Can you dupe characters?

[JoelSwolo]

i want to duplicate my claptrap so i can go solo from where my original claptrap is when im not playin coop

[jarikku]

Yes. You'll need to use Gibbed. Create a copy of your existing save and name it the next numerical value on your list of saves.

In Gibbed, open that new save and change the save slot to the number you saved the file as. Randomize the key. Save and done.

[EspiOne]

you really don't need gibbed, just change the number on you file. orginall file will be something like save0003.sav, just change it to save000 "?" .sav and you have an exact copy of your file, just make sure you use a number that is not being used or you will override another file. you can then rename in game, so claptrap coop or something like that.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/261640/discussions/0/619568793928230443/

[jarikku]

Originally posted by EspiOne:

you really don't need gibbed, just change the number on you file. orginall file will be something like save0003.sav, just change it to save000 "?" .sav and you have an exact copy of your file, just make sure you use a number that is not being used or you will override another file. you can then rename in game, so claptrap coop or something like that.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/261640/discussions/0/619568793928230443/

Excellent, I really wasn't sure how needed those step were on PC. That's how I did it on Xbox, where those steps were required and how I've done it by default on PC.

[EspiOne]

I have used gibbed in BL2, but to just copy and make a dupe file, that is all that is needed, change the file name. just like a word, excel, document, just rename it. simple.

[Butters]

Originally posted by EspiOne:

you really don't need gibbed, just change the number on you file.

I noticed each save has a unique index. When I got into the select character menu, the game showed that two saves were all selected. I don't know if it will affect anything later since I never changed that index in BL2 when I copy a save. However, I advice to use save editor to generate a new random index.

[ComfortablyNumb]

if you don't use gibbed you can't change the data in the file that tells the game which save# to save too and you will end up overwritting the original file. atleast this was a problem with bl2 not sure if bltps saves have the same save identifier in the file as i haven't dupped a save yet in bltps. however i'd imgaine this is still the case.

[EspiOne]

you may be right, but from what I have seen on the web, the format is the same..in BL2 and BTPS... ( save000X.sav ) now the other file, the .bak , I am not sure what that is, but you character file is the .sav file. so changing the last digit will make a dupe file, but a separate file. just make sure you do have 4 digits, up to 9999. In BL2, made about 15 of these for COOP playing. all the same, but different levels. now when you change the name, the file will save and date itself and the game will associate that at the last saved file, so you may have two files with the same name, so you would need to rename one in game. even if you used Gibbed, it will not generate a new file, you will have to name the file as save000X.sav or risk over writing the file you have duped.

To ensure you don't mess up your files, make a back up of the folder and put it somewhere on your desktop or documents folder.

[Butters]

The unique identifier is not the save file name (save9999.sav), nor the name when selecting the characters in game. When you use save editor to open up a save, there'll be one field with a long sequence of characters and numbers, and a button to generate a random one. I think internally that's how the game identifies a save.

Without knowing that, I never had a problem in BL2 though.

[EspiOne]

Originally posted by Butters:

The unique identifier is not the save file name (save9999.sav), nor the name when selecting the characters in game. When you use save editor to open up a save, there'll be one field with a long sequence of characters and numbers, and a button to generate a random one. I think internally that's how the game identifies a save.

Without knowing that, I never had a problem in BL2 though.

yes, I know exactly what you talking about now, but that will be associated with the game folder, but it is unique to the PC, I played BL2 on both desktop and notebook, and I once did a copy of that folder from notebook to desktop, I was reformating my notebook and then I had two folders. But then I just merged the files with those two folders and did not over write any, just renamed the one that I did not merge. The game will identify the save only in the folder associated with the game. Basically, you will have Borderlands, Borderlands 2 and Borderlands The PreSequel. So you only need to worry about the file in game folder, and your right gibbed will direct it to the correct folder, but it does not generate a random one.

[Butters]

Interesting. So you copy save files of BL2 from PC-A to PC-B, but the game in PC-B only reads the original saves in PC-B?

[EspiOne]

Originally posted by Butters:

Interesting. So you copy save files of BL2 from PC-A to PC-B, but the game in PC-B only reads the original saves in PC-B?

yep, that numbered file is associated with the PC and also the user, I have let my son play for a bit, (wife did not like it, he is five, by loves FPS, so I only let him play portal) under his windows account and there was another generated # file in the BL2 folder for game saves associate with his windows account.

[kastrull]

how do i see which ingame save is which number in my folders?