Save game location

[Michlo]

Greetings,

I know I've found it before and I usually can with all other games but I can't find the save game file right now. Perhaps I'm just having a senior moment. ;)

I do have The Forest on a separate SSD to my other Steam games if that makes any difference.

Cheers.

[76561198054049058]

Originally posted by Michlo:

Greetings,

I know I've found it before and I usually can with all other games but I can't find the save game file right now. Perhaps I'm just having a senior moment. ;)

I do have The Forest on a separate SSD to my other Steam games if that makes any difference.

Cheers.

[Michlo]

Thanks, Borman57, that's a great help. ;)

[Fluffy Bunny ®]

Michlo... first make sure you have the ability in Windows to see / access hidden files - Control Panel > Appearance / Personalization > Folder Options > Show hidden Files.

Then go to: C:\Users\(you)\AppData\LocalLow\SKS\TheForest

Save file is: PlayerPrefsFile___RESUME__.dat

[76561198054049058]

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[quakeman]

Originally posted by Fluffy Bunny ®:

Michlo... first make sure you have the ability in Windows to see / access hidden files - Control Panel > Appearance / Personalization > Folder Options > Show hidden Files.

Then go to: C:\Users\(you)\AppData\LocalLow\SKS\TheForest

Save file is: PlayerPrefsFile___RESUME__.dat

mine is empty, I should have done this before the update? , if so, why it deletes user files on the pc ?

[Michlo]

Originally posted by Fluffy Bunny ®:

Michlo... first make sure you have the ability in Windows to see / access hidden files - Control Panel > Appearance / Personalization > Folder Options > Show hidden Files.

Then go to: C:\Users\(you)\AppData\LocalLow\SKS\TheForest

Save file is: PlayerPrefsFile___RESUME__.dat

Thank you. I thought I had looked all over the local, locallow and even roaming directories but never once did I think to look in SKS this time.

After a scare a couple of days ago when I thought my load file wasn't going to load I realized I needed to start backing it up as I'm on quite an extensive build project this time.

Cheers. :)

[Michlo]

Originally posted by quakeman:

Originally posted by Fluffy Bunny ®:

Michlo... first make sure you have the ability in Windows to see / access hidden files - Control Panel > Appearance / Personalization > Folder Options > Show hidden Files.

Then go to: C:\Users\(you)\AppData\LocalLow\SKS\TheForest

Save file is: PlayerPrefsFile___RESUME__.dat

mine is empty, I should have done this before the update? , if so, why it deletes user files on the pc ?

Are you using an older version of Windows, prior to 7?

Now that you know the name of the file, perhaps try doing a search in case yours is somewhere else.

[Fluffy Bunny ®]

Originally posted by Michlo:

Originally posted by Fluffy Bunny ®:

Michlo... first make sure you have the ability in Windows to see / access hidden files - Control Panel > Appearance / Personalization > Folder Options > Show hidden Files.

Then go to: C:\Users\(you)\AppData\LocalLow\SKS\TheForest

Save file is: PlayerPrefsFile___RESUME__.dat

Thank you. I thought I had looked all over the local, locallow and even roaming directories but never once did I think to look in SKS this time.

After a scare a couple of days ago when I thought my load file wasn't going to load I realized I needed to start backing it up as I'm on quite an extensive build project this time.

Cheers. :)

NP. I make copies / backups all the time since I get bored after about 9 - 12 days and think I'll reload them at some point. Of course I never do LOL, then an update comes out which makes them useless anyway.

[Michlo]

Hehe, still best to have them and not use them than vice versa. ;)

I'll be using around 800 or more logs this game (yup, I'm a masochist apparently) so I would be slightly irked if I lost that before the next patch.

[Fluffy Bunny ®]

Originally posted by Michlo:

I'll be using around 800 or more logs this game (yup, I'm a masochist apparently) so I would be slightly irked if I lost that before the next patch.

LMAO - Apparently? 800 logs? Well, I guess after a certain point there isn't much else to do, so why not ? ...

[quakeman]

Originally posted by Michlo:

Are you using an older version of Windows, prior to 7?

Now that you know the name of the file, perhaps try doing a search in case yours is somewhere else.

no its W7 64 bit, I did searched the file but none was found. I have played before the last update, and when I hit load yesterday it started in the plane, I didnt had much build but I have 4 parts on youtube :(

[Fluffy Bunny ®]

Originally posted by quakeman:

Originally posted by Michlo:

Are you using an older version of Windows, prior to 7?

Now that you know the name of the file, perhaps try doing a search in case yours is somewhere else.

no its W7 64 bit, I did searched the file but none was found. I have played before the last update, and when I hit load yesterday it started in the plane, I didnt had much build but I have 4 parts on youtube :(

Just curious - when you searched, did you use 2 underscores between "file and resume" & "resume & .dat" when looking for "PlayerPrefsFile___RESUME__.dat"?

If you played before the last update and tried to load that file, that's why you started back in the plane as it won't reload an old file.

[quakeman]

Originally posted by Fluffy Bunny ®:

Originally posted by quakeman:

no its W7 64 bit, I did searched the file but none was found. I have played before the last update, and when I hit load yesterday it started in the plane, I didnt had much build but I have 4 parts on youtube :(

Just curious - when you searched, did you use 2 underscores between "file and resume" & "resume & .dat" when looking for "PlayerPrefsFile___RESUME__.dat"?

If you played before the last update and tried to load that file, that's why you started back in the plane as it won't reload an old file.

-man I started with windows 3.11 :) - DOS first C:\> cd games, with norton commander on C:\
-so you can not load a save file that was created in a previous version ?

[Fluffy Bunny ®]

Wow, I just upgraded from 3.1 myself ! No, one can't load a previous save due to new stuff they've added, etc. As I mentioned, that's why the Devs put in the "back to the plane" deal in .09 since folks kept trying to load old saves and the game would hang, etc. Just part of the Alpha thing...

BTW, you don't need the ">" in DOS, just "cd games" to change directory. I know, it's been a while LOL!