Request : Improve file management with directories

[AcolyteOfRocket]

TL;DR

Let me use directories in the load/save menu to save scolling down my files and losing sight of my savegames in the flood.

What ?

I often save my games and while most of my saves are superflous Murphys Law very clearly states that if I don't save a game in such a manner I will want the save that I didn't make. So I save.. a lot.

This makes the save game file list in my loading menu annoyingly long. I could make directories, but I can't see them in the loading menu so there's no point. Please make it so I can access different subdirectories in the main save directory to load and save games - being able to make directories in the menu would be nice too but it is not necessary as far as I am concerned as it is convenient enough to use the OS to make them. But using the the OS to shuffle files around is much less convenient.

Why ?

This will make playing multiple modded games less annoying and improve the user rep for Factorio in this regard - Win more with more ecstatic users

[DanGio]

I could make directories, but I can't see them in the loading menu so there's no point.

When I create directories in the saves folder, they do appear in the loading menu :

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Or did I misunderstood your post ?

[AcolyteOfRocket]

Hmm, you did not misunderstand....as for me, well....

Before I posted I did a check to make sure and I did have 2 directories already in the save directory, and they did not show up in the menu in-game. They were unzipped game saves I got from the internet. I probably unzipped them figuring out how to work the import process.

In response to your note above I just made a new directory and it does indeed show up !!!

So I got spoofed by the other two directories, I guess that the game knows what an unzipped game save directory looks like and does not present it as a directory in the load menu.

So, thanks for the fastest dev update ever and ... whoops

[Taneeda]

What ?

Ability to group savegames in groups, folders or a tree like structure.

Why ?

With increasing amount of savegames it gets harder and harder to search for the correct save. I like the idea of the blueprint book to group several blueprints of the same context. For the savegames I think it would be very nice to get a tree structure for the savegame dialog to group them accordingly.

Example

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├── Space Exploration
│   ├── A
│   └── B
├── Krastorio 2
│   ├── A
│   └── B
├── Vanilla
│   └── Freeplay
│       ├── Belt-Base
│       ├── Spaghetti-Base
│       └── 3kSpm-Test
└── Test-Maps
    ├── Oil
    └── Rocket Fuel

[oleg4f]

But how this should look in the game interface?

The most simple is to allow user to enter '/' in the name of a savegame in the save screen.

[jodokus31]

It's already possible, if you create subfolders in your save game folder
https://wiki.factorio.com/Application_d ... _directory

the folder cannot be created in-game, though

[Taneeda]

It's already possible, if you create subfolders in your save game folder
https://wiki.factorio.com/Application_d ... _directory

the folder cannot be created in-game, though

But a more user friendly way would be very nice

[ssilk]

merged with existing suggestion — ssilk
There are more threads about this subject
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=26663 Organize saves into folders by game/world
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=88465 In-game Saves folder


Related: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=87843

[Taneeda]

But how this should look in the game interface?

The most simple is to allow user to enter '/' in the name of a savegame in the save screen.

Personally, I imagine something like this... In general like a folder/file structure in windows explorer.

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[Jap2.0]

Personally, I imagine something like this... In general like a folder/file structure in windows explorer.

Collapsed by default?

[Taneeda]

Personally, I imagine something like this... In general like a folder/file structure in windows explorer.

Collapsed by default?

Yes, but only on the very first time. After that with remember of last state.