Ciro Santilli Tested as of Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead 0.E-3-1, seems possible built-in:
- Disable autosave on settings
- Quisave (Esc + 9)
- To restore the save, just close the game window directly before clicking Yes or No on the "Watch the last moments of your life" dialog.
A less risky save scum can be achieved with rsync:
and after you die:
rsync -av ~/.local/share/cataclysm-dda/save/ ~/.local/share/cataclysm-dda/save.bak/rsync -av ~/.local/share/cataclysm-dda/save.bak/ ~/.local/share/cataclysm-dda/save/