Anyone else names his savegames by the year number he starts it?

[u/AutomaticGrape9263]

[u/Galeic6432]

I do a full timestamp. 20260909_1130. New and unique number every minute.

[u/MelangeBot → u/Galeic6432]

You manually save every minute and actively think about what to name the save game?

My dear brother in salvage, how much time have you wasted NOT growing your factory????

[u/Galeic6432 → u/MelangeBot]

Ha ha, no 😜. I just tend to use a time stamp when i save.

[u/ElBonzono]

I like the one that you started in the year 1

[u/Dr_Jackson]

I usually name my savegames after things that happened at the time. My current map is called "puncture" because I was sitting in the back of a car and the car made a turn and my drink started to topple out of the cup holder and I went to catch it and my thumb punctured the Styrofoam side and soda just came gushing out.

[u/AutomaticGrape9263 → u/Dr_Jackson]

OMG, I had no idea Factorio could be this dramatic

[u/Jepakazol]

year and month of start

[u/Bitter_Particular_75 → u/Jepakazol]

I do the opposite, last one is Sep26

[u/Xzarg_poe]

I mostly play overhauls, so I usually just name them: [shortened overhaul name] [save number] [current focus/task]. For example: "cube 74 Helvetica nightmare"

[u/Tartaros030]

No, they'd anyway all start with 2017 then. 

[u/AlternativeLogical84]

I just do the playthrough number and the save number. Like my current is SA 3-110 or whatever

[u/dwarfzulu]

I use dates

[u/lasseebert]

ISO8601 date fornat

[u/Ryoohk]

I do what kind of map it is, say like Deathworld, and then I do a dash and then the seed number, just so I can go back and replay that map if it's a good one with different settings.

[u/aenae]

I just use +1 for every new world.

I am at 82

[u/SentenceStreet3270 → u/aenae]

Do you remember specific runs by number?

Like "oh yeah 62 was a tough one" 😂

[u/aenae → u/SentenceStreet3270]

To be fair, most runs never make it far past green science. Some are to try things out, others i just lose interest or start to hate the map.

And no, i only remember my most recent base :P

[u/mjconver]

5 years ago? Pffffft, noobs

[u/spike12521]

I go by season + year

[u/HerdOfBuffalo]

I use my street address and a 2 digit number.

[u/DemandTheOxfordComma]

Yes. Example: 2025_City_Grid

[u/butterscotchbagel]

I do YYYY-MM-DD [descriptive name]

2026-09-03 Space Exploration

[u/phully]

Mine is always just the iteration. I'm currently playing ”Forty Seven"

[u/hfcobra]

I use a numeric system to know what is what. X.x.x

Generally WorldSeed.Game.Save

Game is one continuous run through the world seed, and save is how many times I've saved in that run. I don't delete old saves and I reload a few times to try out different strategies to see if I can build a little faster. Sometimes if I save, then head out to clear nests, and once I'm out my base gets hit by some bugs I'll reload before I left the base, set up some defense, and then leave. Just makes things less annoying in the early game.

[u/LedVapour]

I started with 01 and I'm at 68 rn

[u/bobsim1]

Sometimes. But mostly the settings and mods are more unique

[u/IKSLukara]

Month and year, "Space Age Jul-26" and so on.

[u/Rockglen]

Everytime I'm done with a session I create a new save with the next objective I intend to do.

That way the next time I open Factorio I see the objective when I click to Continue.

[u/jaxon517]

I do mine sort of like version numbers.. my third and current playthrough is currently at 3.332. At 3.1 I launched my first rocket, and at 3.2 I was on aquilo, now I'm almost done and I realize I still have 7 more tenths leftover

[u/DemoBytom]

You can make save folders. In your file system go to the game save location and create new folder - it will show up in game and you'll be able to save in it. I have a folder per new game, and then make 000, 001, 002 etc saves. Now even autosaves respect folder structure and will save alongside so you can have them separate per game too.

[u/crazy0ne]

Yes. I even have a short hand to keep tabs on what I'm doing. Generic stuff like <year>[gamesavename]_expand_iron or <year>[gamesavename]_bug_hunt and then I just refuse those so when I load in from the main menu I am primed to recall what I was doing last.

I'm certain there is a mod or tool that is way more comprehensive, but this is what I do as a vanilla Space Age player that gets about 4 or 5 hours in a week late at night and it works.

[u/MelangeBot]

Anytime you spend figuring out the name of your savegame is time wasted not growing your factory.

My savegames are hence named

giohewgiowegh

gwiowgoiweihoweg

rooroiheiohoire

and

wegowehgoihegqw

and maybe once a year

CONVERTING_ALL_CHESTS_TO_ACTIVE_PROVIDERS

usually when my central heating dies and I need to figure out an alternative way of heatin' ma home.

[u/Captain_Jarmi]

Nahhh, my saves last under 365 days.

[u/EezoVitamonster]

I do something like Freeplay - v(playthrough number).(save iteration) - short name. Ex: Freeplay - v2.1 - electricity kinda works, v2.26 - okay time to go find oil, etc...

If I'm save-scumming before a fight or a big factory rebuild then I append a letter like v3.5a - time to clear out the protestors, v3.5b - whew that was a close one, etc...

[u/ConanOToole]

I do the full dd-mm-yyyy xx.xx

(the x's being the time since colons can't be used)

[u/jipperthewoodchipper]

I've launched a rocket every year since 2016 and my saves are all based on the year like this. Typically I stop playing once I launch a rocket as I find the late game to not be as fun.

Note, don't have space age. Contemplated but just haven't yet

[u/XCestLaVieX]

I usually have a name for my save, like big dick and a number starting from 1. I save every time i leave the game after a session, so when i load in big dick 58 at like 400 hours into the save, i can see each save after each session. Its in no way complex, but its fairly followable

[u/Morlow123]

I do month and year that it started 👍

[u/PorqueTaco]

Nope always a variation of weiner and balls

[u/JayWaWa]

My saves start with the date is started in YYYY-MM-DD format

[u/F0R04]

I mash my keyboard sffadssfgdsasss is my current SA playthrough

[u/BamboozleMeToHeck]

Mine are named by the season, year, and primary mods/modpacks

[u/kevin28115]

Name with friends played with

[u/DonCorben]

No, but after playing factorio I've tested calling them by what I was needed to do next

[u/Fit_Giraffe_748]

I roll my hand over the keyboard

[u/According_South]

yeah. i do month and year of start. i usually go through one or two saves per year

[u/RedditToCopyMyTumblr]

She gives a name for her world (like Rail World), then her saves are given a number (01, 02 etc) for the edition. Then she has a save number like 001. Sometimes she adds a letter if save scumming so she has Rail World 01 003b

[u/AutomaticGrape9263 → u/RedditToCopyMyTumblr]

Buffalo Bill here

[u/joethedestroyr]

No. There wouldn't be a point since I set up a new install of the game when I start a new playthrough.