Best practice for getting list of save game files?

catsnackwiches
Tue, 26 Jan 2021 22:51:34 +0000
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What is the best practice for getting a list of all save files to show to the user? I’ve search around and the two main recommendations I’ve found are: a) creating file or another save game object that lists all the save games, in addition to some basic information about each save to show on the loading screen, and b) doing a directory search for save game files.

I don’t like the first option because if a save file gets deleted, or if this special save game file gets deleted, it’s not good. And the latter option is platform specific. What’s the best/standard way to do this?

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