Saving and Loading (Save Menu)

Overview

The Saving and Loading Feature allows users to securely save their progress in the application, ensuring that they can return to a saved slot at any time. In addition to this, users can load previous saves as well as delete unwanted ones.

Features

• Secure Saving: Save your progress in the SiEGA environment at any point, this ensures that no data is lost

• Load Previous Saves: Easily access and load earlier game saves to continue your adventure

• Delete Saves: Manage your save files by deleting any that are no longer needed

How to Use

Click the save menu icon located at the top right.

On clicking the button, you will be presented with the save menu which includes your current and existing save slots as well as buttons to load from a slot, create a new slot or save to a selected slot, delete the selected slot, or exit the menu. Typically, there is an existing slot usually named "MySaveGame" which is the default save slot. If you have not previously saved to this default slot, then loading from this slot will essentially reset the entire application and place you back to the starting location in space.

Creating a New Save Slot

To Create a new save, enter a name into the text box and click save to slot. This will create a new slot and save your current data to the said slot*.

A notification will confirm that your game has been successfully saved and the newly created slot will have appeared in the save menu under save slots.

Saving to an Existing Slot

To save to an existing slot, select the save slot you wish to save to and click save to slot. This will save your current state to the selected slot.

After saving to an existing slot, we can see the preview image reflects the new location (and any other notable changes), signalling that the slot has been updated.

Loading from an Existing Slot

To load from an existing slot, simply select the slot in the save menu and click Load from Slot. Clicking load without a slot selected will simply reload the current save slot you are in, taking you back to the most recent save of said slot.

Exiting the Save Menu

To exit the save menu, click the Back button on the bottom right of the menu.

Persistence

You can log out or exit SiEGA when you are finished.

Upon logging back in, you will see that the SiEGA environment has been saved and is ready for you to continue. SiEGA automatically loads back into your most recently used save slot.

Disclaimers

*: There are some features which are not fully integrated with the saving and loading system. Feature progress described below:

• All Tools are currently not being saved

• Camera Sensitivity for walk mode

• Weather and time of day

• Settings menu options

• Spawned NPCs

• LiDAR point cloud files, datasmith files

• Media (only local to current save slot, can't be saved to another slot)

• Locally imported 3d tilesets