Should SAV Files be Compressed?

[Nubclear]

I don't think they should, and I'll tell you why:

It slows down how fast my turns process. I know, I can turn auto save off, but my computer crashes often. Its very inconvinent to have my computer crash just before a conquest victory, only to have it crash and force me to reload from 100 turns ago. I'd like to be able to go as fast as I used to be able to go in 1.17F.

What does everyone else think?

[Inverse Icarus]

Re: Should SAV Files be Compressed?

Originally posted by Tassadar5000
I don't think they should, and I'll tell you why:

It slows down how fast my turns process. I know, I can turn auto save off, but my computer crashes often. Its very inconvinent to have my computer crash just before a conquest victory, only to have it crash and force me to reload from 100 turns ago. I'd like to be able to go as fast as I used to be able to go in 1.17F.

What does everyone else think?

i too enjoy the autosaves. too bad it slows the game down.

[Coracle]

Firaxis are quite a bunch of geniuses - we all complain about the game being too slow, so they make it slower!

No compressing!! Get yourself a bigger HD.

[Inverse Icarus]

Originally posted by Coracle
Firaxis are quite a bunch of geniuses - we all complain about the game being too slow, so they make it slower!

No compressing!! Get yourself a bigger HD.

only sid and the gang i tells ya!

[Redstar]

until this thread , i never noticed they had started compressing the files. thanks for the update.

So i guess i like compressed files.

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Redstar
until this thread , i never noticed they had started compressing the files. thanks for the update.

So i guess i like compressed files.

Try turning off autosave, and then see how much you dont like compressed files.

(Did that make sense? Its 0133 and I'm tired)

[Harovan]

Originally posted by Coracle
No compressing!! Get yourself a bigger HD.

Compressing!! Get yourself a state of the art computer.

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Tassadar5000
Try turning off autosave, and then see how much you dont like compressed files.

Well, I have turned off autosave (I simply just hate autosave) and I like the compressed files!

[Gramphos]

I say keep the compressed by default, but add an option not to compress. So C with positive to compression.

[Atahualpa]

>No compressing!! Get yourself a bigger HD.

Yes Compressing! Get yourself a faster CPU!

[Solver]

No compressing. The savefiles aren't that big, and with modern HDs being in range of 20-40 GB, I don't think the compression matters. And ever since 1.21f, my games take longer to load.

[Alanus]

What's your problem ?

Compressed files : it will require more CPU, but less HD - upgrading your HD will be cheaper than changing your PC...

I have no problem with the auto-save and let it on all the time. Today, never encountered any crash (playing v1.16 on W2K or WXP)

[Inverse Icarus]

Originally posted by Atahualpa
>No compressing!! Get yourself a bigger HD.

Yes Compressing! Get yourself a faster CPU!

1.2 ghz runs slow with a gig of ram. tsk tsk tsk.

[moomin]

Compress more efficiently, perhaps. My winzip can compress a one-MB trext file in less than one sec, so why should Civ3 need any noticable lag?