[solved] Cannot find dedicated server save location (already tried google)

[SkyeRise]

Solved down below, thx again ;)

[Scooby Doo]

I am not sure about your OS but in windows it is in User/AppData/Roaming
Now windows I believe hides one of those files I dont remember which one. There was a way at the top of the window to show hidden folders.
I hope this can somehow help you.

[Scooby Doo]

Also your server will pause if nothing is going on and no one is online. Seems as maybe someone was playing online while you were away. That sucks I know but.....That is part of the fund of the game in some manner. Reminds us to think where we leave ourselves. Though I would have done what you did if the game had crashed and be where you are. LOL

[SkyeRise]

@Dawg:
Lol yeah I have this mad thing about not dying if I can avoid it and I call BS on the current situation, hehehe. I always keep my player in a safe spot on logout normally but crashing at 2am, I just remembered to sleep.

Anyway, thx for your info but it won't help in Linux sadly :(

[...👑 JOST AMMAN 👑...]

I found this:

Information about save game directory

After you have started your server, a new directory is created.

Server saves games into awkwardly named 7 Days to Die and there under directory Saves. Inside the Saves is one directory per server World and your save game directory which contains game information.

It looks like this (tree -d):

7 Days To Die/
└── Saves
    ├── Navezgane
    │   └── oldgamesave
    │       ├── Player
    │       └── Region
    └── Random Gen
        └── yoursavegamehere
            ├── Player
            └── Region

If you have problems with spaces, you can always use TAB-key to autocomplete the name. Space characters should be shielded with \ or you should type quote marks around the directory name.

Example: this is how you change to your randomly generated world save directory for your game:

cd 7\ Days\ To\ Die/Saves/Random\ Gen/yoursavegamehere

If you change GameName in your serverconfig.xml, a new save game is created.

Game information is also saved on the player's computer.

[SkyeRise]

Thank you for trying to help me but that saves folder is non-existant which is why I am posting in the first place. I did mention it was non-existant before btw. But again, thx for your effort :)

[...👑 JOST AMMAN 👑...]

Originally posted by SkyeRise:

Thank you for trying to help me but that saves folder is non-existant which is why I am posting in the first place. I did mention it was non-existant before btw. But again, thx for your effort :)

Ouch! Sorry, must have missed that... :-S

[Scooby Doo]

Have you looked in a path similar to this User/AppData/Roaming? As I said in my first post in windows you have to unhide one of those folders I want to say it was AppData. But again on a windows server that is where the save is. So if you can figure out the equal path for your OS then you should find it. Other thing is ask in a forum specific for your OS where that type of folder is.

Another thought if you look very bottom of your config file for the sever you will see you can rename the future location for saves so you can locate them.

[SkyeRise]

This is linux. And user appdata is basically the same as the home folder on linux which is the where the Steam folder resides as well and no other folders.
Anyway, there were issues with my setup so I will simply set a different path and start a new game anyway now. Thx for trying to help :)

[bribe11]

looking in the output logs there is entry named:
GamePref.SaveGameFolder = /home/steam/.local/share/7DaysToDie/Saves

If you followed regular install, it should be there. If you ran as a different user, it will create game saves in that user's home folder. Remember, a '.local' folder means it is a hidden folder so you won't see it with just an 'ls'. You will need to use 'ls -a' or just 'cd .local'

[sbangs007]

its a really lame ass location.. why do that? LOL

[SkyeRise]

it is the normal equivalent of the Windows user data folders

[FreeFrag]

If you are running the Dedicated Server as a Windows Service you can find your saved games here:

C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\7DaysToDie\Saves

Took me some time to find it hape this helps xD

[SkyeRise]

linux has /home/yourusername/.local/shared where you can find a 7 days folder and in there are your saves. Can also do

cd ~/.local/shared

if it is in your user. Good luck ^^

EDIT: Lol I just noticed that this was my own ancient thread that just got necro'd, but thx anyway, freefrag XD