[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM :: Bugs] #11399: MOHAWK: RIVEN: Return to Launcher & Quit don’t autosave if GMM opened by F5.

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#11399: MOHAWK: RIVEN: Return to Launcher & Quit don’t autosave if GMM opened by
F5.
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  Reporter:  macca8  |      Owner:  bgK
      Type:  defect  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  normal  |  Component:  Engine: Mohawk
Resolution:          |   Keywords:
      Game:  Riven   |
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Comment (by macca8):

 From your reply, it appears that the change was unintentional. As it is,
 this behaviour could deny a player the chance to view the cutscene,
 particularly if that player is dependent on the autosave feature. For this
 reason, I don't think we can afford to leave things as they are.

 Having said that, I have no objection to autosave-on-exit being removed if
 there's no other reliable option to disable it. At worst, a player can
 fall back to the previous time-based autosave.

 In my opinion, a warning on exit is the way to go, but I also acknowledge
 that it's not readily available in the ScummVM core systems. We actually
 discussed this briefly back in #10133 (now #10134).

 With that in mind, as a potential workaround for the player, would it be
 possible to update the system's confirmation dialog (for RTL & Quit exits)
 by adding 'All unsaved progress will be lost." to the existing message,
 which would match your 25th anniversary dialog?

 The player then has the option of manually adding ''confirm_exit=true'' to
 the config file to automatically generate the warning on Quit & RTL. I
 used this method myself prior to autosave-on-exit being available and it
 worked quite well in all situations at that time.

 Perhaps a supporting note could be added to the Riven notes in the ReadMe
 file to alert the player.

 Thanks for the fix for #11417. I'll be keen to see the results tomorrow.
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