How To Save Every Turn?

[fred zeppelin]

Is it possible to make a separate save for each turn? Or, for that matter, to have separately named saves from the same game?

I know the game automatically saves a backup of the last three (I think) turns, but whenever I try to save the game under a custom name, that save is the only one that shows up in the Load Game menu. I'd like to save more than the default three turns - or be able to save a particularly interesting turn separately - with the save system overwriting it.

Possible? Thanks in advance.

[DrPostman]

Other than to take them from the save folder or one of the backups
and rename it I don't know of any other method. I always back up
a copy of a current save when I want to roll back a turn, and give it
a slightly different name.

[Ace]

It is possible, but cumbersome. Obviously this was not intended, this is a workaround I thought of.

1) Minimize the game, go to save games folder, and copy save game outside save game folder. I personally just zip the save game
2) Go back to load game screen and rename the current game
3) Minimize the game, and copy or unzip back previous game to saved folder.

Personally, I nver do that, I have complete trust in the auto save. The game auto saves up to 12 previous turns. If I ever want another turn under a different name. I go to save games folder and look for Backup folders. Every turn is stored in the backup folder with a number noting how many turns ago it was saved. Whenever a game is inside folder named Backup, the load screen will not see it. I just copy Backup# folder to save game folder, rename the folder and I'll see a new game in the load screen after that.

Some pictures:

Save game folder containing multiple saves games
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Guns of August save game with 3 backup folders. Backup3 folder contains saved game from 3 turns ago.
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Contents of Backup1 folder. If I want continue with another save game from this point, I copy backup1 folder to folder shown in Picture 1. Then rename the folder name from Backup to whatever I want. In game, you will now see you can load two different save games.
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[Ebbingford]

To save more than 3 turns you need to go into the options menu, there is a setting in there which will change how many are saved.

[fred zeppelin]

Thanks all.