[0.18.12] Autosave / quickload edge case

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[0.18.12] Autosave / quickload edge case

Post by duskwuff »

Under some circumstances, the green quickload button on the main screen will refer to an autosave which the player never explicitly interacted with.

To reproduce:
  • Save the game less than 5 seconds before a scheduled autosave (e.g. at 4m59s, if autosaves are set to every 5 minutes).
  • Load the save and let the autosave take place.
  • Quit within less than 5 seconds (i.e. within the "you didn't do anything worth saving" grace period).
The quickload button now suggests loading the autosave. This seems wrong.

Suggestion: Autosaves in single-player games should be based on the time played since the last save, not the absolute time played. This would incidentally fix this edge case, and would reduce unnecessary interruptions from quicksaves in general.
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Re: [0.18.12] Autosave / quickload edge case

Post by Rseding91 »

Thanks for the report however that's working correctly. The quick-load selects the most recent save file; autosave or manual save.
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