Huge AutoSave_Initial (140 GB)?

[JJOne]

Windows notified me it has no more room on C:, and I discovered a huge AutoSave_Initial of 140 GB eating up my memory? OK to delete it? It's about a month old, and I won't start that same game anytime.

 

[s.bernbaum]

Autosaves should be hundreds of kilobytes at most, unless you were playing a mod with huge changes and maps. However, in any case, Autosaves are only for you to use to restart a game from the point that the Autosave was made. So, if you never plan to reload that game from that Autosave, there is no reason not to delete it. I routinely delete all Autosaves when I finish a game.

 

[JJOne]

thank you, didn't notice any side effects after deleting it.

 

[Ramkhamhaeng]

Under rare circumstances (forgot the details) a save got infinite size (only blocked by OS). I've got it several times by loading a WorldBuilder file (scenario file) with slight issues.
I assume it will not occur again.