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fatalmoon65
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1 day ago

Save As... Question

This might be a dumb question, but I'm not totally sure how saving works. Let's say I have a game that I call "Game 1". I save it by choosing "Save" on the menu and then selecting the picture of that game to save it again before closing.

So, if I take Game 1, then use "Save As" and save it as Game 2, is Game 2 considered a new save? Or is it still a legacy save? In other words, do I have to start a new game from scratch in order for it to be a new save?

I'm on Xbox so not sure whether this applies to PC. I hope that made sense!

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  • fatalmoon65's avatar
    fatalmoon65
    Seasoned Hotshot
    7 hours ago

    Thanks for that info. I guess what I'm trying to figure out is when updates are issued for bug fixes, and it says that it won't work for the legacy saves, if I save as and make the copy, will the bug fixes be applied to that new file that I saved as? 

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    11 hours ago

    Hi fatalmoon65​ 

    I'm not 100% if I understand your question correctly but basically, if you use save, the current game is overwritten and you no longer have access to the old version.

    If you use save as, a new save slot is created with the same state your current game is in. So it's basically a exact copy of your save. They are two separate saves and you can play them separately and they end up in different states once you play them. 

    You can think of it like making a copy of a piece of paper. If you do that, you end up with two exact copies of each other but you can then write something on the copy and it wouldn't have any influence on the original.

    Does that answer your question ?

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