Syndicate Wars -- Can't Save Games!

Nick Ellwood

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Dec 12, 1996, 3:00:00 AM12/12/96

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I can't seem to be able to save games in Syndicate Wars.

Can somebody kindly tell me what directory *.sav files are stored in ?

Thanks

Nick

Magnus

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Dec 12, 1996, 3:00:00 AM12/12/96

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On Thu, 12 Dec 1996 16:00:24 GMT, n...@netspace.net.au (Nick Ellwood)
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Sounds like somebody is playing the pirated version...:)

I believe that what you need to do is create a \savegame\ directory
somewhere...

Magnus

Stefan

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Dec 13, 1996, 3:00:00 AM12/13/96

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>Sounds like somebody is playing the pirated version...:)
>
>I believe that what you need to do is create a \savegame\ directory
>somewhere...

I'm using that one too.. Create the dir \SWARS\QDATA\SAVEGAME
Pretty good game, I'm going to buy it (After spending over $200 on
SHIT games over the years, I try them first)

Cameron Hill

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Dec 13, 1996, 3:00:00 AM12/13/96

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Nick Ellwood wrote:
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> I can't seem to be able to save games in Syndicate Wars.
>
> Can somebody kindly tell me what directory *.sav files are stored in ?

I dunno if this will help... But I find its a common error to hit enter and expect this game to save. In Syn
Wars it wont work. U have to type the name and hit the save button on screen. Good luck!

--Cam

Jarkko Aro

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Dec 14, 1996, 3:00:00 AM12/14/96

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Save files are stored in the syndicate wars root. In game go to the file
storage menu.

Nick Ellwood <n...@netspace.net.au> wrote in article
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> I can't seem to be able to save games in Syndicate Wars.
>
> Can somebody kindly tell me what directory *.sav files are stored in ?
>

> Thanks
>
> Nick
>
>
>

Mark Lanza

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Dec 15, 1996, 3:00:00 AM12/15/96

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n...@netspace.net.au (Nick Ellwood) wrote:

>I can't seem to be able to save games in Syndicate Wars.
>
>Can somebody kindly tell me what directory *.sav files are stored in ?

For me it's \Swars\Qdata\Savegame\ and I had aggravating difficulty
with the way their savegame works. If you type the name and hit
return you may feel that you have saved when in fact you have not.
You must explicitly hit the Save button after you enter the savename.
This is one of several things I didn't like about the game. Actually
my big problem with the game is that there is no in-mission save.

Overall I wound up having a fairly negative opinion of Bullfrog's
design team on this one. I felt it was a near-great game, but
undermined by arcadish design choices that spoiled my
frustration-to-fun ratio. Somewhere along the line I picked up the
notion that this is kind of a European style thing, so maybe my
problem is cultural. I'm American (and I'm beginning to suspect that
I'm ugly). Oh, and I'm really not taking a swipe at Europe, honest.

Shutting up now,
Mark the zo...@a.crl.com

MahmoodX

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Dec 24, 1996, 3:00:00 AM12/24/96

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I believe you might have clicked the NEW MORTAL GAME button. According to
the manual, you can't save games or load games in this mode. Just restart
the game, do not load up the game you selected as a mortal game, and it
should be alright.