
proposal Proposal: "Debloated" Installs (Remove unused files)
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By stuttgart
I've had the idea that the infoboxes should somewhere contain information about a game's save system, since there are a lot of different ways games handle it:
- Roguelikes (dying completely resets you, but you retain certain benefits)
- Hardcore-modes where dying deletes your savegame, e.g. "Trial of Iron" mode in Pillars of Eternity 2
- Only at the start of each level, e.g. Freespace 2
- Only checkpoint / autosave, e.g. most modern shooters
- Checkpoints that can be manually activated several times, e.g. Resident Evil typewriters or sleeping in Kingdom Come: Deliverance
- Bonfire-system, e.g. Dark Souls (like above, but respawns all enemies)
- Free, manual saving (and whether it also allows in combat + how many available save slots)
- "Free" saving that still resets you to checkpoints, e.g. Tomb Raider: Legend
- Manual saving, but at a cost, e.g. Kingdom Come: Deliverance (consumes alcohol)
- Quicksaves
- Special savegame shenanigans (e.g. message if you save too often in Metal Gear Solid 1, deleting your savegames if you die too often in Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, voluntary savegame deletion in Nier and Nier: Automata...)
- Whether it allows to select individual chapters to replay, e.g. Syndicate (2012) and Condemned: Criminal Origins
What do you think about this feature? For me personally, not being able to save freely is almost disqualifying for a game, so I always want to know such information. And it often changes even inside a franchise (e.g. FEAR 1 has manual saving, 2 and 3 only have checkpoints; Splinter Cell 1-4 allow manual saves and quicksaves, 5 and 6 only have checkpoints; Call of Juarez 1+2 has quicksaves, 3+4 only has checkpoints; etc.), so even if you like the previous installment you can't be sure if the next game works the same when you want to buy it.
This information could be included in the infobox below the "save game location" info. It could just be simplified into a simple checkbox whether the game allows manual saves or not, and a "Notes" field with additional information (e.g. the things I listed above, how many save slots etc.). This way it wouldn't be cluttered, you just have a simple "Manual Saves?" checkbox next to the save location, and if there is any additional custom information, it can be written into the Notes field. What do you think about that?
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By Dave247
This is follow on from my post on the Special K Steam Discussions, but expanded to include other third party tools such as Re:shade.
Link to Steam Discussion thread: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1157970/discussions/0/2650881941771332222/
Reply from: @Aemony
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By mrrobertman
Proposal to show support of Steam Family Sharing on the Wiki pages, as some games do not support Steam Family Sharing (this is the most recent list I could find) and this could be useful information to be recorded.
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By SirYodaJedi
This seems like an important setting, especially with the prominence of high-PPI UHD monitors.
True: Has option to change scaling settings. May or may not automatically scale based on selected resolution. Example: SWTOR
Always on: Is automatically scaled based on resolution, but has no manual setting. Example: Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Limited: Only scales certain elements (ex: graphics but not text), or cannot be scaled beyond a certain percentage of the base resolution. Example: Half-Life 2
False: Is not scaled and does not have an option to scale. Can't think of an example off the top of my head.
Hackable: Hackable. Example: Quake
This could go in the video settings table, or it could go in a potential accessibility table. I think probably wait until a dedicated accessibility table is made and put any info in 4K for now.
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By Andytizer
In the beginning, PCGamingWiki shied away from including classification of games because we were focused only on fixes - we weren't interested if a game was a 'third person shooter' or a 'first person shooter' - we just wanted FOV fixes, widescreen fixes, etc. However I think things could be improved - taking a queue from Wikipedia: Modes: Firstly with the way the tables work, some genres don't require 'FOV' fixes for example 2D games. Or an 90s adventure game doesn't need an 'Inverted Y-Axis' option etc. A mode property would allow us to restrict certain tables so that this makes more sense. This would include things like: VR, 2D, 3D, 1st person, 3rd person, touchscreen, VR etc. Furthermore, in the future we could use this to categorise other features like microtransactions, lootboxes etc. Genres: Genres are a great way of listing games. We could make lists of Puzzle games on Uplay, RPGs fan translated into Russian, etc. How great would it be to see all the Local co-op games that are 2D rather than 3D (my wife can't play 3D games as she gets motion sick!). In terms of implementation, this could sit in the proposed Overview section as well as the Infobox itself.
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