Ironman autosaves?

[Maxinho]

How do autosaves work with ironman exactly?

I like playing on ironman but I assumed it saved the game whenever I exited to desktop but it doesn't seem to.

What if I have 10 battles lined up on different fronts in late game, will it save before or after each battle? Would not want to lose progress or annoying repeat battles just because of clunky autosave mechanics.

[AurumHawke]

Just like Legendary used to.
Start, End Turn - or closing dialogues when a "you must acknowledge this quest" is issued.
Pre-Battle, Battle Aftermath - including encircle/siege.

As for save corruption issues, a while ago they added a step where they're building the new save file before replacing the current one.
So you should at most lose the last save, but still have the previous one.
I still don't trust it.

[Maxinho]

Thanks for the feedback.

What do you mean by battle aftermath though? So I win a battle and shut down the game before ending my turn, it will be saved at the battle aftermath screen?

[Kristowis]

Ironman saves the game at the pre-battle screen where it shows the two armies, options to retreat, auto-resolve, etc, and right after said battle. If you know you're going to lose or think you can do better before the battle's over, you can just go back to main menu and load the game. You'll be put back in the pre-battle screen and you can try again. Kind of a cheese but it's there.

[AurumHawke]

Originally posted by Wulfmax:

Thanks for the feedback.

What do you mean by battle aftermath though? So I win a battle and shut down the game before ending my turn, it will be saved at the battle aftermath screen?

Aftermaths: Captives options, Occupy, Sack, Loot, Raze.
It will save after the post-battle screen is dismissed. If you occupied or looted, you'll be in the settlement after reloading.

[Maxinho]

Nice, thanks guys. Works just like you said, as long as it saves after battle I'm good.