Is possibile to make a "real" saves

[Daze]

Hi guys, what i want to ask you is if it's possibile to do a save that can't be overwrited by another autosave?

[Trux]

I think you can copy the autosave file and persistence file and save it in a notepad document and just copy paste although I am not entirely sure on that one

[ThePsuedoMonkey]

I just pack 'em into an archive file

[Daze]

Yes, i know, this is how actually i do backup for my saves, but in the game there isn't any possibility to make this right?

[Trux]

Not in the game no, sorry

[ThePsuedoMonkey]

You can quicksave though (F5), which will not be overwritten with autosaves.

[Daze]

You can quicksave though (F5), which will not be overwritten with autosaves.

Good to know, thanks to all

[vexx32]

Quicksaves are overwritten at every launch, though, so just be aware of that.

[Eric S]

DEADBEEF has an addon that isn't on spaceport that creates multiple save files. I don't remember where it's hosted, and I can't find it since the great forum oops.

[GROOV3ST3R]

Has anyone seen DEADBEEF anyway? I tried contacting him and he hasn't logged in singe mid-april...

[pebble_garden]

I did a lot of save-game backups while making my tutorials, and while it's a manual process, it isn't hard.

First, you need to navigate to your KSP installation folder:

1. Exit KSP when you're ready to make the backup. The game saves a new persistent.sfs file on exit.

2. On a PC, right click your KSP icon and select "Open File Location". (I'm sure there's a similar option on the Mac.)

3. Go into the Saves directory and open the folder with the name game you want to back up (For example, I have one called "Station").

Then you have a couple of options:

Method 1 - Organized in uniquely named subfolders:

1. Make a new folder and name it something meaningful, like "01_DockedAtStation".

2. Copy the persistent.sfs file into that folder.

3. When you want to restore it, just copy it from the subfolder and overwrite the existing persistent.sfs file.

Method 2 - renamed save files:

1. Highlight the persistent.sfs file and copy it with ctrl-c.

2. Paste a new copy (ctrl-v), and name it something meaningful, like "persistent_01_dockedAtStation.sfs"

3. To restore it, delete the official "persistent.sfs" file, copy the backup, and paste it back in, then rename it to "persistent.sfs"

As far as I know, quicksave.sfs files are just like persistent.sfs. You can actually rename a quicksave as a persistent file and it will work. That's saved my butt a few times when I messed up with the persistent file.