Codeless Save & Load Requires Client Restart Between Games

[Halithor]

I've implemented a codeless save load (using the natives in the w3ts library) and it's working great. But there's one problem: it requires you restart your client between games, otherwise the load reads the previous save data. I'm guessing this is due to some cache issue in the game client, but I have no idea how to purge the cache manually or work around this issue.

Any help or insight would be appreciated!

 

[Dr Super Good]

This is a very annoying and well known bug with recent versions of Warcraft III. Until Blizzard fixes it, the only work around is to keep reminding players to restart Warcraft III between played lobbies.

 

[Halithor]

That's a shame to hear. I'll cope by hoping for a patch to fix it

 

[Halithor]

@Dr Super Good I have a followup question that you might know since it's about codeless save/load: Are there any issues with codeless save/load that can cause desyncs later in the game? If the save/load itself is the issue, then I would expect it to occur immediately.

I have this weird vague memory of a forum post I read a year ago that it might break the FourCC calls, but I might be making that up. Any help is appreciated.

 

[Tal'Rarity]

not sure why profligacy orpg still works, is it because its -save <filename> instead of just auto save?

 

[Dr Super Good]

@Dr Super Good I have a followup question that you might know since it's about codeless save/load: Are there any issues with codeless save/load that can cause desyncs later in the game? If the save/load itself is the issue, then I would expect it to occur immediately.

Not as far as I am aware. Such systems should not be causing desyncs directly at any time.

 

[komoset]

That's a shame to hear. I'll cope by hoping for a patch to fix it

They atleast know about it

 

[Halithor]

Not as far as I am aware. Such systems should not be causing desyncs directly at any time.

Thanks. I'll investigate other potential causes of desyncs and leave my save/load alone then