Can auto save be disabled?

[YURI KAGARIN]

Auto saves seem to happen at awkward times and cause lag spikes on my computer. Can this feature be disabled?

[sal_vager]

Hi YURI KAGARIN, yes in a way it can, you need to open your settings.cfg in your KSP_win folder, and change this line:

AUTOSAVE_INTERVAL = 300

You can set a really long period in seconds, so that autosaves are rare, but don't set it to zero or KSP will try to autosave every moment.

[vexx32]

What about -1?

[sal_vager]

I have not tried that Vexx, after the manic panic I had trying to stop KSP with the interval set to 0, I didn't feel like further testing and just set mine to 900 seconds.

[YURI KAGARIN]

Thanks sal I set mine to 90,000 so I'll see an autosave every 25 hours of playing time.

[Finnerty]

This thread is old, but I just have to ask about AUTOSAVE_SHORT_INTERVAL = 5, which is right below the AUTOSAVE_INTERVAL = 300, what is it for?

[TMS]

VAB/SPH autosaving???

[agentexeider]

how do you load auto saves, often times an autosave is newer then my quick save.

[Finnerty]

You don't load auto-saves. If You quit KSP, the next time it will start from last auto-save. It will also auto-save if You quit KSP by going to the main menu, or KSC too.

This quote is from this thread http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/19653-Auto-saving-at-important-points

Still haven't found out what this does AUTOSAVE_SHORT_INTERVAL = 5

[sal_vager]

I honestly don't know what that is for, feel like changing it for science Finnerty?

Also, don't necro post, it's impolite.