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I'm looking for a mod which does something similar like:
* disables game save/load and only allows continue
* displays a "You've lost" message if you die and deletes that game (so you can't continue)

I'm also open for ideas, if this is possible to do w/ a mod, maybe I get my hands dirty to build one like that.

1. Go to game settings, change the autosave to never. Don't save the game manually.
2. https://mods.factorio.com/mod/NewGamePlus

freeafrica wrote: Mon Feb 17, 2020 6:17 am I'm looking for a mod which does something similar like:
* disables game save/load and only allows continue
* displays a "You've lost" message if you die and deletes that game (so you can't continue)

I'm also open for ideas, if this is possible to do w/ a mod, maybe I get my hands dirty to build one like that.

I recently broached this in a recent modding discussion. My intentions were different, but I also included DID (Dead is Dead) style gameplay as a use example. As already mentioned, we can only disable autosaves, and refrain from manually saving. It does not appear to be possible to make a mod that achieves this.

Squelch wrote: Mon Feb 17, 2020 8:48 am

freeafrica wrote: Mon Feb 17, 2020 6:17 am I'm looking for a mod which does something similar like:
* disables game save/load and only allows continue
* displays a "You've lost" message if you die and deletes that game (so you can't continue)

I'm also open for ideas, if this is possible to do w/ a mod, maybe I get my hands dirty to build one like that.

I recently broached this in a recent modding discussion. My intentions were different, but I also included DID (Dead is Dead) style gameplay as a use example. As already mentioned, we can only disable autosaves, and refrain from manually saving. It does not appear to be possible to make a mod that achieves this.

Thanks for your input, I really appriciate you taking time for answering!

freeafrica wrote: Tue Feb 18, 2020 10:06 am Thanks for your input, I really appriciate you taking time for answering!

You're welcome, and likewise, thank you for confirming my assessment that this type of gameplay is desired.

Whilst it is not my preferred style of gameplay, I am cognizant and respectful that, like yourself, players do seek the added challenge of completing certain goals all within the same play session on a game without a save to fall back on.

I remain hopeful that a method of suppressing saves for a game session via the API in the same manner as disabling autosaves will come to light eventually.