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Johuotar

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easier way to save game?
« on: July 17, 2010, 01:01:32 pm »
So after playing 4 hours the game crashed and I lost all progress.  :'(
Is the only way to save to quit? No autosave/quicksave feature?
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Re: easier way to save game?
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2010, 01:06:35 pm »
There is an autosave. You can enable it in the data/init/d-init.txt.

 I think the backup feature is a bit sporradic. Sometimes it backs up the old save, sometimes it backs up the new(wrong) one removing the old save.
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Re: easier way to save game?
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2010, 03:19:29 pm »
Quote from: Johuotar on July 17, 2010, 01:01:32 pm
So after playing 4 hours the game crashed and I lost all progress.  :'(
Is the only way to save to quit? No autosave/quicksave feature?
By default, the game auto-saves on every season change.

Otherwise, you've just got to get used to playing a game that's still in alpha.
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Re: easier way to save game?
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2010, 03:24:23 pm »
every time before you do something dangerous or after you've done something great, save the game. it's a pain, yes, but it's better than screwing up and loosing it all.
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Re: easier way to save game?
« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2010, 03:25:59 pm »
Well I played multiple years but when I restarted DF I started where I had previously started.   ::)
So it was some bug then, with saving...

I think I'll just start saving more often then
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Quote from: Caldfir on February 09, 2012, 01:32:55 pm
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Re: easier way to save game?
« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2010, 05:12:29 pm »
Autosave is NOT on by default, set it to SEASONAL and backups to YES.
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Re: easier way to save game?
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2010, 08:04:36 pm »
Get a travel alarm or a timer or something. Set it to go off every so often (I set mine for 90 minutes.) When it goes off, save.
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