Was there ever a need for online save games?

XLjedi · 02-05-10, 10:06 PM

I'm just curious if this adds any value at all to anyone.

I can never recall a time in my life when I thought, "BAH! I've gone and installed a game on some foreign machine (yeah right) again... Now if I only had my save games with me, I could conquer the world!"

Heck if it were an issue I'd save the stupid things to my keyring zipdrive, but I just haven't been so inclined to bother... Ever. I mean OK, I get the DRM thing but what's the deal with holding on to my save games?

SteamWake · 02-05-10, 10:11 PM

Agree... I am perfectly cabable of managing my own save games.

fromhell · 02-05-10, 10:39 PM

old news

Highbury · 02-05-10, 11:03 PM

I tend to play ROF on two computers (I have two homes 1200 miles apart, I am not lugging a PC back and forth and laptops don't cut it for gaming IMO). I think it is excellent to be able to log on in either location and everything is right there. It is actually a wonderful thing.

This can be accomplished without the Ubi OSP platform however. With ROF's announced changes you will be able to play offline, then log in and upload your stats, etc. Still works for my situation. I would like to be able to do that with SHV saves and not have to take them on portable media.

So to answer you, yup, can be very handy

trenken · 02-05-10, 11:24 PM

Before I played some games that saved online, including a couple single player only games, I would have said "no", there is no reason for it.

But ive had game saves for games that were offline become corrupt. And I had a hard drive die on me, losing thousands of hours of progress across multiple games, so now im a fan of my save being protected online from Microsofts crappy OS's.

When I found out SH5 was saving online, I was happy about that for more than 1 reason.

Task Force · 02-05-10, 11:30 PM

Its a load of bulls*** to make people think... hmm, thats pretty cool, not, will this make me have to stay online... honestly, some of the suff they said like the 100 computer thing is just stupid, honestly, most people only have 1 or 2 if there lucky, computers to play anyway...

and if there servers crash, lots of people will start b****ing and complaining on forums web wide.

"the game says something about looseing connection, what can I do, I need to save my game..."

Im sure it will happen here. some person will regester and start complaining, and probably trolling... I can see it now.

ROF might not have many server issues. But its not as big as UBI, and not as much server traffic. Ubis servers will might do ok origionaly, but as this stuff starts expanding, and more and more start useing it, UBIs servers will go downhill, till it is downright stupid.

Schroeder · 02-06-10, 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by trenken

But ive had game saves for games that were offline become corrupt.

Just out of curiosity, how is storing the save game on a server preventing it from being corrupted? I guess it doesn't get corrupted by the hard drive (otherwise all of your data would be corrupted, not just saves) but by bugs in the game's save function and/or OS. The server can only store what was sent to it and working as an external hard drive (or at least that's what I think). So my guess is, if the save is getting corrupted by your machine then the save on the server will be just as corrupted as the one on your system.
Or do I have a wrong understanding of all of this?

JU_88 · 02-06-10, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by aaronblood

I'm just curious if this adds any value at all to anyone.?

Yes if you just reinstalled your OS or upgraded to a different machine and forgot to back up your save files.

-Other than that, none what so ever.

02-05-10, 10:06 PM	#1
XLjedi Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Palm Beach, Florida Posts: 1,243 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 8	Was there ever a need for online save games? I'm just curious if this adds any value at all to anyone. I can never recall a time in my life when I thought, "BAH! I've gone and installed a game on some foreign machine (yeah right) again... Now if I only had my save games with me, I could conquer the world!" Heck if it were an issue I'd save the stupid things to my keyring zipdrive, but I just haven't been so inclined to bother... Ever. I mean OK, I get the DRM thing but what's the deal with holding on to my save games? __________________

02-05-10, 10:11 PM	#2
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Agree... I am perfectly cabable of managing my own save games. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

02-05-10, 11:30 PM	#6
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Its a load of bulls* to make people think... hmm, thats pretty cool, not, will this make me have to stay online... honestly, some of the suff they said like the 100 computer thing is just stupid, honestly, most people only have 1 or 2 if there lucky, computers to play anyway... and if there servers crash, lots of people will start b*ing and complaining on forums web wide. "the game says something about looseing connection, what can I do, I need to save my game..." Im sure it will happen here. some person will regester and start complaining, and probably trolling... I can see it now. ROF might not have many server issues. But its not as big as UBI, and not as much server traffic. Ubis servers will might do ok origionaly, but as this stuff starts expanding, and more and more start useing it, UBIs servers will go downhill, till it is downright stupid. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"*

02-05-10, 10:39 PM	#3
fromhell Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: the deep Posts: 251 Downloads: 217 Uploads: 7	old news

02-05-10, 11:03 PM	#4
Highbury The Old Man Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: 51.557, -0.102 Posts: 1,311 Downloads: 177 Uploads: 0	I tend to play ROF on two computers (I have two homes 1200 miles apart, I am not lugging a PC back and forth and laptops don't cut it for gaming IMO). I think it is excellent to be able to log on in either location and everything is right there. It is actually a wonderful thing. This can be accomplished without the Ubi OSP platform however. With ROF's announced changes you will be able to play offline, then log in and upload your stats, etc. Still works for my situation. I would like to be able to do that with SHV saves and not have to take them on portable media. So to answer you, yup, can be very handy

02-05-10, 11:24 PM	#5
trenken Samurai Navy Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 565 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Before I played some games that saved online, including a couple single player only games, I would have said "no", there is no reason for it. But ive had game saves for games that were offline become corrupt. And I had a hard drive die on me, losing thousands of hours of progress across multiple games, so now im a fan of my save being protected online from Microsofts crappy OS's. When I found out SH5 was saving online, I was happy about that for more than 1 reason.