A Note on Saved Games

Post by **Midnight Synergy** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:07 pm

Just so you know:

A hidden feature of the game is to keep backup copies of your save game files, for the worst case scenario that you overwrite a savegame spot that you still needed.

In Windows Explorer, go into your Player directory. You'll see SaveGames (with subfolders 1-7, corresponding to the seven save game spots), and also Backup, again with subfolders. Each time you overwrite a savegame, the game copies the old savegame into the corresponding backup folder. (i.e. they contain the previous savegame position of each spot). If you ever need to get an old one back, you can simply copy&paste that entire directory from backup to the savegame folder.

Note:
1 - make a backup of your entire player directory before you do that - just in case you copy something incorrectly
2 - this should obviously only be used as a last resort - i.e. most users will never have to use this function. But it is there for you, just in case.

Cheers,
Patrick

red24 · Post by **red24** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 2:49 pm

Hi Patrick

Just reading your post as I have reached the Void with a full bag and now can't get out. I was directed to this post and thought all was not lost.

However I don't have a backup file only previous save games that are so far back they are no good.

Anything else you can suggest please. I don't really want to have to restart to a month back.

bpurcell · Post by **bpurcell** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 3:31 pm

If you have been saving games throughout your game, there should be backup files in your Player folder. What do you see in your folder?

red24 · Post by **red24** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 3:44 pm

Only save games 4, 5, 6, 7 - no back up