Maes Posted June 28, 2009 Mostly I bother writing down the PWAD used and a short assessment of the situation, but most of the time I just lack tact. 0 Share this post Link to post
Georgef551 Posted June 28, 2009 Usually, I start from the LAST slot (to make it much harder to accidently erase progress, especially if someone else saves), and usually, it's something like "My own shit", or "someone else's shit". Nothing fancy. 0 Share this post Link to post
Enjay Posted June 28, 2009 I rarely make savegames that I plan on keeping for any length of time. in fact, I don't think that I have ever made save games that I plan on keeping. So, if I need a save, I just pick a name at random ("Mook" seems to come up a lot for some reason)and use that. Periodically I delete all my saves. 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted June 28, 2009 I always just name my saved games "Dan". If I need multiple ones it goes Dan01, Dan02, Dan03, etc. In Sierra adventure games I often name it after the last accomplishment completed. 0 Share this post Link to post
HackNeyed Posted June 28, 2009 Running Boom or a fork like PrBoom-Plus or Eternity Engine I keep PWADs in their own folders and use the -save command in my batch file. For instance "boom.exe -save av -file av\av.wad -deh av/av.deh" slot1 is my quick save if I have to leave in a hurry or want to save just before trying something really stupid so I just call it "MID" for mid level. Otherwise I simply name the save after the level number of the level I just reached before I quit... i.e. whatever numbers you would have to press after idclev to get there like 02,14,28 for DoomII and 12,24,38,45 for Ult Doom. If my saves are mixed then I would use an abbreviation like "av05" or "cc07" or "tvr30" or something. Sometimes I'll name the save for the weird bug or glitch I found like when an Archy glued himself to a former human sergeant while I was playing PrBoom-Plus complevel 7 for Boom's Compatibility Mode. 0 Share this post Link to post
Patrick Posted June 28, 2009 I name it after the particular wad/wads Im playing. For example: DV2+AlandoGuns, AlienVendetta, MY_WAD01 ... etc. 0 Share this post Link to post
Bashe Posted June 28, 2009 Usually just "Bashe" or something like that Now, my One Must Fall scoreboard...don't even get me started! 0 Share this post Link to post
pavera Posted June 28, 2009 In FPS games, I use one savegame slot and name it Pavera. In games like Fallout, I save in a different slot everytime and call it Pavera01, Pavera02, Pavera03, etc... In RTS games, I save at the beginning of each mission and name it according to the faction and the mission number (i.e. GDI Mission03). In ZDoom, I name my save after the wad I'm playing if its a megawad, and I just save it as Doom if its a single level wad or something I don't know the name of/don't care about that much. 0 Share this post Link to post
Gez Posted June 28, 2009 " Quicksave" (with a space so it's always at the top) and the others are the wad name. 0 Share this post Link to post
RestlessRodent Posted June 28, 2009 I go bottom to top and do it by pwad or iwad. So "doom2 game" possibly. 0 Share this post Link to post
Snarboo Posted June 28, 2009 Doom is the only game where I name my save game based on what wads I am playing with. So if I was playing Alien Vendetta with no mods, my save would be AV, and if I was playing a mod, it would be ModName-AV. In other games, I use "Snarboo" for games that allow me to name my save. 0 Share this post Link to post
Zaldron Posted June 28, 2009 Before I moved out I used to share my computer with my siblings, so it wasn't uncommon to see savegames named after our nicks+number in any game that doesn't feature separate profiles. For our sanity's sake, anyone could fire up a game and use the quicksave slot because the last person playing had saved separately on exit. Now I just go with 'ASDx' and 'shitx'. Shit denotes low health saves or mid-gunfight instances were I know a grenade could blow up next to me in the next frame. 0 Share this post Link to post
