Is there a way to autosave in Dungeons of Dredmor?

Question

Dredmor is a fun game, but it occasionally crashes on my computer. Therefore, I end up saving often to avoid losing progress. Going into the menu to save means that first I have to close all of my sub screens (ie, I have to close my inventory, dismiss my Lutefisk cube, close my character window, etc). This is kind of irritating. I'd prefer some sort of auto-save feature, or, failing that, a quicksave button.

Is there some way to do this in Dredmor? I haven't found anything in any of the menus about this. I've seen that the game supports mods, but I don't know where to look for Dredmor mods, and if one of this type exists.

Answer 1

The game automatically saves whenever you switch floors. My anti-crash approach is, whenever I pass a staircase (either up or down), take it and immediately return. Staircases are common enough that this is a pretty effective way of periodically saving. It also works in permanent-death mode.

Just be careful - steps to unvisited areas can lead you to a room full of monsters, and even stairs to a visited location may be dangerous, since monsters slowly spawn in visited areas. So although it's usually easy to get back, don't do this if you're really low on health.