Borked a whole save

[AuroraSteve]

Is your ‘backup save’ an entirely different AuroraDB file?

For example, AuroraDBSaveBackup.db or AuroraDBPreviousSaveBackup.db

Anything corrupting a save will not affect an entirely separate database file and the executable code is static, so that can’t be affected. See this post:

Bugs During Save

I’ve seen a few reports where people get a bug during the save process and then repeat the save to see if it happens again. I wanted to highlight this situation specifically, so that people don’t lose their games. All the data for the game is stored in a database, in the AuroraDB file. When a save takes place, the code deletes the information in AuroraDB and replaces it with new information held in the program memory. This is done once for each type of information, such as Ship, Fleet, Command…