I was trying to fix one strange bug in our mod related to loading a game, and found that some data literally disappears somewhere between saving and reloading. Can it be that some kinds of objects are not saved/loaded? The data that is being lost is an ob

According to the save game code, this is the method that is called when saving a game, inside of sv_save.cpp source file:

static void SV_SaveMap(bool savePlayers)
{
	guard(SV_SaveMap);
	// Make sure we don't have any garbage
	VObject:&#

Is there any way to force non-Thinker object to be saved? If not, is there a way to make Thinker be not updated over time (since in my case it is excessive)?

Is there any way to force non-Thinker object to be saved?

No

If not, is there a way to make Thinker be not updated over time (since in my case it is excessive)?

With empty Tick method they