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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0007399Valley 1SuggestionJun 7, 2012 9:15 am
Reporterjabrazzle Assigned To 
Status consideringResolutionopen 
Product Version1.006 
Summary0007399: option to auto backup worlds
DescriptionIt doesn't seem to take hardly any time to backup a world, it seems like it takes longer for me to click the OK button to back up than it does to make the backup. Could we add a check box to that dialog to just allow the game to always back up our worlds?
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Internal WeightFeature Suggestion

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duplicate of 0008463 considering Allow for auto backup of game data 
related to 0007401 considering Only backup changed chunks 

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Penumbra

May 1, 2012 9:20 am

reporter   ~0023140

I only back up every update, since it takes on the order of minutes on my computer.

Quaix

May 1, 2012 9:26 am

reporter   ~0023142

Last edited: May 1, 2012 9:26 am

Looks like each chunk gets its own file. I'm only on 2nd continent and already my world has over 2000 files. No wonder it takes a long time to back up for some people.

What if you're on your 5th continent? 10th? You'd have 10000 files copied each time you back up. Seems a bit excessive.

Penumbra

May 1, 2012 9:52 am

reporter   ~0023144

You aren't suggesting only backing up those files that changed since the last backup, are you? Cuz if you were, that would be both crazy and brilliant. ;).

Quaix

May 1, 2012 2:36 pm

reporter   ~0023168

The world itself is tiny, only a few megabytes. What takes a long time is creating all those files. If the world was all one file, or less than a few dozen files, then backup would be much much faster in your case.

(I don't have that problem though, backup is pretty much instant on my computer)

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
May 1, 2012 9:01 am jabrazzle New Issue
May 1, 2012 9:20 am Penumbra Note Added: 0023140
May 1, 2012 9:26 am Quaix Note Added: 0023142
May 1, 2012 9:26 am Quaix Note Edited: 0023142
May 1, 2012 9:52 am Penumbra Note Added: 0023144
May 1, 2012 10:18 am Penumbra Relationship added related to 0007401
May 1, 2012 1:54 pm tigersfan Internal Weight => Feature Suggestion
May 1, 2012 1:54 pm tigersfan Status new => considering
May 1, 2012 2:36 pm Quaix Note Added: 0023168
Jun 7, 2012 9:15 am Penumbra Relationship added duplicate of 0008463
Apr 14, 2014 9:28 am Chris_McElligottPark Category Suggestion - General Idea => Suggestion - General
Apr 14, 2014 9:30 am Chris_McElligottPark Category Suggestion - General => Suggestion