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- Sep 10 2014, 7:38 PM (532 w, 3 d)
Dec 8 2022
My buddy and I saw the exact same thing when playing on 7 Dec:
May 22 2022
May 10 2016
But there are issues here that are completely separate from scenario updates, namely:
- If your machine crashes, you cannot Resume.
- If you press "End", you cannot Resume.
If I've understood the save file situation properly I think the devs can easily fix this by...
- Not deleting continue.Arma3Save after loading it (provides crash resilience.)
- Whenever an autosave or "Save" is invoked, make a copy of the savefile as continue.Arma3Save. (provides crash resilience, better behavior after hitting "End")
- Only delete continue.Arma3Save when the scenario is actually completed.
I was also having problems saving. Details:
- Single player.
- Using a secondary account.
- Cannot see "Resume" when exiting the scenario, let alone after restarting the game.
- All this is using DUWS from Steam.
Then I switched to my default account and I was able save and resume DUWS as expected. Then I switched back to my secondary account and that started working! I was able to Resume the game I had started before I experimented with the default account.
I just read hilkiah's report closely; I guess I'm seeing exactly what he's seeing.
I discovered a few things today:
When you hit "Save and Exit" a file of the name "continue.Arma3Save" is created. The next time you play, it is the presence of continue.Arma3Save that seems to allow the "Resume" button to be displayed. When you click Resume, that file gets loaded *and then deleted*.
Now this is a problem for DUWS, because you'll get killed and decide to pack it in for the night by pressing "End." This causes nothing to be saved, and there will be no "Resume" button the next time you play. This makes sense for short missions like Ground Attack (you died, its over), but is stupid for DUWS.
To get out of this situation you can...
- Use explorer to find your save folder (C:\Users\yourname\Documents\Arma 3\Saved\steam\[sp%2fmp]dynamic%20universal%20war%20system.altis)
- Find one of the existing savegame files, say autosave.Arma3Save or save.Arma3Save.
- Make a copy of that file and rename it to "continue.Arma3Save".
- Restart Arma and the Resume button should be available.
It worked for me. Good luck!