Do You Restart Your Saves?

[The Jedi Master]

We've all had the feeling: Twelve kerbals stuck around various places, the rockets keep crashing even though we're supposed to be good at building, the KIA list grows longer and longer. In times like these, it is tempting to start fresh, with a new save. But we think of the old one, the stations and bases, the kerbals with cool names, and we reach a dilemma.

So,the question is: Do you restart your saves?

I used to restart my saves whenever an update was coming close, but after 0.20, I vowed to keep a save going. Well, 0.21 broke saves. So far, I've kept my 0.21 save intact, but a lot of frustration is making me consider starting fresh. The biggest project I have right now is a three module space station, and I've got docking down pat now, so that isn't a huge concern. But if I restart, Kurt Kerman (yes, random generated) will be sorely missed.

Edited August 13, 2013 by The Jedi Master
repeating myself in the last sentece

[Kingdude84]

All the time.

[regex]

I keep one save I call "Campaign"; had one in 0.20 and have a new one in 0.21. I'll start other saves for trying out mods or whatever, but that "Campaign" save has permadeath enabled and is safe from frustration deletion.

[The Jedi Master]

I keep one save I call "Campaign"; had one in 0.20 and have a new one in 0.21. I'll start other saves for trying out mods or whatever, but that "Campaign" save has permadeath enabled and is safe from frustration deletion.

That's an idea--I could keep the old save and just leave it alone until I'm ready to go back to it.

[RocketPilot573]

Not anymore, I'm still using my 0.19 save, and I intend to keep it until like .24, or whenever saves break.

[Tassyr]

Usually what happens with me is if I get some new plugin/parts pack, I'll see about restarting. Meaning I have some saves that've run for months, and some that have lasted 15 minutes.

[Guest]

Yes, with every major update.

[jcraft]

Yep, doing reset every update (besides small bugfixing patches). I just prefer to left "serious way" of playing for final release of KSP. Also I don't see a reason to make uber-complex multi-mission space program in sandbox when career mode is the place where true fun will begin for me .

Edited August 13, 2013 by jcraft

[boxman]

I start fresh whenever saves are broken.. I feel like I can always improve the designs anyways and would not be happy with the for example the space station I already had up there.

[Liudeius]

I save all my ships, but typically I start a new profile when the game is updated (I didn't for 0.21 because I found out you could update without fully reinstalling as the in game updater always says you need to do).

[annallia]

I don't really restart mine... I name my main save as something to do with kerbals and space.

Then I have a few alternate saves.. I have my testing ground, this one is for oddly enough testing mods and whatnot. And then I have Jebs Funhouse which is where I just build... odd things.

[bigdad84]

I start a new save every major update. (0.19,0.20,0.21,etc) I then take the old save and store it on a hard drive for fun memories down the road!

[The Jedi Master]

And then I have Jebs Funhouse which is where I just build... odd things.

I have a "muck around" save too, called "Jeb's Playground". I think everyone should have a silly save.

[mushroomman]

I get fed up and restart frequently. And that's why I've never sent any crewed missions to other planets. But I've been doing my best to keep a save going. I'm just waiting for the Jool launch window to send someone there.

[Necandi Brasil]

I only Store my designs ... I start a new game every major update

[Outback_Zach]

I reset my saves after every update and then mods slowly leech in so my older ships/probes/stations/bases are stock and then newer ones have mod parts. It is kind of like tech development.

[CosmicGamer]

I used to restart my saves ALLL the time whenever I felt things where not going well but now I only restart if an update breaks my save or if I add a mod such as remote tech that changes the way things are done.

[loknar]

wait.. how do you restart a save? I only have 1 save I can't control and quicksaves.

[SkyRender]

I start at least one new save for each new revision. Often I'll have around 3 to 6 of them active on the last minor revision before the next major one (ie. in 0.18.4 I had 6 different save files and didn't transfer any over to 0.19).

[Commander Zoom]

wait.. how do you restart a save? I only have 1 save I can't control and quicksaves.

They're talking about deleting the current game and then Start(ing) New Game.

[alacrity]

I have two saves... one for crazy ships and one for mission profiles... The crazy is not worth restarting as I kill Kerbals by the truck load... the missions profiles one I am very careful with and do a lot of rescues on. The only temptation I feel to restart at this point is the wind the overall clock/date. Having to run up the clock to get scans from the Kethane sats has added years to the overall mission times.

Alacrity