yes there is, go to the settings file in your game folder and open user.settings file
TXT
Version 193
PlayerName "NewPlayer"
PlayerThemeIndex 43
PlayerPictureIndex 16
PlayerColorIndex 7
LastGameAddressConnectedTo ""
LastGameHostPortConnectedTo 6112
GameHostPort 6112
GameBroadcastPort 6000
EnableUPnPPortForwarding TRUE
VideoAdapterOrdinal 0
VideoIsWindowed FALSE
VideoRefreshRate 60
VideoFullScreenWidth 1600
VideoFullScreenHeight 1200
VideoWindowedWidth 1024
VideoWindowedHeight 768
VideoMultiSampleType 4
TextureCompressionEnabled TRUE
TextureQualityForShipColor 3
TextureQualityForShipData 3
TextureQualityForShipBump 3
TextureQualityForModuleColor 3
TextureQualityForModuleData 3
TextureQualityForModuleBump 3
TextureQualityForPlanetColor 3
Gamma 0.500000
SoundMusicVolume 0.300000
SoundEffectVolume 0.700000
SoundDialogueVolume 0.500000
SoundUIVolume 0.300000
SoundUseHardware FALSE
SoundStopWhenWindowLosesFocus TRUE
ChangeMusicVolumeInBattle TRUE
SoundStreamBufferSize 2000
IcoServerAddress "ico.stardock.com"
IcoServerPort 7000
IcoIsAccountNameSaved FALSE
IcoAccountName ""
IcoShowChannelPlayerChanges TRUE
IcoShowFriendChanges TRUE
IcoHostGameOnProxyServer TRUE
CalculateCheckSumTickFrequency 50
CalculateCheckSumDetail 0
SaveCheckSumSnapShotsInGameTickFrequency 0
SaveCheckSumSnapShotsOnSave FALSE
IsCheckSumLoggingOn FALSE
IsAutoRecordOn TRUE
IsAutoSaveOn TRUE
AutoSaveTickFrequency 900 <- here is were you modify the time frame
also the reason for why the game sometimes minidumps is because of the 2 gig limit, find the Sins Optimization Mod to help with that as well
