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 ===== Desktop edition ===== ===== Desktop edition =====
  
-Campaign (8), then Save, keeps up to five campaigns in slots. When you save over a slot, its old save is kept as a ''.bak'' file. The game asks you to save before quitting, loading or starting a new game.+**9 Other > Save** keeps up to five campaigns in slots. When you save over a slot, its old save is kept as a ''.bak'' file. The game asks you to save before quitting, loading or starting a new game.
  
 The game also saves itself at the end of every month, in ''autosave.sav'' (the one before is kept as ''autosave.sav.bak''), and **Continue** on the title screen picks up from there. The autosave is removed when the campaign is won or lost. The game also saves itself at the end of every month, in ''autosave.sav'' (the one before is kept as ''autosave.sav.bak''), and **Continue** on the title screen picks up from there. The autosave is removed when the campaign is won or lost.
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 Both editions can keep a campaign in a file of its own: Both editions can keep a campaign in a file of its own:
-  * **Export to a file** (6 in the Save list, Campaign > Save) saves the campaign to a file, named like ''sengoku-oda-1560-04.sav''. In the browser it is downloaded; on the desktop you choose where it goes. Exporting does not count as saving to a slot. +  * **Export to a file** (6 in the Save list, Other > Save) saves the campaign to a file, named like ''sengoku-oda-1560-04.sav''. In the browser it is downloaded; on the desktop you choose where it goes. Exporting does not count as saving to a slot. 
-  * **Import from a file** (6 in the Load list, Campaign > Load or Load campaign on the title screen) opens a save file and plays it. If you have unsaved changes, the game asks first.+  * **Import from a file** (6 in the Load list, Other > Load or Load campaign on the title screen) opens a save file and plays it. If you have unsaved changes, the game asks first.
  
 The file is the same in both editions, so this is how a campaign moves between the browser and the desktop. In the browser, Export is also the way to keep a copy that survives clearing the browser's data. Slot saves and ''.bak'' files can be imported too. The file is the same in both editions, so this is how a campaign moves between the browser and the desktop. In the browser, Export is also the way to keep a copy that survives clearing the browser's data. Slot saves and ''.bak'' files can be imported too.
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 ===== Old saves ===== ===== Old saves =====
  
-Both editions write save format 3, which can hold several human clans for multi-player games. Saves in the earlier formats 1 and 2 still open, and are updated when the game next saves. Desktop builds from before 1.1.0 cannot open format 3 saves.+Both editions write save format 5 (1.4.0), which holds the human clans with their seats, each province with its officers and ronin, and each clan's debt. Saves in the earlier formats 1 to 4 still open, each province's governor then leading all its men, and are updated when the game next saves. Older versions of the game cannot open format 5 saves.
  
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