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Reset autosave timer on save/load

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 11:31 pm
by Quazar
"OK kids it's time for another episode of Building the Megabase!"

(clicks load and waits)

"In today's session we're going to fix all the problems, starts with this one right here"

(zooms in and prepares to begin playing)

"First we're gonna... wait while the world is autosaved"

That's the worst scenario, though it's equally annoying to save, hit escape and go get another beer, sit down and have the autosave fire right after resuming. The timer should reset to zero when we invoke manual save/load actions. Thanks!

Re: Reset autosave timer on save/load

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 5:31 am
by Koub
Quazar wrote:hit escape and go get another beer
You should try and limit your alcohol consumption. Couple of beers from time to time is OK, but that many beers every day will destroy your liver :P

Re: Reset autosave timer on save/load

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 1:33 pm
by steinio
Koub wrote:
Quazar wrote:hit escape and go get another beer
You should try and limit your alcohol consumption. Couple of beers from time to time is OK, but that many beers every day will destroy your liver :P
Please change autosave like suggested and save his life. PLEASE.

Reset autosave timer when saving game

Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2020 10:56 pm
by ribsngibs
TL;DR
Reset the autosave timer when saving the game

What ?
My base is getting large enough (and my laptop old enough) that saving the game is starting to take an annoyingly long time. I still want autosave on in case I make a huge, unexpected mistake. But it's slightly annoying that sometimes I'll manually save the game, and then 4 seconds later, the game will autosave again, completely unncessarily.

It seems like it would make sense for the autosave timer to reset whenever the game is saved or loaded.

Re: Reset autosave timer on save/load

Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2020 10:59 pm
by Koub
[Koub] Merged into older thread with same suggestion.

Re: Reset autosave timer on save/load

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2020 1:24 am
by ssilk
I want to have saving in background, so that you don’t need to wait.

Re: Reset autosave timer on save/load

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2020 6:32 am
by Koub
ssilk wrote:
Wed Nov 18, 2020 1:24 am
I want to have saving in background, so that you don’t need to wait.
For that, your only option is linux, because of OS limitations.

Re: Reset autosave timer on save/load

Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2020 12:38 am
by ssilk
Works also on Mac. It’s based on Unix. Keyword is non-blocking saving. Windows is the only OS, that cannot do that.

For those who are interested: viewtopic.php?f=29&t=82786

The problem is: this is difficulty on windows.