How do pc games automatically save your progress on a computer without pressing any buttons?

Question

without even the user pressing any buttons, they just save themselves, how?

Answer 1

Their code will include 'save to disc' instructions.

Answer 2

Blessings. Saving your Preferences

When you press CtrlU, you will save a file called .B.blend in the .blender folder underneath your Blender installation that contains the present setup, including all screens and scenes. Please note that because of its weird filename, Windows OS's may try to hide it from you. Also, it might be saved in an Application Data directory specific to your User Profile. If it is not saving your changes, be sure you have security rights set to allow changes to files in the folder; this is especially the case with Microsoft Vista OS, as it definitely does not by default allow any program to change any file in the Program Files directory.



In any event, it is a plain old .blend file; so if you have objects etc in your file when you CtrlU, those will also be the default the next time you start.



If the file is lost or accidentally deleted, Blender will re-create it on the next startup.

Answer 3

First of all, increase your virtual memory by doing the following: 1. Right-click on My Computer in the start menu and click on Properties. 2. Go to the advanced tab. (On the left) 3. Click on the frist "Settings" button. 4. Go to the advanced tab in the new window. (On the top) 5. Click on Change. 6. Uncheck the first line if you have vista. Select the "main" drive of your computer. (usually c:) 7. Set both the initial and the maximum amount the same. (at least 2500mb, or if your computer is already set to that, increase it by a 1000mb.) 8. Click Set, then OK. You may have to restart in order for the changes to take effect. Also, to keep your computer from restarting automatically, in the advanced tab for the properties of My Computer, click on the third "Settings" button. Now uncheck "Automatically restart".

Answer 4

every so often, for example every minute, it writes the open information over the previous information

Answer 5

Because they're magic