Save file

[CDparker]

Where is the save file? It's not in the same folder where the game is installed, is it? Just got home, uninstalled the game deleted the game folder and after reinstall the game said there was no save file. Now my 78 hour character is gone. WTF

[Darkslyde11_TTV]

C:/Program Files (x86)/steam/userdata/(string of numbers)/2246340/remote/win64_save

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by CDparker:

Save file
Where is the save file? It's not in the same folder where the game is installed, is it? Just got home, uninstalled the game deleted the game folder and after reinstall the game said there was no save file. Now my 78 hour character is gone. WTF

There is a very good publicly available script which makes automatically a backup copy of your game when you start the game. You can and should use that in the future if you do not want to manually backup.

[Kiririn]

It's stored in the Steam userdata folder. Check there. I'm not sure if uninstalling the game deletes the userdata folder.

Crapcom had a backup system in place for World's save file but they incompetently removed it for Wilds. No idea why as removing it only harms the players.

They stored the save data in the userdata folder and the backup in the game folder. However, in your case the backup system from World would not have helped anyway since you said you manually deleted the game folder.