Will the upcoming update delete my saved spaceship designs?

[DevoidLight]

They aren't much, but they're mine. When I unlock the parts again I plan on reassembling and maybe slightly updating my spacestation if possible. If not, whatever, I'll live.

[CpPolar268]

We will know.... Soonâ„¢

[DevoidLight]

Okay, I was thinking that players who were around for previous updates might know how it worked then, and maybe it would be the same.

[Spyritdragon]

Well, its hard to tel with r&d coming up, but I think they should still work. .21 broke save persistence and added multiple new parts, plus overhauled SaS, yet my craft files still work.

[sojourner]

I would guess that R&D might not even be active in sandbox mode.

[soranno]

When you say spaceshi designs, I assume you mean the saved craft files yes?

They will be in the VAB or SPH folder of your current game, and assuming nothing is drastically changed you can simply copy them to the similar VAB or SPH folder in the directory after you install the new version.

I haven`t seen an occasion of previously saved craft files being unusable in more recent versions.. aside from those with mod parts that have not been installed to the new directory

[llamatoes]

If your using r&d, you basically will lose your crafts, as you will need to develop new ones with the parts you have.

[kookoo_gr]

From the devs' current reports they didn't mention anything about saves/craft braking. Having that in mind for the sandbox mode of the game your saves and ship files (provided what mods you use) will work if you copy them at the correct directory. For the campaign mode that is another story.

[nhnifong]

If any of the existing ships in your save are incompatible, it will ask you if you want to delete them the first time the save is loaded.

If any of the ships or planes in your VAB or SPH folders are incompatible it will ask you when you first open those folders in-game (load dialogs)

That said, there is no need to lose anything when upgrading. Just copy your entire KSP folder somewhere and keep it forever!

[Starwaster]

Well, its hard to tel with r&d coming up, but I think they should still work. .21 broke save persistence and added multiple new parts, plus overhauled SaS, yet my craft files still work.

I'm still using my old save files. some date back to .19 (or maybe .18, not sure when I started) definitely as old as 18.3

If you try to load old files, .21 will say that it is not compatible but does offer the option of conversion to the new format. conversion hasnt failed any of the times I tried it.

Edited October 11, 2013 by Starwaster

[Spyritdragon]

Well, its hard to tel with r&d coming up, but I think they should still work. .21 broke save persistence and added multiple new parts, plus overhauled SaS, yet my craft files still work.

[Sma]

Like nhnifong said, just backup your entire KSP folder. If you're on steam you may want to do that now, unless you have the auto update feature turned off, which is what I did.

[GusTurbo]

Short answer: no.

As the devs have said, career mode will require you to create a new save file. None of your current saves will suddenly convert to career mode.

[FITorion]

I'm fairly confident the answer is No.

Not even save breaking updates broke craft files. And this update isn't save breaking.

Most of .22 is dealing with the new career mode that will be available for the first time to select when you start a new game. The only changes to sandbox mode which we have all been playing are the addition of a few parts and it will benefit from the game optimization efforts that have been done.

R&D won't effect anything in Sandbox. Sandbox already has everything unlocked. It'll be a useless building and the research parts will also be useless. R&D is not a Sandbox feature. It is a Career Mode feature.

Edited October 11, 2013 by FITorion

[Captain Sierra]

Your current savegame (and crafts) are in sandbox mode. This will not change and your crafts will remain unaffected. To my knowledge, there is no plan to break save compatibility. The only way the tech tree affects you is when you start a new game in career mode (finally clickable).

[boolybooly]

I have retrieved all my Kerbals... they were happy about it, I think they must know something I dont!

[Spartwo]

If you can convert from the demo to .21 I think it they will be fine.

[RocketPilot573]

I'll just say this here: You will probably be able to convert your sandbox saves to career via a persistence file edit.

[Dispatcher]

If you don't want to back up a copy of your entire KSP folder/ directory, an alternative would be to make a back up copy of just your Saves folder, which you will find in your KSP folder. It includes the Craft files, IIRC.