I accidentally my save

[rasheed]

While i was fixing my modded part, i foolishly decided to reload the scene while it was going back to Space Center.

Lets just say i had all my missions deleted

[Red Iron Crown]

Ouch.

I once deleted a save without realizing that all the saved craft would be lost, too.

[TheSaint]

Ouch.

I once deleted a save without realizing that all the saved craft would be lost, too.

I've done that. I've also brainlessly hit F5 instead of F9.

[RocketPilot573]

I've done that. I've also brainlessly hit F5 instead of F9.

F9? F9! Quick-loading could revive OP's save, right?

[Stealth2668]

F9? F9! Quick-loading could revive OP's save, right?

If he deleted the save, I don't think there's any data to quick load.

[rasheed]

Well, this is what actually happened.

If you reload the scene on the transition from SPH to Space Center it shows ALL running missions not loaded cuz the parts wasn't Loaded yet.

So yea.... 5 Satellites, 2 Space Stations and probes on the Mun And Mimmus, Deleted.

[Commissioner Tadpole]

Well, this is what actually happened.

If you reload the scene on the transition from SPH to Space Center it shows ALL running missions not loaded cuz the parts wasn't Loaded yet.

So yea.... 5 Satellites, 2 Space Stations and probes on the Mun And Mimmus, Deleted.

Did any kerbals go Missing In Action?

[rasheed]

No not really, All the missions were unmanned.

[CalculusWarrior]

If you fix whichever part caused the mass deletion of vessels (I always like to think of them as solar flares which wipe out my missions), you can hold F9 in flight then revert back to a point in time when your vessels were still around.

[RocketPilot573]

Yea, like I said, why can't you fix whatever part is missing and then quickload?

[Rodyle]

I had this once as well. I still don't know what caused this, but for some reason: it decided not to load a couple of parts, and everything with those parts on it in flight was removed from the game. I think just restarting KSP did the trick for me, and if that didn't, it was reinstalling it.

As for save files: I try to make a backup at least once a week, both onto the other hard drive in my PC and to my dropbox folder.

[Whackjob]

You accidentally the whole thing?! Oy

[problemecium]

This is why I don't use my own modded parts on my Career save, only on their own designated test saves.

[John FX]

If this is important to you, you could do worse than consider Jebretary. It`s a GIT based version control manager for every save, persistance, quicksave, craft and subassembly you make. Even the auto saved ships that were only launched and not saved otherwise are kept and versioned so you can return to any of them at any point. You can get an autosave from 3 days and 35 minutes ago and make it your quicksave for example. You can get that one craft that actually worked 2 hours ago that you only launched once, never saved, then changed and never made it work again. Every autosave and quicksave and craft and subassembly. Nothing lost.

Did I mention you can control this all from a browser page from another computer on the LAN if you like?

It`s awesome...

It can be found here.

EDIT : It will also tell you if any modded parts are in any craft in your VAB folder and give you a list of the parts needed to build all your craft. No more trying to figure out which mod you need to reload once so you can load your favourite craft...

Edited June 16, 2014 by John FX

[Starwhip]

You accidentally the whole thing?! Oy

That's what I said!

And this is why one should have 2 or more KSP installs when testing mods.

[KvickFlygarn87]

You a verb in your title.

[SolarLiner]

Yeah, I pretty acidentally all the time too.

Just a tip bros: ALT+F5 allows you to name the quicksaves, so you can have different ones, and ALT+F9 allows you to select which one to load! Pretty nice, isn't it?

(EDIT: Changed from CTRL to ALT, my bad)

Edited June 17, 2014 by SolarLiner

[Starwhip]

CTRL?

Mine is ALT. Which is definitely problematic when trying to quicksave as. I've hit ALT+F4 more than once, meaning to hit ALT+F5. It is a pain.

[Duke23]

Sorry for your loss. I haven't done that yet but usually if I launch some complicated ship or station part, I'll breathe a sigh of relief when done circularizing or docking then promptly hit revert flight instead of space center. Then I scream.

Edited June 16, 2014 by Duke23

[Tortoise]

Guys, this thread is months old.

[WeirdCulture]

In fact that I use some mods on nearly every craft (Engeneerer (all craft),RT2 Antennas, TAC Life for manned craft etc.), I have an extra save for that, which every modded part is used, and launched into space.

So when a new version of the mod or KSP is coming around, I test it first. Learned this the hard way...

[Oafman]

Yeah, I pretty acidentally all the time too.

Just a tip bros: CTRL+F5 allows you to name the quicksaves, so you can have different ones, and CTRL+F9 allows you to select which one to load! Pretty nice, isn't it?

Seriously? I had no idea. That's tremendous.

I once spent a few minutes looking for my Eeloo probe, to see how close it was getting to the planet, before realising I must have F9'd on another ship and deleted it. I now have a stop and think rule before hitting F5 or F9. But having multiple F5s saved will be a huge help

[WeirdCulture]

Multiple Quicksaves came with the last update

[Red Iron Crown]

Seriously? I had no idea. That's tremendous.

I once spent a few minutes looking for my Eeloo probe, to see how close it was getting to the planet, before realising I must have F9'd on another ship and deleted it. I now have a stop and think rule before hitting F5 or F9. But having multiple F5s saved will be a huge help

It's Alt-F5 and Alt-F9, rather than Ctrl. It is immensely useful.

[SolarLiner]

It's Alt-F5 and Alt-F9, rather than Ctrl. It is immensely useful.

Source: http://www.orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?p=467664&postcount=1354

OK, I told that on the top of my head, I got the keys wrong. My bad! But it's still so cool that I got that from HarversteR directly