Save Game Dialog (Patch 1.73) Discussion

@wallisdj 

Thanks for expanding your comment because I wasn't sure I was grasping what you were trying to get across.  While it won't impact me greatly since I rarely use save as, I can empathize with those of you who do, it that's the case.  Haven't tried "save game as" since the new menu implementation.

I do, however, agree with the additional comments in this thread about the play and delete buttons being too close together. When I first opened the game after patching and saw the change made, my first thought was "Uh Oh". I immediately felt the possibility for accidentally deleting a save was probably higher than whoever made the design change might have anticipated. It simply wouldn't take a player getting suddenly distracted by something going on in the real world to have that mouse cursor slip slightly and presto, no game save. I'm sure there's probably some kind of "are you sure" type warning but if dealing with a distraction, I think it would be far too easy to just hit yes. Only time will tell, that's just my 2 cents worth of input 🙂

BTW, please don't be offended but I would suggest editing your subject line, for your sake. Just looking at the subject as is, it could be a rant rather than putting forth the "save game as" concern you have. I almost didn't even look at the thread but then wondered if someone might be encountering difficulties with saving games and needed assistance. Offered as food for thought for you partly, too, because I think it's a good idea to have a thread for input on the new load game menu. A different subject line may encourage more participation by other simmers and that would be a good thing.