Originally posted by luponix:

Originally posted by Big Dave:

Would love it to save when you sleep, this would be the best solution

its not the optimal solution because it cant ensure that an save actually happens due to being dependent on the player behaviour

A prompt simply stating "you haven't slept in days".

Could remind a player he needs to save his progress by sleeping.

It should be part of the experience (sleeping) just like eating is.

You forget to eat... You get one hit from a deathsquito or die jumping off a fence.

You forget to sleep... and the game unexpectedly crashes, or your house loses power...and you travel back in time to the last time you slept.


What you are suggesting is that everyone endure the constant, immersion interrupting auto saves because you feel some people can't be trusted to to sleep periodically.

Even if they don't save, the only way they'll lose progress is if they have a crash or a power outage. If that happens... then they'll know from that point forward to sleep in game more often.

EDIT: The auto saves on my main character have gotten so long and disruptive I've been tempted to just delete him. There are PLENTY of opportunities to save one's progress in this game w/ out the player even noticing. Forcing saves on us, so often and in such a clumsy fashion is hopefully just a temporary thing and I suspect the devs have better solutions in the pipeline.