Problem re-starting game
Posted: September 6th, 2011, 4:06 am
Bit late for this to be filed as a bug, so I'm moreso hoping there's a known workaround for it! 
One problem I have with playing RPGs is that I have the attention span of an ADHD sufferer - I'll make a main character and play the story out with him, but every now and then I'll go "Oooh! I wonder what [this] build would be like?!" I'll then start a new game, play for half an hour with that new build, decide I don't like it all that much after all, and then go back to my main character.
The problem I'm having is that sometimes, when I do this, I lose some of my options in the game - for instance, I'll sometimes no longer be able to press space to wait a turn. More recently, I've not been able to access the in-game menu either, whether it be by pressing esc or clicking on the disk icon at the top of the screen. This is obviously a bit problematic, as I can only save the game to quicksave if I want to save it (say, if I've switched back to my main character again), and can only exit the game by opening a terminal and restarting my computer!
Short version:
- Mid-game, decide to start a new game
- Create new character etc, start playing
- Space and/or esc/menu icon completely lose functionality
- Forced to restart system to exit
- Problem doesn't always come up
Aside from the obvious solution of sticking to one character per session, has anyone got a fix/suggestion for this?
One problem I have with playing RPGs is that I have the attention span of an ADHD sufferer - I'll make a main character and play the story out with him, but every now and then I'll go "Oooh! I wonder what [this] build would be like?!" I'll then start a new game, play for half an hour with that new build, decide I don't like it all that much after all, and then go back to my main character.
The problem I'm having is that sometimes, when I do this, I lose some of my options in the game - for instance, I'll sometimes no longer be able to press space to wait a turn. More recently, I've not been able to access the in-game menu either, whether it be by pressing esc or clicking on the disk icon at the top of the screen. This is obviously a bit problematic, as I can only save the game to quicksave if I want to save it (say, if I've switched back to my main character again), and can only exit the game by opening a terminal and restarting my computer!
Short version:
- Mid-game, decide to start a new game
- Create new character etc, start playing
- Space and/or esc/menu icon completely lose functionality
- Forced to restart system to exit
- Problem doesn't always come up
Aside from the obvious solution of sticking to one character per session, has anyone got a fix/suggestion for this?
