Community PSA

Sp1itLip

I have noticed that in the folders for game assets, backups are saved alongside the models and tiles (etc) current saved file. This is probably there in case you delete an asset by mistake. However, I have noticed that all the backups for all the assets I have ever PURPOSLY deleted ALSO remain in the files.

It is unknown to me if backups all purge after a certain amount of time passes or if they do so automatically when you publish the game file. But if you have ever deleted something, chances are the backups remain.

My point being, that while the files themselves are very small 1-2kb in size, if any of you are trying to make as large of a game as possible, you may have a little extra deadweight in your folders taking up space.

I tell you this in case development hygiene and optimization is important to anyone else as much as it is to me.

Slayer

Sp1itLip I could be wrong, @Justin can correct me, but I don't believe the backups are included in a packaged game thats exported, just the active .scns.

The .backups are kept (up to 2 at a time), not just in case of accidental deletion, but also in case a model somehow gets corrupted (which can be quite a common occurrence so they are vital to hold onto really, until a game is finished and exported, just in case).

Better to have them, not need them...then realise you suddenly need them...and they aren't there due to overconfident purge.
A couple of kbs is a small price to pay for not losing a model I would say.

Unless it's a deleted model you arent using at all anymore, then it's safe to also remove the .backups too.