scummvm/engines/scumm/saveload.h

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#ifndef SCUMM_SAVELOAD_H
#define SCUMM_SAVELOAD_H

#include "common/scummsys.h"
#include "common/serializer.h"

namespace Scumm {

/**
 * The current savegame format version.
 * Our save/load system uses an elaborate scheme to allow us to modify the
 * savegame while keeping full backward compatibility, in the sense that newer
 * ScummVM versions always are able to load old savegames.
 * In order to achieve that, we store a version in the savegame files, and whenever
 * the savegame layout is modified, the version is incremented.
 *
 * This roughly works by marking each savegame entry with a range of versions
 * for which it is valid; the save/load code iterates over all entries, but
 * only saves/loads those which are valid for the version of the savegame
 * which is being loaded/saved currently.
 */
#define CURRENT_VER 98

/**
 * An auxillary macro, used to specify savegame versions. We use this instead
 * of just writing the raw version, because this way they stand out more to
 * the reading eye, making it a bit easier to navigate through the code.
 */
#define VER(x) Common::Serializer::Version(x)

} // End of namespace Scumm

#endif