How to find Seed of unknown map name?

[Jolly]

I changed the folder name of my map so it displays correctly looking at my list of games. I forgot what the original name was. Is there any where the seed is mentioned? In-game command or in some xml?

[seven]

If it's a world you generated look at map_info.xml in <save location>/GeneratedWorlds/<world name>.

[Jolly]

Originally posted by seven:

If it's a world you generated look at map_info.xml in <save location>/GeneratedWorlds/<world name>.

Is there anything I'm missing here because that file only exists in the game directly at D:\Steam\steamapps\common\7 Days To Die\Data\Worlds\ in the folders PREGEN6k, PREGEN8k and PREGEN10k

Which is a default for the game and not my maps.

My maps only exists in C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\7DaysToDie\Saves
and there is no file by the name map_info.xml

For instance this is what I'm seeing in
D:\Steam\steamapps\common\7 Days To Die\Data\Worlds\PREGEN8k\map_info.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<MapInfo>
<property name="Scale" value="1" />
<property name="HeightMapSize" value="8192,8192" />
<property name="Modes" value="Survival,SurvivalSP,SurvivalMP,Creative" />
<property name="FixedWaterLevel" value="false" />
<property name="RandomGeneratedWorld" value="true" />
<property name="GameVersion" value="Alpha.20.0.210" />
<property name="GenerationSeed" value="a20b207rww" />
</MapInfo>

Could you be more specific?

[Jolly]

I can't even find a folder directory by the name GeneratedWorlds in anything related to 7dtd o.O

[seven]

If you started a game with one of the pregens, for example PREGEN8k, you see the seed in the code you posted.

If you created your own world, with RWG, you would have a folder like C:\Users\seven\AppData\Roaming\7DaysToDie\GeneratedWorlds and in there would be folders of the worlds you created, with the map_info.xml file within.

The seed only specifies how the map is generated, and not the original folder name which comes from what you named the save. So, unless you named the savegame the same as the seed that won't help. I don't know if the game name is contained anywhere in the save. I've looked in the past but did not find it.

If you still have log files from before you changed the folder name it should be mentioned in there. Search for GamePref.GameName. For example, I started a test game calling the game "whatstheseed". This created a new save folder whatstheseed and in the logfile I find "GamePref.GameName = whatstheseed". You should find output_log.txt (and older log files with date stamp) in ...\steamapps\common\7 Days To Die\7DaysToDie_Data.

[Jolly]

Originally posted by seven:

If you started a game with one of the pregens, for example PREGEN8k, you see the seed in the code you posted.

If you created your own world, with RWG, you would have a folder like C:\Users\seven\AppData\Roaming\7DaysToDie\GeneratedWorlds and in there would be folders of the worlds you created, with the map_info.xml file within.

The seed only specifies how the map is generated, and not the original folder name which comes from what you named the save. So, unless you named the savegame the same as the seed that won't help. I don't know if the game name is contained anywhere in the save. I've looked in the past but did not find it.

If you still have log files from before you changed the folder name it should be mentioned in there. Search for GamePref.GameName. For example, I started a test game calling the game "whatstheseed". This created a new save folder whatstheseed and in the logfile I find "GamePref.GameName = whatstheseed". You should find output_log.txt (and older log files with date stamp) in ...\steamapps\common\7 Days To Die\7DaysToDie_Data.

oh ffs... i was looking through Saved folder, I didn't go back far enough in directory to search for the correct wording, thank you

However, This is my map

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<MapInfo>
<property name="Scale" value="1" />
<property name="HeightMapSize" value="8192,8192" />
<property name="Modes" value="Survival,SurvivalSP,SurvivalMP,Creative" />
<property name="FixedWaterLevel" value="false" />
<property name="RandomGeneratedWorld" value="true" />
<property name="GameVersion" value="Alpha.20.0.238" />
<property name="GenerationSeed" value="" />
</MapInfo>

what does nothing in Seed mean? Looks like I'm screwed

[seven]

It means you didn't enter anything for a seed and it used a blank, or null, seed, which is valid. The 10k pregen actually was created with a blank seed. An 8k map with a blank seed will create a world map with the name "West Xuyofu Territory". When you start a new game that would be a Game World you could choose on the start screen, just like Navezgane. This is not the same as the Game Name though which is where the game save folder name comes from. So, if it is the save folder name you are trying to recover, the only place I know is in those log files I mentioned.

[Jolly]

Originally posted by seven:

It means you didn't enter anything for a seed and it used a blank, or null, seed, which is valid. The 10k pregen actually was created with a blank seed. An 8k map with a blank seed will create a world map with the name "West Xuyofu Territory". When you start a new game that would be a Game World you could choose on the start screen, just like Navezgane. This is not the same as the Game Name though which is where the game save folder name comes from. So, if it is the save folder name you are trying to recover, the only place I know is in those log files I mentioned.

thanks