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My log keeps disappearing

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Noidea
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My log keeps disappearing

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Every so often I open my log file and find it's started again at some point and all previous entries have disappeared. Currently, it doesn't go back any further than "Thu May 19 19:44:34 2016: Start Log
Thu May 19 19:44:34 2016: Welcome back, Dreamer.",
so I assume that that was when the log last got overwritten in this way. I save a backup copy of it whenever I remember, but I never know when the log-eating monster is next going to strike, so it's really not helpful! Have other players been getting this and does anyone know what's causing it?
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Sidas
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Re: My log keeps disappearing

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It auto rotates. You should have backup log files in the same directory.
Noidea
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Re: My log keeps disappearing

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Didn't quite follow what you said but Cianne explained in a PM. So you're saying that the game automatically makes a backup every now and then, in the same directory as the main log, and then starts the main log file again from scratch? Thanks - I had a look and they are indeed there. That's a relief, I might never have found them otherwise. You see, I'd been mistaking them for just the backup files I'd sporadically made myself, which I knew were incomplete - they were numbered exactly the same way as mine. That puzzled me a lot when I noticed it, but I think what must have happened is that I'd seen one of the automatic backups, thought it was a previous one I'd made, and numbered subsequent ones to match!
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