SavedVariables forced write

myrroddin · 04-01-20, 01:56 AM

Originally Posted by doofus

WoW loses character settings if you do not log out but crash out/lose connection

Of course, because that is not a "clean" exit of the game, therefore the instruction to write to disc never happens.

Think of writing the Great Novel then pressing alt-f4. Except that in WoW there is no periodic automatic save.

Xrystal · 04-01-20, 02:01 AM

Originally Posted by myrroddin

Of course, because that is not a "clean" exit of the game, therefore the instruction to write to disc never happens.

Think of writing the Great Novel then pressing alt-f4. Except that in WoW there is no periodic automatic save.

Or in the middle of writing your first game ... and the power goes before you save and that large 300 lines of code are gone in the wind ... *cries*