Here's an Autosave Work Around

[fjccommish]

Whenever you save, save two copies. Call them 1 and 2, or A and B. Whichever you save to second is the one autosave will overwrite. You'll have the other one as a backup of pre-autosave state. That way if the game autosaves something you don't want saved, you can restore the other version. But then, make sure to re-save that version.

Example:

Save to Save1 and Save 2. I lose a game, but only because a bat flew in my window and attacked me. After the game the autosave saves to Save 2. I re-load Save 1 to go back to pre-autosave. Before doing anything, I save back to Save 2, so I again have two copies of the desired state saved. Autosave will again save to Save 2.

[shadowgrin]

Been doing that since 2K9 (even if autosave can be turned off in the previous versions).

You're defintely screwed though if you somehow overwrite your backup save with a faulty or unwanted save so be careful even with a backup.

[fjccommish]

Copy both save files prior to playing. That way, even if you make a mistake, you still have a pre-mistake copy.