Too many backup saves? | Pawsmonaut Games | Page 1

analog ravine Mar 8, 2026, 4:00 PM

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There might be too many, internal tracking post

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@patent citrus just made a new post here to track this!

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Are those 26 all the same slot?

patent citrus Mar 8, 2026, 4:01 PM

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Updated pic and yes

analog ravine Mar 8, 2026, 4:02 PM

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Perfect thank you!

patent citrus Mar 8, 2026, 4:02 PM

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Also side question. Why is there manual saving with no manual loading?

analog ravine Mar 8, 2026, 4:06 PM

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So you can quit the game whenever you want to!

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I just went with a slot-based save system rather than a file-browser type system

patent citrus Mar 8, 2026, 4:07 PM

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You have a manual save below resume game and save and quit but no load. Why the first save option if there is just a save and quit?

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The first save is redundant then isnt it?

analog ravine Mar 8, 2026, 4:09 PM

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It sort of looks that way I guess but it does allow you to manually back up your saves if you're into that!

patent citrus Mar 9, 2026, 3:25 PM

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@analog ravine So you put out a patch for this. Today alone I have 29 back ups totally 694 MB since you fixed my save this morning.

analog ravine Mar 9, 2026, 3:32 PM

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Yeah OK something is going funky there 🤔 thanks for flagging that

patent citrus Mar 9, 2026, 3:33 PM

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I will say one of those is me though on a manual save. When I was testing to see if I could capture another bug. But outside that yea, the rest are regular backups.

analog ravine Mar 9, 2026, 3:33 PM

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Ok good to know, thank you!

lunar forum Mar 10, 2026, 3:38 PM

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patent citrus The first save is redundant then isnt it?

No it isn't I use it quite frequently as under Steam4Linux, I have locks and "UE fatal error" very often.
Note : I won't boot Windows to play a game. I dropped Star Citizen (100€) when I switched to Linux. Also : I have 3G in 299 save files 🙂

wild oracle Mar 10, 2026, 3:41 PM

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yeah these backups are a bit much

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Currently at 3GB and rising

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Did the hotfix that was supposed to limit it to 5 break?

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I got a single backup from day 1 (friday), no backups from saturday, 10 backups from late sunday when I finished the game, and then tons from monday and tuesday (mostly from quickly launching the game to test something and then quitting)
(timezone is gmt+1)

patent citrus Mar 10, 2026, 4:47 PM

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3GB?!?! Thats bigger than the game now lmao

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I have just been manually deleting them while the game is running so it updates the steam cloud.

analog ravine Mar 10, 2026, 5:38 PM

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Woaaahhhh

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Ok definitely not right!

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This is top of my fixes list for tomorrow's hotfix!

patent citrus Mar 10, 2026, 5:38 PM

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I thought you would freak out when you saw this lol

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I thought mine was bad at 1.8 gigs but 3 is getting up there.

analog ravine Mar 10, 2026, 5:45 PM

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100%

analog ravine Mar 12, 2026, 9:40 AM

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I've found the cause of this!

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I can fix it going forward but I also want to find a way to safely delete old backup saves

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but I'm hopeful this should be sorted today!

analog ravine Mar 12, 2026, 11:59 AM

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Got it!

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I'm going to upload to a beta branch just to confirm it's all working correctly - do we have at least one windows and one linux user that can confirm it's OK?

wild oracle Mar 12, 2026, 12:06 PM

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I can do a quick test on windows 10 right now (will be busy for an hour+ in about 50 min)

analog ravine Mar 12, 2026, 12:06 PM

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It's about 15 mins from deployment, I will post when it's up and you can check it out when you're able! ❤️

analog ravine Mar 12, 2026, 12:29 PM

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it's live!

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keep an eye on your backup saves and they should all clean up when you load each slot

wild oracle Mar 12, 2026, 12:29 PM

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I made a full folder copy so I can compare

analog ravine Mar 12, 2026, 12:31 PM

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❤️

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I will take out the CTO for a wee walk, anyone who wants to check and test please have a play and make sure it works OK!

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Should keep the latest ten saves in each slot

wild oracle Mar 12, 2026, 12:34 PM

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Ok, so it did clear all the old backups (except the ones today), and didnt touch my other files, but it doesnt seem to keep inside the limit during play. Im currently back to 15 saves

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triggering saves by clicking save in the pause menu + saves from load screens

analog ravine Mar 12, 2026, 12:36 PM

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yeah, I switched to a game-load system

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rather than deleting as they are created

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just cleaner, less chance of issues, etc

wild oracle Mar 12, 2026, 12:37 PM

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yep, cleared them upon exiting back to main menu, now its the 10 latest again (+1 thats the current one)

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worked on the other 2 slots as well when I loaded them

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so now it stays stable at roughly 1.5GB total on the entire folder (3 slots with 10 backups each + a couple of ending saves)

analog ravine Mar 12, 2026, 12:43 PM

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Ok that feels acceptable to me with three full slots and extras!

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I am going to work on trying to reduce size of saves too eventually!

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Thank you for checking that!

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Anyone else, especially linux, input appreciated!

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but all being well I'll push this live this afternoon

lunar forum Mar 12, 2026, 5:34 PM

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analog ravine Anyone else, especially linux, input appreciated!

dev branch downloaded, saves automatically deleted 🎉

analog ravine Mar 12, 2026, 5:35 PM

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lunar forum dev branch downloaded, saves automatically deleted 🎉

beaut! Is that linux or windows?

lunar forum Mar 12, 2026, 5:35 PM

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analog ravine beaut! Is that linux or windows?

Debian Linux ^_^

analog ravine Mar 12, 2026, 5:35 PM

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Ok lovely! Just wanted to make sure it works across platforms!

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Thanks for that ❤️

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About to go live on Main!

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