v1.0.0

The first release. This mod for the FH2 Mod Platform backs up your Forza Horizon 2 profile on PC (Azimuth) automatically.

Azimuth keeps only the newest two copies (revisions) of your profile, and the game writes a new one every time it saves. If a save goes bad, both copies can be overwritten within minutes. This mod keeps older copies for you.

Features

• Backup on game start: taken before the game loads your save.
• Timed backups while you play: every 5, 10, 15, 30 or 60 minutes (15 by default).
• Only good revisions are kept: each revision is checked against the SHA-256 hashes in the game's own commit file. If the game is still writing a revision, the mod tries it again a few seconds later. If a revision never matches, it's left out of the backup and the log says so.
• No duplicate backups: if the save hasn't changed since the last backup, no new one is made.
• Old backups are cleaned up: the newest 10 are kept by default (about 13 MB each), and older ones are deleted.
• Settings in the game: Pause > Settings > MODS, or edit AutoBackupSaveGame\AutoBackupSaveGame.ini.
• Custom backup folder: set Folder= in the ini to a relative path or a full path, like D:\FH2 Backups.

Installing

Requires Azimuth 1.0.1 or later.

Extract AutoBackupSaveGame-v1.0.0.zip into the folder with azimuth.exe:

DWrite.dll                         the FH2 Mod Platform
fh2-mods\AutoBackupSaveGame.dll    this mod

Backups are saved to AutoBackupSaveGame\Backups\1A96545B\<date>_<time>\, next to azimuth.exe.

What's backed up

Your profile: progress, cars, credits and settings (the User_9000000000000 folder). Liveries, tunes and photos aren't backed up.

Restoring a backup

1. Close the game.
2. In data\titles\1A96545B\saves\player-1\, move the existing User_9000000000000 folder somewhere safe.
3. Copy User_9000000000000 from the backup you want into player-1.
4. Start the game.

See the README for all the settings.