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Request : Improve file management with directories
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 11:30 am
by 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
Re: Request : Improve file management with directories
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 11:57 am
by DanGio
AcolyteOfRocket wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2020 11:30 am
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 ?
Re: Request : Improve file management with directories
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 7:04 pm
by 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
Tree structure for savegames
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2020 10:33 am
by 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
Re: Tree structure for savegames
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2020 6:50 pm
by 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.
Re: Tree structure for savegames
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2020 7:13 pm
by 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
Re: Tree structure for savegames
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 9:26 am
by Taneeda
But a more user friendly way would be very nice
Re: Request : Improve file management with directories
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 9:28 am
by 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
Re: Tree structure for savegames
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2020 9:58 am
by Taneeda
oleg4f wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 6:50 pm
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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Re: Tree structure for savegames
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2020 3:17 am
by Jap2.0
Taneeda wrote: ↑Sat Dec 12, 2020 9:58 am
Personally, I imagine something like this... In general like a folder/file structure in windows explorer.
Collapsed by default?
Re: Tree structure for savegames
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 11:47 am
by Taneeda
Jap2.0 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 13, 2020 3:17 am
Taneeda wrote: ↑Sat Dec 12, 2020 9:58 am
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.