Transferring EGS saves

[Emmanuel]

According to some admittedly quick google searches on my end, converting EGS saves to Steam saves is a thing for video games...? If so, will I be able to convert my files so that Steam will be able to recognize them? I don't care as much about the achievements. I just want all my games in one location, but I also have no desire to dump hundreds of hours into certain games *e.g. cough BBS* just to 100% everything again. Thanks in advance.

[Oscar92player]

Originally posted by Xelvania:

According to some admittedly quick google searches on my end, converting EGS saves to Steam saves is a thing for video games...? If so, will I be able to convert my files so that Steam will be able to recognize them? I don't care as much about the achievements. I just want all my games in one location, but I also have no desire to dump hundreds of hours into certain games *e.g. cough BBS* just to 100% everything again. Thanks in advance.

Well, the Epic version of the games had some kind of thing on the Save files that limited their use to your own Epic account, not being able to share those files with others (unless you were using the Seven Seas version).

Let's see how things evolve when these collections release on Juny 13th.

[Jimmeh]

I doubt there's any way to know for sure yet but generally speaking since they're more or less the same PC port, I'd expect the save files to be stored in the same location.

Being paranoid I'd probably make a copy of them first to be safe, but hopefully it just works.

[Emmanuel]

Originally posted by Oscar92player:

Well, the Epic version of the games had some kind of thing on the Save files that limited their use to your own Epic account, not being able to share those files with others (unless you were using the Seven Seas version).

Let's see how things evolve when these collections release on Juny 13th.

Originally posted by Jimmeh:

I doubt there's any way to know for sure yet but generally speaking since they're more or less the same PC port, I'd expect the save files to be stored in the same location.

Being paranoid I'd probably make a copy of them first to be safe, but hopefully it just works.

Thanks for the replies guys. Crossing my fingers!

[Ceriss]

Epic would have had to go out of the way in pure spite to prevent you from doing so...
These games are the same games, and that means their file formats are identical.
For laymans, that means all you do is find the save location, copy the actual save files, put them in a folder somewhere for now.

Then when you replace your dirty Epic version for the proper PC version from Steam, all you do is place the saves in the Steam save location, which varies by game. Google is your friend for that.

Originally posted by Jimmeh:

I doubt there's any way to know for sure yet but generally speaking since they're more or less the same PC port, I'd expect the save files to be stored in the same location.

Being paranoid I'd probably make a copy of them first to be safe, but hopefully it just works.

It shouldn't matter what location they're stored. Either version of the game will read the same file extension from a different location, so all that should need to be done is to move those files to that new location.

If my Steam Skyrim has a .sav in My Games/Skyrim but GoG has a Skyrim .sav in Program Files (x86)/Skyrim/Saves, .sav is the part that matters not where it's stored.

I'm surprised that PC gamers aren't more casually knowledgeable about file extensions and common file structures.

Did you know there are certain games where you can open a packed up file just by renaming that extension to .zip? An old example would be Quake 3 Arena's .pak3s
Doesn't work for Unity or UE games mind you, they don't store files that way.

[Jimmeh]

Originally posted by Ceriss:

It shouldn't matter what location they're stored. Either version of the game will read the same file extension from a different location, so all that should need to be done is to move those files to that new location.

I know how moving files works, lol. No need to launch into a tirade about how little PC gamers know about things.

The point was ideally you don't have to do anything, since they're more or less the same port, thus hopefully save in the same location. As for whether or not that will be true is yet to be seen, since that's not always the case.

Plus there was that whole thing about saves being linked to Epic accounts somehow, so it may take some tinkering after all. Again, we'll see when it actually releases.

[Raging Panda]

seems it doesn't work. I noticed the steam versions have _WW at the end of final mix. Renaming shows it as corrupted.

[Eximan]

Originally posted by Raging Panda:

seems it doesn't work. I noticed the steam versions have _WW at the end of final mix. Renaming shows it as corrupted.

Changing the file to _WW could work, maybe? I don't know

[Raging Panda]

Originally posted by Eximan:

Originally posted by Raging Panda:

seems it doesn't work. I noticed the steam versions have _WW at the end of final mix. Renaming shows it as corrupted.

Changing the file to _WW could work, maybe? I don't know

just said no renaming it doesn't work. I'm sure a tool will come around to fix it.

[Lepehn]

I've tried editing the metadata. This doesn't fix corruption.

[Oscar92player]

Now don't say I didn't warn you all that it wouldn't work.

[(e)poq]

I have also opened my EGS save file in HxD and copied the first 160 lines of data, pasted into the Steam save equivalent, to no avail. Just says corrupt save file and deletes it.

[Eden]

This must somehow be doable, surely? Just a matter of time

[AnimeGamerDude]

I'll just casually wait until a solution is found to transfering the EGS files to Steam :,)

[Felic_HRZN]

Hoping there's a solution to this.

[Eden]

Originally posted by AnimeGamerDude:

I'll just casually wait until a solution is found to transfering the EGS files to Steam :,)

Yup, happy to wait patiently here too! It took them 3 and a half years to bother bringing the games to Steam, a couple more days won't hurt.