From fce06a7b5b196dc41394e0d56bad41b636a0f793 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: shanehoman <shane.homan@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 17:15:48 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] don't overwrite the orderly shutdown SaveRAM files, keep a
 separate autosave channel

---
 BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
index 852d720fbb..f8d536d77f 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
@@ -1607,11 +1607,13 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			}
 		}
 
-		public void FlushSaveRAM()
+		public void FlushSaveRAM(bool autosave = false)
 		{
 			if (Emulator.HasSaveRam())
 			{
 				var path = PathManager.SaveRamPath(Global.Game);
+				if (autosave)
+					path=path.Insert(path.Length-8, ".autosave"); //becomes path\name.autosave.SaveRAM
 				var f = new FileInfo(path);
 				if (f.Directory != null && !f.Directory.Exists)
 				{
@@ -2915,7 +2917,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 					_flushSaveRamIn -= 1;
 					if (_flushSaveRamIn <= 0)
 					{
-						FlushSaveRAM();
+						FlushSaveRAM(true);
 						_flushSaveRamIn = Global.Config.FlushSaveRamFrames;
 					}
 				}