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TL;DR

Give a "sync mods and load" option for vanilla saves.

What ?

I would like to have the same option on vanilla that you have for modded; the pop up "would you like to sync mods" before launching if I have an extra mod enabled and the save is just vanilla.

Why ?

I regularly switch between vanilla and modded, it's not much mods but I will go make something with bp100, helmod and/or bottleneck. and sometimes I forget that I have these mods enabled and launch my vanilla save where I will then automatically save and realize later that I had mods enabled and have to revert to an older save. This function is absolutely amazing when you're playing modded only so it would be great if we could have it for when you want to switch from your modded save to your vanilla one too.

I don't know if that will solve it for you, but you could install the game in two separate folders, use two shortcuts to run them. That way, your mods and saves will never mix.

yeah that's true but since it's already a thing in the game it would be nice to have that for the vanilla as well, especially because of the steam version and the achievements there. between designing blueprints and going for the speedy achievements, if I forget my mods on I have to rollback to the previous save file to keep achievements enabled on that save.

I agree. Even though the most common thing to do after installing a mod is load a save that does not already have the mod in it, you should always be given the options to sync. There should not be special treatment given to saves without *any* mods yet. Especially since Space Age DLC exist as mods now, you should be able sync to vanilla saves after running a Space Age save.

Yeah I mean not just going to pure base vanilla but even when going from space age with a mod or to back to space age this doesn't work which is surprising