For me, a narrow minded, no ducks in a row old fart, can there be an auto save feature added to the next update.
Yes I know it might cause issues such as interrupting work flow. Make it an option to initialize the function or not. Splash screen pops up, Save progress as …
Background autosave is something we’d like to add but I think it may have to wait until V8. We need to build a little more infrastructure so we can get a copy of the document to save in the background without it changing in the middle of a save. Otherwise we either have to pause the program for a little bit (bad) or risk a crash (really bad).
The best approach for this is to work this into your workflow — if you set the project up for a complex state, File | Save as appending a description of that state description, then File | Save as again deleting the appended description — this affords one two copies of a file:
one with the descriptive state as part of the filename
a second with the current state saved with the current filename
Periodically, the files with the added bit on the filename may be moved to a “backups” folder.
That said, Carbide Create shouldn’t be crashing enough that any other sort of backup/save scheme is necessary — anyone who is getting a crash should be sending in a Bugsplat so that the underlying cause of the crash may be addressed and fixed for future versions.
Folks should also post about crashes here — if you’ll upload the file, post a screengrab showing the selection state before the crash, and provide step-by-step instructions we should be able to come up w/ a work-around even if we can’t fix the underlying code immediately.
I would avoid an auto save. It tends to save in the middle of something I don’t want to keep.
Maybe save files with a version number suffix so good models do not get stepped on.
Great idea.
Like other people, I get distracted. All I am interested in is a popup window to remind me to save. I understand that an auto save might cause issues. A popup would remind me that it should be done, make me think about which direction I am going. Should I save in another file, should I save.
Just a slap in the face to wake me out of my cycles of thought.