Mission Editor save / auto save option bug / updated

[RWC]

So this issue happened to me now a couple of times.

1st issue :

When pressing the 'save' button in the mission editor, it saves the mission as it should. 

However, when one presses 'fly mission' or presses the 'exit' button to exit the ME, it says there are unsaved edits and opens the option window once again to 'save' or 'exit without saving' or 'cancel' , when one has just saved it.

 

2nd issue :

I have the auto save option enabled in the ME, and after a while the ME gets stuck trying to save the mission file, and the save button stays enabled in the editors column on the left, but not saving the mission file. At this point, you can no longer save all the editing done since the last auto-save/ save. 

This causes the created mission file to get corrupted and one has to 'exit without saving' and rendering the mission file unusable...... so all the work done will be lost at this point. 

This is a horrible experiance !!! All the work done for nothing.

Now i found a way around and having fortunatly the autosave files still intact, but the mission file is at this point no longer accessable !

So i restarted DCS, opened a new mission file ( at this point the mission file can no longer be accessed, and then opened the backup file saved from the auto save option from the last save, and then load it. Then save it once again as for example mission 1. But then all the work done after this last save is gone !

If i did not have this auto save enabled, all the created work would be lost forever !

* image showing the save button stuck and not saving anything. Also showing the autobackup timer on the top left non responsive.

Please have a look in to this matter, DCS - Team.

 

Kind regards,

RWCnull

Edited February 22, 2024 by RWC

[AlpineGTA]

On 1/3/2024 at 6:13 AM, RWC said:

1st issue :

When pressing the 'save' button in the mission editor, it saves the mission as it should. 

However, when one presses 'fly mission' or presses the 'exit' button to exit the ME, it says there are unsaved edits and opens the option window once again to 'save' or 'exit without saving' or 'cancel' , when one has just saved it.

I'm having the same issue when loading a multi-player server track file, enabling external views and then hitting save. I used to know when it had finished saving because the save menu would disappear after a while, after it had finished saving and I knew it was then safe to exit. But now the menu disappears straight away and when I click exit I see the same unsaved edits menu that you are seeing. When I check the track listings in windows file explorer the track file is still listed but the memory size is zero, so the track is lost.

[CambridgeTiger]

Having this problem too with the stuck save icon....are you guys running the new f18 from CJS? I think maybe it has something to do with static tech/aircraft mods? Still trying to figure it out. in some cases I've changed placed a single item and it saved fine but, now its freezing and asking me to save again.

Edited December 18, 2024 by CambridgeTiger

[RWC]

I have the same issue since i added the CJS. Im about to remove it until it's updated. The CJS feels also too big for the supercarrier, and also the new deck crew start acting funny with this AC.

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

Yup, I just spent hours editing a mission assuming the auto-save feature (in my case set to every 5 minutes) works properly, but it doesn't if DCS crashes while you're editing.
In that case, the mission reverts to the original state of the last manual save.

Losing hours of work is indeed incredibly frustrating!