Transfer Save Files from Mafia II Definitive Edition to Mafia 2 Classic?

[XERO]

Hi I have a question, is it possible to transfer save files to Maifa 2 Classic?

[Mvek]

Sure, it was a piece of cake. But if you are asking, then you probably are not much sure about basic things like copying bunch of files from the AppData folder and so on, so be careful or ask somebody else more sure about this.

Anyway the procedure is:
1) Find Mafia II original version's saves. They are on Win10 in the C:/Users/yournamee/AppData/Local/2K Games/Mafia II/Saves/some long number
2) Find Mafia II Definitive Edition saves and back them up to your folder anywhere. They are located for me in the Documents/My Games/Mafia II Definitive.../Saves/some long number
3) Replace all the content of the folder with the long number with the files from the original version.

I don't think you need to replace any other files in the Saves folder or the Data folder.

And beware - it transfers your finished missions and collectibles (Playboys and Wanted posters), but does not transfer correctly saves from any ongoing mission, so the link Continue story might crash the game. You just have to open any Chapter again and then when it is saved Continue should work.
Also this is a reason why copying the last.dat file in the Saves directory is not necessary, because it will not work.

Anyway back-up is always the best thing to do:-).

[Mvek]

Oh and I have done that after I have re-played the first mission in the Italy in the Definitive Edition. Not sure, when the Saves folder for the new edition is created, maybe not, before you have something saved.

And it does not transfer your achievements on Steam of course. So you will have Chapter 2 for example finished, you can visit Chapter 3, but the achievement for finishing Chapter 2 won't be completed until you really finish it again in this version of the game.

[Filip]

I have problems with DLCs. It says that I don't own these DLCs when I try use save.

[slceso]

is it possible to do this in reverse?

[Maximka_Pain]

Originally posted by Filip:

I have problems with DLCs. It says that I don't own these DLCs when I try use save.

yeah, same happened to me, tried to transfer my 100% DLC saves from Mafie 2 DE to Classic and didn't worked. so i guess i'll need to do Jimmy story again :D

[Iron Knights]

Classic to Definitive is technically possible, because the latter has the previous assets plus a lot more. The inverse is NOT possible, because Classic does not have the Assets and missions of the last.