I had a tester tell me that you can only save 50 games - is this true?
I don't know why anyone would need more than.... 1 save game (for an adventure game)... but each to his own.
If I remember, AGS has a reserved saveslot in the 999 but no other limit, the 50 limit you are hitting I think is in the listbox you are using - if I remember correctly the script API function to fill it with savegames is limited to 50.
Edit: apparently the limit has been so for a long time: https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=49172.0
Quote from: bx83 on Mon 24/05/2021 15:28:20
I don't know why anyone would need more than.... 1 save game (for an adventure game)... but each to his own.
Because of bugs or possible dead ends ;)
…or branches in the story, or puzzles with multiple solutions.
Or simply to be able to quickly jump to a particular part of the game you want to replay.
Meh, I'm of the Lucasarts school: single storyline, unfolding linearly. But indeed you're right, there's more than one way to skin a cat.
The maximal number of saves in AGS is actually 999 because the file name format must be agssave.NNN, with only 3 supported digits afaik.
Quote from: bx83 on Mon 24/05/2021 15:28:20
I don't know why anyone would need more than.... 1 save game (for an adventure game)... but each to his own.
Reviewers.
Also they're needed for games which make copious use of dead-ends to get yourself out of a "dead man walking" state. I'm looking at you Sierra. >:(
Multiple saves are also useful for testing purposes.