Autosave - when?

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I just noticed that Autosave does not save a new game during the first few turns. Is this
intentional? If so, then the autosave from previous games should be deleted before one
can try to use the autosave. If not, they will loose their current new game and go back
to an old one.

Better yet, could an autosave be done before we get a chance to move ships on a brand
new game?

Cheers,
Jack
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
There was a time when Autosaving at the start of a new game would autosave, but we changed that so players wouldn't accidentally overwrite an autosave game by starting a new game. I personally would rather have to play the game for a bit before it autosaves, but that's just me. Any comments for/against this decision are welcome (=)

ScottT
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
If autosave is turned on, than wait 50 or so turns befor the first save, then every 10-15 turns (I think it is set for every 12 now?). Just my pref.
Offworld Trading Company
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
It probably wouldn't be that hard to make it so that you could set how often the game Auto saves. If Brad likes the idea, I could make it an option in the prefs.ini file that you could change yourselves until we get a bigger options screen.
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
Scott,

Now I see the problem. I am going to guess that this is going to be a controversial
subject and just go with whatever is decided.

I also think it may become a moot point once multiple saved games are supported.
With multiple saved games will come the capability, should you choose to include
the support for it, to have autosave files with differing names, perhaps something
like "auto_001.sav", "auto_002.sav", etc, (where the numerical part could be a new
game count).

Cheers,
Jack