Autosave Trouble

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My somewhat dodgy system occasionally screws up while GC2 is auto-saving, and apparently GC2 deletes the old auto-save before creating the new one. As a result, there's no auto-saved game at all after one of these crashes.

I suggest keeping the old autosave around while the new one is being created. Maybe keep a couple around in case one turns out corrupt.

The work-around is just to save often, but I forget to save when I'm getting caught up in galactic domination
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Even the 'Previous Autosave' is lost? What version are you running?
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
1.50.059 DA

And I had an even more bothersome glitch. My system was acting a bit weird so I quick saved and restarted. Now the only file present is the "previous autosave". Which means both the quicksave and autosave have ceased to be viable.

I'm gonna update now.

p.s. Thanks for having the foresight to keep the previous autosave around.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Some additional info...

The 'weirdness' generally starts happening when memory gets tight and page file use jumps.

At some point the various save files (quick save, autosave, previousautosave) either start appearing with file lengths of 0, or disappear altogether. However, in spite of this trouble, the game remains somewhat playable for a couple of turns, apart from corrupted graphics of varying sorts. Using Load/Save from the menu seems to work slightly better, but it's not reliable either.

So does the game normally announce when saving fails?
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Oh I had to disable autosave to keep the game from crashing. Boy, I need to make sure i save often!