The game keeps one copy of each save, and Steam Cloud can quietly put back an older one. Save Backups copies your save each morning, when you quit, before a rebirth, an expedition or a zombie wave, and at an ending, into a folder Steam Cloud never touches, with a picture of where you were. The title screen's Load button then opens a save manager where you can see every backup of every save on a timeline and put any of them back.
each morning right after the game's save, when you quit or close the game, right before a rebirth, an expedition or a zombie wave, when a run reaches an ending, and on a timer if you want. Every file of the save is copied and checked.
each backup made while you play takes a picture of the game, which you can click to see full size, and each save shows its survivor's portrait.
Backups of this run opens the save manager over your run, and Back up now saves and backs it up.
a save's backups and the game's day snapshots, grouped by day. Click one to see its picture, your survivor's Life, Satiety, Morale, Stamina, Planning Points, Survival Points and items then and how they changed.
what changed between a backup and the save as it is now, item by item.
load a backup as a new save next to the original, or replace the save. The save as it is gets a backup of its own first.
each morning right after the game's save, when you quit or close the game, right before a rebirth, an expedition or a zombie wave, when a run reaches an ending, and on a timer if you want. Every file of the save is copied and checked.
each backup made while you play takes a picture of the game, which you can click to see full size, and each save shows its survivor's portrait.
Backups of this run opens the save manager over your run, and Back up now saves and backs it up.
a save's backups and the game's day snapshots, grouped by day. Click one to see its picture, your survivor's Life, Satiety, Morale, Stamina, Planning Points, Survival Points and items then and how they changed.
what changed between a backup and the save as it is now, item by item.
load a backup as a new save next to the original, or replace the save. The save as it is gets a backup of its own first.
removed backups and deleted saves wait 30 days in the trash, where you can put them back.
search, sort, filter, pin, rename, write notes, duplicate a save, and turn any of the game's day snapshots into a save of its own.
export one backup or a whole save to a .slsave file you can keep or share. Put .slsave files or loose save files in SaveBackups\Import and press Import to see what each holds and bring it in.
if a save is suddenly behind its own last backup, the save manager shows both days side by side so you can keep either.
every backup of the last 3 days of play, then one a day, then one per loop, under a 2 GB limit by default. Pinned backups are kept no matter what. A second folder can get a copy of everything.
change every setting in the save manager, and it applies at once.
BepInEx\config\com.dev.survivallog.savebackups.cfgChange them on the Mod Manager's Mods screen, or edit the file with the game closed.[Controls]The value is a Unity key name, for example F8, F11, Insert or Keypad5.
None leaves it unbound.[Backups]LocalLow\LLS\SLGame\SaveBackups), next to Saves but out of Steam Cloud.TimerMinutes minutes of play. The game saves first.[Keep]How many backups of each kind every save keeps, and how older ones are thinned. Imported backups are never removed by these counts. When a new backup is made, older ones of the same kind go to the trash. Pinned backups are never removed and do not count. 0 keeps them all.
0 turns thinning off.KeepAllDays, one backup a day is kept for this many more days of play. Thinned backups go to the trash.DailyDays, keep the last backup of each loop. false lets the counts above take them.0 means no limit.0 keeps them until you empty the trash.[Screen]false keeps the game's list.[Interface][Toasts]No setting matches that.
unbound by default, since the pause menu has Back up now. Set one in the save manager's Settings tab to save and back up the run with a key.
closes the save manager. In the search box or a note, it clears or closes that first.
Works in English and Chinese.
Backups are kept in AppData\LocalLow\LLS\SLGame\SaveBackups, next to the game's Saves folder. Steam Cloud only syncs Saves, so the backups stay on this PC. The only thing it writes into a save is the most your survivor's Life, Satiety, Morale and Stamina can reach, so the save manager can show it. Those numbers stay in the save if you remove the mod, and the game ignores them, so you can remove it at any time.
SurvivalLog.exe). The zip holds a BepInEx folder, so the DLL lands in the right place. When asked, merge the folders. The result should be:C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Survival Log\BepInEx\plugins\SaveBackups.dllSurvival Log\
├─ SurvivalLog.exe
└─ BepInEx\
├─ plugins\
│ └─ SaveBackups.dll
└─ config\
└─ com.dev.survivallog.savebackups.cfg (made on first start)
The same zip as on Nexus, from this site, with no account. Extract it into the game folder.
SaveBackups-0.4.3.zip (147 KB)
SHA-256 13cb719b82e4470f3e52eb91aace32ade67ec0679c0d878a51680540894a97bd
Delete SaveBackups.dll from the BepInEx\plugins folder. Your backups stay in the SaveBackups folder until you delete it.
To change the key, the backup folder or how many backups are kept, use the save manager's Settings tab, or edit BepInEx\config\com.dev.survivallog.savebackups.cfg while the game is closed, or do it in game on the Mod Manager's Mods screen, where changes take effect at once (see CONFIG.md; the cfg file explains each setting in English and Chinese).
SecondFolder) could remove backups in that folder that it did not make, such as another PC's. It now only ever removes its own.TakePictures now says it takes a picture at full size as well as small.UiScale sets how big the save manager is drawn, from 75 to 200 percent. At 0 it follows Exiled's Toolkit's UI size. You can also change it in the Settings tab.TrashDays; a value you set for BinDays before goes back to 30 days, so set it again if you changed it.TakePictures turns it off.BackupKey to bring it back.ShowGameSnapshots hides them.BinDays days (30 by default), where you can put them back or delete them for good.KeepAllDays, DailyDays and PerLoop set it.TimerMinutes minutes of play when OnTimer is on (off by default).SecondFolder keeps a second copy of every backup, for example on another drive.Verify turns that off.WarnWhenBehind turns the warning off..slsave file in SaveBackups\Exports, to keep it safe or give it to a friend..slsave files in SaveBackups\Import and press 「Import」 in the save manager. Each one shows up under its save as an imported backup.SaveBackups, next to the game's Saves folder, where Steam Cloud does not touch them.Get Mod Manager to set up all your mods in game | Open the Survival Log wiki for items, recipes and maps
Found a bug or have an idea? Come say hi on the Core Directive Discord, or post in the Posts tab on Nexus. For bugs, please include BepInEx\LogOutput.log and BepInEx\save-backups.log.
To reach me directly, message exiled.dev on Discord; you can find me in the official Survival Log Discord. I'm also on X as @AnExiledDev.