Patch:Save Game (Dreams)
This page deals with patches relating to loading, saving and saved games in Keen Dreams. For saved game filenames see Patch:Files and filenames. Related patches can be found at Patch:Main menu. This page does include patches relating to loading games.
In Dreams, games can be saved anywhere at any time. They are saved to a file SAVEGMx.KDR and store the entire contents of the level memory including all sprite positions and actions. This allows for 'save scumming' where a random or dangerous situation is replayed over and over from a loaded game until maximum success occurs.
Default saved game name
his is the name given to a saved game file if the player simply presses enter after choosing to save in an empty savegame slot.
Default saved game name
#Default saved game name
%patch $15AA3 [$5BDFW]
%patch $2964F "Untitled" $00
Patches relating to the savegame menu can be found in a section of the main menu page. These patches include the number of save slots, images used and their positions.
This text appears when the player is entering a name for their saved game. it appears at the bottom of the save menu and is colored red by default. This color (Here $03) can be changed.
Saving text
#Saving text
%patch $15A23 [$03] #Color (Red)
%patch $15A25 [$5BBFW] #Call
#Text
%patch $2962F "Enter Game Name / Escape Aborts" $00
Loading warning text
This text appears when the palyer attempts to load a game while playing another game. It appears at the bottom of the load menu and is colored red by default. This color (Here $03) can be changed. It also consists of two lines, which must be the same color.
Loading text
#Loading text
%patch $15D48 [$03] #Color (Red)
%patch $15D4A [$5BEFW] #Call 1
%patch $15D54 [$5C0FW] #Call 2
#Texts
%patch $2965F "Warning! If you do this, you'll" $00
%patch $2967F "abort the current game." $00
Saving window
This window appears when the player saves a game. It appears over the menu before the screen clears and the window vanishes. It contains a single line of text.
Keen Dreams
#Loading game window
%patch $15AC6 [$0003W] #Window height
%patch $15ACA [$000AW] #Window width
%patch $15AD5 [$5BE8W] #Text
%patch $29658 "Saving" $00
Loading window
This window appears when the player selects a game to load. It appears over the menu before the screen clears and the level displays. It contains a single line of text composed of three parts, the 'Loading' text, the saved game name and an ending apostrophe. (Interestingly the first apostrophe is a different font character.)
Keen Dreams
#Loading game window
%patch $158C9 [$0003W] #Window height
%patch $158CD [$001EW] #Window width
%patch $158D8 [$5BB3W] #Loading
%patch $158FA [$5BBDW] #ending apostrophe
%patch $29623 "Loading `" $00
%patch $2962D "'" $00