Remilia Scarlet Posted June 28, 2009 Pretty much always "Andrew1" followed by "backup". Those are pretty much the only two save game names I've ever used. When I was younger, though, I would try to play one Doom or Doom 2 level per day on Ultra Violence, so I also had a "Level a day" save that I just kept reusing. What's funny is that even though I keep using the same name over and over, I dislike it when a game won't let me name a saved game. 0 Share this post Link to post
deathbringer Posted June 28, 2009 Hmm, strangely enough i used to type the name of the wad, but do it hurriedly and mis-typed a letter or two. Then i started doing it on purpose. At the moment i don't play very much, so i just save over old files with names that i can't remember being very important (ie progress on big wads i want to finish one day, though i'll be more likely to just start them again, like Genesis Of Descent, for instance) 0 Share this post Link to post
SaladBadger Posted June 28, 2009 When playing games at my computers, usually saves with the game itself (no mods) is just my name. With mods, I usually just use the title of the mod or a silly corruption of it. If I have more under one title, I append roman numerals to the end. I don't know why I never use normal numbers but it's always habit to type II instead of 2. A few times I'll use something else releated to the level or situation, which is not dependant on wether I have mods loaded or not. At school though, I would usually make a reference to how I'm playing the game at school :P 0 Share this post Link to post
David_Dweedle Posted June 28, 2009 i just basically type " fdstewt " or something.. ehehehe.. 0 Share this post Link to post
Bank Posted June 28, 2009 name of the wad, numerical if necessary. ex. MM2-1 0 Share this post Link to post
dew Posted June 28, 2009 to save inbetween map progress, i use wad name and level number (oh yeah!) i have two or three temporary slots for saving situations (like, for probing a trap or trying some fancy trick). they start with the name 'temp'. then it goes tempw. tempww. tempwwdw. tempwwdwaw. apparently, i'm mashing the wasd keys too early, but i'm not sure why. 0 Share this post Link to post
Butts Posted June 28, 2009 Whatever wad I play, and depending on how I play, it may have a modifier tacked on the end. 0 Share this post Link to post
Hellbent Posted June 29, 2009 lol@maes' lack of tact. I usually just put the level or the wad i'm playing. 0 Share this post Link to post
Super Jamie Posted June 29, 2009 usually the name of the pwad, plus a letter sequence if i'm using multiple save files within the one level, or a numerical sequence if there are multiple levels within the pwad. eg: REMAIN1 03B (second save in remain1 map03) MM 07 (only save on memento mori map07) 0 Share this post Link to post
TimeOfDeath Posted June 29, 2009 qwce qwefcqwef sf safqw qdfavsdf qwfv qfvasd fsav weqfv asfadsfv wqfqwfwq fasdfasd favwqf weqfasd fvqfweqfqw wqefqw fqasfva dfasfew fewqfasv dfafew qfsdaf asvfqewf qfa dfavsf wvqefewqf dvasf 0 Share this post Link to post
Reisal Posted June 29, 2009 If it's a map I'm making, the savefile is named "Test slot" but I name savegames after megawads by their filenames. With Oblige megawads, I either name them "OB###" or "Oblige ###" where ### is the version number of the program. 0 Share this post Link to post
Captain Red Posted June 29, 2009 whatever dumb word or phrase is currently sitting in my head at the time, often something from a lame internet meme. In RPGs like Fallout I get a little bit more creative: I tend to name my characters in terrible puns based on what their chief traits are. for example, 'Rob' is a complete kleptomaniac, and his save games tend to be things like "short for Robert you know." A favorite of mine is a female warrior characters called 'Beath' who's just a little to fond of killing. She gets save games called things like "Beath rides a horse" and "Beath-incarnate" The children are right to laugh at me :( Edit: Zaldron said: Shit denotes low health saves or mid-gunfight instances were I know a grenade could blow up next to me in the next frame. This as well. 0 Share this post Link to post
GreyGhost Posted June 29, 2009 Wad name, map number (if it's a multi-map wad) and save number - or quicksave if I suspect I'm about to do something stupid. 0 Share this post Link to post
Jello Posted June 29, 2009 Asdf, asdff, asdfff, meh, mehh, and mehhh usually. 0 Share this post Link to post