UnknDoomer Posted March 24, 2021 (edited) Perhaps it comes from the point I've played too much on "Ultra-Violence" difficult in long list of old FPS games back in the day, glitches in old Windows systems (BSOD and so on), Microsoft Excel with major data, floppy disks with major data, or whatever, but to this day I notice an old habit of save often and sometimes twice in a row when, perhaps, actually don't need so much. Anybody else here do the same? 2 Share this post Link to post
NoXion Posted March 24, 2021 (edited) No. If anything my tendency not to save is probably why I have a hard time finishing WADs. Thank goodness for autosaves in modern games. 5 Share this post Link to post
DynamiteKaitorn Posted March 24, 2021 Saving twice was a rule that my Mum taught me when I used to play The Sims back in the day since the game had a tendency to crash on me a lot. Also, save-scumming my way through poorly designed levels is usually how I actually beat a game the first few times through. 3 Share this post Link to post
Major Arlene Posted March 24, 2021 8 minutes ago, DynamiteKaitorn said: Saving twice was a rule that my Mum taught me when I used to play The Sims back in the day since the game had a tendency to crash on me a lot. And to this day it still randomly crashes, all the way up to the Sims 4 ;-; lost so much progress on buildings and the like as I'd play for hours and not save. EA put a frigging autosave in the Sims already! But on topic, yes. I tend to save before fights and then after, but sometimes can't remember if I saved after a fight so I'll save again like a minute later. 0 Share this post Link to post
leodoom85 Posted March 24, 2021 Bless autosaves in any game. Ports in Doom are also appreciated with autosaves. In my case, it's better that way because I usually forget to save when I play casually. I'm like Arlene in the way of saving before/after fights or if I notice a trap that can kill me... 0 Share this post Link to post
seed Posted March 24, 2021 Yep, I save/quick save very often as well, and that extends to documents I may be working on too, nothing sucks more than spending hours working on something and then lose it all. Thankfully autosaving also exists. 2 Share this post Link to post
dmslr Posted March 24, 2021 (edited) My brain refuses to work on Word without ctrl+S every 10 seconds. Edited March 24, 2021 by dmslr 4 Share this post Link to post
Maes Posted March 24, 2021 (edited) Heh, I recall an old magazine commented on the bundled game of the month (Solar Winds shareware) "Be careful, frequent saving will wear out the hard drive's magnetic particles....". Floppies maybe. HDDs not at all, but you might want to heed that 20+ yo advice for SSDs ;-) 1 Share this post Link to post
LUISDooM Posted March 24, 2021 (edited) I do that a lot while working on anything, I save after doing the minimal change. I go bit farther after that, every ~10 quicksaves, I do a "Save as.." adding a number/letter on the filename: Model Model1 Model1a Model1b... Always leaving the previous file as a backup, and generally ending up with hundreds of almost identical files in the process lol This is also the same with games with save functions, if they give me that feature, I'll be sure to (ab)use it a lot XD 1 Share this post Link to post
omx32x Posted March 24, 2021 i do that a lot on doom and i think it all started when i was part of the pokemon community man i remenber saving 5 times in a row in pokemon back in the day 0 Share this post Link to post
Midnight_00 Posted March 24, 2021 I press the save button pretty much every time I add something to the document on Word. 0 Share this post Link to post
MFG38 Posted March 24, 2021 I have a habit of saving in UDB every time I so much as move a vertex. 2 Share this post Link to post
KeaganDunn Posted March 24, 2021 Not sure how, but I have developed that intermittent saving habit, too. Be it UDB, MuseScore, Moonscraper Chart Editor, or even something in Microsoft Word/Google Docs, I find myself hitting CTRL+S after almost every key stroke. (In fact, I literally tried to hit CTRL+S after typing this post.) 0 Share this post Link to post
URROVA Posted March 24, 2021 yeah i save a lot on basically all things i do. And when there is no save button (in a lot of videogames) i have a fear of losing all my progress... 0 Share this post Link to post
SilentD00mer Posted March 24, 2021 I have this habit using Slade, so I save every little change I do in the maps. But I try to limit my saves when playing Doom, even if I have to start the level again with just the pistol. 0 Share this post Link to post
Ofisil Posted March 24, 2021 In games how often I save is basically a reflection of how much I don't like the game. If I'm bored I tend to save extremely often. If I love the game, I forgot the existence of the save button. With non-gaming software, however, I have the bad (or is it good) habit of saving very often, many times pressing Ctrl + S thrice in a row :D 0 Share this post Link to post
Bobby :D Posted March 24, 2021 I like to have fun so saving is hardwired in my head. Always save before and during and after a fight. 0 Share this post Link to post
Dweller Dark Posted March 24, 2021 Depending on the game, I either quicksave or manually save after a certain section or before ending a section. Sometimes more often if the game is made by Bethesda or Obsidian, as you might be screwed otherwise. Although I do save regularly in Blood. 0 Share this post Link to post
Remilia Scarlet Posted March 24, 2021 (edited) When editing documents/levels/images/whatever, I don't even realize that I'm hitting Save as often as I do anymore. It's not even like the things I use crash that often, it's just that past experience has ingrained it in me lol. What's even more hilarious is when I'm on a site like Doomworld or in some text editor that's not Emacs, and I hit C-x C-s and either cut text accidentally or open up a save dialog I didn't intend for. In games, I seem to do this less often, especially if it's a stable game. Sometimes I have to remind myself to save more often, otherwise I get sent back multiple levels when dying and reloading. 2 Share this post Link to post
Jello Posted March 24, 2021 "My grandmother could beat the game if she saved as much as you do!" And yes, I probably save more than is necessary. But to be fair, I hate retracing my footsteps. 1 Share this post Link to post
Remilia Scarlet Posted March 25, 2021 Related to C-s addiction, I seem to hit C to clear my selection far, far, far more often than necessary in UDB. I'm not the only one who does this, right? ....right? 1 Share this post Link to post
kwc Posted March 25, 2021 Constantly saving is like putting a seatbelt on in a parked car, you probably won't need it and maybe some jerk will laugh at you for doing it, but you'll be happy you did if there is a crash. 3 Share this post Link to post