To sync or not to sync ?

[remowilliams]

Originally Posted by gutted

I second this. I have it turned off and it still says it's syncing as soon as it hits the main menu.

I have to wait for it to finish before i can play.

I have it turned off as well and it still syncs.

I wrote a little script to semiautomagically archive all my saves to avoid getting screwed by the sync.

'==========================================================================
'
' NAME: saveback.vbs
'
' PURPOSE: automatically create recursive archive of files in sourcedir
' to an archive in backupdestdir, named with time / date stamp
'
' USAGE: cscript saveback.vbs "c:\sourcedir" "c:\backupdestdir"
' 
'==========================================================================

On Error Resume Next

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
homed = WshShell.CurrentDirectory

Set WshShell = Nothing

Dim objFSO
Set objFSO = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")

Set oArgs = Wscript.Arguments
sourceDir = oArgs.Item(0)
destDir = oArgs.Item(1)

rarpath = "C:\Program Files\WinRAR\rar.exe"
raroptions = " a -r -ep1 -inul "

backupname = Replace(Date, "/", ".") & " " & Replace(Time, ":", ".") & ".rar"

set objExec = objShell.Exec(Chr(34) & rarpath & Chr(34) & raroptions & Chr(34) & destDir & "\" & backupname & Chr(34) & " " & sourceDir & Chr(34))

wscript.echo("Please wait while " & backupname & " is created")

Do While objExec.Status = 0	
	wscript.sleep 1000
	wscript.stdout.write(".")
Loop

[LiveGoat]

No way! I learned my lesson the hard way. My saves stay with me only.

[Nemesis43]

Originally Posted by drtechno

Hold on.. so most people aren't using on of SH5's most hyped online features that was used to sell the broken DRM ??

I use it, despite the one session that ended in a sound-related (creative alchemy) BSOD resulted in about 18 hours of lost progress. Since then, if SH5 exits improperly somehow, I make sure I take a copy of the savegames before attempting to start the game again.
Really, to say I use it isn't entirely accurate. The function is there, but I have yet to find it useful. I guess it makes sense for someone on the road a lot, but the DRM and performance of most laptops make that pretty much a non-starter anyway.

[SteamWake]

Holding steady at nearly 90% of you do not use this 'feature'.