# How to enable autonotes in game files
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-enable-autonotes-in-game-files/20872
**Category:** The Garage
**Created:** [July 23, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-enable-autonotes-in-game-files/20872 "2019-07-23T18:20:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@TJKing293](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TJKing293)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-enable-autonotes-in-game-files/20872/1 "2019-07-23T18:20:54Z")
I heard autonotes were disabled by default. How do I enable them? what game file is it stored in?
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### Author:  [@Zhilkin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zhilkin)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-enable-autonotes-in-game-files/20872/2 "2019-07-23T18:46:53Z")
Settings - Options menu.
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### Author:  [@TJKing293](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TJKing293)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-enable-autonotes-in-game-files/20872/3 "2019-07-23T19:10:15Z")
Says true.
still not working
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### Author:  [@Zhilkin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zhilkin)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 7:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-enable-autonotes-in-game-files/20872/4 "2019-07-23T19:38:52Z")
Then it should be working. Are linked options (map extra and stairs) set to true too?
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### Author:  [@TJKing293](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TJKing293)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-enable-autonotes-in-game-files/20872/5 "2019-07-23T20:22:24Z")
yes. Everything is turned on.
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### Author:  [@crazykiddeath](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/crazykiddeath)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-enable-autonotes-in-game-files/20872/6 "2019-07-23T20:54:13Z")
Do you have the Toggle Map Notes option turned on for your map?
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### Author:  [@TJKing293](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TJKing293)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-enable-autonotes-in-game-files/20872/7 "2019-07-23T20:59:59Z")
Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to make a difference
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### Author:  [@Ragno](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ragno)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-enable-autonotes-in-game-files/20872/8 "2019-07-23T21:05:50Z")
if you have everything on, have you tried going up and down on the stairs?, the auto write but only if you have used them
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### Author:  [@TJKing293](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TJKing293)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-enable-autonotes-in-game-files/20872/9 "2019-07-23T21:16:32Z")
Got it working I think. It says auto on a note
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### Author:  [@Ragno](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ragno)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 11:19pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-enable-autonotes-in-game-files/20872/10 "2019-07-23T23:19:34Z")
Care to enlighten us?, just updated the game and now i have the same problem
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### Author:  [@Podesta](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Podesta)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2019, 11:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-enable-autonotes-in-game-files/20872/11 "2019-07-23T23:50:28Z")
Just created a new world on 50eb478 and the auto notes for stairs seems to be working fine. Are the notes not appearing for you guys on new worlds or the notes from an existing world disappeared?
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### Author:  [@TJKing293](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TJKing293)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2019, 1:10am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-enable-autonotes-in-game-files/20872/12 "2019-07-24T01:10:07Z")
Apparently it did not work
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### Author:  [@Ragno](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ragno)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2019, 1:21am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-enable-autonotes-in-game-files/20872/13 "2019-07-24T01:21:09Z")
i resetted my world (as i do after i update) so is basically a new world, they were working just fine
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### Author:  [@Zhilkin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zhilkin)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2019, 4:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-enable-autonotes-in-game-files/20872/14 "2019-07-24T04:31:07Z")
How did you test it? Autonotes are only created during generation of new maps.
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### Author:  [@Malkeus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Malkeus)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2019, 5:52am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-enable-autonotes-in-game-files/20872/15 "2019-07-24T05:52:22Z")
Are autonotes for stairs the same as the various white 'X’s I have on my map that say things like “A helicopter crashed here” or “There’s a crater here.”?
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### Author:  [@kuros](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kuros)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2019, 6:54am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-enable-autonotes-in-game-files/20872/16 "2019-07-24T06:54:54Z")
They’re part of the same group of settings but I believe you can toggle autonote/stairs from other types of autonotes.
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### Author:  [@Ragno](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ragno)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-enable-autonotes-in-game-files/20872/17 "2019-07-24T22:00:17Z")
havent tried the latest build, but at the moment that i wrote that i had the same problem, the yellow X autonote were working fine, only had problems with the stairs