Prelude progress Carry Over

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I purchased the full game and would like to import my prelude progress.

The save file is available locally.
I have not switched to a new device or cleared the cache.
I do not see any progress when starting the EA version.

When I open the settings menu on the EA version I do not find any button in the lower left corner (or anywhere for that matter) with a description of 'Import PRELUDE version' or anything like that.

Send help please lol

[Ulyaoth]

Can I carry over my PRELUDE progress to the main game?
Yes, simply make sure you had the PRELUDE started on your current PC and then start the main game. If you started the main game without the PRELUDE active you can force an import from the main menu.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/2218750/discussions/0/3759978149432919977/

[hdr.madness]

Originally posted by Ulyaoth:

Can I carry over my PRELUDE progress to the main game?
Yes, simply make sure you had the PRELUDE started on your current PC and then start the main game. If you started the main game without the PRELUDE active you can force an import from the main menu.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/2218750/discussions/0/3759978149432919977/

Yeah I addressed this in my post. There is not an option to make the import.

[Ulyaoth]

Ohh sry i had overred this.
Have you started the prelude once, closed it and then started the main game?

[hdr.madness]

Originally posted by Ulyaoth:

Ohh sry i had overred this.
Have you started the prelude once, closed it and then started the main game?

yeah, I have started, restarted, closed steam entirely, still nothing.

[Ulyaoth]

https://steamcommunity.com/app/2218750/discussions/0/3816292540672401360/
There is another solution.

[hdr.madness]

Originally posted by Ulyaoth:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/2218750/discussions/0/3816292540672401360/
There is another solution.

Thanks for the assist. That does work...

For future reference

If the game does not detect your prelude progress nor does it provide an import button...

Go to where ever your Steam folder is and then continue down the path of 'userdata' and then there will be a folder with a unique name (I can't know the name of it on your PC) you will need to open. Inside of that folder, find folders with the names:

2316660 - this folder contains save data for the prelude
2218750 - this folder contains save data for the main game

Copy the 3 files from the prelude folder and paste them into the main game folder. You may need to overwrite the main game files. If you screw this up and do it backwards you will lose your progress just fyi.

[Mara]

There was a bug in how the data was saved.
We have fixed it with a Prelude update.

If you update the Prelude, launch the game and then go out again, a local save should have been created. (If it does not, just go into a hall and quickly die, that will trigger a save for sure)

That save then can be used as normal for import.
Sorry for the oversight.