Question about game saves.

[Disturbed0ne]

Where is the actual game save?

Say I'm playing and I'm alive for a really long time and I want to make a copy of my save in case I die, where would I find the files (I have the game on Steam) that actually hold the save info for my specific game?

Thanks in advance.

[Someguy123]

Previously they would have been stored in %localappdata%\FLT\Steam\211670\remote but with the recent december 11 update... they appear to be stored in the cloud, permanantly.

I've done some poking around, and for whatever reason, with the latest update, saves appear to be on some sort-of cloud server (even when steam cloud is disabled), so you can't tamper with them by hand.

[Disturbed0ne]

So if that's true then you can't play this game without an internet connection? o_O

[Someguy123]

So if that's true then you can't play this game without an internet connection? o_O

I'm not too sure, but I tried tracking down the processes file and registry writes, and figured that it isn't saving any kind of profile like it used to...

Go ahead and try it though. That's our best way of checking.

[Disturbed0ne]

I'm not too sure, but I tried tracking down the processes file and registry writes, and figured that it isn't saving any kind of profile like it used to...

Go ahead and try it though. That's our best way of checking.

I don't really want to risk my current game, once I die I'll look into it.

[Massah]

Here:

http://dontstarvewiki.net/index.php/FAQ

Quoting from the article:

"Can I Backup my World in case I die ?"

(Steam only) Yes.

-Open your Browser to ' C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\ '

-Then Open the newest Folder, it will be a number. eg.: ' C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\84002848 '

-After that there will be numerous Folders, representing the Different Games you own. Locate the File that says ' 219740 ' and open the 'remote' Folder in it.

-The Adress Bar should now look like ' C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\[your Personal Number]\219740\remote '.

-Now Copy the ' latest ' File to a safe Place.

After dying you can replace the ' latest ' File in that Folder by the one you saved, and are back at that point of time.

Note: Of course you have to backup the file before dying.

It has worked for me, even after the 12/11 update.

[Someguy123]

Here:

http://dontstarvewiki.net/index.php/FAQ

Quoting from the article:

"Can I Backup my World in case I die ?"

(Steam only) Yes.

-Open your Browser to ' C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\ '

-Then Open the newest Folder, it will be a number. eg.: ' C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\84002848 '

-After that there will be numerous Folders, representing the Different Games you own. Locate the File that says ' 219740 ' and open the 'remote' Folder in it.

-The Adress Bar should now look like ' C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\[your Personal Number]\219740\remote '.

-Now Copy the ' latest ' File to a safe Place.

After dying you can replace the ' latest ' File in that Folder by the one you saved, and are back at that point of time.

Note: Of course you have to backup the file before dying.

It has worked for me, even after the 12/11 update.

OHHHHHH

thanks man, now I've found it, great

[Trollgaard]

What's the fun in "cheating" on the survival in a survivalgame?

[Dr Tanner]

What's the fun in "cheating" on the survival in a survivalgame?

Dude, the way I see it, video games are meant to be played and enjoyed. That's their only function. If you're not enjoying a game you're playing, you're doing it wrong.

If this is the way someone enjoys a game, then that's up to them. As long as they're enjoying themselves, that's all that matters.

Unless you're playing Pokémon competitively. That was never meant to be fun.

[YuriSensen]

Dude, the way I see it, video games are meant to be played and enjoyed. That's their only function. If you're not enjoying a game you're playing, you're doing it wrong.

If this is the way someone enjoys a game, then that's up to them. As long as they're enjoying themselves, that's all that matters.

Unless you're playing Pokémon competitively. That was never meant to be fun.

Scratched my post here. For some reason, the save and quit feature would not save my game before. Now I'm actually able to continue from the save. Finding it weird.

Edited December 19, 2012 by YuriSensen

[JebusTheFrog]

What's the fun in "cheating" on the survival in a survivalgame?

This method can be abused to stay alive or whatever, the way I use it is to swap characters and saves.

[Disturbed0ne]

What's the fun in "cheating" on the survival in a survivalgame?

My reasoning is that I'm probably going to be doing an LP of this game for my YouTube channel but I'd also like to play the game casually, that's kind of hard if I'm recording myself playing it for YouTube.

I just want the option to have two different saves, one for my LP and one for just messing around off camera.