Murphy's Law

[VoidSquid]

... or: what can go wrong will go wrong.

 

Again and again I read questions in "Technical Support" where people have lost save games or their complete installation, for various reasons.

Personally, I had such a "hiccup" only once (corrupt save game) but could resolve it within minutes. No magic involved, I just follow a few basic guidelines:

 

Copy your KSP installation to another folder outside of the Steam directory, outside of program files and program files (x86), e.g. to C:\KSP, and play from that directory, e.g.:

robocopy "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Kerbal Space Program" "C:\KSP" /mir

 

Make regular backups of the whole KSP directory, e.g:

robocopy "C:\KSP" "C:\KSP Backup" /mir

 

Make daily backups of your save games, e.g.:

robocopy "C:\KSP\saves" "C:\KSP Saves" /s

 

Following these simple guidelines will save you a lot of (potential) trouble!  

Edited January 1, 2021 by VoidSquid