Game Pass save file location?

[Chugster]

So the internet doesnt seem to have a clue about game pass file locations, both my 'my games' folder and the one ins 'Packages' have no save files anywhere.

Anyone else had this issue with the GP version and sovled it?

[Obsessive Power]

PCgamingwiki says they are located here:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\BethesdaSoftworks.ProjectGold_3275kfvn8vcwc\SystemAppData\wgs\<user-id>

[Chugster]

Originally posted by Obsessive Power:

PCgamingwiki says they are located here:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\BethesdaSoftworks.ProjectGold_3275kfvn8vcwc\SystemAppData\wgs\<user-id>

Yup. I just have hundreds of numbered folders there, all empty...no save files

[Sammy M.F Bananas]

Originally posted by Chugster:

Originally posted by Obsessive Power:

PCgamingwiki says they are located here:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\BethesdaSoftworks.ProjectGold_3275kfvn8vcwc\SystemAppData\wgs\<user-id>

Yup. I just have hundreds of numbered folders there, all empty...no save files

Do you have hidden files off?

[Chugster]

Originally posted by Sammy M.F Bananas:

Originally posted by Chugster:

Yup. I just have hundreds of numbered folders there, all empty...no save files

Do you have hidden files off?

Yes, always do...you couldnt find the Appdata folder if you didnt.

Its not an urgent situation but it does meant I cant use any save file mods if I cant figure this out

[Chugster]

Anyone?

[Deoxys]

Originally posted by Chugster:

Anyone?

Gamepass save games are basically encrypted (or some equivalent to that) as part of using Gamepass (no tampering basically). If you're trying to access them, you'll have to use a tool to convert them, but I don't know if you can go back, only forward. I started on gamepass and moved my saves to Steam using this https://github.com/Z1ni/XGP-save-extractor , but I don't know if this supports going back into the Gamepass format or not.

[13xforever]

God, so much misinformation from people who know nothing.

Xbox games use XGameSave api[learn.microsoft.com], which abstracts the storage as a hierarchical named blobs.
They are not encrypted, but they're handled completely by xbox, and not the game.
Synced local copies are stored per app package, in a SystemAppData\wgs subfolder. But you only get a local copy when the game is installed and was launched at least once (to sync from cloud).

Because the way data on xbox is stored, it's not 1:1 to regular filesystem-based storage, so you can't do universal 1:1 export/import conversion between xbox and normal pc version of the game.

In case of Starfield, as far as I've seen, they store one save file per container, and there's at least one project on github[github.com] where they try to implement steam-to-xbox import.

[JACKSin]

Jeez, that's a lot of info from a giant know-it-all

[Chugster]

Ok, think Ill wait until I get a Steam copy before messing with saves

[chernoboogaloo]

Originally posted by 13xforever:

God, so much misinformation from people who know nothing.

Xbox games use XGameSave api[learn.microsoft.com], which abstracts the storage as a hierarchical named blobs.
They are not encrypted, but they're handled completely by xbox, and not the game.
Synced local copies are stored per app package, in a SystemAppData\wgs subfolder. But you only get a local copy when the game is installed and was launched at least once (to sync from cloud).

Because the way data on xbox is stored, it's not 1:1 to regular filesystem-based storage, so you can't do universal 1:1 export/import conversion between xbox and normal pc version of the game.

In case of Starfield, as far as I've seen, they store one save file per container, and there's at least one project on github[github.com] where they try to implement steam-to-xbox import.

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