I lose all my changes if I forget to save and click on a new patch.
+1
Hello @rikelliott and @rainbro,
this happens to me a lot, too.
I think a warning message will come within the next update.
Greetings and God bless, Marius
To everyone: I'm hearing this message LOUD AND CLEAR, thank you.
I won't have this ready for the coming 1.0.5 update (because it's not a simple thing to add) but it's high on the priority list.
In the meantime, at the risk of sounding flippant, I have to say save early and often! All "newborn" software is notorious for crashing, and going a long time between saves is just tempting fate.
When you first begin working on a patch, I'd suggest giving it a name and saving it into your User Library right away. You can always delete it later if necessary. After that, you can Option-click (Mac) or Ctrl-click (PC) on the Save button to quick-save your changes without the save dialog even appearing.
-shane