Delete the world and load the savegame. I dare you. (alpha9)

[b0rsuk]

On the new colony screen, you can not just choose the world, but also delete it. So I thought: "What happens if I delete a world used in a savegame and then load it ?". Well, shit hits the fan. It doesn't even crash, I have to kil the job with CTRL-C.

[SSS]

Personally, I think if people are determined to break the game, we should let them.

(Not serious, of course.)

[b0rsuk]

It's not clear and obvious that the savegame depends on a world file. It could be used only in colony generation. I didn't do this by going into game folder and deleting files, I did this through the game's interface. I think there should be a safeguard, such as asking for confirmation. An explanation that all associated savegames will be deleted.

I played a bunch of colonies in alpha9 and the list of worlds was really crowded and unwieldy. It's a valid expectations that I can use the game's interface to clean things up.

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I see you're calling me creatively insane. I take it as a compliment :-).

[RemingtonRyder]

Actually, since you need to generate a world before you can start a colony, it stands to reason that you need to hang onto the world file.

I suppose though that it wouldn't be too much hassle to scan the existing saved games, check to see if the world is 'in use' and return a warning prompting you to not delete the world file.

[StorymasterQ]

Or, delete savegames using the world file.

Call it a black hole or something

[Gaesatae]

It's not clear and obvious that the savegame depends on a world file. It could be used only in colony generation.

Well, I think you have a point, I've posted a suggestion in the suggestions forums about it.