How to Change the Autosave Interval on Windows

[KickAir8P]

Although you can't turn Autosave off, you can increase the autosave interval -- the devs included that ability, but never added a control for it, you have to edit a config file. This info was originally from Shyguy's World:

https://www.shyguysworld.com/index.php?topic=19639.0

But that's gonna close soon -- since newer players keep needing this, I'm gonna post it here:

Every time the game makes an auto save, it stutters and pauses. The bigger your park, or slower your computer, the worse this gets. It's particularly annoying if you are making a POV video. You can change the amount of time between auto saves as well as change the number of saves.

What you need to do is edit the planet coaster "Save_remote.config.xml" file.
It can be found here...
C:\Users\username\Saved Games\Frontier Developments\Planet Coaster\(yoursteamid)\Config

Here's what it looks like...

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<Save_remote>
<Autosave preset="Custom" version="1">
<SaveType>
<Name>prk_auto</Name>
<Interval>600.000000</Interval>
<Count>3</Count>
</SaveType>
</Autosave>
</Save_remote>

To change the amount of time between saves, you need to edit the interval number, which is 600.000000 by default. This is the amount in seconds. So 600 seconds = 10 minutes. Just multiply the number of minutes you want to set it to by 60.

Examples...
15 minutes: 15 x 60 = 900
30 minutes: 30 x 60 = 1800
45 minutes: 45 x 60 = 2700
60 minutes: 60 x 60 = 3600

To change the number of auto saves the game makes, simply change the count number from 3 to whatever you want it to be.


I don't know if there are any limits to these numbers, nor do I know if it is possible to disable auto save altogether. Hopefully Frontier will add this to an in-game menu to make adjusting these numbers much easier. But until then, this is how to do it.