I finally implemented the part of the engine that re-acquires the DirectX device when lost so that the application keeps working even if you ALT+Tab the game. It took some figuring out, but I got it down on the first try! It doesn't usually work that well.

I've currently been working on the save menus so that games can be saved. The old .LSD format is being dropped for my own format. I've been designing this new format to resist increasing and decreasing database entries so it should survive project upgrades/downgrades when using old saves. One of the only problems that will occur will be game saves saved on a map that no longer exists. Having a hero or item in your party that no longer exists would cause a problem too.

Just avoid reducing the database, which is a good practice regardless of what engine you decide to use. Blank out the entries with the DELETE key and enter dashes or something so you can tell what objects shouldn't be there.


The sample game I've been making is already loaded into the RMN game page queue and awaiting someone to approve it, so it should appear sometime later.