Data Schema::Save File

battleMETAL uses a custom save file format and pipeline compared to vanilla Quake. This was caused by Quake's save files not preserving entity links, which would screw up multi-part entities. The save format also would not have been able to save the player's mech list and equip list data either. Therefore a custom save file was decided on.

notes

• Each save file is stored in /data/saves/
• they're numbered 0 - 6, each represents a save 'slot'.
• save files are plaintext files with the .sav extension.
• all values are strings, and converted during save file load.

schema

• save = the saveslot number of the save file.
• mission = the mapname of the map the player is on.
• mechs = a list of all the UID's of the mechs the player has, see
• items = a list of all the UID's of the equipment the player has.
• points = unused and deprecated for now.
• newgame+ = determined by campaign file syntax, mostly leave alone.