Can I move save game from one computer to another?

[ToriK]

Started playing this game on my holiday on a crappy laptop and turned out to like it a lot. I'm in act 3 now and would like to continue on my proper pc now. Is there a way to move the save game?

[Centurion]

Qualified yes.

You can so long as the install (version, updates, mods) are exactly the same as the one you are moving from. I think it may need to be the same OS as well. Not sure about that.

Act 3? Are you doing a Shakespearian version???

[Aribar]

You can enable steam Cloud Saves in-game. I think the option is under the Gameplay menu. Then your local saves will be named like "TheNameYouChose" and the cloud saves will be "TheNameYouChose_cloud_save" in-game between computers.

If you want to manually move them you can find them under this location on a Windows computer: C:\Users\<yourUser>\Documents\Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition\save

[ToriK]

Originally posted by Centurion:

Act 3? Are you doing a Shakespearian version???

Aye i am valorous sir, art thee not?

Originally posted by Aribar:

If you want to manually move them you can find them under this location on a Windows computer: C:\Users\<yourUser>\Documents\Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition\save

Thanks, I just did this and work perfectly. Cheers!

[Centurion]

Originally posted by ToriK:

Originally posted by Centurion:

Act 3? Are you doing a Shakespearian version???

Aye i am valorous sir, art thee not?

Nay, I am playing: "Conan, what is best in life?"

"To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."

[N0P3]

BGEE has a gameplay settings option for enabling cloud saves - check that box and saves will be updated for you automatically; it is opt-in rather than opt-out and those cloud saves are cross-platform compatible between Windows and Linux (can't say for any other like MacOS).

Your manually transferred save files should also (in theory) work just as well, but as was stated above may vary depending on mods; I currently play vanilla BGEE therefore can't verify save file dependencies introduced by mods. Logically it makes sense to synchronize game installations at least initially then alter the setup after the game is tested to be operable with the save files.