custom map location

[Luzilyo]

problem: old os became non-functional, i got a new one and also got a new ssd while i was at it. still kept the old ssd (luckily) and can still transfer data to and from it. just doesn't wanna let me boot because the os got ♥♥♥♥♥♥ somehow.
previously i made a very nice custom map for myself which i spent a lot of time and effort on to adjust everything in a way that it is exactly how i liked it. now i started the game again and realized that, like all games nowadays, for some random reason this game too puts everything in random locations on the os-partition rather than letting me use the game-partition (which, of course, is on an hdd) for it's intended purpose. so, now my question is, where exactly is the custom map stored so i can at least transfer it from my old ssd to my new ssd?

still a bit weird to have the saves and everything filling up my 250 gb of ssd space rather than going on my 4 tb hdd space but i guess there's nothing i can do about it, just have to wait a couple years and hope that games go back to putting savegames in the installation directory where they belong.

[GoaFan77]

Actually I believe it is recommended practice to put saves, custom maps, and other custom user data in a different directory so that can be retained in case the user wants to reinstall later in the future.

But to answer your question, you can find your new directory the game is looking for by hitting the "Show Mod Path" button on the mod tab. Go one fold up from that and you should have a "MapDesigner" folder. That is where you need to put maps generated with the in game map designer.

Your old one would be at a similar location on the other drive. For me on Windows 10 it should be something like "Documents\My Games\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion\MapDesigner". Note that one or more of these folders may be hidden, so turn on view hidden folders if you cannot find it.

[Luzilyo]

Originally posted by GoaFan77:

Actually I believe it is recommended practice to put saves, custom maps, and other custom user data in a different directory so that can be retained in case the user wants to reinstall later in the future.

huh, weird. i don't remember ever losing any saves just because i reinstalled a game. so it seems like it does work to not clog the os partition and at the same time keep savegames after uninstallation. but i rarely do that anyway. usually, if a game is bad enough that i uninstall it, i won't be playing it ever again.

Originally posted by GoaFan77:

But to answer your question, you can find your new directory the game is looking for by hitting the "Show Mod Path" button on the mod tab. Go one fold up from that and you should have a "MapDesigner" folder. That is where you need to put maps generated with the in game map designer.

Your old one would be at a similar location on the other drive. For me on Windows 10 it should be something like "Documents\My Games\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion\MapDesigner". Note that one or more of these folders may be hidden, so turn on view hidden folders if you cannot find it.

thanks for the reply. i'll go look at it as soon as i can be bothered to plug my old ssd back in. in the meantime, i guess i'll just have to play something else, it's not like i don't have enough games (spoiler: i don't. there is no such thing as "enough games") lol