2, ....)
  It is the same behavior as at the beginning of this thread; I checked the MenuSavesList script, and the fix you suggested is still there.
• ChrisIceBox

  May 15

  I can't recreate such an issue - but as the Action should now rely on the parameter, not the variable, its the former value to check.

  Try adding an ActionList: Comment Action that displays:

  Parameter value: [param:0]
  

  into the Console. What gets shown?
• Dev_Martas

  May 15

  Added the action and in the Overwrite menu where the issue is, the console writes Parameter value = -1.

  The AL in question:
  
• ChrisIceBox

  May 15

  You need to assign the parameter value - the first Action assigns it to a separate ActionList.

  Copy or amend the first Action, same settings but check Change own?, so that its own parameter value takes the value of the Global Variable.
• Dev_Martas

  May 15

  It works! thank you! :-)