Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-32997411-20180214114922/@comment-29605676-20180214121857

The way autosave used to work, before it stopped functioning mid last year, was that it saved every 12 hours, as you suggested, if you are 'playing' the game at the time. If not, the autosave happened the next time you opened the game. So, for me, the autosave generally was only triggered the first time I opened the game in the morning. Manual saves accounted for the other time(s). I haven't played this release enough yet to confirm this is how it now works, but I strongly suspect it will be the same.