Save Game compatability

[raven101]

I'm sure that I have found either somewhere on the site, or the forums, that there is a possibility that saved games from one version of ScummVM will not work on a later version...is this true? And if so, is there an easy way of finding out which versions are compatible with each other (before deciding to upgrade for example!) [I have looked on the site, but can't immediately find this information...]



Also, while I'm here - on the compatibility page, let's take MI1 as an example, it lists "No known issues, game is completable." so great.....is that not 100%?

Also, on the downloads page, the "README" link gives a 404.

[LordHoto]

I'm sure that I have found either somewhere on the site, or the forums, that there is a possibility that saved games from one version of ScummVM will not work on a later version...is this true? And if so, is there an easy way of finding out which versions are compatible with each other (before deciding to upgrade for example!) [I have looked on the site, but can't immediately find this information...]

In most cases we keep a backward compatibility for save games, so it should work and if it shouldn't work we would state it somewhere.

[clem]

Also, while I'm here - on the compatibility page, let's take MI1 as an example, it lists "No known issues, game is completable." so great.....is that not 100%?

that's a rarely communicated internal project arrangement:

- games where the source code is not available (and which thus have to be reverse engineered) can get a maximum percentage of 95%

- games where the source code is available (BASS, FOTAQ, Broken Sword 1 and 2) can get a maximum percentage of 98%

[Whomper]

Amusingly, a few of them run better than they did in the original interpreters (even if you ignore the graphics filters and sound modes), but still only get 95%.

[clem]

Amusingly, a few of them run better than they did in the original interpreters (even if you ignore the graphics filters and sound modes), but still only get 95%.

yeah, if they were 100% they would run just as bad as with the original interpreter

[raven101]

Excellent, thank you very much for your responses

Is it also the case that (assuming you have an ok middle medium) windows ScummVM save games are compatible with Unix ScummVM save games? (I'm thinking of while running directly on a USB stick, not ntfs so can safely write to it in both!)

[eriktorbjorn]

Is it also the case that (assuming you have an ok middle medium) windows ScummVM save games are compatible with Unix ScummVM save games?

They should be.