Post by aravshetikolava on Aug 22, 2018 18:49:50 GMT
This is a little article mainly focusing on the ways to save and not lose companions names. Please be patient to my english. As always, i am happy to receive any corrections. This thread may also be suitable for questions or facts sharing. If wiki appears, this thread can maybe be deleted and become a part of a wiki article.
CMATW (companions met along the way) is the list of players that were connected to you during your journey playthrough.

CMATW (companions met along the way) is the list of players that were connected to you during your journey playthrough.

CMATW appears after you enter the light and after the game credits end. Near each companion's name in cmatw there's a symbol. This is the same symbol that shines in their chest and appears in their chirp. That's why if you meet a companion whose name you want to know, it's crucial to memorise their symbol to recognise their name amongst all other names in the cmatw. Players usually screenshot their cmatw (PS4 only) or make a photo with a phone so to not lose the names of companions met.
Any connection, even the most brief one, will land one more name in the cmatw.
However there are some actions that might result in losing companion's names. It's important to know what to avoid.
● Chapter selecting from any level.
When one chapter selects, all changes (including companion's names) get erased. So for example if you got stuck in a trap with a companion, or got lost in the blackness, or anything prevents you from continuing the game, it's better to close the game (or switch the PS off) and reopen the game. After the game started, press the 〇 button on your controller to choose continue. You will appear in the beginning of the level that you closed your game at. (Unless you closed your game in the Paradise. By doing this, you will appear in the beginning of the Snow level). Here in the beginning of the level you can wait for the lost companion. There's a possibility that the companion did the same and you can reconnect.
● Closing the game in the BB.
If you do this, you will be in the beginning of BB upon opening the game, but the names of the companions met there will be lost. So please be careful in the BB glitch, especially with a companion. If stuck, you will lose their name.
If you are in BB and really have to stop playing and close the game, but don't want to lose companion's name, you can go to PD and immidiately close there. Now, the names of everyone met in BB are saved, and upon continuing the game you will spawn in the beginning of PD.
● Closing the game on the level entered through a CS portal.
If you enter any level through the CS portal, then, being on the same level, close and reopen the game, you will not continue from this level.
For example: you enter BB →CS →Portal to the Tower → In the Tower close the game. Now upon restarting and pressing 〇 button, you will enter BB, not the Tower. So by extent if you met players in the Tower, their names will not be saved.
You can prevent that by going further through the game. For example: CS → Portal to the Tower → Play through the Tower and reach the Snow →Close the game and restart. After restarting, you spawn at the start of the Snow, names of players met in the Tower are saved.
However, if you go to the Paradise through the snow portal, then close the game in the Paradise, then you will not find yourself in the snow after the restart. You will be spawned to the place that you were at before entering the Snow portal (for example BB).
● Meeting more than eight companions.
The maximum amount of names in the cmatw is eight. On PS3 it's possible to see more companions in the "players met" menu, but there they don't have symbols assigned to them. On PS4 it's impossible to see companions anywhere besides the cmatw.


Side notes:
・The symbols that you see on your screen and that your companion sees on their screen is different. The symbol that you see assigned to your chirp is different from the symbol they see assigned to your chirp.
・ If you are not a full tier and start playing from anywhere but BB, the embroidery on your robe will not change even if you go through the light and back.
・ Even if your companion goes to CS and returns to you, they will still have the same symbol.