Any plans to add compression for save games?

[GarageGothic]

Not as much of a suggestion as just curiosity. CJ, do you have any plans of adding compression of save games to AGS? Especially after getting screenshots in save games, save files have become huge, but they compress really, really well.

Edit: Another question, somewhat related: Is antialiasing when rescaling screenshots for the save interface on your to-do list?

[SSH]

Have you changed the global variables that affect how big the screenshot that is saved is? Default is 1/4 of screen size, so if you only display them at 1/8th, you can save a lot...

[GarageGothic]

You know, actually I thought the screenshot was saved in full size and the rescaled when displayed, maybe I got it wrong. Anyway, I was testing it with the Garfield game, and the savegames were very big considering the resolution/colors used.

[Pumaman]

No, I have no plans to add save game compression. I appreciate that they are larger than they could be, but even so they are only 2 MB each at most, and with today's massive hard drives I don't really see it as an issue.

[GarageGothic]

Sure, no problem. I agree - and when you want to store your savegames to be able to see certain parts of the game later, you zip or rar them anyone. I was just curious.

[Gregjazz]

2 MB for a savegame is very reasonable, especially considering the size of savegames for these latest first-person shooter games.

[GarageGothic]

Yeah, but not when the game itself is smaller than the save game