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[5L1D3R]

How difficult would it be to implement an autobackup feature?  Those of us who forget to save before a test render would greatly appreciate it.    ...especially when we get the dreaded "Anim8or has encountered a problem and needs to close"

[Steve]

This will be in the next preview update

[Orange Pickle]

Thanks Steve

[5L1D3R]

YES!!!!! No More models lost because of my own stupidity!!!
You have my eternal gratitude, Steve!

[mcheccyb]

another cool tool (wings 3d has this) would be to have anim8or automatically save your file every 10 minutes.

though it would be useful if you could save it as a new file eg. you make a file called thisisafile.an8 10 minutes later anim8or makes a new updated file called thisisafile01.an8 then thisisafile02.an8

[RnDr FOX]

mcheccyb that is a neat idea but if you work on something for 2 hours straight you will have alot of files on the same thing and that would take up unneeded space

[5L1D3R]

The incremental backup would be more useful if you could specify triggers for the backup, like major modifications or after the scene or object has changed by a certain percentage  I usually only need 2 versions of any model I am working on.  I work until I am satisfied with the overall model, then create a second file and start experimenting.  I only overwrite the original file when I reach a point where I am satisfied with the overall progress and don't need to do any major reversion.  Rarely do I need more than 2 files

[mcheccyb]

i save my files manually like that, it really helps in the long run.

[Steve]

What I've added is a user settable period for backing up your project (to a different file name so it doesn't clobber what you specifically saved).  I still need to test it and add detection code so Anim8or automatically know when there is a saved file. etc.

[mcheccyb]

thanks steve, that will really be helpful.