Save game location?

[Mr_Bump]

If I want to move my save between PCs?

[Naysayer]

Steam Cloud is supported so it should be automatic if you are on Steam!

[JohnDoe0112]

Originally posted by Naysayer:

Steam Cloud is supported so it should be automatic if you are on Steam!

Related question, is there a convenient way to change save profiles? I know I can use 'start new game' and 'load a game' to kind of do this, but is that the best method? I have one save I'm playing alone and would like to have a separate one that my spouse and I are working on together.

[DaFox]

Yes that is the best method.

[小白牙]

C:\Users\<your name>\AppData\Roaming\The Witness

[antiproanti]

Originally posted by JohnDoe0112:

Related question, is there a convenient way to change save profiles? I know I can use 'start new game' and 'load a game' to kind of do this, but is that the best method? I have one save I'm playing alone and would like to have a separate one that my spouse and I are working on together.

I'm wondering the same...I'm right at the point of the endgame but I've heard if I do there's no going back, and I want to back up my current save so I can go right back to before and keep going on my current save without having to start a new game over

[SeniLiX]

Originally posted by antiproanti:

I'm wondering the same...I'm right at the point of the endgame but I've heard if I do there's no going back, and I want to back up my current save so I can go right back to before and keep going on my current save without having to start a new game over

Not true.

Right before the end, the game creates a save which you can use to go back. You don't have to make a backup because of of this.

[Wig Bang]

I don't suppose anyone happens to know where the GOG version stores the save file

[Wig Bang]

It was in appdata/roaming/witness

[6StringJazzer]

Originally posted by SeniLiX:

Originally posted by antiproanti:

I'm wondering the same...I'm right at the point of the endgame but I've heard if I do there's no going back, and I want to back up my current save so I can go right back to before and keep going on my current save without having to start a new game over

Not true.

Right before the end, the game creates a save which you can use to go back. You don't have to make a backup because of of this.

This is not what I have found. I played to the main ending where you get in the elevator, fly around the island, and go back you where you started the game.When I quit the game and try to reload, the prior save was way back when I was going down through the levels in the mountain, where you draw on the grid and the corresponding platform appears winding around a glass tower filled with piled-up office furniture. It took me a long time to work my way back to where I could try an alternate ending.

[Catgirl Jessica]

Originally posted by 6StringJazzer:

Originally posted by SeniLiX:

Not true.

Right before the end, the game creates a save which you can use to go back. You don't have to make a backup because of of this.

This is not what I have found. I played to the main ending where you get in the elevator, fly around the island, and go back you where you started the game.When I quit the game and try to reload, the prior save was way back when I was going down through the levels in the mountain, where you draw on the grid and the corresponding platform appears winding around a glass tower filled with piled-up office furniture. It took me a long time to work my way back to where I could try an alternate ending.

Weird. It's supposed to save right before you get into the elevator. [Edit: Correction, it saves after you get into the elevator, but you can open the doors from inside if you turn around.] Are you sure you picked the correct save? Whichever has the highest number of solved puzzles is usually your latest save.

[6StringJazzer]

Originally posted by Catgirl Jessica:

Weird. It's supposed to save right before you get into the elevator. Are you sure you picked the correct save? Whichever has the highest number of solved puzzles is usually your latest save.

The save occurred right after I got into the elevator and closed the doors. Once you close the doors you can't open them again, so it was a one-way street.

I just ran through that part of the game again. This time it made a save just before I got into the elevator.

[Catgirl Jessica]

Originally posted by 6StringJazzer:

The save occurred right after I got into the elevator and closed the doors. Once you close the doors you can't open them again, so it was a one-way street.

Yes you can.

[Nazemec]

Originally posted by 6StringJazzer:

The save occurred right after I got into the elevator and closed the doors. Once you close the doors you can't open them again, so it was a one-way street.

There's a "one line" puzzle to close the doors, another one to open them. You managed to get to the end whitout paying attention to details? x)

[6StringJazzer]

Originally posted by Nazemec:

Originally posted by 6StringJazzer:

The save occurred right after I got into the elevator and closed the doors. Once you close the doors you can't open them again, so it was a one-way street.

There's a "one line" puzzle to close the doors, another one to open them. You managed to get to the end whitout paying attention to details? x)

In every case where there has been a one-line puzzle (or multi-solution puzzle) to open doors, the same puzzle is used to close them. In this case when the doors close, the puzzle to close them becomes hidden. No need to be a jerk about it.