How to enable auto-save.

[alexti]

Dom3 always auto-saves the current turn (it consists of .trn and .2h files and fthrelnd file in savedgames/gamename directory). However, if nothing else is done those files will be overwritten at the next turn. To provide multiple-save capabilites (and not only that) Dom3 has preexec and postexec hooks (preexec is called before it processes the turn and postexec is called after it has processed the turn). There're multiple scripts and programs to manage save archive that have been posted over the time. I'll attach the one I'm using myself (it is somewhat sophisticated because I wanted to make sure MP I was hosting will be properly backed up). To enable it on Windows, one needs to add '--postexec domsave.bat' to Dom3 shortcut. Linux crowd surely doesn't need to be told obvious :>

To reload, choose the saved games from the archive (they're timestamped) and unzip it. This is a manual step.

Why I'm using zip to archive save games - it's more compact, besides Windows don't like large amount of small files. I also find Wiz interface more convenient [than explorer] for reloading.