How to change Game mode from Creative, to Survival. !! works for A16!!

[gav_328t]

This isn't a help request. I've been looking into this for a couple of days because somehow i managed to start a creative game instead of a survival one, and only noticed once i'd spent hours building the start of my main base.I've figured it out for myself, so i thought i'd post it for everyone else.

If you choose to follow how i did it though, it's on you. I accept no responsibility for any loss of savegames. ALWAYS make a backup, just in case.

So, first, find your savegames.

They will be located at...

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\7DaysToDie\Saves

<username> refers to whatever your local profile is called on your PC.

In this folder are two more folders, Navegane and Random Gen. The other files you can ignore.

This should work for either type of map, but i have only tried it on Random Gen, so i'll use that example here.

Firstly, open the Random Gen folder, and find the map you want to change. Lets call it Castle. Copy the folder and paste it somewhere else, but remember where, we'll need it again in a minute. once it's copied, rename the ORIGINAL folder. It doesn't matter what you call it, it just can't be called castle.

Now, run 7dtd, create yourself a new random gen map called Castle (this is why you needed to rename the folder just then). Start the game, let it load, then exit it, and exit the game.

Back in the saves folder, look in the Random Gen folder, and you should now have another Castle folder.

Now you need to go to the ORIGINAL castle folder that you copied out earlier, to a different location. open the OLD castle folder, select and copy everything except the MAIN.TTW file.

Now, go back to the NEW castle folder in your saves, open it and paste, telling to overwrite all the files and folders when asked.

Now, run 7dtd again. click continue, select your castle save, and start the game. You've now succesfully turned yor Creative save, into a Survival one, and have transfered ALL of your bases, buildings, hideaways etc over from Creative to survival :)

You can keep the original Castle file if you wish, at least if you ever have an issue in the future, you can always revert to it again, however after A17 (or even any earlier updates), it might not work.


Hope it helps :)

[Vadovas]

Thanks mate ! Worked like a charm !

[Lhaos Ghaos (DiLaGoZI)]

Thanks, gonna try that with my old A16.4 world (just reverse, from survival to creative)