Auto Save & Save at Run

[MarkusR]

just ideas/thoughts

 

at auto save option its not clear if it wrote only a backup file or just save the map.

at run the map is saved. the * from filename disappear, so i think the maps is overwritten.

 

what if i do some tests in my map? i lost the original file?

 

in my view the autosave save .autosave.map

at run save as .beforerun.map or .temp.map

at save .map > .backup1...5.map then save .map

[Thirsty Panther]

There are backups of your map. Sorry I'm not at the computer but it is a backup folder and your maps are saved as yourmap1, yourmap2 etc.

[MarkusR]

my project folder did not have a backup folder.

maybe its anywhere on my harddisc?

[Gonan]

Look for backups under the Documents\Leadwerks\Backup folder. They are named with the original name plus -backupxx.map where xx is a sequence number. This is just a simple folder for taking backups of all your maps, so if you used the same map name in two or more projects, they may be for entirely different maps, use the modified date to select the appropriate backup and just copy it back into your original project, rename it to suit, and then open it to make sure its what you need.

 

After using Leadwerks for several hundreds of hours, you may need to perform some house keeping on this folder, I would suggest not keeping more than 3000 files in a single folder to maintain good performance.

[MarkusR]

found this folder, but do not know when the filed are created.

seems only if autosave option is on.

if this autosave is on it saved my map too?

at start it will be saved unwanted i saw.

still not want automatic save/overwrite my map as discribed.

+some tooltip text with more infos would be nice.

[YouGroove]

still not want automatic save/overwrite my map as discribed.

It happens when you run your game and it's some LE3 limitation.

The best thing to do is to backup manually your project each time you done some significative progress.

[MarkusR]

if i want do some test in map i save it under new file name now.