[nbos] AS2.0 Save as questions

[support2 at nbos.com]

The AS 2.0 format doesnt reclaim deleted records or info no longer
referenced, including certain generated images.  So doing a 'save-as' will
clear out any information no longer used as those items in the old file are
skipped. 


On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 07:16:03 -0800, Dan Williamson <enki_29205 at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> No, I just loaded AS, loaded my sector, imported the routes and extra

> systems, did save as and shut down AS. 

> 

> Repeat 26 more times.

> 

> Dan

> 

> Sent from my iPhone

> 

> On Mar 10, 2011, at 10:47 PM, Carl <doggedboy at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 

>> That is weird.

>> 

>> Did you update AS between saves or something?

>> 

>> Carl Hess

>> Tacoma, WA

>> 

>> -----Original Message-----

>> From: nbossoftware-bounces at nbos.com

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>> On Behalf Of Daniel Williamson

>> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 9:54 PM

>> To: nbossoftware at nbos.com

>> Subject: [nbos] AS2.0 Save as questions

>> 

>> So I just imported new routes and some new systems into my 27 sector

>> universe 

>> and did save as on each file.  I noticed two things:  

>> 1) the file size went down by about 1/3, in one extreme case from 3.1MB

>> to

>> 950KB, only one sector actually increased in size.

>> 

>> 2) what is meant by total bodies?  Most sectors had only 1 total body,

>> some

>> had 

>> as many as 3.

>> 

>> Weird.

>> 

>> Dan Williamson

>> Mountain View, CA

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