Game does not save when entering Abandoned Lookout

[Burning Bridges]

Should be easy to reproduce.

This could be WAD, because the Lookout is technically not a house but part of the environment. Does the same thing happen at Forestry Lookout? It could confuse many people because for them it is still a house.

[elloco999]

The game doesn't save when entering the Forestry Lookout. The game only saves when not outside as in leaving the outside map. The reason for this is that the outside doesn't get saved. Otherwise they would need to load every wolf, deer, rabit to the place and condition they were when you saved. By only saving indoors, the outside map can be reset when loading. It also keeps save files smaller.

Some outside items are obviously still saves, like everything inside containers , maybe everything you just drop on the ground (have never checked that). This is also (on off) the reason(s) why there is no manual (quick) save button.

[Burning Bridges]

Yes, that's what I thought too. WAD

But the game gets saved when you use the bed, so everything must be saved anyway.

It's still logical from the programming point of view, might just not be what some people expect.

[elloco999]

When you sleep, it's okay to reset the world anyway. The world doesn't have to be the same as when you went to sleep, because time has passed. Also your screen goes to black while sleeping, so you wouldn't see any changes happening to the world.

[Guest Alan Lawrance]

The reason for saving when entering interiors (new scene) was to prevent save-system abuse like this:

1. pitch bedroll outside interior and sleep one hour (to create save game)

2. enter interior

3. if you don't like the loot (e.g., no rifle spawn), reload game and go to step #2

Since the lookouts are not separate scenes, we don't have to save to prevent this type of abuse.

I can see how it feels a bit illogical though, since the lookouts do "feel" like any other interior.

[TattooedMac]

Moved to By Design