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Autosaves not working
See: https://attnam.com/posts/29123 for description. Might have been fixed already, awaiting further details.
He says "When I try to load them it starts a new game" I think it is fixed by now, as I remember it was breaking because of the player's name vs the filename based on it, but if he tries the latest compiled executable, with the latest commits/mergings and it still happens, I would really appreciate he upload at least a full set of non-working savegames (all files for a single character), so I could bug track with an apparently quite good test case.
By what he describes, the whole point on backup files is to work around blackouts and system crashes. That is why everything NEW is always saved first to a .tmp file, that instantly vanishes as soon the final files (.bkp and .sav .40 ...) are created. So, if a .tmp file doesnt complete the saving for ANY reason, that file will remain there, broken/corrupted but most importantly: ignored, it means it should cause no trouble. EDIT: what is missing on this logic is that in case of multiple files being saved, the first saves ok, and the second fails, that would be an incomplete save state, and I dont remember having tested that situation, also because I didnt have any test case to be able to fix it, therefore was not crucial.
The system specs are Windows 7 x64; IVAN v053. In which case it might be a bug that's patched already.