Ren'Py Is there a way to forcibly disable the Save Name prompt in a Ren'Py game (if it isn't a toggleable option in the game)?

[Ai Shoujo Fan]

I am looking for a Ren'Py mod that I can use, or a file that I can add to a game folder... to forcibly disable the Save Name requirement that some Ren'Py games have. The games in which you can't disable Save Names in Settings or Options.

 

[anne O'nymous]

I am looking for a Ren'Py mod that I can use, or a file that I can add to a game folder... to forcibly disable the Save Name requirement that some Ren'Py games have. The games in which you can't disable Save Names in Settings or Options.

Since this is not a feature of Ren'Py, but something added by the author of the game, there isn't really an universal way to remove this ; each one tend to implement it in his own way. The fact that it's something added also explain why there's generally no option to disable it.

So, if the author follow his game thread, start by explaining how annoying this is (because yes it is), and asking him to make this optional, or why not better.

 

[Meaning Less]

Just to clarify, it already is optional (at least in every game I've played with it).
You can just double click or leave the field empty that it still saves the game normally.
To me it has the same annoyance level as the "overwrite save" confirmation box which is just as annoying.

 

[anne O'nymous]

To me it has the same annoyance level as the "overwrite save" confirmation box which is just as annoying.

It also mess with the game flow when it use a pop-up box to enter the name ; save twice in a row (so without quitting the save page) and look at the screenshot for the second save. It's not enough to effectively break the game, but this isn't a reason to continue doing it.

It's perfectly possible to put the name entry box directly in the save page (there's few example of this in the development section of the forum), and it should always be done like that. And obviously, there's the name of the page itself is editable by default, and can be enough if you organize your saves by page.
So yeah, it should never be done with an extra pop-up, even when integrated to the "overwrite" one.

 

[Luckzor]

Man, I was waiting there was some kind of mod for this, I'm playing College King and that is pretty anoying, and doesn't help that I feel the game is pretty lame, and with a story that we already saw.

 

[Ai Shoujo Fan]

Man, I was waiting there was some kind of mod for this, I'm playing College King and that is pretty anoying, and doesn't help that I feel the game is pretty lame, and with a story that we already saw.

This one game had the forced names saves and I tried replacing the screens.rpy from other games. And most of the screens.rpy from other games did not work. But one did. It changed the appearance of the main screen and menu screen though. Like the font size and style and positions. And it added a different developer's Discord and Patreon links. It looked so bad though that I quickly deleted it and searched for an older version of the same game and found an old version in which there was no forfced name saves. So I was able to use the screens.rpy from the same game, just an older version of the game, and that worked perfectly. I can't remember the name of the game that had a screens.rpy that was good for replacing. It's a two part game that takes place in the country of Denmark and you get a job there that involves you breeding the local women. If that screens.rpy works then it might be possible to create a better screens.rpy that can be used to replace the existing screens.rpy in games that have forced name saving.

 

[Ai Shoujo Fan]

Luckzor - I wonder if this is a method we can use to disable forced name saves. It's a program called rpaExtract, but I only know how to use it for My Bimbo Dream - not other games. https://f95zone.to/threads/my-bimbo-dream-v0-6-0-mbd.165755/post-13984442